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Zach is… back?

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I’m just a girl, standing in front of a blue sky, asking it to love her.

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Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Mar 11

This is a wild exposé of @narrativemag.bsky.social and well worth the read. Thanks to Lit Mag News for in-depth reporting on Narrative's unethical practices: litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...

Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?

"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."

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Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Feb 7

I know it’s only February, but this is already a strong contender for best novel of 2025, imo. It has everything I want in a Künstlerroman. ❤️❤️❤️

Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Feb 3

Just finished this novel and loved the journey it took me on. For better and (at times) worse, I was reminded of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station. Akbar's prose casts a spell, and I will read anything he writes. If you also read this, let's discuss!

Photo of the gold and black book cover for Kaveh Akbar's novel Martyr with living room in the background.

Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Dec 2

Oy, mistah! You me dad?

Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Nov 19

Chilling…

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Nov 18

“To call this bleak is an understatement.” HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…

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Zach is… back? @zachisback.bsky.social · Nov 15

*taps microphone* Is this thing on?