Kyle Beachy
@kylebeachy.bsky.social
Author of The Most Fun Thing (essays) and The Slide (a novel)
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Kyle Beachy
@kylebeachy.bsky.social
· Jan 5
in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things.
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!
MD...he's a skater. These are great.
You can find three new poems by the brilliant MD Wheatley in The Bulb Region today.
The pack includes “The Golden Bowl,” a sonnet written after @tomsnarsky.bsky.social's “The Silver Cord,” which was previously published in our pages.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
The pack includes “The Golden Bowl,” a sonnet written after @tomsnarsky.bsky.social's “The Silver Cord,” which was previously published in our pages.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
Three Poems, by MD Wheatley — The Bulb Region
Three Poems — MD Wheatley A Period of Peace Where were you when I was deadlifting...
bulbregion.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
MD...he's a skater. These are great.
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When in an interview long ago I mentioned Michael as a polestar, an inspiration for me, he called me out of the blue (I still have his message saved) & for hours shared stories, wisdom & advice with me. May your memory be a blessing Michael Silverblatt. It already is www.latimes.com/california/s...
Michael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73
Silverblatt’s 30-minute show, which ran from 1989 to 2022, included interviews with celebrated authors including Gore Vidal, Kazuo Ishiguro, David Foster Wallace, Susan Orlean, Joan Didion and Zadie S...
www.latimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
When in an interview long ago I mentioned Michael as a polestar, an inspiration for me, he called me out of the blue (I still have his message saved) & for hours shared stories, wisdom & advice with me. May your memory be a blessing Michael Silverblatt. It already is www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The Bookworm's Rules | Reading advice from Michael Silverblatt biblioklept.org/2026/02/16/t...
The Bookworm’s Rules | Reading advice from Michael Silverblatt
The great reader Michael Silverblatt, host of Bookworm, has passed away at 73. Silverblatt was a powerful influence on my development as an adult reader, and his approach to reading helped shape my…
biblioklept.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The Bookworm's Rules | Reading advice from Michael Silverblatt biblioklept.org/2026/02/16/t...
Agree, but let's go ahead and cut "college professors," "students," and "seminar room," and say "anyone can give to anyone, including themselves" instead
I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Agree, but let's go ahead and cut "college professors," "students," and "seminar room," and say "anyone can give to anyone, including themselves" instead
friends...best options these days for submitting a short work of literary horror?
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
friends...best options these days for submitting a short work of literary horror?
didn't sleep much, got a little twisted in the old noggin. went skateboarding. recalled the world beyond the noggin.
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
didn't sleep much, got a little twisted in the old noggin. went skateboarding. recalled the world beyond the noggin.
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i started a business with my friend five years ago this month and we're still standing heaux! i'm coming to chicago this weekend to party about it
we made a zine to give out and bought a bunch of coffee and snacks from our homie's palestinian bakery. you can come if you like ❤️
we made a zine to give out and bought a bunch of coffee and snacks from our homie's palestinian bakery. you can come if you like ❤️
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i started a business with my friend five years ago this month and we're still standing heaux! i'm coming to chicago this weekend to party about it
we made a zine to give out and bought a bunch of coffee and snacks from our homie's palestinian bakery. you can come if you like ❤️
we made a zine to give out and bought a bunch of coffee and snacks from our homie's palestinian bakery. you can come if you like ❤️
I do feel compelled to mention that there was a time when meaningless people uttered awful things and we simply were not alerted to it, that we've made "look at this asshole" into a regular fixture of our days, and that perhaps doing this to ourselves, to one another, is *super* within our control.
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I do feel compelled to mention that there was a time when meaningless people uttered awful things and we simply were not alerted to it, that we've made "look at this asshole" into a regular fixture of our days, and that perhaps doing this to ourselves, to one another, is *super* within our control.
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If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
If you haven’t already, delete your TikTok
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love a story that keeps digging itself in deeper...
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
Cyberstalker by James Tadd Adcox
I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest, that people would…
www.havehashad.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
love a story that keeps digging itself in deeper...
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
"I collected a collection of bitters, not that I had any particular interest in bitters, but I thought that perhaps this would make me stand out, that it would make me of interest..."
