Alan Drew
@alanauthordrew.bsky.social
Author of the novels THE RECRUIT, SHADOW MAN, and GARDENS OF WATER. Director of Villanova Program in Creative Writing, Villanova Lit Fest, native Southern Californian loving Philly. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78292/alan-drew/
Writer friends, I'm looking for some new experimental/electronic/ambient music to write to, in the vein of Tim Hecker, Fennesz, Loscil, etc. Preferably no words. Any recs?
Indian-Irish writer, Cauvery Madhavan, tonight at Villanova. If you're in the area, come on out. It's free and open to the public.
Villanova Lit Fest kicks off this Thursday with poet Rick Barot! If you're in the Philly area, come on out!
2026 Villanova Literary Festival. If you're in the Philly area, come on out! All readings are free and open to the public.
In the coming days we will hear these words come out of Pam Bondi's mouth, "Due to the ongoing investigation..."
In the coming days we will hear these words come out of Pam Bondi's mouth, "Due to the ongoing investigation..."
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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Imagine being the victims and living with the daily circus of congressional cowardice.
You know, I'm starting to think that there's a chance that it might be possible that our president could be guilty.
Gonna be interesting to see all the ways he shows you he's guilty, and all the Orwellian ways his sycophants will tell you he's not. www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Analysis: Trump is getting pulled deeper and deeper into the Epstein drama | CNN Politics
The Jeffrey Epstein saga has a dastardly quality: The more anyone drawn into the morass tries to dig themselves out, the deeper they dig themselves in.
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Needed strength and resolve. Got weakness and capitulation.
All right, Governor! bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 9mo agoShapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
Hey poets! Villanova's hiring for a tenure-track position. Deadline is November 3. joblist.mla.org/job/2000484/...
Assistant Professor of Poetry (Creative Writing) job with Villanova University | 2000484
Villanova English seeks tenure-track Assistant Professor (poetry) for Fall 2026. MFA/PhD required; practicing poet; excellence in teaching expected.
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Hey poets and teachers out there! Villanova is hiring for a tenure-track assistant prof position. Great school and a wonderful English Department. Check it out below. jobs.villanova.edu/postings/33001
Assistant Professor of Poetry (Creative Writing)
The Department of English at Villanova University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a specialization in poetry. The appointment will begin in Fal...
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
My father was 82nd Airborne, retired as a Colonel in the California National Guard. I can't imagine what he's feeling listening to Hegseth and our dear leader.
I grew up in a home with people who took many of their marital and parenting cues from Focus on the Family. I'm pretty sure that's a significant reason why I became a writer. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89
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Well, Brooks really doesn't want to write about novelists here. And what limited reading he must be doing. (Though I'm with him on Colleen Hoover.) Also, it's funny how Iowa has become the bogeyman for soft thinking about the state of American literature. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Opinion | When Novels Mattered
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What the Trump admin understands is that the Republicans on Capitol Hill are cowards.
Yeah, but our weak and pathetic mainstream media won’t do that.
Digging this new Purelink. Ambient isn't the right word for it. Headphones in, volume up. Beautifully layered music. open.spotify.com/album/4QJJWf...
Faith
Purelink · Album · 2025 · 6 songs
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Most exciting new music I’ve heard in a while. The songs feel on the edge of falling apart, an emotional breakdown catharsis. open.spotify.com/track/5GHYjI...
Total euphoria
caroline · caroline 2 · Song · 2025
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
