Afton Gray Montgomery
@aftongray.bsky.social
sentences in Electric Lit, The Millions, The Common, Prairie Schooner, High Country News, Pleiades, etc. --> aftongraymontgomery.com 💫
at home in the Rocky Mountain West 🏔️
then: indie bookstore buyer
now: audiobooks @ Spotify; marketing @ Belt
at home in the Rocky Mountain West 🏔️
then: indie bookstore buyer
now: audiobooks @ Spotify; marketing @ Belt
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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I really like how Casey Cep has the “Weird, twisted Americana” beat at The New Yorker.
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I really like how Casey Cep has the “Weird, twisted Americana” beat at The New Yorker.
Being passively evil is so last decade. This is evil on purpose, baby.
If you thought that the blue origin launch was crass, just wait until you hear that Amazon has unveiled a huge book sale that just so happens to run right through Independent Bookstore Day weekend. Despicable.
Shop at an indie store or order on bookshop.org if you don't have a store near you!
Shop at an indie store or order on bookshop.org if you don't have a store near you!
April 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Being passively evil is so last decade. This is evil on purpose, baby.
I know people have ten million things to say about Severance, but I just want one of those ORTBO hats
April 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I know people have ten million things to say about Severance, but I just want one of those ORTBO hats
new blue micro NF www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2025/02...
Alongside Blue by Afton Montgomery — The Normal School
I, alongside him, folded every napkin in the same direction. Nudged straight the faded carpet samples that made every cement step down to the basement a different frugal pattern and color. I wished ou...
www.thenormalschool.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
new blue micro NF www.thenormalschool.com/blog/2025/02...
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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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Valzhyna Mort: “Real writing, I believe, starts with distance.”
March 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Valzhyna Mort: “Real writing, I believe, starts with distance.”
[tentatively] crying laughing throwing up
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️
March 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
[tentatively] crying laughing throwing up
into which type of hell have we fallen?
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
into which type of hell have we fallen?
backed out if AWP v last minute but hope you all find nice cushioned chairs to sit upon and have a rest.
March 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
backed out if AWP v last minute but hope you all find nice cushioned chairs to sit upon and have a rest.
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This is incredibly bad— a CDC website clone but w fake and misleading health advice (especially about vaccines), brought to you by the NGO formerly run by the current HHS secretary.
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is incredibly bad— a CDC website clone but w fake and misleading health advice (especially about vaccines), brought to you by the NGO formerly run by the current HHS secretary.
YES.
The winner of the NBCC Award for Criticism is “There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” by Hanif Abdurraqib! #NBCCAwards
March 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
YES.
My favorite genres are:
5. author did research for 12 years to write a tight 275 pages that make you gasp a lot
4. teen girls are people too!
3. something sinister is happening in book world as an allegory for the real world
2. sentences like wisps
1. a gal has a thought while doing the dishes
5. author did research for 12 years to write a tight 275 pages that make you gasp a lot
4. teen girls are people too!
3. something sinister is happening in book world as an allegory for the real world
2. sentences like wisps
1. a gal has a thought while doing the dishes
My favorite genres are:
5. Deer Acting Weird
4. Loosely Typeset Short Story Stretched for Full Price
3. Novel Written by a Character in the Novel
2. Moon's Haunted
1. It's Always Dark Above the Arctic Circle and I'm Making That Everyone Else's Problem
5. Deer Acting Weird
4. Loosely Typeset Short Story Stretched for Full Price
3. Novel Written by a Character in the Novel
2. Moon's Haunted
1. It's Always Dark Above the Arctic Circle and I'm Making That Everyone Else's Problem
My favorite genres are:
5. There's a strange thing in that there cave
4. "Wait, you can get away with calling THAT a novel?"
3. Narrator is a weird little freak
2. The veil shielding reality from the unreal is getting very frayed
1. Asshole autofiction
5. There's a strange thing in that there cave
4. "Wait, you can get away with calling THAT a novel?"
