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Ander Monson

@angermonsoon.bsky.social

Grind line. Predator Studies. March Xness. DIAGRAM. New Michigan Press. The Assessment Matters Institute. Essay Daily. University of Arizona MFA. Working hard for the money. http://otherelectricities.com

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ARRRREEEE YOUUUUU READDDDYYYYY

09.02.2026 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man I felt this one pretty hard

07.02.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tucson tonight at 6:30, come out for John Haskell and Sharon Wahl in the very first @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social reading at 6:30pm at 600 S. Meyer (a couple blocks west of 5 Points in Barrio Viejo)

05.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I'm in how about you all

03.02.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"In pre-cellphone times, we accepted every in-person meeting as an act of baffling trust. I will be there. Will you? Yes, me too. Nowadays we sort of forget that human connection offers no guarantee, even if you can view their social profile."

DEVASTATING greatness from @erinvachon.bsky.social !

02.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Essays β€” March Sadness 90s Edition

Come for the great @marchxness.bsky.social essay about Tim McGraw's "Everywhere," stay for this line in @suburbanprairie.bsky.social's bio: "A memoirist obsessed with home who just broke her own rule of never mentioning Hofer in an essay..."

marchxness.com/the-essays#/...

01.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD
YouTube video by artfilm33 Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD

If I had to pick one scene from one movie, I'd pick this one.

30.01.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
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Free preview of the @marchxness.bsky.social March Sadness 2026 bracket for anyone who can read my terrible scrawl. I'm competing this year & my song is Skid Row's "Wasted Time" & you should go listen to it, it's fucking sad.

25.01.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

If you want a little distraction from the terrors of the world here's the SW region of the upcoming @marchxness.bsky.social 90s March Sadness tournament

27.01.2026 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will be reading some old school bangers like "Fuckin' Crabs 2", "Masters of Time But Not Masters of Pants" and "Tiger with the Face of a Man"

23.01.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who wore it better? Find out tonight at the Double Negative Evening of Ekphrasis featuring new books by Mike Powell and @danadiehl.bsky.social. 6:30pm at Wave Archive!

23.01.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

really enjoying the episode with Meredith. The intersection of memoir and games these days are a particular area of interest for me (my next book is kind of about this) and Station to Station sounds awesome. Will buy this one shortly.

21.01.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

just DMed you on Etsy! I'm interested

21.01.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

holy crap these are great

20.01.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sweet lit events coming up: John Haskell 2/5 & @lydiapaar.bsky.social introducing her favorite X Files at Tucson Essay Movie Club 1/25. Plus @danadiehl.bsky.social, Mike Powell, and @angermonsoon.bsky.social doing stuff for Ekphrasis Night Fri. Details: tucsonessayclub.substack.com/p/upcoming-b...

18.01.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

haha by the time I clicked on it there was only smalls left

17.01.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judging Books By Their Covers - Longreads Jason Diamond analyzes his obsession with Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks from the 80s.

Really enjoyed this @jasondiamond.bsky.social piece on collecting the Vintage Contemporaries: longreads.com/2017/10/20/j...

16.01.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An epic and mind-blowing expansion of the Area X story by way of a hidden metal box full of secret images and documents purporting to be the last report of the Central agent Karen Hargraves. Spanning the 30 years of Southern Reach expeditions, reaching into the past and the future, this full-color book will satisfy Area X completists while adding to the narrative begun with the first four novels, to Michael Sand at Abrams, in an exclusive submission, by Joseph Veltre at Gersh Agency and attorney Alex Kohner (world).

An epic and mind-blowing expansion of the Area X story by way of a hidden metal box full of secret images and documents purporting to be the last report of the Central agent Karen Hargraves. Spanning the 30 years of Southern Reach expeditions, reaching into the past and the future, this full-color book will satisfy Area X completists while adding to the narrative begun with the first four novels, to Michael Sand at Abrams, in an exclusive submission, by Joseph Veltre at Gersh Agency and attorney Alex Kohner (world).

SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?

www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...

26.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 522    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 26

Just 7 weeks till March Sadness starts, y'all! To get pumped, I wrote a piece for @marchxness.bsky.social about history, epistolary narratives & "Tell Mary," the saddest song you've probably never heard:

10.01.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

The cool new thing in Tucson recently has been these reading-together and writing-together events at the neighborhood bar...

08.01.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Write Together / Social Tonight! Congregating at Slow Body Brewing at 6:30-8:30 Thurs 1/8/26

Details on tonight's @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social club member write-together / social hour on the substack. Meet at Slow Body at 6:30 for writing, 7:30 for social: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...

08.01.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

YES

05.01.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

man on the radio: I would fuck up an Arby's right now. Here's Bush with "Machinehead"

03.01.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

alt texts ftw again

03.01.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quick update that we will be INSIDE tonight in the Reilly Beer Garden, not outside/upstairs

02.01.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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January Essay Club Events Starting tomorrow with Work Talks 2

Tucson folks take note of @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social's Work Talks 2 tomorrow night featuring @madnor.bsky.social, @alisondeming.bsky.social, and Lucinda Bliss. 6pm Reilly rooftop bar. Details: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...

02.01.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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John Haskell, Blow Me Away This essay is in our Media Club series, an ongoing series of essays on visual media. More details here . * Blow Me Away John Haskell (This e...

"How do you acknowledge a corrupted history and still have pity on the people who carry that history in our bodies?" β€”John Haskell on BLOW-UP (1966), in the new @essaydaily.bsky.social Media Club series:

www.essaydaily.org/2026/01/john...

01.01.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I very much enjoy when any kind of art just submarines the assignment so this looks good; bought it!

31.12.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this game's totally new to me so I appreciate the heads up

31.12.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Learn more than you wanted, in my new extracurricular essay at @marchxness.bsky.social

31.12.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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