Adam Shaw
@adamshaw502.bsky.social
writer, dad, wannabe hockey player | assistant cnf editor for identity theory | mfa director at concordia st. paul
www.theshawspot.com
www.theshawspot.com
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
My kid just came downstairs and said, “Dad, can we pretend that you used to be cool?” 💀
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My kid just came downstairs and said, “Dad, can we pretend that you used to be cool?” 💀
Headed to my first AWP this year (and have no idea what I’m doing, plz help)! 🤗
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Headed to my first AWP this year (and have no idea what I’m doing, plz help)! 🤗
As soon as I join the Teams call
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As soon as I join the Teams call
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Had to explain cremation to my daughter when we picked up our dog’s ashes today, and I opened with “well, you know the grey stuff leftover when we have a bonfire?” which was 1. the most midwestern way to open a talk on cremation, 2. an unsettling way to intro it for a six year old. 😅
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Had to explain cremation to my daughter when we picked up our dog’s ashes today, and I opened with “well, you know the grey stuff leftover when we have a bonfire?” which was 1. the most midwestern way to open a talk on cremation, 2. an unsettling way to intro it for a six year old. 😅
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Also new! "We Only Get Drier" by Jason Hardung (CNF)
We Only Get Drier by Jason Hardung - Identity Theory
Still, it was love, and this type of love would pull me through later in life when there was no other kind.
www.identitytheory.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Also new! "We Only Get Drier" by Jason Hardung (CNF)
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if you remember this guy, boy have i got a semi-regular internet newsletter for you...LISTLESS (halloween edition) out now…(🔗🔽)
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
if you remember this guy, boy have i got a semi-regular internet newsletter for you...LISTLESS (halloween edition) out now…(🔗🔽)
Pumpkin beers and short story collections, hell yeah Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pumpkin beers and short story collections, hell yeah Halloween.
Man oh man, this is just lovely.
"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
trampset.org/the-carwash-...
The Carwash Essay
by M.M. Kaufman
trampset.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Man oh man, this is just lovely.
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"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
My doggo Charlie died today. He was a 10/10 buddy. We had seventeen great years together.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My doggo Charlie died today. He was a 10/10 buddy. We had seventeen great years together.
Reached some sort of age or phase where I enjoy driving without any music or podcasts or, well, noise, and it is *lovely*
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reached some sort of age or phase where I enjoy driving without any music or podcasts or, well, noise, and it is *lovely*
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If you haven’t had the pleasure, being on this show is a BLAST
Want to join this incredible list of guests for our silly little show? www.mybadpoetry.com/category/featured-guest-episodes/
We would love to have you! Email or DM us your interest, and we will work to get you scheduled!
We would love to have you! Email or DM us your interest, and we will work to get you scheduled!
Featured Guest Episodes Episodes
Podcast episodes on the topic of Featured Guest Episodes from My Bad Poetry.
www.mybadpoetry.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
If you haven’t had the pleasure, being on this show is a BLAST
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so stoked for this!!
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
so stoked for this!!
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"I work best from a place of zero ego and zero hope. I call this state being “lower than a worm.” A feeling that nothing will ever come of what I’m working on is crucial. [...] I gotta be below the dirt. I am nothing and nobody. That frees me up."
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
Processing: How Erin Somers Wrote The Ten Year Affair
The author on comic writing, reading drafts aloud, and being "lower than a worm" while writing
countercraft.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I work best from a place of zero ego and zero hope. I call this state being “lower than a worm.” A feeling that nothing will ever come of what I’m working on is crucial. [...] I gotta be below the dirt. I am nothing and nobody. That frees me up."
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
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Friday mood 🕺
IDLES - DANCER (Official Video)
YouTube video by IDLES
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Friday mood 🕺
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my god there has never been a more accurate use of this
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
my god there has never been a more accurate use of this
Inching toward that time of year where the next time I mow the grass might be the last time I mow the grass until spring, which kinda makes me love mowing the grass that much more.
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Inching toward that time of year where the next time I mow the grass might be the last time I mow the grass until spring, which kinda makes me love mowing the grass that much more.
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A lot of mighty fine writers are sayin mighty fine things about my gas station story and I'm mighty grateful for it.
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A lot of mighty fine writers are sayin mighty fine things about my gas station story and I'm mighty grateful for it.
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
The new Yellowcard album slaps, that's all I got today, long live the punk rock violin.
October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The new Yellowcard album slaps, that's all I got today, long live the punk rock violin.
Tried explaining to my kid that the food she’s refusing to eat is comprised of foods she loves to eat, but apparently that doesn’t count for shit and I am “the worst daddy.”
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tried explaining to my kid that the food she’s refusing to eat is comprised of foods she loves to eat, but apparently that doesn’t count for shit and I am “the worst daddy.”
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
Louisville. You gotta pronounce it like you have marbles in your mouth.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Louisville. You gotta pronounce it like you have marbles in your mouth.