Peter Steinberg
@peter23.bsky.social
Dad, husband, maker of food, rider of bike, Brooklynite, movie watcher, reader, music listener, person who looks at his iPhone too much, literary agent at UTA
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Peter Steinberg
@peter23.bsky.social
· Nov 11
www.unitedtalent.com
Here’s where you can submit to me: www.unitedtalent.com/publishing-s...
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I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
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Mom shaped her strawberry danish like a candy cane.
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mom shaped her strawberry danish like a candy cane.
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Reminds me of Rob Bottin's work on The Thing...
Mesmerised by this Iranian nougat maker www.instagram.com/shahkargaz.o...
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reminds me of Rob Bottin's work on The Thing...
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She worked as a secretary as did Betty Smith. Harper Lee worked as an airline reservations clerk.Tom Pynchon was a technical writer for Boeing. Don DeLillo was a copywriter for Olgivy and Mather. William Gaddis wrote annual reports for huge corporations. Joseph Heller was a Western Union messenger.
December 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
She worked as a secretary as did Betty Smith. Harper Lee worked as an airline reservations clerk.Tom Pynchon was a technical writer for Boeing. Don DeLillo was a copywriter for Olgivy and Mather. William Gaddis wrote annual reports for huge corporations. Joseph Heller was a Western Union messenger.
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The year is 2037. Empress Marie Kondo I of the American sector holds the chains of the rebel general.
Kondo: "Does he bring you joy?"
Crowd: "NO!"
Kondo, handing him to the executioner: "Thank you for your service."
Kondo: "Does he bring you joy?"
Crowd: "NO!"
Kondo, handing him to the executioner: "Thank you for your service."
July 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The year is 2037. Empress Marie Kondo I of the American sector holds the chains of the rebel general.
Kondo: "Does he bring you joy?"
Crowd: "NO!"
Kondo, handing him to the executioner: "Thank you for your service."
Kondo: "Does he bring you joy?"
Crowd: "NO!"
Kondo, handing him to the executioner: "Thank you for your service."
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Made cannolis with from-scratch shells. Mmmm.
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Made cannolis with from-scratch shells. Mmmm.
Made cannolis with from-scratch shells. Mmmm.
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Made cannolis with from-scratch shells. Mmmm.
Made from-scratch cannoli shells. Have been wanting to do that for years.
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Made from-scratch cannoli shells. Have been wanting to do that for years.
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F train sunset Christmas Eve between the Smith and 9th St stop and the Carroll St stop.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
F train sunset Christmas Eve between the Smith and 9th St stop and the Carroll St stop.
F train sunset Christmas Eve between the Smith and 9th St stop and the Carroll St stop.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
F train sunset Christmas Eve between the Smith and 9th St stop and the Carroll St stop.
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If you’re in the mood for something really peanut buttery and delicious, I recommend this recipe. And pretty easy to make:
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
The Vintage Peanut Butter Cake I Bake on Repeat
This peanut butter cake recipe is about as easy as it gets. The batter is mixed together in one pot, and the frosting takes 5 minutes to make.
www.simplyrecipes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you’re in the mood for something really peanut buttery and delicious, I recommend this recipe. And pretty easy to make:
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
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Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This is amazingly insightful. Love.
I wrote about Pluribus and the dangers of writing exclusively for the fans. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World
Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV’s hit show “Pluribus”
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is amazingly insightful. Love.
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This is your regularly scheduled reminder that “Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas” began as a symbol of inter-immigrant solidarity.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
Why Chinese Food on Christmas Is a Tradition for Jews
Read about traditional Jewish Christmas celebrations and how they almost always involve eating Chinese Food.
www.tabletmag.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is your regularly scheduled reminder that “Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas” began as a symbol of inter-immigrant solidarity.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/foo...
If you’re in the mood for something really peanut buttery and delicious, I recommend this recipe. And pretty easy to make:
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
The Vintage Peanut Butter Cake I Bake on Repeat
This peanut butter cake recipe is about as easy as it gets. The batter is mixed together in one pot, and the frosting takes 5 minutes to make.
www.simplyrecipes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you’re in the mood for something really peanut buttery and delicious, I recommend this recipe. And pretty easy to make:
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
www.simplyrecipes.com/peanut-butte...
I was finally free when I realized I could make one egg for breakfast and not a minimum of two.
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I was finally free when I realized I could make one egg for breakfast and not a minimum of two.
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Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
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Christmas Eve by Stanhope Forbes was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. This large painting (1.8m high) shows a band playing outside the Dock Inn in Dock Street, at the foot of Chapel Street in Penzance, with the parish church of St Mary's in the background.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Christmas Eve by Stanhope Forbes was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. This large painting (1.8m high) shows a band playing outside the Dock Inn in Dock Street, at the foot of Chapel Street in Penzance, with the parish church of St Mary's in the background.
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
I did Livin’ On A Prayer the other night at karaoke, as loud as I could (thanks Negronis) and I’m still hoarse.
a woman singing on stage with the words oh you 're halfway there
ALT: a woman singing on stage with the words oh you 're halfway there
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December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I did Livin’ On A Prayer the other night at karaoke, as loud as I could (thanks Negronis) and I’m still hoarse.
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This time of year I always think of this deliciously unhinged photo shoot with Truman Capote & Andy Warhol for High Times magazine's 1978 Xmas issue, with Capote soused to the gills & Warhol gamely playing along as Santa. I want someone to write an extended oral history of this photo shoot alone
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This time of year I always think of this deliciously unhinged photo shoot with Truman Capote & Andy Warhol for High Times magazine's 1978 Xmas issue, with Capote soused to the gills & Warhol gamely playing along as Santa. I want someone to write an extended oral history of this photo shoot alone