richard scott larson

Run her for everything! She’s a stone-cold hero! This should be turned into an ad that runs every day everywhere until they crawl back into their holes.

Does this place move books. If I believe replies and shares, I've moved a few copies here. I *know* I've moved books I love from other people. I've bought books I've seen on here.

If you talk about books frequently, passionately, and not JUST your own books, I'm pretty sure you can move some. 🤷

Neige Sinno Doesn’t Believe in Writing as Therapy The French author’s award-winning memoir, “Sad Tiger,” is a richly literary and starkly shattering account of childhood sexual abuse.

Just finished reading SAD TIGER and omg... "The riddle that haunts every memoirist has particularly high stakes for her. Can she separate who she is today from the circumstances that were imposed on her?" www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way) “The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…

My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...

I'm about to finish what feels like a final-ish draft of my book at this residency, sitting by the window right now looking out at the rain and thinking of all the sad little hours it took to get here lol, all for a Word doc called "draft 18 plz kill me"

I'm about to finish what feels like a final-ish draft of my book at this residency, sitting by the window right now looking out at the rain and thinking of all the sad little hours it took to get here lol, all for a Word doc called "draft 18 plz kill me"

In Defense of the Traditional Review Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.

"A review ... involves introspection, looking into oneself to see whether unnoticed or unquestioned personal factors influence or deform one’s experience of the work at hand. The effort to seize, convey, and deepen one’s personal experience ... makes the review a deeply personal work."

In Defense of the Traditional Review Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.

"A review ... involves introspection, looking into oneself to see whether unnoticed or unquestioned personal factors influence or deform one’s experience of the work at hand. The effort to seize, convey, and deepen one’s personal experience ... makes the review a deeply personal work."

One week done at Ragdale, two more to go! Writing the words, chasing the rabbits, getting lost in the woods etc

One week done at Ragdale, two more to go! Writing the words, chasing the rabbits, getting lost in the woods etc

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Incorrigible Nudity | Lola Seaton The illusion of effortlessness is a major source of the pleasure of Sheila Heti’s work: it makes us feel as though we could capture the world as easily.

"It’s not always easy to disentangle the impulse to communicate something beautifully from the craving for acclaim, to distinguish self-exposure from self-display." www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

"What’s great about Art Is Not Enough is that it is mainly a visual compendium of Gran Fury’s work, and therefore a reminder that, while our field of vision is dominated by the interests of capital, there is still much we can do to reclaim this territory."

For the next To a Green Thought Book Club we’ll be reading David Szalay’s Flesh. Sun 24 Aug at 3pm ET. Open to Founding Members of the newsletter. Get more info & join here: garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/an-ideal-o...

@scribnerbooks.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social

is it halloween yet

I didn’t believe him when he said he’d solve the housing crisis, but I’m becoming more convinced!

Now this is a white flight that I can endorse.

TONIGHT, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: Join us for a blockbuster event featuring the legendary Edwidge Danticat and stellar authors @megiddings.bsky.social, @wendyortiz.com, @justinhayneswriter.com, Isabelle Baafi & @marthaannetoll.bsky.social! Franklin Park, 618 St. Johns Pl, BK #Free

The world is burning but please remember to apply to Yaddo

applying for things counts as writing, I don't make the rules

The cover of Sad Tiger by Niege Sinno. A pink drawing of a tiger and a woman on a yellow background.

I need everyone to stop what they’re doing and read this book; I started it last night and finished it this morning, breaking only to sleep.

The world is burning but please remember to apply to Yaddo

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Had so much fun for this interview.

the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective

How interesting

at my gym you can do both!

ONE WEEK AWAY--MONDAY, JULY 14, 8PM: Join us at Franklin Park in Crown Heights for a star-studded night at the reading series w/Edwidge Danticat @megiddings.bsky.social @wendyortiz.com @justinhayneswriter.com Isabelle Baafi & @marthaannetoll.bsky.social,beer specials,raffle! #Free
618 St. Johns Pl.

may every congressperson who voted for this bill never know peace

may they be disrupted every time they are in public

may they suffer the most extreme consequences that they have inflicted on their constituents