I subscribe to New York Magazine because I don't want to miss anything written by Kerry Howley. This piece is devastating and a must-read.

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers

Janet Jackson
Demi Lovato (with opener Dead Sara)
Pink (with opener Julia Michaels)
Sharon Van Etten
Stevie Nicks

My weird little megachurch book is out TOMORROW, and some amazing people are joining me to launch it! More info at scottlatta.com/events. See you soon @changinghands.bsky.social @enhbooks.bsky.social @interabangbooks.bsky.social!

Corvallis! I'm coming to the Corvallis Museum this Friday night to read from this weird little megachurch book as part of the @oregonstate.edu MFA alumni series. The great Mike Chin will be there, along with Bruce the Moose in the lobby.

More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...

My book PERSON UNDER has a cover 😭 and is available for preorder before its pub date in January!

@finishinglinepress.bsky.social is publishing PERSON UNDER and preordering a book plays an important role in turning a book into a book for small presses. I am full of thank yous.

Link in bio!

Anyone near Portland? Do you have a robust Portland network that might like to come to @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills?

Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!

... and more thanks to: @dukepress.bsky.social, @hopkinspress.bsky.social, @harvardpress.bsky.social, and of course @uncpress.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting such excellent work!

Reminds me. I recently drafted the Works Cited page to my new manuscript and it includes books from a whole bunch of UPs. Huge shout out to:

@uminnpress.bsky.social, @illinoispress.bsky.social, @upmississippi.bsky.social, @oxfordunipress.bsky.social, @yalepress.bsky.social, @ucpress.bsky.social...

Powell's Books image for event on Thursday, May 15 at 7 PM, for the novel Pelican Girls by Julia Malye

Portland! I'm chatting with novelist Julia Malye about her excellent book PELICAN GIRLS next week at @powells.bsky.social on Hawthorne - come join us!

15 yrs after her debut / 19 yrs after her debut / 33 yrs after her debut

An Oral History of the Indoor Rainforest Iowa Almost Built It's not a jungle out there. But it almost was -- and that made all the difference.

one more I'm always trying to share with people: the time a rich dude whose fortune came from hot dogs tried to build an indoor rainforest near my hometown

www.inverse.com/article/5328...

Reminder that I'm working on a book of nonfiction about Janet's music and am always curious to know when and where her songs appear in public spaces. If you catch one of her jams somewhere please do not hesitate to notify me of details. which track, where you heard it, did everyone dance, etc

Manage a Political Campaign Just to Feel Something Again National politics made me despair. Then my friend ran for office, and I unleashed my inner political animal.

I wrote about my brief unlikely local politics interlude for @thecut.com. Written with love for Portland & loathing for the genocidal clowns who made national politics so alienating. If you have an amazing friend maybe you can accidentally be her campaign manager too. www.thecut.com/article/how-...

Best Adult Books of 2024 There's no easy way to winnow a year's worth of books down to the best 10 fiction titles and the best 10 nonfiction titles. Nonetheless, our

thrilled to see @zoebossiere.bsky.social's CACTUS COUNTRY on @shelf-awareness.com's list of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year! 🌵 www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

short books are the best, and this is a wonderful list to be a part of!

Kudos to @k-e-c.bsky.social for this outstanding piece in the OSU alumni magazine about the Oregon State MFA program! with appearances from @kariefugett.bsky.social and @zoebossiere.bsky.social!

Dec 15: Katherine Cusumano, Please Welcome Hardcore Santa to the Ring * This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent.  Find the rest of this year's and pr...

for the @essaydaily.bsky.social advent calendar, I wrote about our greatest living Santa Claus impersonator: www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

"Your own evaluation of your work day is not usually a good sign of how good a job you did."

- @mdbell79.bsky.social on the Creative Nonfiction Podcast. I really like the idea of forgetting about Good writing days and Bad writing days. I won't even know which kind it was until way later anyway!

Omg no but I wish I did, it’s exquisite

I'm super proud to have an essay in this anthology. The list of contributors is unreal. Huge kudos to @middlewestpress.bsky.social and @fobhaiku.bsky.social!

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big labyrinthian bookstores ftw

thank you! and also, last time i was in town, and in the bookstore, i went looking for the essay section and came across a sign that said "Looking for the ESSAYS? Check next to POETRY!" and i thought omg yes i am, thank you this is so helpful. so shout out to whoever made that little sign

The Distance from Slaughter County | Steven Moore | University of North Carolina Press As a soldier and civilian, Steven Moore has traveled from the American Midwest to Afghanistan and beyond. In those travels, he's seen what place can mean, sp...

folks! my essay collection is on sale at @uncpress.bsky.social: 30% off with code 01UNCP30

it's about rural Iowa, political polarization, TV, oil, the civilian-military divide, and the genius of Shania Twain. it's funny, and on sale! let's go!

uncpress.org/book/9781469...

#booksky #writers

Yeah! I was there for a minute. And I totally get it, I’m that way too. Hope you had a good book fest!

undergrad = 2006-2010!
driving up from my hometown to see shows at Gabe's on the weekend = 2003-2006!

Sorry I didn't get to this essay sooner but it's absolutely wonderful and also how did I not know you lived in Iowa City? We would've missed each other by a year or two? but shoutout to Currier and SpoCo and the Ped Mall.

Hello app!

I'm an essayist in Portland, currently working on a book of nonfiction for @uncpress.bsky.social about the genius of Janet Jackson. Music writers, essayists, CNF people, lemme know where you're at!

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