dems have a unifying message going into the midterms and it’s fuck haley stevens
With all my heart I hope Talarico wins, but this kind of thing has to stop; it is one of the reasons so many Democratic voters hate the Democratic party. And it's not a Talarico problem; it's a Democratic consultant-class problem.
Tonight (6 PM) in Fishtown at Lot 49 Books-- the first stop of @adamoprice.bsky.social's tour for his excellent new book OBJECTS OF DESIRE. I promise to be a good host (he's also reading at Rutgers Camden tomorrow night, if you can't make this)
Helen DeWitt turning down the Nobel Prize next year because she doesn't want to do the Instagram reaction pic.
Caroline Casey@cacasey.bsky.social · 4w agolook at these cuties, just the absolute best people
@indyweek.bsky.social featured AHP author Adam O'Fallon Price and his debut short story collection, Objects of Desire, available now! Congrats to @adamoprice.bsky.social, and thank you to INDY Week, photographer Matt Ramey, and culture editor Sarah Edwards! indyweek.com/news/culture...
Adam O'Fallon Price's Compelling Stories of Characters at Rock Bottom
"Objects of Desire," Chapel Hill writer Adam O'Fallon Price's debut short story collection, releases on October 6.
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I'm biased, of course, but I tend to agree with Tom. The Lot 49 appearance, where I'll be in convo with Tom, will be especially fun. Come out and say hi!
Tom McAllister@tmcallister.bsky.social · 4w agoHey folks, if you also like great books and great writing and, furthermore, can tolerate me: next week (10/12) at 6 PM, I'm doing an event with @adamoprice.bsky.social at Lot 49 in Fishtown. Adam is also reading at Rutgers-Camden the next night at 6 PM. You should come to one of these.
(listening wide-eyed to little kid singing "Row Your Boat") whoa whoa whoa, life is what? what did you say life was dude?
honestly pretty fucked up, when someone asks to be let into your home, to say, "not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin"
Just read “Objects of Desire,” the first short story collection from @adamoprice.bsky.social, and it’s truly great; “Sandstorm“ and “Dancing With Berg Hermly” are my favorites. You will certainly not regret buying a copy of “Objects of Desire,” by Adam O’Fallon Price!
Objects of Desire: Stories - Autumn House Press
Winner of the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, selected by Alexandra Kleeman, Adam O'Fallon Price's unflinchingly honest and deliciously existential
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Adam O'Fallon Price's Objects of Desire received an excellent review in the Fall 2026 edition of Rain Taxi Review of Books. raintaxi.com/volume-31-nu... Congrats, @adamoprice.bsky.social, and thank you to Haylee G. Morman and Rain Taxi!
Volume 31, Number 3, Fall 2026 (#123)
Volume 31, Number 3, Fall 2026 (#123) To purchase issue #123 using Paypal, click here.To become a member and get quarterly issues of Rain Taxi delivered
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In my latest piece at IN THE ABSENCE OF, I share ONE SIMPLE TRICK that will 100% IMPROVE your writing GUARANTEED. (Well, maybe not, but it works for me) intheabsenceof.substack.com/p/the-drawer...
The Drawer
First idea, worst idea
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dr: lets do two truths and a lie me: i’d really rather no- dr: i can speak french me: *sighs* ok dr: you have more than a month to live me: what dr: i can play the trombone me: dr: me: can you? dr: oui
Met a baby named Godfrey this morning. Tremendously powerful vibes
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
worst imaginable recreation of The Artist Is Present
Christopher Owen@oysta.au · 2mo agofuck, now this is some content
Over at IN THE ABSENCE OF, I wrote about the problem of merged narration, and how/why it might be fucking up your first-person storytelling intheabsenceof.substack.com/p/on-merged-...
On Merged Narration
Or: why your first-person storytelling might suck
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was a half-cab nollie to impossible front-slide
As a professor who is loudly, vocally anti-AI and who doesn’t allow it in my classroom in any form, I cannot overstate how much students dislike it and how relieved they are to have a space in their day without it
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2mo agoFrom their perspective, if A.I. isn't going to get them a good job (and the A.I. narrative is boasting about eliminating good jobs) then college should at least match their idea of what it used to be -- personal, inspiring, chats on the quad, experiences. Then their class is all about tech.
There should be Yelp/Goodreads reviews but for people. Like you meet some dude at a work event who talks for twenty minutes about his fantasy football team, and you look him up and see he has 1500 ratings and a 2.4 average
I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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With great ceremony, head inclined in respect, I place a water-damaged DVD manual in the Little Free Library