The whole world is being held hostage by a monkey with a flamethrower. And no-one’s sure they can get it off him before he presses the flame on button, so they’re just throwing bananas at him to keep him happy.
It’s astounding.

I keep forgetting that U Penn,
his alma mater, is in
the IV league...

I just called my senators (Schumer & Gillibrand).

Did the election results on Tuesday
not tell the Dems that they finally have the upper hand?

Thanks for this wake-up call; I'd been feeling complacent after the election (and after watching Tr*mp getting booed at the football game)

I called my senators promptly (Schumer & Gillibrand) & will keep my fingers crossed.

Republicans refuse to extend benefits for the Affordable Care Act meaning millions of Americans will lose healthcare coverage. GOP wants you to suffer

Audition, Katie Kitamura's new novel

two ingeniously constructed old favorites: "Our Story Begins" (Tobias Wolff) & "Reverting to a Wild State" (Justin Torres)

& this new Spencer Nitkey story I'll discuss w/my students next week:
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...

Wanted to share this great, great photo from the Chicago Tribune, taken September 19 at the ICE detention facility in Broadview IL, outside Chicago. Protesters there have been tear gassed and shot with pepper balls. An ICE goon threw a Dem House candidate on the ground (she’s a little tiny thing).

This was a great interview about a great story.

Asking authors to sing their own praises is an ingenious strategy. The answer Evans gave you was one of several places in the interview that made me laugh out loud.