@mikespry.bsky.social
Writer/Poet. Words in the Toronto Star, FLOOD, Indiewire, MTV CA, National Post, McSweeney’s IT, TSN, Washington Sq. Review, and elsewhere + a few books. I write about TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
The Ethos of Eephus
Eephus sees sport not as a cultural commodity, but a community engagement, and the simplicity of its framing [...] finds the beauty in the relationship baseball has not just to its participants and onlookers, but the landscape of the country.
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The Ethos of Eephus
Eephus sees sport not as a cultural commodity, but a community engagement, and the simplicity of its framing [...] finds the beauty in the relationship baseball has not just to its participants and onlookers, but the landscape of the country.
open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
NEW REVIEW......"We’re Out Here: The Poet and How to Survive"
----a Review and Love Letter about (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) Chen Chen's 2022 "Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency"
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#poetry #booksky #substack #writingcommunity #poemsky #writing #reviews
Super Bowl Sunday Feeld Notes 8.2.26
I’m going to make chili and cheer for a tie. Wouldn’t we all just rather watch Kid Rock and Bad Bunny in a celebrity boxing match?
My Super Bowl column/self-indictment: open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
Honestly, f*ck all these people. F*ck these colleges. F*ck the institutions and communities that were complicit in this division of class and the perpetuation of evil.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
f e e l i n g s
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Sunday Feeld Notes 01.02.2026
So many feelings this week: Loving @thedollop.bsky.social, Sophie Turner and Steal, not SNL, not the weather, and not the Super Bowl. Plus, last week's and this week's essays.
open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
ICYMI: I wrote about GenX, hauntology, Stranger Things, and futures lost.
22.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Shoutout my friend the Poet Emily Siegenthaler for helping keep twenty twenty-somethings alive for a month in Tokyo.
#mamiya #film #photography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatfilmphotography #colorphoto #tokyo #japan
ICYMI: I wrote about GenX, hauntology, Stranger Things, and futures lost.
22.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Haunted by Futures Promised: Stranger Things, PLUR1BUS, and the ghost of expectation"
New essay on #StrangerThings, hauntology, and the quiet disappearance of expectation.
mikespry.substack.com/p/haunted-by...
#GenX #Hauntology #PLUR1BUS
"Haunted by Futures Promised: Stranger Things, PLUR1BUS, and the ghost of expectation"
New essay on #StrangerThings, hauntology, and the quiet disappearance of expectation.
mikespry.substack.com/p/haunted-by...
#GenX #Hauntology #PLUR1BUS
power
#35mmfilm #35mm #35mmphotography #leica #leicam6 #film #photography #filmphotography
Happy #pubday to @gion.bsky.social! His debut collection 'Designated Stranger' for @thirdhandbooks.bsky.social
Read the first piece in my new series of reviews of poetry collections from independent presses. ----> tinyurl.com/bdhx6aux
#poemsky #WritingCommunity #booksky #5amwritersclub #substack
Sunday Feeld Notes: prediction markets, Netflix doom,+ why everything feels like satire.
🧠 Prediction markets=existential threat
🎬 Netflix & #TheRip
🐴 Ponies is low-key kinda great
🎥 Deep Local & Poems by Sean Bates = cultural sherpas
mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-fee...
#NECo #MediaCriticism
Dabls Mbad African bead Museum Detroit, MI
#mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #colorphoto
Deep Local | Ep.4: Sleepwalker
#digitalshort #digitalphotography #canon5d
youtu.be/T5m6_hN2jp0
Blue banner, white text reading Indie Press Poetry: A Series of Reviews. Background is a green backyard.
ANNOUNCING--- Indie Press Poetry: A Series of Reviews
This winter I’ll be reviewing a new collection each week from #poets published on independent presses. Each book is a reccommendation from a friend or mentor.
Follow along here: tinyurl.com/3w5zwywv
#writingcommunity #poemsky #booksky #poems
Sunday Feeld Notes 11.01.2026
On #DCBDay, OBAA, Twitter/X, His & Hers, and more from Vermont on a Sunday morning. NECo. Season Three is coming Wednesday!
open.substack.com/pub/mikespry...
PREDICTION: In tomorrow's #strangerthings secret ep, #conformitygate, Ell is going to wake up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.
06.01.2026 16:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Somehow I forgot #Andor!!! I guess I thought it came out in 2024. This year was 36 months long.
04.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Just dropped my 2025 year-in-review: long drives, too much media, strong opinions. Best albums, TV, books, AI (I named mine Gary), and the stuff I still don’t get. Real feels only.
👉 mikespry.substack.com/p/sunday-feeld-notes-04012026
#SundayFeeldNotes #YearInReview #Substack #CultureNotes #AI #NECo
Did anyone work on a Project 2026?
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Thanks to everyone who read, shared, argued, and stuck around this year. Narrative Electric Co. stays powered because of you.
#YearInWriting #SubstackEssays #IndependentWriting
10/10 🎸
All the Young Dudes
Music that still sounds like honesty, place, and human voice — and why that matters now.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/all-the-yo...
#MusicEssay #AltCountry #IndieRock #NarrativeElectricCo
9/10 📡
TV Used to Be a Window to Conversation — Now It’s Just a Door to More Content
On the loss of communal viewing, weekly conversation, and shared cultural time.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/tv-used-to...
#TVStudies #StreamingCulture #MediaCriticism #NarrativeElectricCo
8/10 👻
No Longer Afraid of the Dark: On Finding Horror Once the Nightmares Stopped
A personal turn toward horror — and what fear reveals once it’s no longer consuming you.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/no-longer-...
#HorrorWriting #GenreEssay #PersonalWriting #NarrativeElectricCo
7/10 ⭐
Oh, Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars…
Why Andor worked — and what it proves about risk, politics, and adult storytelling in franchise culture.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/oh-star-wa...
#StarWars #Andor #FranchiseCulture #NarrativeElectricCo
6/10 🪩
The Music Dance Experience Is Officially Cancelled
Severance, dissent, corporate theater, and why dissonance still matters in storytelling.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/the-music-...
#TVAnalysis #Severance #PopCulture #NarrativeElectricCo
5/10 🏈
Do You Hate Fascism? Boycott the Super Bowl
Spectacle, complicity, and the uncomfortable places where politics and leisure collide.
🔗 mikespry.substack.com/p/do-you-hat...
#PoliticsAndCulture #MediaSpectacle #Essay #NarrativeElectricCo
