Is anybody reselling their tickets to Kathleen Hanna this for Philly on the 29th?

This was a hell of a run, and Jessica Harper deserved to be a bigger star.

Happy birthday, Magical/Realism. I didn’t celebrate Mother’s Day this year. My first two Mother’s Days were traumatic, and I haven’t celebrated it since. So if you want to wish me a belated Mother’s Day, celebrate Magical/Realism instead. I gave everything up to write it.

This is an incredible painting but also the way it’s giving Francis Bacon levels of inner demons is a whole choice

I need to be honest with everybody. For the longest time I called Lauren Bacall the Tuesday Morning Lady because of her commericals. Like I thought she owned Tuesday Morning. Blew my mind when I saw her in the From the Mixed-Up Files movie.

I’m still a little underread on Munro’s body of work, but there are pages of stories of hers that I read 25 years ago that I can still picture with perfect clarity. I never read anything of hers that didn’t stick.

Oh man, RIP to one of the best short story writers to ever do it. I love that she was always, unapologetically, a short story writer first and foremost.

'Funny thing is, I know a lot of evil twins who're good people, people who still give hitchhikers lifts, people who volunteer without a court order, yet they're labeled the bad half.'

Read Will Musgrove in hex

hexliterary.com/?p=2135

Looking to explore new literary festivals around the US. What's your favorite and why?

I am so thrilled to be guest editing Best Small Fictions! Small fictions are just about my favorite thing on this earth, so the opportunity to read all your wonderful work is an extremely good one

'This week, the unthinkable occurred on our [REVERENT ADJECTIVE] campus. An [INFLAMMATORY COLLECTIVE NOUN] overtook the historic [CENTRAL CAMPUS LOCATION NAMED AFTER PROBLEMATIC DONOR].'
mcsweeneys.net/articles/unive…

I keep on thinking about Hannah Grieco said we should always think about our audience and who we're writing for. I realized when taking her class that the answer for me is usually God.

I decided the best approach to my class was making it look like I was in the California Wasteland

One of the reasons for the outsized state violence is because the US is being shamed by its youth.

The kids have more strength, smarts, and moral fortitude than any politician in power right now.

The govt is cracking down because it’s losing control of the narrative and clout

Will US News and Reports college rankings take into account whether a school mass-arrests its students?

April 23 story: “Someone Ought to Tell Her There’s Nowhere to Go” by Danielle Evans

When I think of escalation I think of pattern stories like “The School,” but the way Georgie keeps making small bad decision after small bad decision is painful to read & such good storytelling.

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My kids’ school district canceled Maulik Pancholy’s anti-bullying talk because he is gay. 8-0 vote by the school board.

The Moms of Liberty are achieving their agenda, and I’m furious as hell.

today.com/parents/teens/…

I think about this all the time - its like if they decided to make a bunch of sweet and nostalgic movies about what happened to the families of the guys from Revenge of the Nerds

Just realized I can't go to Slothrust because I am teaching that night. This always happens with me and Slothrust. One day I'll see fucking see them live.