I made a batch of posters, zines, and a mixtape for people who pre-order DON’T CALL IT ART austinkleon.com/2026/04/10/p...

So... this takes a whole lot longer to climb out of than you might imagine. We've managed to keep things going for the time being—thanks to so many of you!—but we're definitely not out of the woods yet.

Every subscription helps! Less than $2.50/month!

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whenever I find myself tempted to vent here about a frustration with the industry, or my fears about the future of art and creativity in this country, I find this post and repost it instead

k y'all, gonna be doubling down on art because it truly feels like the only path forward! gonna use this space to yell as loud as I can about the books and films and art that bring me joy! if that sounds good to you then you're invited! let's do this!

I agree 100% with Maris here, I don’t feel a personal connection to many imprints but I really believed in what Sean and his team were doing at MCD and this feels like a repudiation of a lot of the parts of publishing I care about

Flier for the WNYC Public Song Project with a QR code.

🎶 The #PublicSongProject is back for 2026! WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the #publicdomain. Remix, reinterpret, or reimagine & be heard on @wnyc.org & the #InternetArchive.

📅 Submit by May 10

📝 Submission form, rules & more info ⤵️
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What we want: GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX DEADLINE: APRIL 30 PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK

Calling all Minnesota-based writers!

We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state.

Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30.

Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

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Slow Art Day is coming up this Saturday, April 11! I made a zine to guide you on an adventure at any art museum 💕

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"When it feels like the world is falling apart, Jennifer Coolidge, I have my movies."
Contributor @abigailoswald.bsky.social’s latest Viewfinder column for Bright Wall/Dark Room explores one of her favorite comedies in epistolary form! 🤩 Check it out: 🤩 buff.ly/dDeRYXY

thanks so much y'all 🥰

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Happy Publication Day to the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee, @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social, and the long awaited, never duplicated HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY!!!

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The Future News What if you knew, beyond a doubt, what was gonna happen tomorrow?

wrote about Tom Noonan (RIP) and Early Edition, a favorite '90s TV show about a guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper today

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if you find more fountain pens in video games that i missed, send them and i will paint them too ❤️

I'm glad folks had fun reading it ☺️ was so much fun to write

Essays — March Sadness 90s Edition

I'm really digging @abigailoswald.bsky.social's interactive @marchxness.bsky.social essay on the litany of PJ’s "Wishlist" & the emotional terrain of wishes: "In wishing, we recognize the flimsiness of the present. In art we do this, too."

On this day 25 years ago, Cameron Crowe won the Best Original Screenplay for Almost Famous. Today, he reads your Letterboxd reviews for the film 👀

Watch the full video: boxd.it/fF4

25 prints of The King of Monsters are now available for pre-order in the shop! (If those 25 sell out, I'll bump that up, otherwise, when you're leading your guests through a tour of your art collection, pipe in hand, you can tell them it's *limited edition*.)

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Interview: How Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo Run Hagfish The editors and co-publishers on literary resurrections, running a hybrid press, and being “nimble and imaginative” as a small publisher.

I talked to Julia Ringo and Naomi Huffman of the very cool small press HAGFISH that focuses on literary resurrections of underread women authors.

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The magic of going to the theatre isn’t about the movie. It’s about watching it with strangers | CBC Radio Movie theatre attendance hasn’t recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption and the rise of streaming services. But film enthusiasts say you lose some of that movie magic when you skip the share...

Thank you, Marcus Medford-Kerr, for writing this engaging and thoughtful CBC article, which includes quotes from yours truly. Now let’s all go to the movies! www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 267 (3/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over Before tonight’s Oscars, I’d like to nominate myself for Best Supporting Scholar with my 267th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past ...

Before the Oscars, I’m nominating myself for Best Supporting Scholar with my 267th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & the winner will be … all of us! 🗃️

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Dear Jennifer Coolidge | Austenland (2013) Rewatching Jennifer Coolidge in Austenland feels like the emotional opposite of doomscrolling, a turn toward comfort rather than brand-new bad news.

New today on the site!

Our new issue (Comedy Happy Place) begins, with @abigailoswald.bsky.social on Jennifer Coolidge and AUSTENLAND

Austenland (Nelly - Hot In Herre) YouTube video by Eliza Eliza

gratitude as always to @chadperman.bsky.social for giving me the space to experiment and explore as I write about the movies I love!

and if you want a taste of the AUSTENLAND vibe, the cast's Regency-themed "Hot in Herre" music video never fails to make me laugh

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Dear Jennifer Coolidge | Austenland (2013) Rewatching Jennifer Coolidge in Austenland feels like the emotional opposite of doomscrolling, a turn toward comfort rather than brand-new bad news.

Jennifer Coolidge has become something of a patron saint for me amid all the recent horrors, so this month I wrote about AUSTENLAND for @brightwalldarkroom.com: an underseen comedy gem that deserves cult classic status ❤️

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My essay on all of the SERIOUS sadness bound up in Mariah Carey’s “Without You,” now live! Vote vote!

Special thanks to the #lambs who put together a truly impressive magazine archive (covers included w. essay!)

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Not going to AWP? Now through Sunday March 8, use code NOAWPFORME at our website for free shipping!

Wait wait, it gets even better: our backlist full-lengths are on sale for $15, backlist chaps are $10. Same prices as the bookfair!!! Discount shows in the cart, so LOAD 'ER UP!
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Hi I wrote you a love letter to Neutral Milk Hotel, Totoro, and partnership.

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this was really beautiful, Aaron!

“If you build it, they... might not come, but at least you did something” (+ 2026 reading log, week 8) Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Camille Bordas, John Updike, Samantha Schweblin, Curtis Dawkins...

avoided lots of other work and wrote up my weekly short story reading log + a blog post thinking about @thelincoln.bsky.social's punk rock mindset & @summerbrennan.bsky.social's book review supplement & @miriamgershow.bsky.social's 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 & just making/doing things