just a sheer pleasure to read. gorgeous, funny, an all-timer...
one of my favorite stories to give to students
Aaron Burch@aaronburch.bsky.social · last mo.Back on my bullshit.
Everybody should read this new selected by the menschiest genius to ever pound an underwood. I wrote the intro! I loved steve and I love his stories!!
Stephen Dixon’s Goodbye to Goodbye (Book acquired, 19 May 2026)
This October, McSweeney’s will publish an anthology of Stephen Dixon’s short stories. Titled Goodbye to Goodbye (after Dixon’s 1985 short story), this anthology inaugurates a fort…
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new interview, wherein i briefly mention the novel i've been working on:
JMWW Journal@jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 3mo agoWinging It: An Interview with Shane Kowalski by Curtis Smith I don’t think I could ever do improv, but I can do improv on the page.
new piece in the new issue of Four Way Review. about the usual stuff. fourwayreview.com/billionaires...
will be reading in nyc this saturday in the Segue Reading Series curated by Fence
I adore this slim vol of short personal essays on the arts, a few of which I am proud to have published thediagram.com/merch/produc...
new review of Are People Out There up at Zona Motel. thanks to Kai Broach for seeing my book through not my eyes!
REVIEW: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski
Read Shane Kowalski and dare to become the baby, says Kai Broach.
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That times piece on richard hell’s apt got me thinking about bill knott, who late in his life was mailing boxes of really excellent homemade books to mfa program directors. This is the cover of one of them, maybe the funniest book cover of all time
i have 3 very short pieces about different things in The Bulb Region
The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 5mo ago“I’m playing a game that is about a lonely town full of lonely people. Some of them are farmers, some of them are failed artists.” Read the brilliant Shane Kowalski’s (@dieddisappointed.bsky.social) three very short stories in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Three-Very-S...
If you’re in Philly at the end of the month, this is going to be incredible. @dieddisappointed.bsky.social
"He never even wanted to be a soldier. He liked writing children’s stories, albeit of the insane variety. For example, a young child’s frostbitten toe detaches itself and wanders off to look for a whore..." Shane Kowalski just one of the best at it rn https://www.havehashad.com/jm21w
Local History by Shane Kowalski
There is one Hessian who was never captured by Washington’s forces at Trenton. He retreated from battle. He made his own journey across the Delaware River, back into Pennsylvania, into the thick,…
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“I have been here almost a year. I spend an afternoon transcribing agreements and I miss a comma. I know I have missed a comma, but I don’t go back to fix it. I like the missing comma. It gets me in the mood.” —Shane Kowalski ( @dieddisappointed.bsky.social )
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
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“I never get to know the heads’ names, nor do I see the heads attached to actual bodies. For all I know, they are floating heads passing by Frank’s old office.” From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
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Shane Kowalski's short stories are like extended prose poems. Funny, perverse, quirky, and unique. Picture Diane Williams dancing the tango with Russell Edson. Highly recommended. @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @futuretensebooks.bsky.social
can confirm: i have a piece in the new issue of Harper's 👍
Future Tense Books@futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 8mo agoBREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉 This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
Imagine the tears of joy when you give someone the gift of @dieddisappointed.bsky.social 🎁 futuretensebooks.com
a book so good she only had to write the one
AOP@adamoprice.bsky.social · 9mo agoJust learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great. here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social ! in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone. a great story ! & a great ending xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
BECKETTIAN by Shane Kowalski
Murphy was visiting Malone. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Murphy being busy in the city, while Malone had lingered in the countryside. Murphy remembered those dark country roads,...
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This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
my book Are People Out There is officially out today. get it where books are sold, but especially at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
the nyt obituary for charles webb, the author of the graduate, from 2020: archive.ph/RtA8Z
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