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Writing in @havehadhavehad @rejectionLit @WestBranchMag @fivesouth and @cottonxenomorph https://linktr.ee/mprask Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.

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That means six more weeks of winter...

04.03.2026 02:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They can't do that. I feel weird if I play that album at home or in the car and I don't check in with a friend first.

03.03.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50โ€ฆ Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!

gofund.me/ac93c03d5

03.03.2026 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 39 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

19 spots left.

03.03.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hemingway was once bet that he couldnโ€™t write the worldโ€™s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

19.02.2026 02:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 8582 ๐Ÿ” 1051 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91 ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

Go see Meghan read at AWP (for those of us who can't make it)

18.02.2026 00:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had this w/ a short story. For years (& a few BH workshops), couldn't get the ending or voice right. Set it aside for a year, then changed narrators & wrote a simpler ending. Also wound up taking some of the scrapped endings & making them their own linked stories, four of which have been published.

13.02.2026 17:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the Olympic reporters needs to ask Edward Appleby why he never returned that Jacques Cousteau book to the Rushmore library

07.02.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Portis. I have True Grit in my re-read stack already.

06.02.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Anyway go to the rally tomorrow outside WaPo HQ and support the Washington Post writers!

04.02.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lush Life by Richard Price

04.02.2026 05:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest signal an American human can ever receive that they are deeply and profoundly fucking up is finding themselves as the bad guy in a Bruce Springsteen song.

28.01.2026 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 862 ๐Ÿ” 183 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Butcher's Crossing (same author) is also really good. Definitely recommend it.

13.01.2026 17:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reading Muriel Spark with Emily Adrian โ€” Great Place Books Join author and GPB cofounder Emily Adrian in reading the dazzling fiction of Muriel Spark. This class will meet four times to discuss four of Sparkโ€™s most original, ambitious, and tightly constructed...

@greatplacebooks.bsky.social courses are back! With a seminar on the short novels of Muriel Spark.

www.greatplacebooks.com/spark

11.01.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Same here - I mean, it's almost 40 degrees out

06.01.2026 00:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't believe that cover -- not enough people are talking about that book (or God Knows, which is also really good). I read it before I had kids and it was still really moving -- should make time for a re-read.

05.01.2026 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think I need a Jernigan re-read - it's been a while.

02.01.2026 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
E-mail Addresses That Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone
by Michael Ward
      
 
MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com

MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com

Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com

AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com

One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com

E-mail Addresses That Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone by Michael Ward MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com

pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written

31.12.2025 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 5001 ๐Ÿ” 1442 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

I'm sure I gave a different answer last time we did this but going with 1965 this time (also aside from Unplugged, not sure PJ, Nirvana, etc are in my Top 10)

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

29.12.2025 02:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Almost posted Anodyne in response to the original post -- totally forgot about Mighty Joe Moon!

29.12.2025 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My Son Swaps Jesus for a G.I. Joe in the Nativity Scene by Aaron Sandberg and I canโ€™t tell if he wants me to find it or not. But I do. And I canโ€™t unsee it. But I keep secrets. There is nothing more holy than amending a story, creating new myths. A software update. Adapt or...

"I know that G.I. Joe, that Jesus, that all our stories are as real or full of shit as we want them to be...Whatever punches up the stables and mangers."

Great Day-after-Christmas story from Aaron Sandberg in @havehashad.com - Check it out!

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/my-...

27.12.2025 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

causing an international scotch tape shortage with my elite gift wrapping skills

24.12.2025 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 124 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Dec 23 Jeopardy clue about the fantastic book "Last Night at the Lobster"

Dec 23 Jeopardy clue about the fantastic book "Last Night at the Lobster"

'Tis the season...Let Jeopardy inspire you read/re-read it

24.12.2025 03:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Colored-pencil card drawing of Frank Costanza

Colored-pencil card drawing of Frank Costanza

Happy Festivus!

23.12.2025 13:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 73 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
The Bill Ripken โ€œfuck faceโ€ card, but the variant with the redacted knob.

The Bill Ripken โ€œfuck faceโ€ card, but the variant with the redacted knob.

what are they hiding

20.12.2025 02:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 731 ๐Ÿ” 127 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

WEAPONS...especially one shot/scene towards the end that had me, my wife and son laughing till the movie was over.

16.12.2025 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Joe Ely with Joel Guzman - Slow You Down
Joe Ely with Joel Guzman - Slow You Down YouTube video by Texas Music Cafeยฎ

RIP Joe Ely. Too hard to keep track.

youtu.be/DpEJ19zAuuc?...

16.12.2025 05:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ralph the Duck by Frederick Busch
Work by Denis Johnson
An Amateur's Guide to the Night by Mary Robison
Husband No. 5 by Emily Adrian
A Country Husband by John Cheever

15.12.2025 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Donate Blood Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.

I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.

There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.

Spread the word.

www.ribc.org/donate-blood/

13.12.2025 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1407 ๐Ÿ” 1294 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 82