Ok, I'll play (look what you've started now) 1. book you've reread the most times? probably one of my old police procedurals, or one of the five from #2.
Barb Natividad 🇵🇭🇺🇸@barbnatividad.bsky.social · 23h agoLet’s play!
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And do not call the tortoise unworthy because she is not something else. - Walt Whitman I read a lot. Then I blog about it so I don't forget. https://sloopie72.wordpress.com/
Barb Natividad 🇵🇭🇺🇸@barbnatividad.bsky.social · 23h ago
There's a whole ecosystem of people who reach out to authors offering to make things like "book trailers". I told my son (14) about it, and he said 'I can do that" so he did. Book trailer for Why Odysseus: Survivor, Scoundrel (Anti)hero youtu.be/UEeSR_9QSYU?... via @YouTube
Book trailer for Why Odysseus: Survivor, Scoundrel (Anti)hero
YouTube video by Joel Christensen
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"Be Casey Malloy." Thoughts on reading Tommy Moore's short fiction "This is You" from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Tommy Moore, “This is You” from Chicago Quarterly Review #40
Picasso: ”Man Looking In a Mirror” (1969) You pick up the large, heavy volume that is Pushcart L: 2026 and flip through some of the first pieces, scanning to see what’s in store this year. You see …
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 3mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE BRUCE BEASLEY AND TOMMY MOORE FOR FEATURES PUBLISHED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM THE HUDSON REVIEW AND CHICAGO QUARTERLY REVIEW, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦@dbcurren.bsky.social · 4d agoIf you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
"We know what it whispers, why it whispers:" Thoughts on reading Bruce Beasley's poem "Like Mowing the Grass" from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Bruce Beasley, “Like Mowing the Grass” (poem) from The Hudson Review #76.4
LIKE MOWING THE GRASS The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows. —Robert Frost, “Mowing” Fed up with my angel-ridden, Latinate dirges, my sophomore poetry professor kept telling me to write a…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 3mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE BRUCE BEASLEY AND TOMMY MOORE FOR FEATURES PUBLISHED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION, FROM THE HUDSON REVIEW AND CHICAGO QUARTERLY REVIEW, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
Enrollment for Fall 2026 is now open! 📚🍂 Join our global readership for thoughtful, open-ended discussions on books that matter. Browse what's on offer and apply today: catherineproject.org Applications close August 14.
Say what you want about Dr. Wilson's critique, but I've never seen 2/3 of my top posts be about Ancient Greek literature before. (Too bad Sinon didn't get the Aeneid into the mix)
"Alfonso had become unrecognizable to himself." Thoughts on reading Uche Okonkwo's short fiction, “The Harvest” from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Uche Okonkwo, “The Harvest” from Tin House
He had married Inimfom eight years ago for her faith in him, for how readily she’d gone to the places he had envisioned. Before they were married, she would sit in his congregation, week afte…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 4mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE UCHE OKONKWO FOR THE STORY 'THE HARVEST' FROM 'A KIND OF MADNESS' (TIN HOUSE), FEATURED IN PPL, 2026 EDITION , NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
Hey, grapes are safe to eat, right? (First world problems aren't what they used to be)
“Why am I here? That cosmic question has just gotten real specific.” Thoughts on reading Lou Mathews’ short fiction, “Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes” from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Lou Mathews, “Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes” from New England Review #45.3
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Guy Fawkes said that, and so did Esmerelda, Gustavo’s daughter, when I went to visit him at the hospital. Gustavo is my landlord of seven years, owner o…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 5mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE LOU MATHEWS FOR THE STORY 'DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE CRIMES' FROM NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
Young couple on sidewalk, both wearing serious headphones, he's carrying a skateboard. He says to her: "It takes 5 pounds of pressure to crush a chest wall, 10 pounds to penetrate a chest wall." Ok...
"Was that a philosophical joke? I wondered. Did philosophers make jokes?" Thoughts on reading Joanna Kavenna's short fiction "The Beautiful Salmon" from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Joanna Kavenna, “The Beautiful Salmon” from Paris Review #247
Egon Schiele: “Agony” (detail) I’ve always loved salmon. Not to eat, as I don’t eat fish, but I’ve always loved salmon in general because salmon jump and no one knows why. They jump all over the pl…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 6mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE JOANNA KAVENNA FOR THE STORY 'THE BEAUTIFUL SALMON' FROM THE PARIS REVIEW, FEATURED IN PPL 2026 EDITION, NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
Share someone who looks stylish wearing a hat.
Barb Natividad 🇵🇭🇺🇸@barbnatividad.bsky.social · 2w agoShare someone who looks stylish wearing a hat.
