Stephen Kearse
@kearse.bsky.social
Journalist, critic, and author of novels Liquid Snakes and In the Heat of the Light.
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I 100% thought bone thugs just made this word up
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I 100% thought bone thugs just made this word up
their singles from that era had some super dope artwork
May 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
their singles from that era had some super dope artwork
I wrote a bookmark story in this neighborhood last year, weirdly
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote a bookmark story in this neighborhood last year, weirdly
this is stupid, not a real critical thought, and ahistorical, in rap especially and music broadly.
like c'mon, we just had a brat summer, and are in the midst of a bad bunny winter.
like c'mon, we just had a brat summer, and are in the midst of a bad bunny winter.
February 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
this is stupid, not a real critical thought, and ahistorical, in rap especially and music broadly.
like c'mon, we just had a brat summer, and are in the midst of a bad bunny winter.
like c'mon, we just had a brat summer, and are in the midst of a bad bunny winter.
this is not the tone to use when reporting on a rape allegation. wtf
December 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
this is not the tone to use when reporting on a rape allegation. wtf
*rolling, Cannes-length standing ovation*
December 12, 2024 at 9:13 PM
*rolling, Cannes-length standing ovation*
link preview didn't show up for some reason, but here's the deets
December 3, 2024 at 2:12 PM
link preview didn't show up for some reason, but here's the deets
was absolutely wrecked by a fever yesterday, so I'm thankful for health and this eternally funny meme
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM
was absolutely wrecked by a fever yesterday, so I'm thankful for health and this eternally funny meme
This is my short story Neighborhood Bakery. It's a comedy about a DC bakery named after a young thug album
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November 13, 2024 at 3:55 AM
This is my short story Neighborhood Bakery. It's a comedy about a DC bakery named after a young thug album
joylandmagazine.com/fiction/neig...
joylandmagazine.com/fiction/neig...
I think about MIA's aziz impression all the time
November 12, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I think about MIA's aziz impression all the time
KA, dead at 52. christ
October 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM
KA, dead at 52. christ
the passive voice is doing some wild shit in these headlines
August 29, 2024 at 3:01 AM
the passive voice is doing some wild shit in these headlines
July 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I appreciate that! and yeah, I'd love to see its uses of language more widely considered—tho without it being reduced to language/lit/poetry alone. I see that with kendrick a lot, and pushed against it a few years back
May 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I appreciate that! and yeah, I'd love to see its uses of language more widely considered—tho without it being reduced to language/lit/poetry alone. I see that with kendrick a lot, and pushed against it a few years back
May 7, 2024 at 11:11 PM
thinking about this as "outside agitators" becomes a fixture in university encampment discourse
May 1, 2024 at 2:39 PM
thinking about this as "outside agitators" becomes a fixture in university encampment discourse
so this category has been explained now and it's even weirder lol. easily could have been called "Best Social Justice Novel" or "Best Sociopolitical Novel" etc etc. the SFF element wasn't clear at all
pretty minor deal compared to say, the hugo's, but very strange
pretty minor deal compared to say, the hugo's, but very strange
March 13, 2024 at 2:53 PM
so this category has been explained now and it's even weirder lol. easily could have been called "Best Social Justice Novel" or "Best Sociopolitical Novel" etc etc. the SFF element wasn't clear at all
pretty minor deal compared to say, the hugo's, but very strange
pretty minor deal compared to say, the hugo's, but very strange
Also, I zoomed out a tad to put in conversation with the respectability of American Fiction
February 28, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Also, I zoomed out a tad to put in conversation with the respectability of American Fiction
Forgot to mention this doubles as a contribution to the growing field of Black Forces studies
February 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Forgot to mention this doubles as a contribution to the growing field of Black Forces studies
I wrote about Nicki becoming a professional shitposter twice in 2018. these arguments are aging pretty damn well
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January 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I wrote about Nicki becoming a professional shitposter twice in 2018. these arguments are aging pretty damn well
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Wouldn't be a stretch to say Liquid Snakes doesn't happen if I don't write there. half the people thanked here are p4k editors or alum who told me 'hey you have this habit' or 'that doesn't mean what you think it means' or (crucially) 'let's tone that down'
January 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Wouldn't be a stretch to say Liquid Snakes doesn't happen if I don't write there. half the people thanked here are p4k editors or alum who told me 'hey you have this habit' or 'that doesn't mean what you think it means' or (crucially) 'let's tone that down'
December 15, 2023 at 4:47 PM
this man has moses looking like Catcher Freeman and Morpheus
November 2, 2023 at 10:06 PM
this man has moses looking like Catcher Freeman and Morpheus
