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Helen Garner on sentimentality vs emotion

There is a tenth circle of hell and it comes with fries.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Stunning poem by K. Iver

THE STONE HOME is out today. Thank you, everyone. I can’t wait to hear what you think. 🪽

Delighted to report the oldest attestation of the phrase 'silly goose' I've ever seen

This Old Norse skaldic stanza (ca. 1300) calls a man a fool for refusing to learn about the law.

He's called a 'gassi', lit: a goose

If you’re both a writer and bookseller/ comix-seller, you have until April 7 to apply for a $10k Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers. Do it! bincfoundation.org/susankamil-sch…

He’s here and he’s beautiful. allen bratton Unnamed Press

For the brand-new Granta podcast, josie mitchell and I chatted to the wonderful novelist and short story writer Brandon Taylor Brandon about the third person, Zola, “Sal-Roons”, and much, much more. Available here and “wherever you get your podcasts”
granta.com/podcast-brando…

Dunkin' donuts is entirely hit or miss and that's what it makes it soooo east coast catholic. U have to suffer a little to reach transcendence. U have to know that it could snow in March

Chatted with Sydney Sweeney about 'Immaculate,' the 'Anyone But You' box office, the future of 'Euphoria,' and the way people talk about her talent and her body. She remains one of the most thoughtful and incisive thinkers about fame I've interviewed! variety.com/2024/film/news…

Fortified by advice and tips from her fellow authors-turned-booksellers Ann Patchett and Emma Straub, Lauren Groff will open her new bookstore, the Lynx, in Gainesville, Fla., this spring, spotlighting Floridian authors and titles banned in Florida. buff.ly/3wVQQ0O

It was pure delight to talk to Kelly Link about genre, magic as currency, and our susceptible teenage selves. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

poem in new Poetry London

me: im not going to email students at night bc im going to relax!
also me: im going to email students at night but schedule it to send in the morning so it appears i have been relaxed

sharks, im asking for $30,000 to fund my crippling addiction to little trinkets

I collected some good advice from Helen Oyeyemi. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

spring showers bring short stories! 💐I'm teaching in person at GrubStreet again this April + May & you can find all the details (plus lots of great-looking zoom + evening classes) on their fancy new website here: grubstreet.org/workshop/6-wee…

Applications for the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program are now open! We can't wait to hear from you. 💫