"The only way I could approach writing something that means this much to me was to find moments of beauty and hope and connection in a very hard and ugly history."
—@Puyana discusses his debut novel, FREEDOM IS A FEAST, with Full Stop's @KyleFWill: https://t.co/6s0LW1OTrn.
"We do everyone a favor by refusing to romanticize and by acknowledging the material reality that shapes the books we read."
@PublicBooks continues the essential work of demystifying the book industry in this interview with @dan_sinykin https://t.co/PwrObMuEii
This is probably my favorite part of the story I just had published in @adroitjournal: the immense sadness of dreaming of labor. https://t.co/OB1wL5NDjC
"Boring, as far as felonies went."
I have a new short story out today about a young man who decides to grow weed in his closet. It's called "Building Character." Thank you @adroitjournal for publishing it. https://t.co/OB1wL5Ob9a
I'm mostly not on Twitter anymore but I put too much effort into making these slides for just my stories so here's some highlights from my year in reading.
My morning today starts with bringing 115 boxes off a UPS truck and into the bookstore. Here's my essay on how we talk about labor in the book industry @PublicBooks : https://t.co/0dP2WXzXYj
It’s admirable that “The Art of Libromancy” seeks to deconstruct book-selling, @kylefwill writes, but the book’s allergy to critiquing the forces of capitalism that structure the industry leaves its analysis lacking and its prescriptions limited. https://t.co/PnKcsmndJ1