The Orioles traded my favorite player to the team I hate the most. I am dead inside.
Caleb Michael Sarvis
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Author of Dead Aquarium. Owner of Bridge Eight Press. www.calebmsarvis.com
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
Reading Roundup — July 2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.
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On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
Reading Roundup — July 2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.
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Now that I've finished Updike's Rabbit novels. here's what's in the queue, pending other recs: Mount Chicago by Adam Levin Greyhounds by Emma Smith Stevens Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel
I got to see The Odyssey last night. Had a great time, and with that, here are my updated Christopher Nolan rankings. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
Christopher Nolan: The Definitive, Subjective Ranking
Now that I've seen The Odyssey, I updated my ranking of Nolan's films to solidify how I felt.
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"I am not second guessing. Hell, I’m still half asleep, tangled in the thick of dreams, swept up in the muzzy logic of the dreamscape, with nothing but the mystery of intuition to guide me." Love this, @saralippmann.bsky.social lithub.com/stealing-tim...
Stealing Time: In Praise of Writing at Dawn, at Midnight or Whenever We Can
At 5 AM and it’s me and the birds. This is how I like it: when the house is asleep. Outside, the slow rumble of a sanitation truck. A lone scooter screams down the block. Sometimes a helicopt…
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grateful to @cmsarvis.bsky.social for including me in this killer roundup — and for reading with such spot-on acuity.
Caleb Michael Sarvis@cmsarvis.bsky.social · last mo.On Cormac McCarthy, Homer, @patrickcottrell.bsky.social, Ryan Ridge & Mel Bosworth, and @saralippmann.bsky.social #booksky #amreading open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
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Reading Roundup — June 2026
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Jimmy Butler and picks doesn't move me. The Wizards should force Golden State to include a third team who can deliver us a serviceable big who can play on opening night. I'm looking at you, Zion (or similar).
AJ Dybantsa is a Washington Wizard. What a time to be alive. Is it October yet??
“It’s just the end of the world,” my mother said, the mother of my dream, but otherwise everything went on as before. Read these flames from Christian TeBordo. burialmagazine.neocities.org/isforrealisn...
Is for Real Is Not for Real
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The NBA Draft is in one week. My Wizards have the #1 pick. My head says AJ Dybantsa. My heart says Darryn Peterson. My soul says trust the people paid to do the job. 7 more days of speculation!
"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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Woke up and thought that Knicks game was a fever dream. Na. That was real.
I sent you my full 330 page novel an hour ago and you don't have a decision yet?
I love this NBA Finals so much. I could watch these teams play 100 times.
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Reading Roundup — May 2026
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Reading Roundup — May 2026
On Sarah Gerard, Dur e Aziz Amna, Zadie Smith, and Jonathan Fink
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