i think about this poem a lot

to think that he made this during late 80s is insane, so ahead of its time, so intimate and ethereal

i have a new piece on HAD today about a book review.

another classic in HAD by the legend, and scaffold favorite, shane kowalski !

whenever i read her i feel there is no prose writer like muriel spark

This tweet is for people who consider themselves serious readers: If you’ve not yet heard of/read yet/listened to Nicholson Baker’s delightful little novel ‘The Mezzanine’, you need to fix that. It’s serious(ly) entertaining fiction. Absolutely fucking delightful, in fact.

considering using this as an epigraph to the novel i’ve found myself writing…

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went to ireland earlier this summer and discovered there’s a whole motorway service station in County Tipperary devoted to Barack Obama called the Barack Obama Plaza. it served Papa John’s and Supermac’s.

reading The Sorrows of Young Werther for the first time

i'm particularly fond of this version of "rocky raccoon" for paul's use of the word "sminking" three times: youtube.com/watch?v=-VtbHm…

still think about this line from The Piano Teacher

"In any case, my friend—the one with the baby—has been messaging me recently online and asking what is wrong with me. I never answer." new fiction, from "Are People Out There" by Shane Kowalski (shane kowalski) clereviewofbooks.com/are-people-out…

We’re so excited for this next Kowalski book! Cover reveal and more info soon.

get on the train now, folks, this book (like Shane's first) is going to be mind-blowing

"Knocking," a very short story by Robert Walser biblioklept.org/2025/08/21/kno…

Jean Rhys was born on this day in 1890. One of my favourite authors.

went through some of my old books stashed at my parents’ house today and forgot about this guy: found it at the thrift store in Triphammer Mall in Ithaca, NY. Signed first edition of the Full Court Press version of I Remember by Joe Brainard. Was something like $2.

from Voices In The Evening by Natalia Ginzburg