Justin Taylor
@justintaylor.bsky.social
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Justin Taylor
@justintaylor.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Reboot: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
[CW: earnestness/indignity]
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
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New Reviewing the Contemporary Novel reading list, featuring @tricialockwood.bsky.social, @justintaylor.bsky.social, @appletwigli.bsky.social, and others.
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
New Reviewing the Contemporary Novel reading list, featuring @tricialockwood.bsky.social, @justintaylor.bsky.social, @appletwigli.bsky.social, and others.
what if i just listened to Spacemen 3 all day
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
what if i just listened to Spacemen 3 all day
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can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
ok listen the actual best Peggy-O is Penn State 5/6/80 but in all seriousness this is such a sweet way to close out a truly bleak week. and the song is gorgeous. kudos
please do read the description -- the Grateful Dead, for those of us in the listenership, have meant so much (and in so many different ways!) over the years. we mourn our loss with Bob Weir's passing but I celebrate his gift to music, which is forever
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/going-...
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/going-...
Going to Fennario, by the Mountain Goats
track by the Mountain Goats
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
ok listen the actual best Peggy-O is Penn State 5/6/80 but in all seriousness this is such a sweet way to close out a truly bleak week. and the song is gorgeous. kudos
wrote about Katherine Dunn for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
You Are Who Eats You | Justin Taylor
Dunn was quite possibly the last writer anyone would have expected to resurface, after nearly two decades of silence, with the 1989 bestseller and as a finalist for the National Book Award.
www.nplusonemag.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
wrote about Katherine Dunn for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Huge thanks to mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 Launch stars @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman & ❤️ to our amazing audience! And we were honored to kick off the paperback tour for Justin's incredible novel Reboot!
January 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Huge thanks to mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 Launch stars @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman & ❤️ to our amazing audience! And we were honored to kick off the paperback tour for Justin's incredible novel Reboot!
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The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be reborn. Now is the time of Will Stancils.
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be reborn. Now is the time of Will Stancils.
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MONDAY, 8PM: Excited to host supertalented authors @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! #Free raffle for our readers' stunning books! Details: shorturl.at/yTq9W #crownheights #freeadmission
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 PM
MONDAY, 8PM: Excited to host supertalented authors @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! #Free raffle for our readers' stunning books! Details: shorturl.at/yTq9W #crownheights #freeadmission
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Monday, 8pm, at Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to host @justintaylor.bsky.social for the NYC paperback celebration of his brilliant novel Reboot, w/stellar authors @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights #Free
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Monday, 8pm, at Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to host @justintaylor.bsky.social for the NYC paperback celebration of his brilliant novel Reboot, w/stellar authors @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights #Free
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Next Monday, January 12, 8pm: Excited to launch the 2026 Franklin Park Reading Series season with stellar authors @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! #Free shorturl.at/yTq9W
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Next Monday, January 12, 8pm: Excited to launch the 2026 Franklin Park Reading Series season with stellar authors @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! #Free shorturl.at/yTq9W
new newsletter: January event dates, vacation photos, music recs, 2025 publishing recap
gilded lapse-time
when left-side driving feels so right
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
new newsletter: January event dates, vacation photos, music recs, 2025 publishing recap
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merry christmas i've been on a plane for ever and have put a lot of thought into this and finally feel like i've got it locked in
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
merry christmas i've been on a plane for ever and have put a lot of thought into this and finally feel like i've got it locked in
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merry christmas i've been on a plane for ever and have put a lot of thought into this and finally feel like i've got it locked in
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
merry christmas i've been on a plane for ever and have put a lot of thought into this and finally feel like i've got it locked in
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⭐Monday, January 12, 8pm⭐: We're launching the Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 season with a star-studded lineup-- @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! Book raffle, drink specials, #free admission! shorturl.at/yTq9W
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
⭐Monday, January 12, 8pm⭐: We're launching the Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 season with a star-studded lineup-- @justintaylor.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @ellomelissa.bsky.social, Heather McCalden, and Ali Kriegsman! Book raffle, drink specials, #free admission! shorturl.at/yTq9W
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REBOOT by @justintaylor.bsky.social is one of the best books I've read this year, and it's out in paperback soon, and here's the absolutely killer opening chapter up on Brooklyn Rail (especially recommended to people who are way too online, i.e everyone here)
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/fict...
Cold Open | The Brooklyn Rail
Why not close out the year with the interiority of an incel heated to a rolling boil and transformed into an active shooter? If you like, think of it as someone putting Tom Waits’s “Little Drop of Poi...
brooklynrail.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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my interview with Watson's editor, Alane Mason, from the issue thesewaneereview.com/articles/int...
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
my interview with Watson's editor, Alane Mason, from the issue thesewaneereview.com/articles/int...
had the enormous pleasure of collaborating with my colleagues at The Sewanee Review on a full-issue tribute to the life & work of Brad Watson, which we built around the complete text of his final, unfinished novel thesewaneereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
had the enormous pleasure of collaborating with my colleagues at The Sewanee Review on a full-issue tribute to the life & work of Brad Watson, which we built around the complete text of his final, unfinished novel thesewaneereview.com
finished vol 1 of in search of lost time if you even care
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
finished vol 1 of in search of lost time if you even care
this is awesome
The annual New Stories from the South collection was one of my favorite resources for short stories. I'm thrilled that @blairpub.bsky.social is bringing it back next year.
The annual short story anthology, originally published by Algonquin from 1986 through 2010, will collect works of fiction by Southern writers or about the Southern U.S. North Carolina small press Blair will bring the anthology back starting in fall 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
this is awesome
a book so good she only had to write the one
Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
a book so good she only had to write the one
beat this game in the arcade when i was 13
It rules that they made an arcade game about a dystopian police state that can only be toppled by the revolutionary spirit and dangerous lyrics of the music of Aerosmith. 1984 is solved by Love in an Elevator.
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
beat this game in the arcade when i was 13
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missed the third anniversary of Mimi Parker’s death, which I’d meant to mark by posting my Low playlist that I made after I heard the news, but I will post it late, because Low makes me want to be late to things anyway
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
missed the third anniversary of Mimi Parker’s death, which I’d meant to mark by posting my Low playlist that I made after I heard the news, but I will post it late, because Low makes me want to be late to things anyway
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
doing the torment nexus tweet but with Matthew 24:11
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
doing the torment nexus tweet but with Matthew 24:11
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Wednesday November 12: "What About This" by Justin Taylor. "Brother, I hit my limit of being alone."
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wednesday November 12: "What About This" by Justin Taylor. "Brother, I hit my limit of being alone."