Jaime Fountaine

Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco

Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!

www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...

We thought this was actually a great idea, so we're opening for submissions for a special online issue right now (open for 72 hours or 350 subs, whichever comes first)

barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit/31828...

Join me & the incredible @livesinpages.bsky.social in January to discuss Revolting Indolence! An evening of indolent theorizing, good chisme, & so much more.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/marcos-gon...

The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 12, 2025.

Writer types! A limited number (16 left) of early bird/gift tix are available for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 for $75! Includes a book, a 1-on-1 workshop w an editor, the conference, more lit stuff. All experience levels welcome! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

A long time ago, before I had actually met him, @tmcallister.bsky.social very patiently listened to me describe how good his own work was to him. He still tolerates me, and I still love his essays.

let me be very clear that if you’re making the “the democrats should distance themselves from trans issues” argument now, you would have been on the side of “maybe AIDS is simply what gay people deserve” in the 1980s and 1990s

Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance The titular father of Todd Dillard’s marvelous chapbook Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance quickly tells us “It’s my job to find the dead.” And so he does, navigating surfaced graveyards, …

friendly reminder I have a new chapbook out with @variantlit.bsky.social! which you should order! it has some of my all-time faves in it, and the cover is stunning too! variantlit.com/product/td/

Happy to see so many new people migrating here. We put together a little starter pack of BH friends and family for those trying to build up their lit community quickly (will keep adding to this later today)

go.bsky.app/2Y8moNK

The fight for reproductive freedom just became more crucial than ever. Donate and fight back: repro.fm/. 5xv9pi -Repro for All

Broken record, but if what you want is to help people get abortions, do not donate to Planned Parenthood or Reproductive Freedom for All fka NARAL. don’t even donate to the national network of abortion funds—donate to a LOCAL fund
abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/
secure.actblue.com/donate/abort...

I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.

Charlie Demers on The Comedy is Finished — Book Fight Podcast We're joined by comedian and writer Charlie Demers to discuss a novel that the famous crime writer Donald Westlake finished in the early '80s but which wasn't published until after his death. At the t...

If you're looking for a distraction today, might I suggest the new ep of Book Fight, in which comedian/author/activist Charlie Demers joins us to discuss a "rediscovered" Donald Westlake novel about a famous comedian who is kidnapped by radicals www.bookfightpod.com/episodes/cha...

welcome to the most normal imaginable day on the internet

local news is remembering Quincy Jones by showing a freeze frame of his executive producer credit in the opening credits of Fresh Prince

Certainly nothing more important or notable than executive producing a sitcom starring a man who used to live here!

Extremely Philadelphia move

Hey guys! I’m back, sort of, because I heard now there’s a proper film community here! Anyway I wrote about screwball comedies, the Coen brothers’ films, and The Hudsucker Proxy - all things I unabashedly love - for @bwdr.bsky.social ’s Screwball issue. Give it a read?

My debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social), is officially out today!

This book has been such a wonderful journey and I’m so excited for my bitty stories to make their way to all of you ❤️

Here’s to this collection being the first of many!

Donate to Appalachia relief funds and get POETRY?!?! please reshare to spread the word!!!

We cannot forget about the Whole Hot Hog Girls

We've made some changes to our newsletter, so that instead of the usual promotional what-have-you, now each month we'll feature a new, original essay by a writer we love. This month opens with Nick Farriella on becoming a Fishing Guy. Click the link to subscribe. tinyurl.com/barrelhouseb...

hardcopies of my chapbook Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance

my copies are in and they are GORGEOUS!! thanks to Variant Lit!!! Preorder yours now before they sell out!!!

variantlit.com/product/td/

I've finally commissioned a t4t love stories anthology, which will be helmed by Michel Lee Garrett. If you're in a t4t relationship and would like to submit writing & have you & your partner(s) illustrated by a trans artist, check out submission guidelines here:

www.leegarrett.net/transcendent...

Sarah Weinman on The Blunderer — Book Fight Podcast We're back! This episode kicks off a new season of the podcast, and this one's all about noir. In our first installment, guest Sarah Weinman (author of Scoundrel, and The Real Lolita) joins us to disc...

New season of Book Fight! We're discussing noir and crime novels all season, and we begin with a true expert: @sarahweinman.bsky.social discussing THE BLUNDERER by Patricia Highsmith. Available here + on every podcast platform you can imagine
www.bookfightpod.com/episodes/sar...

True Failure A novel by Alex Higley February 25, 2025 • 5.5 x 8.25 • 280 pages • 9781566897136 A twisting examination of life under late capitalism and the deceptions we inhabit to invent our own success stories. ...

TRUE FAILURE comes out in four months great day to preorder from Coffee House

coffeehousepress.org/products/true-failure

He is the hottest man in Road House, hands down

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Conversations are happening! Connections are happening!

Breaking a Child’s Will The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment.

Today, NY Mag published an excerpt of my book, in which I talk about the past 50 years of the abusive evangelical "biblical parenting" movement, how "parental rights" entered the political lexicon, and why you shouldn't hit your kids: www.thecut.com/article/the-...

Great news for now! Help people in Georgia and across the Southeast get abortions:
arc-southeast.org/donate/

Screenshot of an article in the New Republic Politics No matter who wins in November, building funds' capacity will be crucial, and it's a key goal of the lab. A potential President Kamala Harris can't snap her fingers and overturn abortion bans; she'll need majorities in the House and Senate to pull that off-an unlikely scenario given that Democrats are forecast to lose the Senate. But a Harris win could result in donors both big and small coming to believe that the battle is won and that abortion organizers no longer need their money. Jean-Charles has lived through this scenario after previous elections: "Folks who used to care about your issues go away because they assume that, 'well, this person is going to take care of it."

Screenshot of an article in the New Republic with one sentence highlighted: things are "fixed" when they see positive news developments under a Democratic president, like when a North Dakota lower court judge recently struck down the state's abortion ban. But the state is appealing the ruling, and, crucially, there are no abortion clinics left in North Dakota. PAF updated its Instagram followers to remind them that just because something is legal does not mean it's accessible. Even more pointedly, Spaeth said Democrats remaining in the White House mere'y prevents new federal restrictions. "A Harris presidency does fuck all for red states" she said. "It would be years and years ana years to be able to undo the damage that's been done." Meanwhile, conservative-led states will continue trying to crack down on abortion travel and assistance, via what she called "aiding and abetting bullshit."

Need more people to understand that Kamala possibly winning won’t fix abortion access. Abortion funds will still need our support.
“A Harris presidency does fuck all for red states," said Destini Spaeth of Prairie abortion Fund, serving North and South Dakota.
newrepublic.com/article/1861...