Alex Thornber

Oh hell yeah!!

That’d be great!

It’s already being referenced in my masters dissertation and have one quote in my little DIY deck of writing/life inspiration cards. Such a great work. Love and solidarity!

I finished BAD LANGUAGE a few days ago and it has not slipped from my mind since. It’s absolutely brilliant!

Iconic!

Those cameras weigh an absolute tonne too.

This song is going to haunt me all day now. How is it so catchy!?

Not the takeaway for my research but surely, if you’re a musician and you want to be drumming in the background of the scenes, you should synch it in time with the music?

Unexpected moments in my research of human rights in global literature: watching the music video for Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire.

This is a niche poem that hits me so hard right now.

Desperately trying not to be engagement farming but also, does this place have a community vibe or not?

Are there any queer and/or neurodivergent literary academics here who might be up for chatting with me about working within/without the academy, and academic writing in general?

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I’m returning to the ancient ways which formed me and treating substack like livejournal from now on. No branding plan or audience building engagement, just posting work I’ve done and retreating back into the void.

Yes! The Penman is absolutely brilliant!

SNAP! Willy Vlautin hive assemble.

A sunset photo of a pebble beach and a distant horizon over which the sun has just sunk.

Spent all summer hibernating from the internet, spending days out in the world on the beach and reading books and working and writing, and now I need to hibernate from the outside so I am slowly returning to the online world.

The way I’ve tricked myself into seeing my masters dissertation as a sort of novel and I’m now no longer scared of it.

I’m so excited! Also, wildly, my focused reading for uni next week is Ordinary Notes! Truly, my masters should be sponsored by Daunt Books.

Gotta try and chisel a little time out of my packed masters reading life so I can dive into these thanks to @jimenagorraez.bsky.social and @dauntbookspub.bsky.social besties. They know me so well.

Oh holy holy joy! Favourite living author is back again!!

SAME!

Oh my god this is the greatest news honestly, made my day. Cannot. Wait.

SO excited for this book. Magical Girl Retires was absolutely brilliant.

Just noticed we’re studying Broken Jaw by Minoli Salgado and published by @the87press.bsky.social this term. Hyping up the indie presses in academia!!

Omg I’m sorry what!!?? New Lieke Marsman is book the day off work level of excitement. The way I just squealed.

…to wait for a translation hahah.

Omg I just saw this after my post about Nona Fernandez haha. Adding to my list.

Absolutely! It’s the best/weirdest NON self help, self help book ever lol.