Peter Kispert

I also saw some of the interior designs for my new book, THE SHIP OF DEATH (which is heavily formal), & I'm pretty stunned. Also, the concepts and ideas for the cover are more than ideal.

This is typical writer vagueposting, but I am trying to do my part to get readers hyped for what's coming...

R. O. Kwon and Carter Sickels Win the 2025 Jim Duggins Prize for PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize

this one means the world to me 😭 I’m a recipient of the @lambdaliterary.org Duggins Prize, an award that “honors LGBTQ-identified authors who have published multiple novels, built a strong reputation and following, and show promise to continue publishing high quality work for years to come”

Dear writers:

Write that story. Edit mercilessly. Send that email. Ignore the haters. Stay humble, but be confident. Get paid. Read a lot. Write despite your insecurities. Support others. Accept helpful criticism. Celebrate everything. Don't panic. Never quit. You got this.

repeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out

Sea lion relaxing in the green, calm water, eyes closed.

Unbothered. Moisturizerized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.

If you're feeling just a tad hungry and you like eating noise and crumbs, you could do worse than crackers™️.

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

“The most valuable thing to me in terms of my mental health is to read a poem or see a painting or listen to music which speaks to me, which breaks me open for a moment, and where I feel an experience honestly & delicately portrayed. That’s another reason AI can never create anything artistically.”

An excellent craft book I always recommend to students.

yearlong! generative! novel! writing! workshop!

(i’ll be writing my fourth novel through this, come work with me)

writer.org/event/novel-...

I’ve been thinking about community, and activism, and hope, and aside from all the necessary, revolutionary, communal work that lies in front of us, I think my mantra (and my suggestion for anyone who needs or wants it) is: make room for other people’s joy.

Excited about this new bookstore!

The bottom of a white bucket with eight teeny tiny snapping turtles in an inch of water. Each would fit in your palm.

Today is one of my favorite days in North Amherst, when someone has to slowly walk around my friends’ yard, carefully collecting all the baby snapping turtles so the crows don’t eat them.

POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS:

The peanut butter don’t spread

Kayaking the data

Princess of Pretty looking for her own damn kitchen

& THAT’S an Edinburgh coin purse

Pec shortage in Provincetown

Ksssh ksssh, skater! Ksssh, Ksssh.

Petticoat on a baguette & honey in the closet

The Stanwyck kiss off

kate bush sings "wuthering heights"

i heard they were remaking "wuthering heights"

We’re thrilled to announce the @pw.org Fall 2025 Get the Word Out Fiction Cohort.

Get the Word Out is a unique publicity incubator designed to help early career authors maximize the exposure of their forthcoming books.

debutiful.net/2025/09/03/a...

Have you tried being more fun about it? Failing that, have you tried being more tantalizing about it?

Looking forward to being on an editor panel. Check out Tin House’s lecture pass!

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Kirkus Prize. Today, Kirkus Reviews announced the 18 finalists for the 2025 Kirkus Prize, in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. Finalists are chosen from the pool of writers wh…

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2025 Kirkus Prize Finalists are Announced!
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lithub.com/here-are-the...

"…storytelling reveals meaning without committing to the error of defining it."
- Hannah Arendt, Men in Dark Times

We’ve dedicated our entire September issue to the art of the review, featuring 19 writers and an expanded book review section. This issue is our love letter to reviewers—especially those in our pages. Check out the TOC and begin reading!

worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/september

Please spread the word. The print run is expanding. Get on board with this collector’s item while you can.

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

Happy birthday!!

Spent the weekend editing some books coming late next year. They are unbelievably good. Cannot wait to share.

Gliding in for a landing

Florida Paints Over Rainbow Memorial for Pulse Nightclub Shooting Victims The mayor of Orlando, Fla., said that the crosswalk mural, which featured the Pride flag’s colors, was removed overnight this week. Community members protested and have, for now, repainted it.

A rainbow crosswalk that was part of a memorial to the 49 people killed in a 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was painted over this week by the state, raising outcry from city officials and the community.

Like most Wild Turkeys, Astoria sleeps in a tree at night for safety. Here she is flying up to her favorite tree in The Battery. 🦃 🩷 🌳

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

The hydrangeas are flourishing on the Cape.