31 years ago today I saw Whale open for Blur at Axis in Boston. Seeing Blur in those days was great, they were huge in the UK but still playing clubs here. And Whale were of course WILD. Always pleased to be reminded of this song
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Sunday ritual: signing and sigil stamping Book of David preorders before they head out into the world.
If you missed the author-signed + sigil-stamped copies, you can still preorder through Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/bo…
We did something special in Chicago a couple weeks ago. I’m thrilled to have been a part of it and to have been there at the birth of Mallory’s idea in LA in 2025. I love that she’s made it into a reality that’s continuing to grow. I think Printers Row is my favourite festival
The lit world I entered in my 20s doesn’t exist anymore. People left. Publications disappeared. The internet changed. But we’re still finding each other.
I wrote about Printers Row, the scenes we lose, and what it means to build another one.
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Celebratory vegan mint chocolate chip mylkshakes. Printers Row a smashing success. I'm going home with no books. Sold 27, traded 1, gave one away. All I brought. Even sold a bunch of Maudlin House titles
“My goal isn’t to have the biggest Printers Row party. My goal is for Printers Row to have an offsite culture.”
Kava. Aug Stone. Scott Laudati. Ben Niespodziany. A Beetlejuice bar. New presses.
Third Coast Review on how this weird offsite thing started.
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Who here is in Chicago? I’m coming out to read at a couple rad Printers Row off-site events this weekend. Be great to hang. Flyers plus a photo a stranger took of me reading at The Whistler in 2024