Stephen Patrick Bell

You’re disgusting! I love it.

So beautiful, when art can move.

Book news from me. Been a long haul to here. xo

Morgan Jerkins: Zeal | The Brooklyn Rail Writer Morgan Jerkins joins writer Stephen Bell for a conversation.

ZEAL author @mjerkins.bsky.social will discuss her “cinematic” (Boston Globe) new novel in conversation with @stephenpatrickbell.bsky.social as part of the Brooklyn Rail’s New Social Environment series of online talks spotlighting influential voices in art & culture: brooklynrail.org/event/2025/0...

www.semcoop.com/event/noam-k...

Chicago, it’s true! noam and I will be at Seminary Coop Books on 4/24 to discuss their tremendous essay collection. Come hang out and stick around for the Q&A. Info and registration link below

Ok hold up I am so late to reading this but from the very first sentences / first question, this interview grabs you by the neck and IT DOES NOT LET YOU GO

thanks for reading!

If I ever write a successful book please don’t cancel me for having a $25 dollar bottle of poppers in my purse

Okay but put this on a mug

can’t wait for Kept Boy in the Afterlife!

And a stage interview at the Leather Archives & Museum with my favorite gen-x hustlers @dalecorvino.bsky.social and Michael Bullock on their tremendous books on queer life and punk artmaking

“As Long as People Continue to Be Insensitive, Fiction Writers Will Never Go out of Business” - Electric Literature Dr. Amina Gautier discusses her short story collection "The Best That You Can Do," binge writing, and looking back at the white gaze

For @electriclit.bsky.social I had a famous cinnamon bun with Dr. Amina Gautier while discussing her taut and musical story collection The Best That You Can Do

"I Am A Novelist, Not A Diarist": Christina Cooke on her debut novel, "Broughtupsy" - Chicago Review of Books Our interview with Christina Cooke about her new novel, "Broughtupsy."

Had a blast connecting with a side of Jamaica I need to see more of through @christinajcooke.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social debut novel Broughtupsy for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

A Wound Is Objective: A Conversation with Édouard Louis | Los Angeles Review of Books Stephen Patrick Bell interviews Édouard Louis about his new book “Change.”

Had very nearly too much fun nerding out on Goffman w/ Édouard Louis while discussing his novel Change for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

Interview of Patrick Nathan for The Future Was Color - Foglifter Journal and Press Stephen Patrick Bell interviews Patrick Nathan for Foglifter Press on his upcoming book The Future Was Color published by Counterpoint LLC

For Foglifter I got to explore old hollywood glamour, the excruciating banalities of horniness and nude author photos with Patrick Nathan.

In The Stone Home, Crystal Hana Kim Uncovers a Dark Chapter in Korean History "When I'm writing, I always start with questions but I don't necessarily expect to find answers," says the author of "The Stone Home," a new novel about the legacy of South Korean internment camps.

Having lost touch after high school, @crystalhanak.bsky.social and I had our 20 year reunion in Interview Magazine We discuss her latest novel, The Stone Home which beautifully highlights the roles of community and hope during a dark period of South Korea’s history that echos our present moment.

Two of Our Greatest Living Artists Made an Irreverent, Charming Kids’ Book Jamaica Kincaid knew only one artist could capture the mischievous spirit of her new children’s book. So she cold-emailed Kara Walker, with delicious results.

Just looking back on some of my favorite book conversations of 2024, starting with Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker on their clever and occasionally devastating children’s book from @fsgbooks.bsky.social An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children

Poor character written by an author who has experienced poverty: My problem is that I'm $300 short on the rent and now my car is making a noise

Poor character written by a rich author: My problem is that I feel so inferior beside these beautiful, sophisticated rich people

I’m just really concerned

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oh! whatever you want? please go find your adult.

OP blending into brass/wood paneling of haunted elevator. Hair is uncut.

OP appears to be worried about you, but is just looking at his hair.

Brought a ton of extra concerned dad energy to the last haircut of the year.

babe, this is all the energy I have

You’re a total blast, Korn. Thank you!

The Shutouts a book by Gabrielle Korn A brilliant queer dystopian novel from the author of Yours for the Taking, following a cast of characters on the margins of a strange and exclusive new society. The year is 2041, and it's a dangerous ...

The Shutouts by @gabriellekorn.bsky.social is out now @stmartinspress.bsky.social

“If we don't help each other through this, we won't get through it at all”: an Interview with Gabrielle Korn - Chicago Review of Books Doom is so thoroughly the vibe right now that a climate novel hardly seems an appropriate place to seek hope, but Gabrielle Korn’s The Shutouts peers down the dark tunnel of our unsettling present and...

Gabrielle Korn makes every conversation, even ones about doom, feel cozy. Her well-researched novel fills the end of the world with the warmth and joy of queer family and community. Read our talk on the power of prettiness, identity and climate change, and reading aloud @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

Yessss congrats!!

hanging out in exile in bookville while hunter shows off her chirby and I start to panic about being out past 9pm