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samuelashworth.bsky.social
Samuel Ashworth
@samuelashworth.bsky.social
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Author of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY. NYT-bestselling ghostwriter and screenwriter. Guy at Barrelhouse, professor of Creative Writing at GWU. Swamp Dad. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-death-and-life-of-august-sweeney-samuel-ashworth/216
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 16h
I just caught myself yelling "THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING" at the cat.
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 16h
I'll be reading as part of the tribute to the god Percival Everett at the Writers Center next Friday, October 17.
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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 18h
Percival Everett to Headline the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville, MD! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/per... @lizaachilles.bsky.social @samuelashworth.bsky.social #booksky
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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 19h
My editing & publishing class at Temple will be opening soon for submissions for a special online issue of Barrelhouse, with the theme "The Dirty Issue." Fiction & nonfiction up to 2,500 words, and up to 5 poems. Usual @barrelhouse.bsky.social contract & payment.
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 20h
a meme: upper image is a screenshot of a gmail inbox with "report spam," which never works, next to a screenshot of the "stay signed in?" box from microsoft, which also never works. The caption reads "corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. Lower image is Pam from the Office saying "they're the same picture."
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 20h
But Dave it worked so well last time
screenshot of a FORTUNE article entitled "Mic's plans to become a millennial media powerhouse"
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 20h
In the past three weeks I've started getting ten of these a goddamn day and maybe our overlords at google could devote 0.001% of their workforce to stopping the fucking firehose of scam emails we all have to deal with now
A screenshot of a gmail inbox featuring yet another spam email that looks real but begins with "Re:"
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 20h
Today is @bookshop.org's anti-prime day sale, & shipping is free! If you would like to stick it to Amazon, and support bookstores, indie publishers, and moi, pick up a copy of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY for the person in your life who loves food and/or bodies! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Death and Life of August Sweeney
Check out The Death and Life of August Sweeney - Legendary chef August Sweeney has served his final meal, dying in the middle of service in the very restaurant he built to secure his legacy. When Dr. ...
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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 2d
tweet screenshot Matt the outlaw @cursedgloryhole Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 2d
We had an amazing @plnuwritingma.bsky.social Visiting Writers Series with @samuelashworth.bsky.social. He ran a masterclass on student drafts, read from THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, and delivered a lecture titled “The Art of Telling.” Such a generous, wise human!
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 2d
Y'all, you get a free registration for AWP if you volunteer for ONE SHIFT. That's incredible, considering the $$$ of entrance!

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Work Exchange
Are you a current student, adjunct professor, or someone needing assistance to cover the cost of the conference? Sign up to participate in our work-exchange program for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookf...
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 2d
Like you knew this piece was going to be great but not THIS great
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Slate @slate.com · 3d
Daniel Day-Lewis is the poster child for Method acting. He in fact does its exact opposite. slate.trib.al/Wbu7x4x
He Might Be the Greatest Actor of All Time—and the Most Misunderstood
Only one performer has won three Best Actor Oscars. Is it fair that he’s also a joke?
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 5d
THE SMASHING MACHINE is a great movie for those of us who enjoy seeing enormous sweaty bald men kiss each others’ bald heads and say I love you
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Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 6d
Pumped to have @samuelashworth.bsky.social visiting the @plnuwritingma.bsky.social program today to talk about THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY. In-person and live-stream tickets are still available plnu.universitytickets.com
Point Loma Nazarene University | Ticketing - Ticket Office Home
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 6d
improbably I find myself in San Diego to teach a class and give a lecture and this place doesn’t feel real
An ad for a reading and lecture Just a holy shit sunset over the pacific A goblet of ceviche in tomato broth
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 8d
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 8d
I want to be clear that if you work for OpenAI you are a bad person
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casey morell @caseym.org · 9d
isn't the whole point of copyright that you are opting out of people stealing your work
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 10d
all NYC mayors are weird little freaks which means that “weirdest mayor New York has ever had“ is a hell of distinction, but Eric Adams was truly in a league of his own
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 12d
Glad Google's going all-in on "AI" technology while somehow letting this hit the inbox
Screenshot of email header: Security alert: new or unusual X login Inbox X <hQxAMmRHvThQxAMmRHvT@jwso.mail.kmutt.ac.th> to me
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 12d
I’m gonna wind up teaching a whole modernism class next aren’t I
Text of a page from Edith wharton’s age of innocence
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 12d
Yes. Reducing media criticism to bite-sized chunks on social media means the focus of that criticism also winds up focusing on bite-sized headlines. It's making us all dumber.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13d
i really wish our law enforcement and media werent telegraphing to mass shooters that messages written on bullets will be breathlessly and uncritically publicized with no further examination
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 13d
I had no idea Ron Wyden was married to the lady who runs the Strand
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14d
Also a good reminder that actually, book publishers do need to do fact checking
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14d
I would be delighted to live in a world where the work of victims of sexual assault who are not billionaires got this kind of media coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
The Billionaire, the Psychedelics and the Best-Selling Memoir
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 14d
Had such a great time in Pennsylvania these last few days, hanging at Pocket Books with @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social and H&H Books with @samuelashworth.bsky.social. Got to hug @jamiebeth.bsky.social and a bunch of @barrelhouse.bsky.social friends. 🥰

Now I have to teach today. Wtf.
An outdoor chalk sign that says Grieco vs Ashworth, with two arms wrestling. One arm says "short story" and the other says "novel." Magnet with a cute bird saying "Things just got super weird--it's my time to shine." Tara, Jamie Beth, and me. Looking cute af. Me sitting at a table like a real life author, signing books and talking to people.
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