Advertising, when it was both so sophisticated and so, so naive

I am THRILLED to share the cover of Dirtbag, Massachusetts with y’all, alongside a short interview I did with the kind folks at Entertainment Weekly. HUGE thanks to designer Myunghee Kwon and art director Patti Ratchford, plus the entire Bloomsbury U.S. team. 🍓 ew.com/books/author-i…

🕓It's time for a 30-minute round of book recommendations. Tell us your favorite book or author, and we'll reply to as many posts as we can with a personalized book rec. ⚡️📚

It’s true. By pushing the term “content,” capital holders were able to turn everything from stories to essays to films into mere commodity for platforms that they control. And don’t even get me started on the term “creator.”

I am trying to be more open about instances in which I’ve changed my mind. Twitter’s toxicity has gotten us way too obsessed with saving face and winning imagined debates. It’s too much. So, uh, stay tuned because I’m gonna be waffling, heauxes! Contradictions all over the place!

My evenings are all about Masha and Henry James ❤️

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Love to send all of my lil' emails at 1am so nobody immediately responds. Never email during the day, only at night.

today, like every day, I find I am once again deeply glad to be Korean

Trust, most, your own small, half-filled, beckoning notebook

If you're a writer, you've probably already written a book's worth of words for some employer. Surely, you can at least do this for yourself.

I just showed my support for UNICEF and our world's children. Providing vaccines for nearly half of the world's children to fight against Covid-19 is the way forward. Check out UNICEF USA to learn how you can help too. #VaccinesWork #DonateVaccines unicefusa.org/mission/surviv…

Darley Stewart interviews @grantfaulkner about his short story collection ALL THE COMFORT SIN CAN PROVIDE today The Adroit Journal. "This is the paradoxical place where many of my characters reside: trying to speak their own language." @BlackLawrence theadroitjournal.org/2022/02/10/bea…

If you’re watching Super Bowl today, don’t miss out on Goodby Silverstein’s SB spot for BMW. While you’re at it, go to bmwusa.com/all-electric to check out the spot and the vehicles, including the iX M60. As the copy lead on the All-Electric hub for BMW, I’m thrilled to share! ⚡️Critical Mass

Happy Valentine’s from me and Masha!! ❤️

My best friend made something incredibly beautiful during a terrible time—without shying away at all from the terribleness. Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones. 9/13/22. 💀💜🌿

There have been jointly written commercial novels. Are there examples of jointly written literary fiction?

Hey friends! I'm not really on Twitter much anymore – I check in maybe once every 5-6 months now. Please reach out on IG: darleystewart. Or drop me a line at: [email protected]. ❤️