"Now, we were faced with a question. " Thoughts on reading Peter Hong's flash fiction, "Golgori," from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Peter Hong, “Golgori” from Berkeley Fiction Review #44
Julie Lueken: ‘Forgiveness” (repositioned) Golgori was our god, and for as long as we could recall, we had been under his dominion. He was a proud god, a commanding god, and for millennia, we had l…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 6mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE PETER HONG FOR THE STORY 'GOLGORI' FROM BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE, BOOKSHOP OR W.W. NORTON CO.
"Eventually my company put me on paid leave. My wife was kind and supportive. She reminded me to take my Ativan." Thoughts on reading Avigayl Sharp's short fiction, "Diane" from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Avigayl Sharp, “Diane” from Granta #168
I loved the anonymous chat app. I downloaded it on my computer. I downloaded it on my phone. I was lonely, and the anonymous chat app made me less lonely. I couldn’t sleep, and the anonymous chat a…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Avigayl Sharp for the story "Diane"from Granta featured in PPL (2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop, or W.W. Norton Co.
"For me, one of the most subversive images in art is a Black man resting — not dead but resting — his body not compelled to work for anyone’s gaze." Thoughts on reading Roger Reeves' essay "When The Prince of Heaven Sleeps" from from #PushcartPrize2026 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Roger Reeves, “When the Prince of Heaven Sleeps” (non-fiction) from Emergence #5
When I think of a sleeping Ali, I also think of other images of iconic Black men in domestic spaces, and the way that that domesticity, in my eyes, acts as a protestation of capitalistic time, a sl…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Roger Reeves for the essay" When The Prince Of Heaven Sleeps " from Emergence, featured in PPL(2026 edition) now at your independent bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.
The strangest thing about Loop game is that, the more wild guesses I make, the better my score! THE LOOP Windmill: Jul 9 ✅ 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2mo agoTHE LOOP Saxophone: Jun 1 ✅ 🟢🟢🟢⚪️⚪️ www.britannica.com/games/loop
"The bit, Roy explains. That whole massive animal is controlled through its mouth." Thoughts on reading "Rich Strike," Christie Hodgen's wonderful lead-off story from #PushcartPrize2026 #shortstories #booksky sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Christie Hodgen, “Rich Strike” from Story #20
Fuck it, is the general feeling here, because we are minimum-wage employees in a doomed independent bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky, because what we do is useless… fuck it because no less than fo…
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The Pushcart Prize@pushcartprize.bsky.social · 7mo agoTHE PUSHCART PRIZE EDITORS CONGRATULATE CHRISTIE HODGEN FOR THE STORY "RICH STRIKE" FEATURED IN PPL (2026 EDITION) NOW AT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE OR W.W. NORTON CO.
Pushcart L: Year Fifty Starting this year's read a little late. But it's time now. Anybody want to join me? #shortstories #booksky @pushcartprize.bsky.social @robertlong4man.bsky.social sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/p...
Pushcart 2026 L: Year Fifty
Sometimes, I realize while staring at the billions of suns in the night sky, 50 years is a really long time. I can’t comprehend what has happened. The whole Pushcart span is a mystery to me a…
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"The words on its pages tell one story. But the book itself tells another one." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 (Matayoshi, Yoshitake, trans. Heitzman) surprised me, then broke my heart, then put it back together. Might be the book you need right now. #booksky 💙📚👀 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/n...
Naoki Matayoshi, Shinsuke Yoshitake: The Neverending Book (translated by Kendall Heitzman) (Norton ed., 2026) [IBR2026]
There was this one book with the names of two, er, unusual men printed on the cover. It had been created in the Kingdom of – no need to get into details. What was the book about? The story went som…
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"Time passes. Kingdoms of time. All the while, the immensity of the world tilting, tilting, without falling." Thoughts on reading Senaa Ahmad's imaginative story collection, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 #booksky 💙📚👀 sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/s...
Senaa Ahmad: The Age of Calamities (Holt, 2026) [IBR2026]
The initial spark was the idea of taking historical figures out of their well-known environments and putting them into unusual situations. But I was also interested in the larger-than-life quality …
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The June 21 NYT Sunday Crossword might be a clue to this disappearance.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.
Virga. Rainbow. Waxing moon. Great blue heron. Sunset clouds. A beautiful evening display in Pasadena.
"SOCRATES: O that is rare! My love breeds another love: and so like the stork I shall be cherished by the bird whom I have hatched." Thoughts on reading Plato's 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘐 and 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮 (excerpt). sloopie72.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/p...
Plato :Alcibiades I; Symposium [IBR2026]
ALCIBIADES: Perhaps, Socrates, you are not aware that I was just going to ask you the very same question—What do you want? And what is your motive in annoying me, and always, wherever I am, making …
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I said we made a book about her work, I meant it. We had hope back then.
Check this shit out! I'm squatting and there's this serious-ass death bird screaming at me three feet away!
