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Read books. Touch grass. Enjoy sunshine. Husband. Father. Professor. PRPL Director. Baseball fan. Jesuit.
This week on the DTP podcast, award-winning biographer Megan Marshall talked to Kate about how she helps readers see the world through her subjects' eyes, how she structured her books, and her recent turn to essays. www.draftingthepast.com/megan-marsha... 🗃️ #booksky @biographersintl.bsky.social
Episode 109: Megan Marshall on Writing About Exemplary Lives
In Episode 109 of the Drafting the Past podcast, Kate Carpenter interviews award-winning biographer Megan Marshall
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I love it when people think they’d be able to legitimately ball with a player like Buechler. Guys like Buechler are closer to name-your-favorite-player’s skill set than we are to his. I love the idea of dropping more names!
1988 Topps Podcast@1988toppspodcast.bsky.social · 6d agoJud Buechler.
This book is breaking me. Incredible in its narrative design and language.
I’m excited to finally get to Shann Ray’s novel WHERE BLACKBIRDS FLY. This book has patiently waited on my shelf for me. Everything I’ve read about it suggests that it is going to be a superb read. Published by @univnebpress.bsky.social.
Thank you @sophieklahr.bsky.social for your words and images. This collection of poems invites the reader to be part of a journey that neither begins nor ends and just is as the miles of road pass by. Truly beautiful. Published by @univnebpress.bsky.social.
I’m learning a lot about myself while reading this memoir. At some point, I may share these revelations…
This book looks so freaking fantastic
Todd Radom@toddradom.bsky.social · 5mo agoA first look at “The Ballpark and Beyond,” release date May 26.
At last, here's the next up in my essay series on Ballantine Adult Fantasy, which dives into the satirical romances of James Branch Cabell and THE SILVER STALLION (1926):
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Silver Stallion” by James Branch Cabell (Biography of the Life of Manuel)
The fifteenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, about James Branch Cabell’s The Silver Stallion (1926), a satirical take on the medieval romance that goes to some truly wil…
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Absolutely incredible photographs collected herein. And what an enjoyable read this was.
@1988toppspodcast.bsky.social you might consider doing an episode on Duane Ward.
My day has started off quite well. Sometimes you just gotta spoil yourself.
"I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When it really works, it’s like music." Hunter S. Thompson, born on this day in 1937
"Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream." Iris Murdoch, born on this day in 1919
I have dozens of this card. For some reason I really liked this card.
every topps card@every-topps-card.bsky.social · last mo.1987 Topps #756 Carlton Fisk Chicago White Sox card 2624/38696
This episode hit me in the nostalgic feels. I remember when playing sandlot games I would call out “I’m Walt Weiss!” as other players called out the names of more popular players. I can’t remember why I had such an affinity for him, but this episode validates my 8 yr old player choices. 😂
1988 Topps Podcast@1988toppspodcast.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week, a former bash brother who had a big hit on the field in 2026...it's Walt Weiss! Weiss was 1988 AL ROY, won a ring in 1989, and an All Star in 1998. He managed the Rockies and was Atlanta bench coach before taking over this year. Listen: 1988toppspodcast.blogspot.com/2026/06/walt...
