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😷😷😷Here's a list of businesses that require staff and customers to wear masks. Please add more in the comments and I'll vet and a...

I was trying to find a 70s German movie set in the US desert. Juggling search terms, I ran across a film starring Jane County (the chaotic b...

This winter has been testing my resolve to not recede entirely into the spaces between the radiator coils. I'm always craving the ligh...

"I was fourteen and didn't want to be involved in any of this, but I was part of it as always, and as always, everyone kept asking ...

I had a comically hard time finishing the ten stories that comprise Driftglass . Each is basically a dude using a lot of words to tell a s...

On a recent long night I decided that big eyes of the main character of Canopy had been staring out from my to-read pile for too long. A wo...

A recent visit to Philly to wade through dead people's stuff unearthed a book that I've written about before as a memory: CHOICES...

Los Angeles has the best bookstores. They are big and rolling and usually have cafes. On my December trip, I only went to Stories and, feel...

Slade House by David Mitchell Mickey by Chelsea Martin After Atlas by Emma Newman Cyanide Milkshake 8 by Liz Suburbia Laid Waste by Jul...

Behold my CAB haul: My Pretty Vampire 1 and 2 by Katie Skelly Laid Waste by Julia Gfrörer Enter, Holy Pilgrim by Laila Milevski (part o...

I was browsing Greenlight bookstore when I had the thought "there are so many books I still want to read." This was a surprisingl...

Oh lovelies, Reading has been tough. My mind is currently focused on bringing up all the pain of the past 20+ years and parading it around...

Recently I've had a lot of chances to experience shitty cable. Between traveling and "getting away" and tagging along, I...

Missing my brother today & thinking of all the pasts I've had. From Pascal Girard's Nicolas: pic.twitter.com/Of9c4sr1nF — Ca...

MoCCA in a Hell's Kitchen that looks different than it used to: A New Yorker's lament.  Well, not really. While I miss my neighbo...

What's getting me to sleep these days: Bad Habits by Cristy C. Road This Is Not It by Lynne Tillman In The Time of the Blue Ball by ...

Crowd shot After the master hyping of Paper Jam by Darryl Ayo on twitter, I decided to drag my dusty carcass to Silent Barn in Bushw...

As usual, I've not managed a piece of mail a day. I tend to work better in bursts. I like to focus, perhaps too intensively, on the pers...

The other day my heart felt heavy but open. I was ready to spend the night contemplating the good things in life. I'd heard many good th...

I am starting #lettermo this year with two collaged cards for two great people.  I think I probably owe you a letter. Feel free to remind ...