— James Tadd Adcox
https://www.havehashad.com/tdprg
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come on this is about to start come on
Hope you can make it to our virtual launch of Black Hole Science Is Filled with Apologies, with reading by author @never.horse and guest readers @theworldsgreatestwriter.com
@klooky.bsky.social
& Suzy Valentine!
Feb 7th, 1 pm Pacific Time
Event Link: tinyurl.com/4mec5jn5
@klooky.bsky.social
& Suzy Valentine!
Feb 7th, 1 pm Pacific Time
Event Link: tinyurl.com/4mec5jn5
February 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
come on this is about to start come on
concerned some of you might have missed this. it's very good.
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
concerned some of you might have missed this. it's very good.
look i am not sorry
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
look i am not sorry
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If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
gofund.me
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
wow hey the rich people are sure failing us, huh
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
wow hey the rich people are sure failing us, huh
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Thinking about literary “hype,” I shared some practical tips for writers publishing a first book. But the most important advice is this. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thinking about literary “hype,” I shared some practical tips for writers publishing a first book. But the most important advice is this. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
somewhat small and fairly massive poem on #smallpoemsunday
very cool and handsome of @burialmagazine.bsky.social to publish my tiny, furious poem
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
somewhat small and fairly massive poem on #smallpoemsunday
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Currently querying agents about a new novel, so if you know or are one of those & want to read a book that includes powerpoint presentations, horrible geese-based accidents, Elizabethan dialog, formal proofs of the existence of fathers, and a rewritten version of Hamlet involving coyotes, hmu
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Currently querying agents about a new novel, so if you know or are one of those & want to read a book that includes powerpoint presentations, horrible geese-based accidents, Elizabethan dialog, formal proofs of the existence of fathers, and a rewritten version of Hamlet involving coyotes, hmu
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Jess Calarco really zooms right the hell away from skateboarding here and back to motherhood, but if anyone wants to discuss a 60-year experiment in unorganized play that equally centers the developing individual self and the group in which that self exists, holler.
Relatedly, I'd bet that a not insignificant portion of the "loneliness crisis" stems from kids' shift away from informal play and toward formal organized activities, most of which end up being mom-organized, such that kids never learn to socially organize themselves.
great argument here for avoiding organized sports and buying a skateboard instead.
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Jess Calarco really zooms right the hell away from skateboarding here and back to motherhood, but if anyone wants to discuss a 60-year experiment in unorganized play that equally centers the developing individual self and the group in which that self exists, holler.
great argument here for avoiding organized sports and buying a skateboard instead.
When we moved to Indiana in 2012, my husband was working remotely, and the isolation was rough, so he started looking for local social activities and ended up starting a rec hockey league. Sadly, the league fell apart when we left Indiana in 2022, because no one stepped up to run it in his place.
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
great argument here for avoiding organized sports and buying a skateboard instead.
it has come to my attention that some of you are using AI for anything
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
it has come to my attention that some of you are using AI for anything
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What do we want? TRANS NEWS!
When do we want it? 2026!!
We're down to the last few days of our 2026 fundraiser, and we've got less than $5000 left to raise, but we still need your help to raise it.
When do we want it? 2026!!
We're down to the last few days of our 2026 fundraiser, and we've got less than $5000 left to raise, but we still need your help to raise it.
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM
What do we want? TRANS NEWS!
When do we want it? 2026!!
We're down to the last few days of our 2026 fundraiser, and we've got less than $5000 left to raise, but we still need your help to raise it.
When do we want it? 2026!!
We're down to the last few days of our 2026 fundraiser, and we've got less than $5000 left to raise, but we still need your help to raise it.
i'm in the first writing group of my life. it's with two extremely lauded and award-winning women writers and one pretty lauded woman writer who is likely to win an award soon. i am terrified of these three women who are my writing group, it's so rad. 5,000 words they want. i'm actually shaking.
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
i'm in the first writing group of my life. it's with two extremely lauded and award-winning women writers and one pretty lauded woman writer who is likely to win an award soon. i am terrified of these three women who are my writing group, it's so rad. 5,000 words they want. i'm actually shaking.
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very cool and handsome of @burialmagazine.bsky.social to publish my tiny, furious poem
January 27, 2026 at 10:46 PM
very cool and handsome of @burialmagazine.bsky.social to publish my tiny, furious poem