The Public Scholar publishes one week from today. Please consider pre-ordering and/or asking your library to order. Authors really need your pre-orders to make a book go.
I think it's a useful book! More importantly, so do real scholars and writers!
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My multi-writer blog When Falls the Coliseum has a new contributor, Sue Gregson, who just published her first piece: "Menopause mayhem"
whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2026/04/21/m...
Lots of people drinking just from thinking about the cabinet
Imagine things returning to even close to normal and trying to explain all of this to 20-year-olds 20 years from now
In the new world, info won't have to war with anyone.
Once in a while I repost this with the absurd hope someone in movies, animation, TV, or comics will see it and be interested. This time I'm tagging people in those areas. Just in case. Sorry. @kibblesmith.com @alexsegura.com @gailsimone.bsky.social @jamesgunn.bsky.social @darkhorse.com
There are also connecting flights, which is probably unhygienic.
Putting my internal server error and my gateway timed out together in a cage to see which one survives.
"Why don't they just talk reasonably and openly about their differences like mature adults instead of all this subterfuge?"
"That's not how you get to 300 pages."
Bet you can't name a state that ends in
Gateway Drug Timed Out
Everyone talking about how early to get to the airport, meanwhile the gateway timed out.
The airport has a bar.
"I'm taking my talents to Newsmax"
In my "Readings in Fiction" course, I pair stories for each class discussion. Students prepare to talk about the individual stories but also consider what the stories have in common.
Tomorrow's pair: Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
In related news, ribs still not broken, rib-area pain still doesn't care what X-rays say. On week 2 of the it-takes-4-6-weeks-to-heal plan.
That hurts more, too
Is this post specifically for me?
Side view of a bird standing on armrest of wicker chair.
Mourning Dove in the afternoon.
Paper Dragon, the literary journal of Drexel's MFA creative writing program, has just published its latest edition, featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art.
drexelpaperdragon.com/volume-11/
In 2026, tl;dr is ten words
Close pic of pink azaleas.
Azaleas.
It's a picture of a sign and I'm looking for the typo or something
At least it isn’t Paleboy Reliable
Managed to mow the grass yesterday despite having bruised ribs and this morning my body is retaliating.
Side view of rabbit in high grass
Backyard rabbit.
At least it isn’t Paleboy Reliable
Chaotic Nice
Private detective Frank Harken could really, really use a cup of coffee. Can you blame him? His new case features a missing woman, a flaky client, a cranky security officer, a mysterious assassin, an overbearing mob boss, an ice-cold enforcer, and the best mini-golf the world has ever seen. Did we mention the fate of millions is at stake? “Stein delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity… Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming … Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A sci-fi detective comedy narrated by a footnoting coffee machine robot in a continent-spanning mall.
“Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred)
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Getting upset about "literally"