Honored to see my essay included in this year’s Best American Essays Notables list. Thanks to @NERweb for publishing it and to @textplusimage for the editorial guidance.
@writingenjoyer I bought Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead a while ago and have been meaning to read it. Def won’t be doing that now. Thanks for saving me time.
Guillermo Del Toro receives a long standing ovation after the screening of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ at the #CannesFilmFestival and says “fuck AI” in his post-screening speech.
Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux responds, “that was the first political statement of the festival”
I wrote this story as a grad student. It’s the first of my stories set in Boston, a city I will always regard as my second home. Thanks to the editors at @GulfStreamLit for publishing my work. Second pub this month, following my story in @puertomag.
https://t.co/Ytkq3l5G4y
Many thanks to Brandon Hobson and the editors of Puerto del Sol for giving my latest experiment, "Pale Wings," a home. Structured as a pseudo-YouTube video, the story unfolds in the comments.
Evangeline Lilly has called out Disney for being “disgusting and horrible” after they laid off almost all of Marvel's visual development team.
“SHAME ON YOU for turning your back on the people who built the power you are now using to throw them away.”
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence
Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else https://t.co/LFo7jyh03o
@MeghanMcCain You, Meghan, are a moron. Have you seen the movie? Maybe you have and just genuinely align with Bill’s white supremacist views. Unlike you, the film’s hero, Amsterdam Vallon, isn’t cool with the guy who hated his father.
Trump’s EPA has rolled back regulations governing clean air, water, wildlife, and toxic chemicals.
He’s pushed to open public lands to drilling and mining.
And he’s gutted clean energy programs while promoting dirty fossil fuels.
He’s a danger to our planet and our health.
Three stories accepted in just over a month, including two in the last three days. Not sure if/when this’ll happen again and thus doing my best to savor the moment.
@LTGetsPolitical Enjoyed your analysis. I wrote this last year: https://t.co/CFisWK4jhI Check it out if you have the time to read. You might find it interesting.
Last week, my uni was fortunate to host Colson Whitehead as the keynote author for our annual writers conference. He was wonderful—funny, kind, and full of salient wisdom. It was an honor to conduct my first author interview with one of the best.