Scott Cheshire
@scheshire.bsky.social
Books, and pets.
www.scottcheshire.com
www.scottcheshire.com
Ralph the pug always finds the light…
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ralph the pug always finds the light…
Ralph the pug, chillin’
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ralph the pug, chillin’
Up next on my Harold Brodkey journey - his monster debut novel (835 pages!): The Runaway Soul…
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Up next on my Harold Brodkey journey - his monster debut novel (835 pages!): The Runaway Soul…
Currently reading and loving Lou Reed, King of New York, by @willhermes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Currently reading and loving Lou Reed, King of New York, by @willhermes.bsky.social
We are new to bread cheese. Just baked bread cheese. Bread cheese has changed our lives.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We are new to bread cheese. Just baked bread cheese. Bread cheese has changed our lives.
After reading Brodkey’s two collections, I’ve decided to be a completist. “This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death” tells of his time with & death from AIDS. It is gutting & wise. I was too young when he was around—& controversial—but I’m happy to find him now. He was a genius. Novels are next!
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
After reading Brodkey’s two collections, I’ve decided to be a completist. “This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death” tells of his time with & death from AIDS. It is gutting & wise. I was too young when he was around—& controversial—but I’m happy to find him now. He was a genius. Novels are next!
It really is hard to go wrong with @a24movies.bsky.social films… A few nights ago we watched Bring Her Back, and there were some genuinely terrifying moments, for us anyway. I’m still thinking about it! I like to be terrified in the safety of our home!
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It really is hard to go wrong with @a24movies.bsky.social films… A few nights ago we watched Bring Her Back, and there were some genuinely terrifying moments, for us anyway. I’m still thinking about it! I like to be terrified in the safety of our home!
Finally finished this behemoth, Harold Brodkey’s second story collection, Stories in an Almost Classical Mode. A whopping nearly 600 pages long. It was one of the most thrilling and rewarding reading experiences I’ve had in years.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finally finished this behemoth, Harold Brodkey’s second story collection, Stories in an Almost Classical Mode. A whopping nearly 600 pages long. It was one of the most thrilling and rewarding reading experiences I’ve had in years.
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It’s that time of year! @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are pleased to start of our top ten reads countdown, featuring several special guests! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
December 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
It’s that time of year! @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are pleased to start of our top ten reads countdown, featuring several special guests! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
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Thanks to Paul and Trevor for asking me to contribute to their Mookse & Gripes year-in-review episode. If people could have blurbs, I’d crib their description of me to be mine.
Trevor: “He cheats.”
Paul: “A lot. A lot.”
Trevor: “He cheats.”
Paul: “A lot. A lot.”
It’s that time of year! @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are pleased to start of our top ten reads countdown, featuring several special guests! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
December 12, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Thanks to Paul and Trevor for asking me to contribute to their Mookse & Gripes year-in-review episode. If people could have blurbs, I’d crib their description of me to be mine.
Trevor: “He cheats.”
Paul: “A lot. A lot.”
Trevor: “He cheats.”
Paul: “A lot. A lot.”
My father-in-law passed away last year. We miss him. His favorite author was John le Carré. I’ve never read him. And now with my wife’s and my mother-in-law’s permission, I have his entire Le Carré collection. I’m excited to read them all.
December 11, 2024 at 7:55 PM
My father-in-law passed away last year. We miss him. His favorite author was John le Carré. I’ve never read him. And now with my wife’s and my mother-in-law’s permission, I have his entire Le Carré collection. I’m excited to read them all.
My wife and I have been listening to the song “Weird Fishes/Arpeggio,” by Radiohead, from the record (their best record) In Rainbows, for several months on repeat. Help us. Do not help us.
December 11, 2024 at 5:51 AM
My wife and I have been listening to the song “Weird Fishes/Arpeggio,” by Radiohead, from the record (their best record) In Rainbows, for several months on repeat. Help us. Do not help us.
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This is Sakura. She knows she already had dinner. But would like to politely inquire about second dinner. 13/10
December 11, 2024 at 12:08 AM
This is Sakura. She knows she already had dinner. But would like to politely inquire about second dinner. 13/10
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Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.!
