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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 19h

On garyshteyngart.substack.com I talk about my favorite burger in NYC in terms both sexual and Bauhaus. Form definitely follows function with this hot number.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 20h

Tonight's the night for a reading in Brooklyn, the borough conveniently located right under Queens.

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Science vs Fiction: Gary Shteyngart

Novelist and memoirist Gary Shteyngart invites us into worlds at once absurd and achingly real, with a voice as incisive as it is generous in spirit. In...

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about @templebarnyc in my New Yorker martini crawl. God, how I love their use of olive oil in their martinis, which could become a disaster in the wrong hands.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 3d

Science fiction was one of my first literary loves. This Tuesday I get a chance to talk about it in Brooklyn at the legendary Pioneer Works. Please come!

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 4d

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, please join me as I explore the complete enshitification of @Apple

They took $10 and ten hours of my life. In the digital economy, we're all just a bunch of suckers.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 5d

Future of arts in NYC? Queens!

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 6d

Love this article!

Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 7d

In the first piece from our Future of New York series, we asked a bunch of cultural smarties, including @shteyngart.bsky.social @minjinlee.bsky.social @mobrowne.bsky.social @sloanecrosley.bsky.social, to look ahead to 2050.

Notable New Yorkers on the City’s Arts Scene, 25 Years Out

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 6d

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I gush over the sweet comments that have greeted the dickumentary The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong. Over 21k views on youtube alone.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 8d

Bernie is living a blessed life.

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Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 11d

It’s not exactly escapism, but I love the ten-year-old girl protagonist of @shteyngart.bsky.social ‘s latest comic dystopia.

The NYT’s exceptionally sloppy review almost put me off it, but it’s clear Dwight Garner barely read it.
#booksky

Vera, or Faith: A Novel

A Novel

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 12d

So proud of this documentary about a very sensitive subject now appearing on the @newyorkermag website. It’s short (the doc, I mean), it’s funny and I genuinely hope it’ll make people think of circumcision in a new light.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 12d

So proud to be part of this excellent documentary on the perils of botched circumcisions. Mohels are already up in arms, one comparing my battered schlong to Israel's decimation of Gaza. It's super short (the doc, I mean), so give it a spin and decide for yourself!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13d

Gary Shteyngart was circumcised when he was seven. The procedure didn’t exactly go as planned. In a new short documentary, he describes the details with humor, pathos, and the help of a cucumber.

Gary Shteyngart’s Tragicomedy of the Penis in “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong”

The author opens up—with pathos, humor, and props—about his experience receiving a botched circumcision.

www.newyorker.com

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 13d

Me and da suit show up in New York Social Diary at a raucous Atlantic party.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 13d

My circumcision documentary is now live at @NewYorker !

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Gary Shteyngart’s Tragicomedy of the Penis in “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong”

The author opens up—with pathos, humor, and props—about his experience receiving a botched circumcision.

www.newyorker.com

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 14d

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I levitate through a seven-course meal at @passerinenyc Their martini alone should qualify this as one of New York’s great restaurants.

Gary’s Journey Through Hell | Gary Shteyngart | Substack

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 15d

Gonna have me a tylenol party tonight

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 17d

See you tomorrow on the Main Stage at noon in a borough I like to call “Brooklyn.”

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 18d

This Sunday, I’ll be at the Brooklyn Book Festival with some cool cats at 12pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Please come and end my loneliness!

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 19d

On garyshteyngart.substack.com I attend the unveiling of my friend Paul La Farge’s gravestone and generally miss him.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 19d

The 12:30 antifa meeting at the 76th Street Starbucks has been moved to 1:30 because the train del agua people called dibs.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 20d

yup

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20d

Evergreen and newly relevant: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 20d

Welcome to a country where the government decides what you see on television. And what you don't see.

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 21d

Super Sad True Love Story maybe?

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 21d

Filthy martini and gorgeous deviled eggs really hit the spot at Sailor in Ft Greene

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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · 21d

HOW DID I KNOW????

Martin Kocanda @martinkocanda.bsky.social · 22d

In “Super Sad True Love Story” by @shteyngart.bsky.social , published in 2010, the US is governed by the Bipartisans and wages an unsuccessful war in Venezuela, the National Guard patrols throughout New York City and people are absorbed by their äpäräti and wish to live forever. How did Gary know?

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