Come on and pre-order my book Roxanne Gay isn't going to save me y'all. barnesandnoble.com/w/gruntwo… #mustread #booktwitter #mustread #fridayreads #bookrecommendations #bookpromo #writerlife #writingcommunity #author #novels

Finalized cover for August publication. New spin on The Work Novel (and a stab at The Richmond Novel). Everyone said social media helps you sell books. Let's prove them wrong! #WritersLift #BookTwitter #WhatToRead #MustRead #TeaserTuesday #WritingCommunity @StyleWeekly

One year into cell phone bans, Dallas schools see 24% increase in library book checkouts. 👏👏👏 "Public school districts in Texas are almost one school year into the first statewide cellphone ban, and a North Texas school district is seeing positive impacts. Dallas ISD officials said that, district-wide, they have seen a significant increase in library book checkouts, which they largely attribute to students no longer having cellphones with them during the school day. "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all." From the first day of school to March 31, 2026, the district reported an increase of more than 200,000 additional books checked out compared to the previous year. A look at the library checkouts for the previous year: 2025-2026 Total Circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2026) – 1,084,837 2024-2025 Total circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2025) – 872,430 Total library book checkout increase: 24.35% At Dallas ISD's Hillcrest High, students are following this trend. Canales said there were roughly 500 books checked out in the first nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year. This school year, that number spiked to about 1,800 books. "That floored me," Canales said. "I had to re-do the report again because I was like, 'What, are you kidding me?'" Students felt the impact too. "Now that I'm busy with a bunch of work and college, I don't find myself missing my phone that much, even at home," said Yamilet Jimenez, 9th grader." By @laceybeasnews. @JonHaidt @safe_screens

I have an irrational hatred toward this genre of books.

Charles Bukowski mowing his lawn.

“riding in a golf cart fatly”

for sale: dodge ram, never drunk driven

Would've loved an Iago here, but none of the real-life players are smart enough to qualify.

"My concern isn't that the government murdered a civilian in the street & then openly lied to the public about it, it's that that civilian should have known better than to exercise his constitutional rights in a way a fascist government might not like." Cowardly bootlicker talk.

I'm close to giving up after 50 years of watching. Replacing talented performers with folks like Jane is excruciating to view. Plus the writers seem to only cover sketches with pop-culture references that no one over 25 will understand.

two words: book holster

nytimes.com/2025/04/13/books… He doesn't get enough attention stateside

Simply. Incredible. This is fraud. @NarrativeMag

My immediate reaction after reading The Article was to look up what a Byrna is. Very intriguing. #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity

Jake Paul = roided, artless Layne Staley

I'd be a single issue voter if this policy was on the ballot #Halloween

The old man has got a couple good ones in Gargoyle. gargoylemagazine.com/kevin-s… #writerscommunity #POEMS #poetry #writersoftwitter