Congrats, Gary! And Scott too!

Watching DTF St. Louis and marveling at the DeLillo-ness of the dialogue.

You know it!

Since I can't make it, I hereby deputize you, yes, YOU, to go in my stead!

The Wizard of Oz

maybe something like splenetic?

Autumn Boy by Carmella T. Penny He looks like trees in wintertime; cold and tall, slim— and hard. He smells like leaves and winter pine, spicy, crisp-clean backyard. He sounds like caves at twilight time, rumbli...

Happy Monday! Here's "Autumn Boy," by Carmella T. Penny. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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You’re invited to the dance. Pandemonium Waltz. 17 stories. In addition to the fiction, an interview conducted with the author by Kelly Link and art by Derek Ford.
“Jeffrey Ford is a beautifully disorienting writer. A poet in an unclassifiable genre — his own"
— Joyce Carol Oates

Thirteen 13-Syllable American Sentences for Allen Ginsberg by Christopher Stolle We’re too constrained already,but we’ll do what we can.We sing this hymn to praise you,but we’ve forgotten words.We sit at your chinin this sweet lotus position.Drop your wisdom ...

Happy Friday! Here's "Thirteen 13-Syllable American Sentences for Allen Ginsberg," by Christopher Stolle. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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This sounds like the tree house I designed when I was eight.

The Map of Elsewhere by Mohit Saini We wander in the margins of a book, where footnotes bloom like untamed vines, each asterisk a door left slightly ajar— a breath of elsewhere.  The spine cracks, and the chapters rebel, ...

Happy Monday! Here's "The Map of Elsewhere," by Mohit Saini. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Oscar Wilde's grandson is still alive. And has written about his grandfather. A fascinating article. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/b...

Man, coffee prices are UP ☝️

See, you thanked me! :)

Preorder this satire with bite and heart. You'll thank me!

My parents took me on a tour of the colleges they wanted me to get into. The college I wound up attending was not on the tour.

"Jeffrey Ford is a legendary figure; easily one of the greatest living American writers. If you'd like evidence of that, read Pandemonium Waltz."
Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories) and the Isaiah Coleridge series.

They were zooming around the yard for over an hour. Crazy!

Love this poem from Matt Zambito in today's Penmen Review!

Veteran Screenwriter Ed Solomon Relearned All the Rules for Steven Soderbergh’s Two-Hander ‘The Christophers’ Screenwriter Ed Solomon discusses finding a shape for 'The Christophers' and how it was written for actors Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.

www.indiewire.com/features/int...

Some morning drama

SNHU Wireside Chat, Monday, 4/13, 8-9 pm ET, Featuring Savannah Stephens. With a photo of the author, a black woman with long hair in a braided loc style against a fiery orange background.

Coming up on Monday, 4/13, 8-9 pm ET, Wireside Chat proudly welcomes Online MFA alum Savannah Stephens, whose debut novel, Witch Queen Rising, pubs on 4/21. Tune in as Savannah reads, recounts her publication journey, and shares what lies ahead!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...

Part II of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Publishing Panel with @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social is up for your viewing pleasure! #litmag #publishing
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I used to live in Washington Heights and would cross the bridge into NJ and back every morning on my daily run. For the rest of the day I would would around with a smug feeling, looking at my fellow New Yorkers, "You poor bastards, I've been out of the city today!"

Let me put in a plug for the George Washington Bridge.

Word for Word Welcomes Courtney Milan, Wednesday, 4.15, 8pm EST. With a picture of Ms. Milan, a dark-haired woman in a jean jacket outside under a cloudy sky, and a picture of the cover of her novel The Duke Who Didn't.

Join us next Wednesday, 4/15, from 8-9 pm EST, as @snhu.edu's online literary series, Word for Word, welcomes bestselling author @courtneymilan.com!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...

Since I was so enamored of Lolly Willowes, I will give this a try. Thank you for the rec, Guy!

Passport Control, Heathrow by Christopher Stolle Everyone here is in the middle of something. We’ve come from different places and we’re headed somewhere after this. People talk incessantly, voices blending into hummingbird mur...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "Passport Control, Heathrow," by Christopher Stolle. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Don't forget the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

From Artemis to Armageddon