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December 10, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.!
t.co/A3DceRcXSL
t.co/A3DceRcXSL
We just now got tix to see Ravi Coltrane, at Smoke. An early Christmas present. I’m super excited…
December 11, 2024 at 12:47 AM
We just now got tix to see Ravi Coltrane, at Smoke. An early Christmas present. I’m super excited…
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The book A Wilder Shore is terrific - check out this review Stevenson scholar Trent Olson kindly wrote for me at LARB. lareviewofbooks.org/article/fall...
Falling in Love with Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson | Los Angeles Review of Books
Robert Louis Stevenson scholar Trenton B. Olsen reviews “A Wilder Shore” by Camille Peri.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The book A Wilder Shore is terrific - check out this review Stevenson scholar Trent Olson kindly wrote for me at LARB. lareviewofbooks.org/article/fall...
Ralph, the glorious pug dog, at home, luxuriating, but at attention…
December 11, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Ralph, the glorious pug dog, at home, luxuriating, but at attention…
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A holiday subscription to Aperture and @bombmag.bsky.social is the perfect gift for anyone worth giving a gift to.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
A holiday subscription to Aperture and @bombmag.bsky.social is the perfect gift for anyone worth giving a gift to.
bombmagazine.org/subscribe
bombmagazine.org/subscribe
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📍 April 2025 from Northwestern University Press
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November 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
📍 April 2025 from Northwestern University Press
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014858...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014856...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014858...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014856...
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Our latest episode is all about Javier Marías, the master of the long, uncertain sentence. @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I would love to know what your favorite Marías is! Since it’s Thanksgiving, the rule is you have to tell us :-) : open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Our latest episode is all about Javier Marías, the master of the long, uncertain sentence. @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I would love to know what your favorite Marías is! Since it’s Thanksgiving, the rule is you have to tell us :-) : open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
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Our latest episode is all about Spanish novelist Javier Marías, a master of the distrusting, long sentence. @mookse and I had a lovely time reflecting on his books, which we could read again and again. What is your favorite Javier Marías book? open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
November 29, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Our latest episode is all about Spanish novelist Javier Marías, a master of the distrusting, long sentence. @mookse and I had a lovely time reflecting on his books, which we could read again and again. What is your favorite Javier Marías book? open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...
I am diving deep into the works of Gary Indiana, and Resentment is about as brilliant as it gets. His crime trilogy is kind of unparalleled in American fiction. Thank you for republishing these, @semiotexte.bskye.social
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 AM
I am diving deep into the works of Gary Indiana, and Resentment is about as brilliant as it gets. His crime trilogy is kind of unparalleled in American fiction. Thank you for republishing these, @semiotexte.bskye.social
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60 years ago today, John Coltrane recorded his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme." So that's what I'm compelled to listen to this evening & I invite anyone to do the same. @hystericalblkns.bsky.social @arbuscular.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 2:12 AM
60 years ago today, John Coltrane recorded his masterpiece, "A Love Supreme." So that's what I'm compelled to listen to this evening & I invite anyone to do the same. @hystericalblkns.bsky.social @arbuscular.bsky.social
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I've gotten a lot of new followers lately, so: hello! I'm Toby. I'm a freelance writer and book critic and the author of 5 books: IN THE SIGHT, POLITICAL SIGN, EX-MEMBERS, REEL, and TRANSITORY. I also write a comics review newsletter called Postcards From Komiksoj and host a podcast, Framed & Bound.
November 14, 2024 at 5:43 AM
I've gotten a lot of new followers lately, so: hello! I'm Toby. I'm a freelance writer and book critic and the author of 5 books: IN THE SIGHT, POLITICAL SIGN, EX-MEMBERS, REEL, and TRANSITORY. I also write a comics review newsletter called Postcards From Komiksoj and host a podcast, Framed & Bound.
*The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch,* by Phillip K. Dick, was surreal, weirdly beautiful, and mysteriously consumed with religious question. I loved it.
June 2, 2024 at 10:46 PM
*The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch,* by Phillip K. Dick, was surreal, weirdly beautiful, and mysteriously consumed with religious question. I loved it.