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"'If you leave now, I'll kill us both,' she said." In this week's miCRo, babakl considers the reverberations of violence across space and time. Link in comments.

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A new short piece Cincinnati Review today!

“It is compressed writing with a wide lens, an expansive scope.” THE CHAMP IS HERE – the debut story collection by Nathan Dragon is out now via C4GBooks 💥 Read Stephen Mortland's take on the goods southwestreview.com/words-fail-me/

I had the pleasure of reviewing Nathan Dragon's superb collection for SwR and in so doing wrote a little about Gaddis, about Kafka, about Lish, about failure and form.

January and February reads

The 2nd Socrates on the Beach small press review is up...and it quite simply contains the best critical writing I've ever read on Garielle Lutz. Thank you to Dan Irving. Hobart (SF/LD Books) garielle lutz socratesonthebeach.com/review-of-gari…

Thrilled to share that my novel DAD HAD A BAD DAY will be published by Astra House !

For LARB, I wrote about Nathan Dragon (Blue Arrangements)'s stellar debut, masculinity in the Trump era, Yogi Berra, Taoism, and more Thanks to C4GBooks and Harris Lahti for the galley

"Today is the last day I am going to be despicable." Read "I Think I'm Going To Try Trying" by Nathan Dragon, from NOON 2025, online at Literary Hub! lithub.com/i-think-im-goi…

People seemed to like this post, so here's a few more! We are lucky to live in a time when writers practice stylized, radical work that plays with humor, terror, and the ever-turning heart.

Blogged about Aliocha Coll's Attila, which is a masterpiece, and its comprehensibility and freedom - link in profile

Indie bookstore day picks

March and April reads

Reading in Manhattan tonight!

NYC haul

2 years old today. Still proud of how this turned out. Thank you Future Tense Books and everyone who’s shown interest in my fiction in any way. I still have a few copies, lmk if you want one signed and shipped ❤️

My debut novel, Foreclosure Gothic, is out today. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including my father for allowing the inclusion of this grainy still from his Pert shampoo commercial, among others things. Order here: shorturl.at/OcP5c