John Thurgood

Thanks, Ian. Hope you liked it!

If you’ve ever doubted, here is the proof. I do know how to read.

Everything in its Rightful Place: Big Venerable by Matt Rowan - Electric Literature In an interview with Freerange Nonfiction, Seth Fried said he considered himself a fabulist. He went on to say, “I like the idea that stories are supposed to have meaning or raise important questions....

Me, I have contributed. And @thurbad.bsky.social wrote this awesome review of my book, Big Venerable, for EL as well: electricliterature.com/everything-i...

Blurb Week for @seanseanclan.bsky.social's HOLY AMERICAN BURNOUT! kicks off strong with love from Sean Hill: "Sean Enfield tells us facts we should know and reminds us of truths we shouldn't forget"

www.splitlippress.com/holy-america...

Rumpus Original Fiction: Signal and Response - The Rumpus Researchers are investigating twins and siblings close in age for possible telepathic entanglement.

I think @therumpus.bsky.social website redesign is a great time to share my story pubbed earlier this summer! The story is about telepathy, sisters, and clinical trials. The redesign is lovely and makes the text so much more accessible. 🤗 therumpus.net/2023/06/19/s...

Heck dang! Wowzers of a cover!

hi pls read this story about a clown dystopia. this is the story that proved to my family I'm a real writer. they said "wtaf anthony, did you get a phd to write about mimes and fart swords? you have squandered our love"

anyway I hope you enjoy reading it even a tenth as much as I enjoyed writing it

Dang! This was quite a yarn!

It’s Halloween, it’s snowing and I may just eat all this candy myself

I’ve never been to a therapist but if I could pay someone to read my novel drafts and talk to me about books every week I would call that therapy. Completely unrelated, my advisor read my novel and said it’s almost ready to send out for queries

We’ve been watching it too. It’s like if studio ghibli made lost. Love how everything is growing from something else in the show

Heck yeah! Congrats, Joanna!!

Had to download an app to access my MFA unofficial transcript why are we living like this

Buying another book like this is the one that’s gonna set me straight

Hell yeah, Sean!

What Blessing is This #3: Michael Burnett — VILLAGE PSYCHIC “…except for occasional acts of profound and surprising care.”

Once again, I stared at some photos and wrote a very short story.

It’s honest work if you can get it

Welcome to my nine week writing intensive where we’ll be discussing techniques and approaches to writing that I’ve gleaned from years of watching the Y2K movie adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys

Blueprint First Broadcast has never been outdone

Wow, my story “Breakneck” was a top 10 finalist for the Fence International Literary Seminars in Kenya. Now if only someone would publish it 😅

I’ve got 70k words and I’m reading back over the ms. It’s about skateboarders, skate shops and mobility, and I’m trying not to judge it too harshly compared to the books I’ve been reading and loving lately

Oh just offering my silly little stories about skateboarding to the gods

My teaching philosophy is showing up

Does one poem, goes to jail

It’s important to misspell the editor’s name in the cover letter. That way they don’t get the wrong idea and think you want to be friends

They’re flipping the script on a billion-dollar industry. This 3-part HBO Original Documentary from Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, and Danny McBride follows two ... Telemarketers | Official Trailer | HBO

Easily one of the best long form, investigative/character study documentaries I’ve ever seen:

Shrekfest was a vibe

If you simply rewrite the same novel, you never have to write another one ever again

Watching cocaine bear bc I want to feel alive