Erin Keane
@erinkeane.bsky.social
Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @Salon.com | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
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Erin Keane
@erinkeane.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Welcome, new friends! My book is pop culture criticism woven around my family's origin story: my mom ran away from her military officer family's home at 13, hitchhiked around the country, lived as an adult in 1970s NYC, then married an ex-con her own father's age. bookshop.org/p/books/runa...
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The coolest thing ever is getting a STARRED review for a reissue of a 1915 novel!!!
FIDELITY | Kirkus Reviews
This reissue of Glaspell’s 1915 novel—about a woman who defies the conventions of her Midwestern town by running off with her married lover—reintroduces a writer whose ideas on individualism and confo...
www.kirkusreviews.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The coolest thing ever is getting a STARRED review for a reissue of a 1915 novel!!!
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"journalism is better when it's backed by live markets" is so freakin' dumb
February 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"journalism is better when it's backed by live markets" is so freakin' dumb
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Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
open.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
It's his BIRTHDAY?!
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It's his BIRTHDAY?!
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Slow morning at the squirrel drive-in
February 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Slow morning at the squirrel drive-in
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YOU MUST RECLAIM YOUR CHOCOLATE FACTORY THRONE, YOUNG PRINCE OF REESE
The grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is calling out Hershey for "quietly replacing" the candy's chocolate and peanut butter ingredients
Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup inventor accuses Hershey of "quietly replacing" ingredients
Brad Reese claims Hershey is cutting costs by relying on cheaper ingredients, risking the Reese's brand.
www.cbsnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM
YOU MUST RECLAIM YOUR CHOCOLATE FACTORY THRONE, YOUNG PRINCE OF REESE
Grad programs should buy this in bulk.
"If you're a writer—any sort of a writer, really—in search of an audience, you will find so much that's invaluable in this candid, spirited, and openhearted handbook." - @bcdreyer.social on #ThePublicScholar.
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Grad programs should buy this in bulk.
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[runs into the room out of breath]
THEY LIVE
THEY LIVE
Name the movie with the best sunglasses
February 19, 2026 at 12:42 AM
[runs into the room out of breath]
THEY LIVE
THEY LIVE
every time I think, should I give Threads another chance since so many of my friends post over there? and well
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
every time I think, should I give Threads another chance since so many of my friends post over there? and well
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Psyched to add @erinkeane.bsky.social to the bill!
The 13th Annual Rock and Roll Reading returns to AWP at 6 p.m. March 4 at Metro Baltimore, @metrobaltimore.bsky.social. Fifteen writers from across the country will read work about or inspired by Rock and Roll (or any of its precursors or offshoots), each for just the length of a song. #AWP #AWP26
February 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Psyched to add @erinkeane.bsky.social to the bill!
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wuthering heights (2026, dir. emerald fennell)
February 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
wuthering heights (2026, dir. emerald fennell)
The only people who can call Disciples of Christ "evangelicals" are Presbyterians, is this anything
February 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The only people who can call Disciples of Christ "evangelicals" are Presbyterians, is this anything
It is too early for takes this stupid, please resubmit after lunch.
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It is too early for takes this stupid, please resubmit after lunch.
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i'd kindly ask people to read American history & see, for example, where abolitionism and the 20th-century civil rights movement or even more recently moral mondays (just in the united states) came from
we don't have to accept right-wing framing (that they relish) of all religion as authoritarian
we don't have to accept right-wing framing (that they relish) of all religion as authoritarian
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
i'd kindly ask people to read American history & see, for example, where abolitionism and the 20th-century civil rights movement or even more recently moral mondays (just in the united states) came from
we don't have to accept right-wing framing (that they relish) of all religion as authoritarian
we don't have to accept right-wing framing (that they relish) of all religion as authoritarian
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He has a doodle. Good first step.
Quarter-zip on the memoir cover, not chore coat? Interesting. Anyway looks like he's running.
February 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM
He has a doodle. Good first step.
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Conservatives have spent 50 years investing in media and liberals still justify not doing so because Air America failed over 20 years ago
What I am continually struck by is that the GOP are the ones constantly innovating and the Democrats are stuck in neutral.
Masked armed paramilitaries invading an American city? Kidnapping a head of state? Using some young engineers to destroy the federal government and kill millions? Dang.
Masked armed paramilitaries invading an American city? Kidnapping a head of state? Using some young engineers to destroy the federal government and kill millions? Dang.
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Conservatives have spent 50 years investing in media and liberals still justify not doing so because Air America failed over 20 years ago
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I loved writing the playlist for Teen Queen Training (Janis Ian! Everclear! Miranda Lambert!) and I’m happy to have it up at @largeheartedboy.bsky.social's Author Playlists today <3
largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/18/k...
largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/18/k...
Kristine Langley Mahler’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection Teen Queen Training – Largehearted Boy
largeheartedboy.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I loved writing the playlist for Teen Queen Training (Janis Ian! Everclear! Miranda Lambert!) and I’m happy to have it up at @largeheartedboy.bsky.social's Author Playlists today <3
largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/18/k...
largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/18/k...
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the economy can only absorb so many assassins in their natural careers so we had to develop an athletic course for the rest of them, sort of like agility trials for working dogs.
February 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM
the economy can only absorb so many assassins in their natural careers so we had to develop an athletic course for the rest of them, sort of like agility trials for working dogs.
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if y'all love the winter Olympics you should watch For Your Eyes Only, an actually good James Bond movie that features an extended section when he goes to northern Italy and they tie in a bunch of winter Olympics sports
in the same movie the main villain was the benefactor of like a 16 year old Olympic hopeful figure skater who tried to seduce Bond and he turned her down for being too young
she also inadvertently lured him to an ice rink where hockey players tried to kill him
there was a whole winter sports thing
she also inadvertently lured him to an ice rink where hockey players tried to kill him
there was a whole winter sports thing
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
if y'all love the winter Olympics you should watch For Your Eyes Only, an actually good James Bond movie that features an extended section when he goes to northern Italy and they tie in a bunch of winter Olympics sports
Quarter-zip on the memoir cover, not chore coat? Interesting. Anyway looks like he's running.
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Quarter-zip on the memoir cover, not chore coat? Interesting. Anyway looks like he's running.
biathletes are assassins, right?
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
biathletes are assassins, right?
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Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
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apropos Bruce Springsteen's tour announcement, may I once again share my list of his 10 best original protest songs (before you ask me why Edwin Starr's "War" isn't here): www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...
Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts
Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning.
www.salon.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
apropos Bruce Springsteen's tour announcement, may I once again share my list of his 10 best original protest songs (before you ask me why Edwin Starr's "War" isn't here): www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...
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LET ME DO A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF JIZZ MUSIC, LUCASFILM
I CAN DO IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, I SWEAR TO GOD
I CAN DO IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, I SWEAR TO GOD
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
LET ME DO A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF JIZZ MUSIC, LUCASFILM
I CAN DO IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, I SWEAR TO GOD
I CAN DO IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, I SWEAR TO GOD
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Very “like I wouldn’t” coded essay from me to put the respect on Harold and Maude’s names that they deserve.
"Harold and Maude" taught me to not fear dying
Bud Cort's death is a reminder to live the best you can, while you can.
www.salon.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Very “like I wouldn’t” coded essay from me to put the respect on Harold and Maude’s names that they deserve.