Steve Himmer
@shimmer.bsky.social
Occasional novelist, regular walker. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/.
http://www.stevehimmer.com
http://www.stevehimmer.com
Twenty-seven inches? I can’t believe it either.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Twenty-seven inches? I can’t believe it either.
Oh great, another terrible use for AI. The book is really good, though, and deserves better than this. bookshop.org/a/8189/97814...
AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Oh great, another terrible use for AI. The book is really good, though, and deserves better than this. bookshop.org/a/8189/97814...
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My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
Until enjoying this thread from @jeremymillar.bsky.social I don't think I'd ever seen Theibaud's art except on the cover of Helen DeWitt's The English Understand Wool, without knowing whose painting it was. Now I really want to see an exhibit in person.
Went to the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition today and, inevitably, it was absolutely delicious.
Cup of Coffee, 1961
Cup of Coffee, 1961
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Until enjoying this thread from @jeremymillar.bsky.social I don't think I'd ever seen Theibaud's art except on the cover of Helen DeWitt's The English Understand Wool, without knowing whose painting it was. Now I really want to see an exhibit in person.
Great to see that @unmpress.bsky.social published a new paperback edition of Stanley Crawford's essay collection A RIVER IN WINTER. A terrific book cover to cover but "Free Lunch" is a particular favorite of mine.
The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays
New and Selected Essays
bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great to see that @unmpress.bsky.social published a new paperback edition of Stanley Crawford's essay collection A RIVER IN WINTER. A terrific book cover to cover but "Free Lunch" is a particular favorite of mine.
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Lacey N. Dunham, author of The Belles, and Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
portersquarebooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Two women walked past me a moment ago as one said to the other, “He’s in partially supported housing,” so my thoughts are with whoever this guy is in his half-built home.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Two women walked past me a moment ago as one said to the other, “He’s in partially supported housing,” so my thoughts are with whoever this guy is in his half-built home.
Whenever I pass this sign I think of Peter Markus’ brother stories. Two brothers, clutching their fish in the mud, cursing the moon.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whenever I pass this sign I think of Peter Markus’ brother stories. Two brothers, clutching their fish in the mud, cursing the moon.
They grow up so fast
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
They grow up so fast
You do you but I'm just going to mention you can sing it to the Ickey Shuffle www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxW...
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You do you but I'm just going to mention you can sing it to the Ickey Shuffle www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxW...
I’m as surprised as you are
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m as surprised as you are
Looks like the glass won this time
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Looks like the glass won this time
"Aha!" said the absent-minded professor, who had spent the morning wondering why his second cup of coffee was so weak and warm-milky, upon discovering hours later a grinder full of beans.
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Aha!" said the absent-minded professor, who had spent the morning wondering why his second cup of coffee was so weak and warm-milky, upon discovering hours later a grinder full of beans.
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Hello folks. If you're up for a seasonal wander, tomorrow (Sunday) at 10am I'll be posting this month's #DistanceDrift prompt - join in wherever you are, in sync or thereafter.
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hello folks. If you're up for a seasonal wander, tomorrow (Sunday) at 10am I'll be posting this month's #DistanceDrift prompt - join in wherever you are, in sync or thereafter.
It feels a bit apocalyptic walking the dog through our dark neighborhood before dawn while all the Halloween lawn statues toppled by overnight wind softly utter their sound effects and recite their creepy lines from the ground.
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It feels a bit apocalyptic walking the dog through our dark neighborhood before dawn while all the Halloween lawn statues toppled by overnight wind softly utter their sound effects and recite their creepy lines from the ground.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Residents, businesses, food pantries to try to ensure nobody starves because of President Golden Ballroom (tried to list some resources; if you know of others, let me know)
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Residents, businesses, food pantries to try to ensure nobody starves because of President Golden Ballroom (tried to list some resources; if you know of others, let me know)
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
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The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
So, goodbye East Wing. What lies in store for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
apollo-magazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
I'm so grateful to @epochliterary.com for publishing my essay "The Spider's Share" a few months ago, and now for this Pushcart nomination. And in such good company, too.
Here are our @pushcartprize.bsky.social noms for 2025! Thanks and congrats to Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador, @fmstringer.bsky.social, @justintaylor.bsky.social, @shimmer.bsky.social, @pegahouji.bsky.social, and @tmcallister.bsky.social for this great work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm so grateful to @epochliterary.com for publishing my essay "The Spider's Share" a few months ago, and now for this Pushcart nomination. And in such good company, too.
I'm reminded of Dawn Powell's novel A TIME TO BE BORN, set just before WWII, with it's character Amanda Keeler the romance novelist:
October 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I'm reminded of Dawn Powell's novel A TIME TO BE BORN, set just before WWII, with it's character Amanda Keeler the romance novelist:
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Hey, I'm on a new podcast this week, talking writing, teaching, and literary community (as well as my new book, obviously). Here is a picture of my face
talkingwriting.substack.com/p/tom-mcalli...
talkingwriting.substack.com/p/tom-mcalli...
Tom McAllister on Writing Education and Community
The author of four books shares his experiences as a teacher and finding meaningful connection through writing.
talkingwriting.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey, I'm on a new podcast this week, talking writing, teaching, and literary community (as well as my new book, obviously). Here is a picture of my face
talkingwriting.substack.com/p/tom-mcalli...
talkingwriting.substack.com/p/tom-mcalli...
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just put $50 into the pocket of the town food bank. if you are in the US, do the same (honor system), let me know how to email you for your address, and I'll send you a print or an artist's book. five people. go
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
just put $50 into the pocket of the town food bank. if you are in the US, do the same (honor system), let me know how to email you for your address, and I'll send you a print or an artist's book. five people. go
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“Place fascinates me, and it always has. Why do some places resonate with us in often inexplicably profound ways while others don’t?”
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Heart’s Home
A conversation about borders, belonging, and keeping the Kushners out
orionmagazine.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Place fascinates me, and it always has. Why do some places resonate with us in often inexplicably profound ways while others don’t?”
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
Julian Hoffman and Alexis Marie Adams talk about Hoffman’s latest book, ‘Lifelines,’ the magic of place, grief, hope, conservation and more.
I'm thrilled to see ARTIFACTS by my former student, now friend Natalie Lemle listed for preorder at last. It's a smart, exciting novel and a lot of fun.
Artifacts
Check out Artifacts - <B><b >For readers of <i>The Cloisters</i> and <i>Counterfeit</i>, Natalie Lemle’s debut novel offers an insider’s view into the world of stolen artifacts and the hid...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm thrilled to see ARTIFACTS by my former student, now friend Natalie Lemle listed for preorder at last. It's a smart, exciting novel and a lot of fun.