Nathan Shuherk
@schizophrenicreads.bsky.social
nonfiction book reviewer. mfa student. mostly writing and talking about books, media, climate change, politics, and my cats.
Just woke up from a dream where rob gronkowski joined my book club
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just woke up from a dream where rob gronkowski joined my book club
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indianapolis you have my whole heart today ❤️ thank you @schizophrenicreads.bsky.social for giving me the chance to talk at length about what’s happening in DC at my launch party, and thank you indianapolitans for singing such a rousing Solidarity Forever with me about it
August 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
indianapolis you have my whole heart today ❤️ thank you @schizophrenicreads.bsky.social for giving me the chance to talk at length about what’s happening in DC at my launch party, and thank you indianapolitans for singing such a rousing Solidarity Forever with me about it
Finished books 49 & 50 for the year
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Finished books 49 & 50 for the year
I get constant comments on my posts about people telling me they walk around bookstores with screenshots of my videos, so I thought this would be a helpful substitute for your indie book shop day tomorrow
April 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I get constant comments on my posts about people telling me they walk around bookstores with screenshots of my videos, so I thought this would be a helpful substitute for your indie book shop day tomorrow
Scrolling before bed 🫠
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Scrolling before bed 🫠
Sure, maybe I should go to AWP next year because I’m doing an MFA and am hoping to sell my proposal later this year, but the most motivating thing for me in going to Baltimore is the almost non-existent but not impossible chance of running into these legends
April 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sure, maybe I should go to AWP next year because I’m doing an MFA and am hoping to sell my proposal later this year, but the most motivating thing for me in going to Baltimore is the almost non-existent but not impossible chance of running into these legends
I wrote a little essay after my family had to shelter in place during tornados in Indianapolis last night
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(Tornado) Warning
My partner went to bed a half hour before we heard the tornado sirens go off.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wrote a little essay after my family had to shelter in place during tornados in Indianapolis last night
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Wrote about some of my favorite things so far this year
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Q1 Review
My Favorite Books, Shows, Movies, and More of 2025 So Far...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wrote about some of my favorite things so far this year
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Indianapolis is having an indie book crawl this weekend. I went to my local shop this morning and bought Empathy Exams for someone to claim. A few people liked that so donated some money for me to buy some of my favorite books for people to go in and claim. Here’s the stack:
March 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Indianapolis is having an indie book crawl this weekend. I went to my local shop this morning and bought Empathy Exams for someone to claim. A few people liked that so donated some money for me to buy some of my favorite books for people to go in and claim. Here’s the stack:
Leaving my family Christmas half way through to go watch the Wicked double feature this year is gonna be so fucking good
March 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Leaving my family Christmas half way through to go watch the Wicked double feature this year is gonna be so fucking good
Oscars holding a funeral for James Bond but couldnt even get Adele
March 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Oscars holding a funeral for James Bond but couldnt even get Adele
I hate Elon. He ruined my favorite holiday of the year… watching the Oscars while scrolling Twitter. That site is dead and we’re living the corpse of it on all the other places of the internet
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I hate Elon. He ruined my favorite holiday of the year… watching the Oscars while scrolling Twitter. That site is dead and we’re living the corpse of it on all the other places of the internet
I wrote about my country music, leaving spotify, and weight loss
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New Music Friday
10 Songs to Listen to on a Walk
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February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I wrote about my country music, leaving spotify, and weight loss
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Obviously there’s no money in the humanities but I want there to be an English Lit version of nonfiction (that isn’t writing) so bad. Media studies, I guess? Maybe that’s what’s next for me?
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Obviously there’s no money in the humanities but I want there to be an English Lit version of nonfiction (that isn’t writing) so bad. Media studies, I guess? Maybe that’s what’s next for me?
Favorite thing I’ve read so far this year. This chapter is on mental illness and the fear of losing your mind and gothic representations of that horror, specifically with Haunting of Hill House (show and book)
February 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Favorite thing I’ve read so far this year. This chapter is on mental illness and the fear of losing your mind and gothic representations of that horror, specifically with Haunting of Hill House (show and book)
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it’s definitely easier to destroy shit than build something but i don’t think i’ll ever stop thinking about how we were told biden couldn’t do anything at all, ever, while elon musk and donald trump run around like rats gnawing on cables stopping the governments functionality completely
February 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
it’s definitely easier to destroy shit than build something but i don’t think i’ll ever stop thinking about how we were told biden couldn’t do anything at all, ever, while elon musk and donald trump run around like rats gnawing on cables stopping the governments functionality completely
Recommended this book a week or so ago, and had about 25 DMs from people all say hey wtf. Sorry
@schizophrenicreads.bsky.social hey man, what the fuck 😃 (it’s very good, but jesus)
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Recommended this book a week or so ago, and had about 25 DMs from people all say hey wtf. Sorry
Do you ever think about how in about 15 years there will be a major study and headlines about how sites like FanDuel and DraftKings led to about 100,000 suicides of young men
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Do you ever think about how in about 15 years there will be a major study and headlines about how sites like FanDuel and DraftKings led to about 100,000 suicides of young men
Just finished the first ROUGH draft chapter of my book
January 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just finished the first ROUGH draft chapter of my book
Sam Altman must be so embarrassed right now. Hope he commits seppuku
January 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Sam Altman must be so embarrassed right now. Hope he commits seppuku
I think it’s fine to call Elon a nazi, but I do think it’s a fairly big misunderstanding of him as a person. He believed in his own supremacy - he’ll use whatever part of culture to try to amass as much power as possible. That’s the ideology of Silicon Valley.
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I think it’s fine to call Elon a nazi, but I do think it’s a fairly big misunderstanding of him as a person. He believed in his own supremacy - he’ll use whatever part of culture to try to amass as much power as possible. That’s the ideology of Silicon Valley.
Sunday afternoon date book haul… that’s a normal thing, right?
January 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Sunday afternoon date book haul… that’s a normal thing, right?