Richard Leise
@richardleise.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Writer. Teacher. BEING DEAD @brigidsgatepress. Rep'd by Betty Anne Crawford.
To take: Remember if people you love are struggling, and you feel weight:
Sometimes you are only the occasion for it, not the actual cause.
Sometimes you are only the occasion for it, not the actual cause.
October 14, 2023 at 10:43 PM
To take: Remember if people you love are struggling, and you feel weight:
Sometimes you are only the occasion for it, not the actual cause.
Sometimes you are only the occasion for it, not the actual cause.
Say a U Press comes out with a series called _Rediscoveries_ and has an open call for forgotten American authors. Have you read someone well enough that you'd pitch - and who?
October 14, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Say a U Press comes out with a series called _Rediscoveries_ and has an open call for forgotten American authors. Have you read someone well enough that you'd pitch - and who?
October 6, 2023 at 8:47 PM
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I’d say this banned-books story horrifies me because I’m queer, but honestly I don’t think I’d be less horrified if I were straight. It’s the kind of insanity that should worry anyone who cares about a) living in a free society or b) other people. popular.info/p/florida-sc...
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters
Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries...
popular.info
September 27, 2023 at 1:41 PM
I’d say this banned-books story horrifies me because I’m queer, but honestly I don’t think I’d be less horrified if I were straight. It’s the kind of insanity that should worry anyone who cares about a) living in a free society or b) other people. popular.info/p/florida-sc...
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4/17/2023 Tweezer, 8/4/2023 Mike's Song
12/31/1993 Harry Hood
12/31/1993 Harry Hood
September 23, 2023 at 2:44 PM
4/17/2023 Tweezer, 8/4/2023 Mike's Song
12/31/1993 Harry Hood
12/31/1993 Harry Hood
Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.
Quote
Quote
September 22, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Nothing proves that we are more than nothing.
Quote
Quote
You don't have any invite codes yet! We'll send you some when you've been on Bluesky for a little longer.
DONE
DONE
September 21, 2023 at 11:46 PM
You don't have any invite codes yet! We'll send you some when you've been on Bluesky for a little longer.
DONE
DONE
#phish
It is 1993
Paug
or
YEM
It is 1993
Paug
or
YEM
September 21, 2023 at 11:07 PM
#phish
It is 1993
Paug
or
YEM
It is 1993
Paug
or
YEM
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I uploaded my second class lecture on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian to my YouTube Channel. Today's lecture covers Chapters V-IX. Here's the link; subscribe for updates (it's 100% free):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEl...
September 21, 2023 at 9:37 PM
I uploaded my second class lecture on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian to my YouTube Channel. Today's lecture covers Chapters V-IX. Here's the link; subscribe for updates (it's 100% free):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEl...
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
John Irving
John Irving
September 21, 2023 at 2:07 PM
I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
John Irving
John Irving
I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo
September 21, 2023 at 1:28 PM
I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo
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there's a mummy in the cabinet ....
are there no more arrows left?
are there no more arrows left?
September 20, 2023 at 2:12 PM
there's a mummy in the cabinet ....
are there no more arrows left?
are there no more arrows left?
Some people feel the rain ....
.... Others just get wet
What's a fav quote attributed to
a musician?
.... Others just get wet
What's a fav quote attributed to
a musician?
September 20, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Some people feel the rain ....
.... Others just get wet
What's a fav quote attributed to
a musician?
.... Others just get wet
What's a fav quote attributed to
a musician?
September 20, 2023 at 5:09 PM
there's a mummy in the cabinet ....
are there no more arrows left?
are there no more arrows left?
September 20, 2023 at 2:12 PM
there's a mummy in the cabinet ....
are there no more arrows left?
are there no more arrows left?
“It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape.”
[The] Emily St. John Mandel
[The] Emily St. John Mandel
September 20, 2023 at 2:09 PM
“It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape.”
[The] Emily St. John Mandel
[The] Emily St. John Mandel
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Now reading these two very different books. What are y'all reading this week?
September 20, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Now reading these two very different books. What are y'all reading this week?
Believe it if you need it
If you don't, just pass it on
If you don't, just pass it on
September 20, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Believe it if you need it
If you don't, just pass it on
If you don't, just pass it on
New novel from Richard Leise ....
Ck out the blurbs and first page - seems cool
www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-R...
Ck out the blurbs and first page - seems cool
www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-R...
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
September 20, 2023 at 1:54 PM
New novel from Richard Leise ....
Ck out the blurbs and first page - seems cool
www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-R...
Ck out the blurbs and first page - seems cool
www.amazon.com/Being-Dead-R...
September 19, 2023 at 9:18 PM
So far, so far as I can ascertain: As a place for writers goes ....
If social media is warm, Blue Sky is the sun -
If social media is warm, Blue Sky is the sun -
September 18, 2023 at 11:11 PM
So far, so far as I can ascertain: As a place for writers goes ....
If social media is warm, Blue Sky is the sun -
If social media is warm, Blue Sky is the sun -
Hi Poets. I'll open w/ my possible fav
I do not want to be reflective any more
Envying and despising unreflective things
Finding pathos in dogs and undeveloped handwriting
And young girls doing their hair and all the castles of sand
Flushed by the childrenæs bedtime, level with the shore.
I do not want to be reflective any more
Envying and despising unreflective things
Finding pathos in dogs and undeveloped handwriting
And young girls doing their hair and all the castles of sand
Flushed by the childrenæs bedtime, level with the shore.
September 18, 2023 at 10:59 PM
Hi Poets. I'll open w/ my possible fav
I do not want to be reflective any more
Envying and despising unreflective things
Finding pathos in dogs and undeveloped handwriting
And young girls doing their hair and all the castles of sand
Flushed by the childrenæs bedtime, level with the shore.
I do not want to be reflective any more
Envying and despising unreflective things
Finding pathos in dogs and undeveloped handwriting
And young girls doing their hair and all the castles of sand
Flushed by the childrenæs bedtime, level with the shore.