Gabriel Bump
@gabrielbump.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Books, baby, dogs, food.
Some of my messy thoughts on America.
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A Ramble on Liberty
In the past year or so, I’ve read too much about the Revolutionary Era.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some of my messy thoughts on America.
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There are no rules for writing, but you do have to read. —Carmen Maria Machado, on her advice for writers.
May 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There are no rules for writing, but you do have to read. —Carmen Maria Machado, on her advice for writers.
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Friday library #BookHaul!
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Etaf Rum, Sylvia Plath, Geraldine Brooks
LitFic, Sci-fi, Poetry, Historical Fiction, & Fantasy - another good reading week ahead
#BookSky #BookHaul #SFFH
#WhatAreYouReading 📚💙
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@rykaaoki.bsky.social
@erinmorgenstern.bsky.social
Etaf Rum, Sylvia Plath, Geraldine Brooks
LitFic, Sci-fi, Poetry, Historical Fiction, & Fantasy - another good reading week ahead
#BookSky #BookHaul #SFFH
#WhatAreYouReading 📚💙
May 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Friday library #BookHaul!
@gabrielbump.bsky.social
@rykaaoki.bsky.social
@erinmorgenstern.bsky.social
Etaf Rum, Sylvia Plath, Geraldine Brooks
LitFic, Sci-fi, Poetry, Historical Fiction, & Fantasy - another good reading week ahead
#BookSky #BookHaul #SFFH
#WhatAreYouReading 📚💙
@gabrielbump.bsky.social
@rykaaoki.bsky.social
@erinmorgenstern.bsky.social
Etaf Rum, Sylvia Plath, Geraldine Brooks
LitFic, Sci-fi, Poetry, Historical Fiction, & Fantasy - another good reading week ahead
#BookSky #BookHaul #SFFH
#WhatAreYouReading 📚💙
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Great read on why the NEA termination is only the next thing in a long line of blows that have made the book ecosystem so hostile to small/nonprofit publishers.
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Why It’s So Hard To Find Small Press Books
And what you can do about it.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great read on why the NEA termination is only the next thing in a long line of blows that have made the book ecosystem so hostile to small/nonprofit publishers.
www.persuasion.community/p/why-its-so...
www.persuasion.community/p/why-its-so...
Opening Day, so good reminder to subscribe to @soxmachine.com and get better coverage and writing than this horrible deserves.
We are a fledgling independent business which is why I went with this “what time is the Super Bowl”-ass headline.
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White Sox finalize Opening Day roster - Sox Machine
It's here and it's fanta--hmm. Well, it's here, that's what we can promise you.
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March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Opening Day, so good reminder to subscribe to @soxmachine.com and get better coverage and writing than this horrible deserves.
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WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
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HUGE NEWS from our friends at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social:
StoryBoard Conference & Festival is coming, combining an intimate writing intensive & one of the most exciting writing festivals of the year into one unforgettable week!
StoryBoard Conference & Festival is coming, combining an intimate writing intensive & one of the most exciting writing festivals of the year into one unforgettable week!
We are thrilled to announce the wedding of the season! Our signature weeklong writing intensive, StoryBoard, is getting hitched to our signature annual event, Writers Festival!
StoryBoard applications open Tuesday, March 18, and we'll have much more information then!
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StoryBoard applications open Tuesday, March 18, and we'll have much more information then!
#writingcommunity
March 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
HUGE NEWS from our friends at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social:
StoryBoard Conference & Festival is coming, combining an intimate writing intensive & one of the most exciting writing festivals of the year into one unforgettable week!
StoryBoard Conference & Festival is coming, combining an intimate writing intensive & one of the most exciting writing festivals of the year into one unforgettable week!
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The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
With the Tin House news, I’ll just share my favorite indies: Charco Press, Dalkey, NYRB, Hub City, Transit, Fitzcarraldo, Archipelago, and Blair. All consistently putting out brave and great work.
March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
With the Tin House news, I’ll just share my favorite indies: Charco Press, Dalkey, NYRB, Hub City, Transit, Fitzcarraldo, Archipelago, and Blair. All consistently putting out brave and great work.
