Michael Colbert

I'm going to be the star of the show Book Talk with Lucas Schaefer: The Slip, MFA vs. Austin, writer marriages

Loved talking to @michaelcolbert.bsky.social for his Referential Substack about being married to a writer, throwing characters from THE SLIP into other work, and my lifelong main character energy. Hope you’ll check it out!

The center of the graphic is the cover of FLORENZER (which features a renaissance painting of a man with a tasteful phallic dome hiding his genitals) and the information from the post in boxes on the sides of the cover.

Please join us in welcoming Phil Melanson to present FLORENZER with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social on
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!

Sometimes I do feel like messaging is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.

Where is everyone submitting work these days? I feel out of touch since twitter ended

is "moving you to bcc to spare your inbox" secure attachment

Can I pitch a novel as Fates and Furies meets A&W?

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Remembered, Misremembered, Edited, Full of Gaps Seán Hewitt's reading list on memory

Open, Heaven came out last week, and to celebrate the release, Seán Hewitt shared with Referential his reading list of books that excavate memory in evocative ways referential.substack.com/p/remembered...

Referential | Michael Colbert | Substack Writers, artists, and other creatives chat about their work and artistic process. Click to read Referential, by Michael Colbert, a Substack publication.

I have one and it’s on writing and building a creative life and career (and it’s gay!) referential.substack.com

Sending love!

I spoke with the one and only Elizabeth Kott about Too Niche, The Artist’s Way, and creative partnerships. Check out our chat here referential.substack.com/p/you-are-st...

kate from white lotus talking about beans & how much she loves them

me getting ready for the next great depression

Nic Cage is very apt!

Why TF should you keep writing? Some reflections from the MWPA and the state of things

Essential reading from @michaelcolbert.bsky.social. Also the image he selected to go with it doesn't hurt.

Freedom selectwoman faces recall over town road dispute Residents have filed a petition to remove Heather Donahue, one of the town's three select board members, from office at a recall election scheduled for April 23.

Blair Witch actress doesn’t want people to get lost on the trails www.centralmaine.com/2025/03/25/f...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article) A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

"An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment."

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

i love having a heart but i’m not sure if my heart loves having me

We're all like Mariah Carey Inside the Danish Architecture Center: soft lighting, welfare state, So Danish!

"In Denmark, good design and good architecture are seen as part of a broader concept of welfare—designed for people, and crucially, for all people."

referential.substack.com/p/were-all-l...

David Lynch, goons, your favorite Letterboxd reviews 5 Oscars Things with Jeremy Steen

Fun stuff with @jgsteen.bsky.social talking movies at Referential with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social.

Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.

Looking at my bookmarks on Twitter before deleting my account

The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists

Guys we literally had the DCOM movie Smart House for a reason

This Bermudian Fish Sandwich Spotlights Its Star Ingredient—Raisin Bread For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season. But while Catholics with a fear of God may sit at the center of the story behind McDonald’s iconic—if polarizing—sandwich (th...

For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season! I got to write about Bermuda's spin on fish sandwiches for Plate Magazine plateonline.com/food/bite-we...

Does anyone else find it impossible to read these days

In her sixth novel, J. Courtney Sullivan bears witness to the lives of women 'The Cliffs' weaves an intersectional portrait of place that confronts Maine’s legacies of culture, race and class.

In my first book review for the @pressherald.bsky.social, I discussed The Cliffs and telling stories about Maine www.pressherald.com?p=7426541&uu...

"doomsday fished spotted." "asteroid may be on track for earth." "fascism suddenly on the rise"

like, we get it!! lazy writing at this point!!!

An Eco-Conscious Home on Owls Head - Decor Maine Andrew Frederick, founder of Croft, built his 1,040 square foot family home without heavy equipment.

My latest for Decor Maine just might be my favorite story I've written for them. I spoke with Croft's Andrew Frederick's about his eco-conscious build on Owls Head, a Scandinavian wonderland www.decormaine.com/homes/an-eco...

Spoke with Sayantani Dasgupta on artistic process, the writer’s life, and her latest essay collection, Brown Women Have Everything referential.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

Nvm I just started The Leftovers again

A Woman and a Blob Walk Into a Bar. Author Maggie Su Can Tell You the Rest. The author, whose debut novel "Blob" depicts a surreal and unlikely love story, joined us to talk about first loves, overbearing parents, and Asian-American stereotypes.

"...how is it possible that people are able to make connections and have conversations and learn how to love each other when it seems like we can’t ever fully know or understand another person?"

Q&A with Maggie Su about first loves & and canonical blobs. www.interviewmagazine.com/literature/a...