Daniel Kennedy

Assistant Professor. Notable Best Am. Essays. Work in: @guardian @NERweb, @TheFLReview @NC_Quarterly, @puertomag, @MISTERBULLBULL & more

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

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.

[Ghostface @GhostfaceTalks_]

Name the killer in FRIDAY THE 13TH

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

I'm thrilled to announce the keynote for the 30th annual ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton: NYT best-selling author (and one of my personal favorites), Stephen Graham Jones. Details here: https://t.co/zCkuoSwOVy

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

“But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless, and sagacious….he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.”

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

As Republicans are grappling with the aftermath of major midterm losses and voter anger, President Trump is talking about how the ballroom will be "the most beautiful in the world."

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

Throwback to last fall when I met James Talarico, TX’s next senator

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Texas forever.

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

We are watching the returns on Fox for awhile because we are mean.

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

@packers @Invisalign Happy birthday, Jordan. It’s my dad’s birthday, too. Just got off the phone with him. He’s a Browns fan, but during our call he was remarking how lucky I am that you’re the Packers’ QB. Enjoy the day!

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

Heretofore unnoticed Easter egg in Nightmare on Elm Street: the church’s door and windows are Freddy’s glove. This shot occurs after Rod’s funeral. Before his own death, Rod told Nancy that four cuts appeared on Tina as he witnessed her murder.

[SmokeLong Quarterly @SmokeLong]

Please don't send us AI-generated stories. This age of taking credit for something you didn't do is such a pain. We will now have Zoom calls with all writers we consider accepting. And we will delay payment to avoid paying bad actors. This bullshit.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

James Talarico is hosting a statewide grocery drive for middle class Texans during Republicans’ midterm convention.

Tickets to the convention cost $20,000.

Talarico collected over 20,000 pounds of groceries.

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

Good time to return to Harlan Ellison’s famous story, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.”

https://t.co/IPcgvgjJXo

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

If you’re furious about Mamdani attending a 9/11 memorial but perfectly fine with Trump lying about being rescued from the rubble at Ground Zero. Congratulations, you’re in a cult.

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

My uni’s admin is modestly pushing similar apocalyptic nonsense. “Here’s a shovel, start digging, and when you’re done, climb into the hole.”

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

Here's the relevant portion of the dean's email:

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

I agreed to 3 debates over a month ago.

You declined every single one.

You love to talk tough on Fox. Say it to me on the debate stage.

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

@WhiteHouse

[Daniel Kennedy @danielkwrites]

@brecht_dp Essentially honor-system guidelines for the earth-killing plagiarism machine. Seems paradoxical to me.

[Carnival of Horror @HorrorCarnival]

Hokum is exactly the kind of horror I live for. Creepy folklore, unsettling imagery, and an atmosphere that gets under your skin and festers like a wound. I absolutely love this film. 🖤👹🎃 #Hokum #Horror

[Gray Maynard @GrayMaynard]

We are literally the laughing stock of the world for electing this moron….. and his low iq administration….. and the jackass podcasters and celebrities that pushed for him to get elected.
The BIGGEST grift and money grab this country has ever seen.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@JamesTalarico on Texas officially banning THC:

“This bill is insane.

Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels.

This ban is a gift to the cartels.

We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst. 

Instead of fully funding our schools, guaranteeing healthcare, or making childcare more affordable — this Legislature is focused on banning a product that gives people a little peace.

We’re making people’s lives harder, not easier.

I want to leave you with a quote: ‘It is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use.’ That wasn’t a Democrat. That was President Donald Trump.

To my Republican colleagues, I’m asking you to oppose the cartels, stand with President Trump, and vote no on this insane bill.”

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Tonight Trump will re-litigate the 2020 election.
Why?
In support of his SAVE act, which is actually a Voter Suppression Act.
This is a Hail Mary effort to keep his corrupt power grab from being swamped by a blue wave in November.