Out late Spring 25 from the great UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE. Drop a line if you would like an e-galley. I really hope this one travels — for our everlasting bruno ❤️

big thanks to katie ebbitt khe for this BOMB Magazine interview about Cartoons, my book of stories/drawings with City Lights Books ❤️💛 read it here: bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/…

my forthcoming book has received its first review, starred from publisher's weekly. it's true i love skewering malarkey, get that shit out of here

my book received a starred kirkus review. pretty cool! woo kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/s…

I reviewed Berlin Atomized by julia kornberg for Cleveland Review of Books

For The Baffler, I wrote about Mathias Énard’s incredible new novel, The Deserters, the end of the twentieth century, and time repeating itself both in fiction and in real life: thebaffler.com/latest/the-tim…

did a lithub questionnaire about writing, literature, my personality lithub.com/lit-hub-asks-5…

pretty neat news: the los angeles review of books has picked my novel as their 2025 summer book club pick lareviewofbooks.org/article/fresh-…

it was a true delight to write up the goldenest boy sebastian castillo’s new book, Fresh, Green Life for the goldenest mag BOMB Magazine—I say in the piece that Sebastian’s work keeps growing in playfulness, generosity, and gravity; you’ve gotta check it out bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/…

this friday in brooklyn, the literary event of the year, one night only!!! with readings from alex and billy you can get tickets here (includes book) or just show up unannounced of course powerhouse-books.ticketleap.com/book-launch-fr…

my new book is out today. look at it. there are roughly 30,000 words inside. that's nothing, an afternoon of your life. you need it for your health. buy like 12 copies, buy 12-25 copies. for your community. love, sebastian penguinrandomhouse.com/books/772204/f…

i made a playlist for largeheartedboy yippeeeee largeheartedboy.com/2025/07/09/seb…

my conversation with LARB on my book and other things is now up. get castilloed lareviewofbooks.org/av/sebastian-c…

i wrote about white boy summer, cheugy, going beast mode, bestie, do you ever get lonely, the moon, and what it all means for marxism in the new york times magazine

thank you to the paris review for liking me. i accept it completely and without hesitation theparisreview.org/blog/2025/12/1…