3. Narrator is a weird little freak
2. The veil shielding reality from the unreal is getting very frayed
1. Asshole autofiction
March 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My favorite genres are:
5. author did research for 12 years to write a tight 275 pages that make you gasp a lot
4. teen girls are people too!
3. something sinister is happening in book world as an allegory for the real world
2. sentences like wisps
1. a gal has a thought while doing the dishes
5. author did research for 12 years to write a tight 275 pages that make you gasp a lot
4. teen girls are people too!
3. something sinister is happening in book world as an allegory for the real world
2. sentences like wisps
1. a gal has a thought while doing the dishes
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the amount of mealy-mouthed people crawling out of the woodwork to imply mahmoud khalil doesn’t deserve our full-throated support is evidence of the conditions that allowed him to be disappeared in the first place.
March 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
the amount of mealy-mouthed people crawling out of the woodwork to imply mahmoud khalil doesn’t deserve our full-throated support is evidence of the conditions that allowed him to be disappeared in the first place.
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Zando is acquiring Tin House Books.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/03/zand...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/03/zand...
Zando to Acquire Tin House Books - Publishers Lunch
Zando will acquire Tin House’s book publishing operations, including their frontlist, backlist of more than 200 titles, and trademark. According to the announcement, “Zando plans to elevate the impact...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Tried to google the word count of On the Road.
March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tried to google the word count of On the Road.
cry-laughing on a monday vis a vis: "We are in the era of the post-literate writer." blgtylr.substack.com/p/story-basi...
story basics # 1, openings
this is the beginning, etc etc
blgtylr.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
cry-laughing on a monday vis a vis: "We are in the era of the post-literate writer." blgtylr.substack.com/p/story-basi...
Naomi Kanakia: "The people who understand th[e] process [of selling a literary novel] generally don't talk about it, because part of being a successful literary commodity is the illusion that you are sui generis and have some unique voice that you'd never allow the system to dilute." SCREAMING ❗‼️
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Naomi Kanakia: "The people who understand th[e] process [of selling a literary novel] generally don't talk about it, because part of being a successful literary commodity is the illusion that you are sui generis and have some unique voice that you'd never allow the system to dilute." SCREAMING ❗‼️
in this economy, I need a car honk sound that’s gently like “hey little buddy, just letting you know the light is green; no worries!”
the one-size-fits-all “Fck You” sound is entirely too loud.
the one-size-fits-all “Fck You” sound is entirely too loud.
February 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
in this economy, I need a car honk sound that’s gently like “hey little buddy, just letting you know the light is green; no worries!”
the one-size-fits-all “Fck You” sound is entirely too loud.
the one-size-fits-all “Fck You” sound is entirely too loud.
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Murderer.
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
www.aol.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Murderer.
“My faith in the reader is profound.”
love love this interview with forever-buyer Paul Yamazaki. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/02...
love love this interview with forever-buyer Paul Yamazaki. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/02...
Reading the Room: An Interview with Paul Yamazaki - The Paris Review
“The more bookstores you go into, the more you’ll realize how many different ways there are to be curious.”
www.theparisreview.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“My faith in the reader is profound.”
love love this interview with forever-buyer Paul Yamazaki. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/02...
love love this interview with forever-buyer Paul Yamazaki. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/02...
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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I —
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One thing that genAI boosters aren't prepared (or frankly equipped) to handle is how the right-wing tech CEO set are going to shift the models toward right-wing outputs. There will be a concerted effort to make these intentional propaganda machines.
February 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
One thing that genAI boosters aren't prepared (or frankly equipped) to handle is how the right-wing tech CEO set are going to shift the models toward right-wing outputs. There will be a concerted effort to make these intentional propaganda machines.
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My feed should be flooded with the stories of laid off federal workers.
February 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My feed should be flooded with the stories of laid off federal workers.