Justin Taylor
@justintaylor.bsky.social
let the mirror express the room Justindtaylor.net
putting next newsletter out soon, maybe tomorrow. two playlists, lot of road time, some sculptures and a good picture of pancakes. free if you wanna sign up and get it
The Abridged Abyss | Justin Taylor | Substack
What I'm writing & where to find it. Highly occasional, always free. Click to read The Abridged Abyss, by Justin Taylor, a Substack publication.
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Emily Wilson gets one more piece on The Odyssey and then she needs to move on and let us know what she thinks about Mallrats
Things We Lost in the Fire, Trust, Great Destroyer Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding (also World Gone Wrong, Time Out of Mind, “Love and Theft”) American Water, Bright Flight, Tanglewood Numbers Dick’s Picks 2-4, 13-15, & 28-30
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
“Leisure Suit Larry, Pokemon Trainer,”new from Sierra games this fall!
just heard there’s a new Donald Antrim novel coming in January, his first in 25 years. super excited about it & gives occasion to recall that 14 years ago for @bookforum.bsky.social I wrote what I believe was the first and still the only assessment of his first trilogy *as* a trilogy
Woes Make the Man
Donald Antrim’s surreal existential triptych – Justin Taylor
bookforum.com
who else learned the word "lacustrine" from John Ashbery
even w the qualifier in the footnote this is a truly insane detail
thoughtful & sweet essay by @courtcarney.bsky.social on bob dylan's friendships with jerry garcia & johnny cash & "the vulnerability of brotherhood" thedylanreview.org/2025/03/02/q...
Questions on Masculinity – Wanted Men: Bob Dylan and the Vulnerability of Brotherhood
“Wanted Men: Bob Dylan and the Vulnerability of Brotherhood” By Court Carney, Stephen F. Austin State University In June 2023, in a concert in Barcelona, Spain, Bob Dylan deviated from his establis…
thedylanreview.org
This is terrific and worth your time. (One of the many things I admire about it is that it makes the persuasive arguments without pretending that we’ll be able to discern the AI from the human-generated.)
J. Robert Lennon@jrobertlennon.com · 3w agoI didn't want to write about AI or have an AI policy for EPOCH because I thought it went without saying...that was naive of me, I think. Click through to read my blog post on the subject, if you like.
second hour wouldn’t have hurt either but oh well
Justin Taylor@justintaylor.bsky.social · 3w agosometimes you just need an hour alone in your office listening to Spiritualized real real loud
sometimes you just need an hour alone in your office listening to Spiritualized real real loud
Anyone have a theory as to why Joy Williams’ story “Congress” is called that?
my Conway Twitty Tribute Pistol is raising a lot of questions that, frankly, I don’t have to answer so long as I’ve got my Conway Twitty Tribute Pistol
I read Attention-Seeking Behavior by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo because of the review by @justintaylor.bsky.social and, as usual, he did not steer me wrong! I'm not going top that with my own. Just read the linked review! And, also, read the book! It's great! But I do have some thoughts... 🖋️📚💙 [1/8]
Justin Taylor@justintaylor.bsky.social · 3mo agohad the pleasure of writing about this great strange bracing debut novel
Taught this essay to a grad nonfiction class the year it was in BAE ( @alexanderchee.bsky.social, ed.) & we had a blast discussing it, listening to the song in class to hear what So heard, & then doing an exercise where they each picked a song of their own to listen to a billion times & write about
n+1@nplusonemag.com · last mo.“Pavement captured the chaotic feelings of being jaded yet big-hearted, doubtful yet sentimental—feelings my friend and I thought were missing from literature, culture, perhaps even the world.” www.nplusonemag.com/issue-39/ess...
when they tell you that the past (1994) is a foreign country this is what they mean
Michael Schulman@michaelschulman.bsky.social · last mo.New at The New Yorker: my interview with David Wain about his comedy career, from the State to "Wet Hot American Summer" to his latest film, "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass," about a woman on a quest to do Jon Hamm. (Aren't we all?) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Writing tip: Give your protagonist a pet cat. In the final pages, shift to the cat's point of view. Follow the cat outside, through moonlit woods, to a pasture where cows kneel in worship around a glowing spacecraft. As the cat trots up its gangway, we glimpse in the windows an all-cat crew.
this patreon exit survey belongs in Poetry magazine
Happy A Live One anniversary to all who celebrate.
🐑 I recommended Mark Doten’s 2025 collection Whites 🐑
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · last mo.I was sick of seeing JD Vance's memoir get all of the book coverage. So I asked a bunch of writers I know and love what recent books they think should get more attention. These are books for people who actually like to read. Please check them out! lithub.com/40-great-new...
ok yes the piece is a month overdue but it’s also 5000 words over what we agreed to and still isn’t finished so—checkmate?
it’s not summer until you see a Grateful Dead cover band play outside
played some Splatterhouse at the arcade in Winchester, TN not pictured but also played: Altered Beast, NES Tetris, Bubble Bobble
hey man is everything ok? I noticed you were crashing weddings and physically grabbing guests to tell them about the time you mindlessly shot an innocent bird out of the sky while aboard a ship, leading to phantasmagoric consequences that completely altered your perspective
