Austin Kleon

Something else I wasn’t expecting is how it would change my reading of certain kinds of duos — for example, I’m reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories right now and now I have a new layer for the Holmes/Watson dynamic tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/8045992...

I really loved it. I switched between the ebook and the old David Case audiobook — he does hilarious voices for Quixote and Panza

Hello from Texas. Surprisingly civil in HEB this morning. Pizza night was threatened, temporarily, but we’ve sourced some mozzarella cheese and the show will go on!

You should write about it being a girl dad movie!

About Time: January 2026 mixtape Some real icy shit.

New winter mixtape austinkleon.com/2026/01/21/a...

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Blowin’ that Exorcist money

What was the answer? (I’m guessing zero, but several injuries)

“Perhaps we really do live in a time which begets nothing but the mediocre.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

This book is so good.

It doesn’t take much 10 things worth sharing this week

Happy Friday here’s the list of 10

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A somewhat spread out stack of stab-stitched (pamphlet-sewn) syllabuses for the course, How to Read an Old Book, 1450–1830. Viewed from above, on a wood table.

Tomorrow’s the first day of my grad seminar for @utaustin.bsky.social English, How to Read an Old Book, 1450–1830.

Just finished stitching up my syllabuses, which we’ll spend quite a bit of time with—as bibliographical objects—for the first half or so of the term.

social media doesn’t want you to engage with a work on its own terms. it can’t use that. it needs you to socialize by complaining how the work isn’t what you wanted it to be, or thought it “should” be.

I’m stoked to see it — I liked the director’s other two entries, too

Winter in the south, baby

Hell yeah. From my next one:

I don't know why but the end credit goodnights on Saturday Night Live always fill me with overwhelming melancholy. Like they somehow manage to forever capture the energy at the end of a middle school dance before everyone drifts apart over the summer, possibly forever

Great taste!

Gregory was telling me about the short story flip of it which sounded wild

“Jan recommends it?”

Heard you don’t like that thing I like

Just listen to the fuckin’ album man 😂

You saw this right?

12 tips for a great family movie night A dozen things we've learned from our favorite family ritual

We’ve watched a movie with our kids every Friday night for the past five years. Here’s what we’ve learned: austinkleon.substack.com/p/12-tips-fo...

“Follow your dreams. You can reach your goals. I’m living proof.”