Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang

Parody/farce. Novel coming June. Work in CutBank, Milkweed Editions, Der Greif, Romka, Slushpile Mag, Chestnut Review, Catamaran, StoneCoast Review, elsewhere.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Pre-orders for my debut novel, THE ART OF FALLING APART, are now available wherever books are sold. If you have a favorite indie bookseller I highly encourage you to grab the ISBN from the link below and order it that way!

https://t.co/2NGEBpMjx2

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@dwallacewells I appreciated the phrase "it’s clear that the coalition itself is rived by inherent contradictions and ideological rivalries"-both rived & rival "derive" from the same ancient root as river, & "rivals" originally meant people who literally lived across the river from each other.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Novel coming in June of 2026! https://t.co/BMqxGrFSSc

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

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Something folks are missing here: this raid wasn’t about “illegals taking American jobs.” It was about ICE storming the Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, part of a $7.6B Metaplant project that isn’t even operational yet.

They dragged out more than 300 South Korean engineers and specialists. People flown in to help stand the place up so it could eventually employ thousands of Georgians/Americans.

This plant wasn’t scheduled to start running until late 2025 or early 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@UNITEHERE17 My workplace has been unionized for about 50 years and I've been there for over 20. Post-unionization, we went out of business almost immediately, and for 49 years we've been eating each other's hair and fingernails to survive. NOT! Don't let the bastards get you down.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

My new short story, "Billy's Paradox," was recently named runner up in Press 53's Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction.

I'd be delighted if you took a look at the story:

https://t.co/pwkle6Up6r

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

The cult is shaken.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

If Wisconsin offered @GovTimWalz a $40,000 Harley Davidson, the entire Republican Party would have a full melt down.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@ResolveReviews Would be a good second location for "The Hangout." And probably no US tariffs.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Oh, Turnip meant he'd end the war "for" one day. Thanks, Vlad. Happy Easter!

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Incompetence and arrogance is one *hell* of a combination.

And I speak from experience!

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@AmericanGwyn Was hiking alone deep in the woods of far northern Minnesota (like walk to Canada deep) when I heard and felt the ground thumping all around me as if a dinosaur were stomping by. Assumed moose. Assumed about to be trampled. Then silence. Nothing around but trees and pine needles.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

My father used to say that the first thing that separated human beings from other animals was the ability to tie knots.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

OMG @peterframpton came alive in my Zoom call!

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@neiltyson Here's Chat GPT trying to get the next digit correct.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Delighted and grateful to participate in the Black Beach Art Book Fair this past weekend. Many thanks to Brad Zellar for the opportunity & to Carolyn Swiszcz for the zine collabs. So many great photographers and zine makers can't possibly mention them all. Can't wait 4 next year!

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

Been looking forward to reading this collection from CoffeeHouse Press from the great Brian Evenson for a long time, but I'm a little worried I may never sleep again...

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@SideSaladAudio Period correct in every way apparently.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

RIP Boris Spassky, World Chess Champion before Bobby Fischer.

[Steven 'Wordle Yankovic' Lang @thespectacles]

@kylerseibel Yeah but have you seen The Brotalist (starring Adrien Brody)?