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But can you do it on a snowy night on the battlegrounds?

My whole life, banned books = suggested reading. They are doing us a service.

Just played a game of chicken with chapter ten of the manuscript and chapter ten lost, big time. See ya.

We’re reaching the point where my editorial comments on my own manuscript frequently suggest a change, followed by the word “DUH.”

Now I just need to resolve all 41 of those, wait for it, red flags.

One of the sources for my current project was written by a guy named Mitrani. Autocorrect is convinced I mean martini. This is distracting.

A, E, I, O, and U just so badly want to be Y.

I had the honor of serving as president of the Southern Historical Association in 2020-21. For those interested this is my presidential address on emancipation and incarceration. muse.jhu.edu/article/847295

When you're trying to substitute "tough" for "difficult," but you lose control of the cursor on your word processor, you can end up with "difftoiughicult." Just a heads-up.

My new governor, the education champion, who has no clue that “Soviet” stopped being a thing 30 years ago and that Putin would be perfectly happy to hear an American politician affirming its reemergence.

Happy Friday.

#AWP22 has wrapped. Stillhouse Press and George Mason Creative Writing impressive as always, current students and alums alike. Also: every Philadelphian with whom I interacted was super damn nice.

Man With Lantern Climbing Ziggurat ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The most dependable source of employment in any science fiction universe would be Professional Shield Disabler, I think.

If I could give my younger self* some advice, it would be “no coffee after 4pm, dumbass.” *younger by six hours

Thursday coming hard with Wednesday vibe today. wtf is your problem, Thursday?

It was a good house with plenty books. Then the “Russian civilization” came. And wrote “Fucking Ukrainians” on the wall. Among books on the shelves & on the floor - 🇷🇺Tatyana Tolstaya & Sergei Dovlatov. What’ve these Russian liberators ever read? #ArmUkraineNow #StandWithUkraine

Toasted Chocolate Chip Bagel w Scallion Cream Cheese and Cherry Preserves. A) upscale DC brunch menu or B) cleaning out the fridge before the trash goes out?

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