Damn. Tin House. Please keep supporting independent presses. They are continually putting out the most interesting stuff.
March 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Damn. Tin House. Please keep supporting independent presses. They are continually putting out the most interesting stuff.
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Wow. Huh. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Zando Acquires Tin House
The respected literary press, founded in 2002, will become an imprint of the expanding independent publisher Zando, which was launched by former Crown publisher Molly Stern in 2020.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wow. Huh. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?
Interesting. New contracting memorandum from Secy of Defense says military contracts shld stop including language that bars contractors from running segregated facilities.
March 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?
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"Work your ass off to change the language & dont ever get famous."
– Bernadette Mayer, Experiments
– Bernadette Mayer, Experiments
February 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Work your ass off to change the language & dont ever get famous."
– Bernadette Mayer, Experiments
– Bernadette Mayer, Experiments
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Also notes: "The applicant shall maintain records of its compliance and submission for three (3) years. The applicant will compile, maintain and permit access to records as required by applicable regulations, guidelines or other directives."
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Also notes: "The applicant shall maintain records of its compliance and submission for three (3) years. The applicant will compile, maintain and permit access to records as required by applicable regulations, guidelines or other directives."
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Latest NEA grant update... Wonder when the "free speech absolutist" crowd will deign to chime in. www.arts.gov/grants/legal...
February 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Latest NEA grant update... Wonder when the "free speech absolutist" crowd will deign to chime in. www.arts.gov/grants/legal...
This dystopian NEA news is a good reminder of how much we need independent publishers, sad reminder of how few remain.
February 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This dystopian NEA news is a good reminder of how much we need independent publishers, sad reminder of how few remain.
If people thought the first Trump administration led to bad self-righteous art, wait until we get state-sponsored Ayn Rand knockoffs.
February 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If people thought the first Trump administration led to bad self-righteous art, wait until we get state-sponsored Ayn Rand knockoffs.
Didn’t see it coming, but Trayvon turning 30 today might be my breaking point.
February 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Didn’t see it coming, but Trayvon turning 30 today might be my breaking point.
Finishing up Libra by DeLillo now. Think he’s one of those writers I have to read when I’m drafting a novel. It’s a short list. Hannah, Trevor, Tolstoy. Of course, others get in, but these always come back somehow. Do other people work this way?
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Finishing up Libra by DeLillo now. Think he’s one of those writers I have to read when I’m drafting a novel. It’s a short list. Hannah, Trevor, Tolstoy. Of course, others get in, but these always come back somehow. Do other people work this way?
Watching the White Sox is not so fun. But writing about the White Sox for this year’s BP was a dream come true.
@gabrieljbump.bsky.social takes on the White Sox, reflecting on the end of the quiet Michael Kopech era as well as how much we should let an awful team define us. The comments are defined by the presence of @jrfegan.soxmachine.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Watching the White Sox is not so fun. But writing about the White Sox for this year’s BP was a dream come true.
Feels like I’m writing “under pressure” for the first time. I know there’s more expectations on this next book. A lot of my process, recently, has been around appreciating the pressure while totally ignoring it, thinking it’s silly, and having fun lol.
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Feels like I’m writing “under pressure” for the first time. I know there’s more expectations on this next book. A lot of my process, recently, has been around appreciating the pressure while totally ignoring it, thinking it’s silly, and having fun lol.
Taking free lunches away from kids isn’t teaching them, or their parents, about “accountability” or “the way things work”. Kids who need free lunches already know the world is unfair and cruel. These evil people are just making them starve.
January 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Taking free lunches away from kids isn’t teaching them, or their parents, about “accountability” or “the way things work”. Kids who need free lunches already know the world is unfair and cruel. These evil people are just making them starve.
Thinking a lot about my last book, wondering if I didn’t take the idea of utopia seriously enough. But I feel some artistic validation. Sometimes processing society’s awful sadness is the major step forward. How do we find the strength to try for a better world? That’s my fascination.
January 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Thinking a lot about my last book, wondering if I didn’t take the idea of utopia seriously enough. But I feel some artistic validation. Sometimes processing society’s awful sadness is the major step forward. How do we find the strength to try for a better world? That’s my fascination.