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Been an absolutely wild week. If you’re someone who has said to me “I’d read a whole poems about you and an imaginary Dr. Phil” (there are WAY more of you out there than is rational), today is your lucky day, because that book is out via Kelsay Books! kelsaybooks.com/products/me-ph…

Thanks especially to E. Kristin Anderson, @JackieLeeMcLean, & matthew caws for writing such generous blurbs (your copies will be on their way this week!), my student Everin Casey for the cover, ACTUAL Dr. Phil, who is not in the book at all, & my family. Wow. kelsaybooks.com/products/me-ph…

Also, Andy took pictures of me unboxing the books and I love them because (1) I can still see my copy of Jeremy Strong’s GQ out of the corner of my eye and (2) I’m PRETENDING I didn’t put the jersey on for the pictures, I totally did, I wanted the jersey. kelsaybooks.com/products/me-ph…

It was an honor to be behind the scenes for such a beautiful and moving collection! 🥺🥺

I cannot for the life of me understand why people think shit like this means a single goddamn thing. A book can be about Russians. Russians are people, not orcs from Mordor.

I’m giving away a signed copy of Early Cuts!! To enter, comment a photo of a pet or any cute animal! We will be putting all names into a bowl & my pup, Snoopy, will pick a winner next Saturday, June 24th at Noon CST. Not needed to enter, but follow if you fancy. ❤️

everybody asks “how do you write novels AND have a full time job?” & they never want the answer to be “i write for an hour every night after work, saturdays & sundays from 9-5, and then i take a two-week vacation & write through that” but it’s the goddamn truth.

This. This utter bull crap right here. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Authors are inundated with ideas. They spill out of our ears. They keep us awake at night. But if you give twenty authors the same idea, they will give you twenty different stories.

Raymond Carver for your morning:

"There is no end,/ ... to the inventions of summer..." —Mary Oliver

Why are so many people acting like the hubris and folly of man haven’t been the basis of comedy for centuries

foggy.

After the Titanic sinking, the New York Times got so many bad poetry submissions they had to publish this:

whenever I don’t know if a poem is working or not I ask “is this interesting” and if it’s not I add a horse, this is what MFAs mean by voice, it’s the horse you add

a cup of ice cream simply cannot compare to a the heavenly experience of the waffle cone. ordering a cup telegraphs that you have lost your lust for life - you no longer desire the whimsical treat of summer, you gobble your slop like a horse eats its oats. it's tragic really

sun and moon, france, 15th century

We're so excited about @WritesSalazar's collection!