Cover reveal! I wrote this book, and it's good, and I'm so excited to share it with you! Pre-orders open today, so grab a rack of tallboys, turn on the bounce house, and let's get this party started:
Lesser American Boys, a collection of short stories by @yeahpathy, is due out this October—but you can preorder your copy at a discounted price starting right now masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-…
Also, this is its cover!
My friend and colleague Jenni wrote this story at @FracturedLit, and it was so good that I was obligated to come out of my internet hermit hole to tell you about it: fracturedlit.com/pairs/
Anyway I'm still alive I'm just writing a book and learning to draw better and getting into birds and ice skating and reading all of Murakami (bc I love a project). Disengaging from the internet has been a gift
The day I got a story accepted to @GburgReview, Aleksandar Hemon was visiting my campus. As a result, we had a great conversation about lit mags; I felt like I belonged after a long time of looking in on the lit world from outside. Changed the arc of my life. An enormous loss
I have been thinking a lot about what it means to make art, especially since it seems like humanity is sort of wrapping up as a going concern, and I think for now I'm more interested in cherishing what's here than commenting on it or making more. This is probably my last tweet!
(Repairing wrecked boat village boy approaches with picture from my pack) Bahu bah? {Monster}
Me: No bahu bah. Marmaduke…Buha bet {Friend}
Boy: Mar-ma-duke…Your?
Me: Not mine. Everybodys. {confused look} he is…like Wind. Everyones
Boy {grinning} Marmaduke is like Wind
Me: "Why is [our local arthouse] showing The Quiet Girl for 5 weeks in a row when it showed Women Talking for 8 days?"
Jaclyn: "Because people love quiet girls and hate women talking. You've answered your own question."
Reader, she got me