Alec Michod
@alecmichod.bsky.social
Est. 1975, Chicago. Novel: THE WHITE CITY. Words: The Believer, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice. @uchicago @columbiaSOA. Emmy-nominated writer + EP of kickass documentaries and docuseries.
“Chicago Latin kids, they’ll pay top dollar for anything.” #Pynchon @fwparker.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Chicago Latin kids, they’ll pay top dollar for anything.” #Pynchon @fwparker.bsky.social
Pynchon has now started two novels on the banks of Lake Michigan.
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Pynchon has now started two novels on the banks of Lake Michigan.
William T. Vollmann on Pynchon. unherd.com/2025/10/thom...
Thomas Pynchon's world of shadows
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October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
William T. Vollmann on Pynchon. unherd.com/2025/10/thom...
Welcome to the fascinating world of Lee Roy Chapman. youtu.be/lTfRHP7nEfg
Public Secrets: Joe Brainard
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September 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Welcome to the fascinating world of Lee Roy Chapman. youtu.be/lTfRHP7nEfg
If only there had been some kind of warning… Happy #1984 Day to all who celebrate.
June 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If only there had been some kind of warning… Happy #1984 Day to all who celebrate.
IT’S IN THE GAME, a joint I developed, drops soon. youtu.be/B8aaMsIERRQ?...
It's In The Game: Madden NFL - Official Trailer | Prime Video
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November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
IT’S IN THE GAME, a joint I developed, drops soon. youtu.be/B8aaMsIERRQ?...
“Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future.”—Václav Havel
November 16, 2024 at 1:13 PM
“Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future.”—Václav Havel
“Don’t you think ribbon-skirted women should rule the world?” Louise Erdrich
March 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM
“Don’t you think ribbon-skirted women should rule the world?” Louise Erdrich
Happy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Day to all who celebrate.
March 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Happy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Day to all who celebrate.
In the late-’90s, I wrote to Tom @Skilling while writing my first novel, #TheWhiteCity. Needed to know the weather for a certain stretch of days in 1893. Dude wrote back with a detailed, encyclopedic narrative—blew my mind. The man. The legend.
February 29, 2024 at 2:30 AM
In the late-’90s, I wrote to Tom @Skilling while writing my first novel, #TheWhiteCity. Needed to know the weather for a certain stretch of days in 1893. Dude wrote back with a detailed, encyclopedic narrative—blew my mind. The man. The legend.
Sad to learn that the painter Vera Klement, one of the founders of Artemesia Gallery, along with my mom, has passed. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/a...
January 30, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Sad to learn that the painter Vera Klement, one of the founders of Artemesia Gallery, along with my mom, has passed. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/a...
January 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
RIP to Donald Barliant, a Chicago iconoclast who bought Barbara’s Bookstore amid 1968’s eruptions and grew it into one of America’s singular independent bookstores. A literary funhouse where I first saw DFW in the flesh, home to the most exuberant #TheWhiteCity reading.
January 2, 2024 at 4:32 PM
RIP to Donald Barliant, a Chicago iconoclast who bought Barbara’s Bookstore amid 1968’s eruptions and grew it into one of America’s singular independent bookstores. A literary funhouse where I first saw DFW in the flesh, home to the most exuberant #TheWhiteCity reading.
Vineland, the movie.
December 14, 2023 at 6:11 AM
Vineland, the movie.
RIP, Gabe Hudson.
November 26, 2023 at 2:18 AM
RIP, Gabe Hudson.
“All this, this is how the community works. It is sprawling. It spreads. What do you think they came for when they tried to get rid of us? Our community. You break that, and you break the individual.” #ReservationDogs
September 30, 2023 at 1:36 AM
“All this, this is how the community works. It is sprawling. It spreads. What do you think they came for when they tried to get rid of us? Our community. You break that, and you break the individual.” #ReservationDogs
“All of this is what you’re fighting for.” www.propublica.org/article/silv...
September 10, 2023 at 12:31 PM
“All of this is what you’re fighting for.” www.propublica.org/article/silv...
R.I.C.P. (Rest In Cheeseburger Paradise) Jimmy Buffett. My thoughts are with his brother-in-law, the renegade visionary novelist of the American West, Thomas McGuane.
September 2, 2023 at 9:55 AM
R.I.C.P. (Rest In Cheeseburger Paradise) Jimmy Buffett. My thoughts are with his brother-in-law, the renegade visionary novelist of the American West, Thomas McGuane.