Brendan
@brendanbe.bsky.social
I enjoy good books and good shitposts. I don’t post much.
@iammilliam.bsky.social ’s anecdote about Cusk’s book club piece in The Guardian left me wanting to dig up the lost response from one of the ladies in said book club ... and I think I found it? It looks like it appeared in the print paper two weeks later! 🔥💅 www.theguardian.com/books/2005/s...
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@iammilliam.bsky.social ’s anecdote about Cusk’s book club piece in The Guardian left me wanting to dig up the lost response from one of the ladies in said book club ... and I think I found it? It looks like it appeared in the print paper two weeks later! 🔥💅 www.theguardian.com/books/2005/s...
Andy, if you want your fans to go after your detractors you need to provide a link 🔥⋔
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Andy, if you want your fans to go after your detractors you need to provide a link 🔥⋔
Seeing this just now made me find my copy on my shelf and remember I got it signed after seeing him read at the Dodge Poetry Festival in '04. It's not as lauded as What Work Is or The Simple Truth, but it's one of my favorites anyway
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Seeing this just now made me find my copy on my shelf and remember I got it signed after seeing him read at the Dodge Poetry Festival in '04. It's not as lauded as What Work Is or The Simple Truth, but it's one of my favorites anyway
Now seated at The 92nd St. Y and fanboying tf out (moderately!). Yakkin’ about William Maxwell, let’s go @backlisted.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Now seated at The 92nd St. Y and fanboying tf out (moderately!). Yakkin’ about William Maxwell, let’s go @backlisted.bsky.social
I don't know where else to put this, but DOUBLE BLACK DIAMOND has the most fascinating Goodreads "Readers Also Enjoyed" suggestions I have ever seen
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know where else to put this, but DOUBLE BLACK DIAMOND has the most fascinating Goodreads "Readers Also Enjoyed" suggestions I have ever seen
For a blessed second I thought this was just some lighthearted parody from jbouie
September 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
For a blessed second I thought this was just some lighthearted parody from jbouie
Completely in character for a guy who threatened to beat up the screenwriter after “Sweet Smell of Success” bombed (still one of my favorite movies ftr)
![A preview screening of Sweet Smell of Success was poorly received, as Tony Curtis fans were expecting him to play one of his typical nice guy roles and instead were presented with the scheming Sidney Falco. Mackendrick remembered seeing audience members "curling up, crossing their arms and legs, recoiling from the screen in disgust".[19] Burt Lancaster's fans were not thrilled with their idol either, "finding the film too static and talky".[19]
The film was a box-office failure, and Hecht blamed his producing partner Hill. "The night of the preview, Harold said to me, 'You know you've wrecked our company? We're going to lose over a million dollars on this picture,'" Hill recalled.[19] According to Lehman, Lancaster blamed him, claiming that: "Burt threatened me at a party after the preview. He said, 'You didn't have to leave – you could have made this a much better picture. I ought to beat you up.' I said, 'Go ahead – I could use the money.'"[19]
Variety estimated the film lost at least $400,000 on its initial run.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:572siffioou4dzbmxkmhem5o/bafkreie6ijuvxfmqi4qf2oe6gro34hmussauq3almwl237u4bpofop3fni@jpeg)
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Completely in character for a guy who threatened to beat up the screenwriter after “Sweet Smell of Success” bombed (still one of my favorite movies ftr)
Found this the other day. I don't know whether it's anything or not, but it seems cool to me
August 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Found this the other day. I don't know whether it's anything or not, but it seems cool to me
Only Eve/Eva could inspire the most homoerotic face-punch in movie history
July 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Only Eve/Eva could inspire the most homoerotic face-punch in movie history
The first edition of NEAR THE OCEAN included illustrations by Sydney Nolan, and I think this one deserves to be on BlueSky
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The first edition of NEAR THE OCEAN included illustrations by Sydney Nolan, and I think this one deserves to be on BlueSky
... it was the lead story.
June 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
... it was the lead story.
True to Backlisted form, this top review on Goodreads makes me want to read it even more
June 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
True to Backlisted form, this top review on Goodreads makes me want to read it even more
this image is still burned into my brain 25 years later
June 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
this image is still burned into my brain 25 years later
Welcome! This makes me want to show off one of my favorite books from the past few years 🫶
June 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Welcome! This makes me want to show off one of my favorite books from the past few years 🫶
Books bought/given* (left) and finished (right) in May
YTD: 18 read, 11 acquired
#booksky #litfic 🖋📚💙
(*thanks @poetrydaily.bsky.social for sending me Octavio Quintanilla's book)
YTD: 18 read, 11 acquired
#booksky #litfic 🖋📚💙
(*thanks @poetrydaily.bsky.social for sending me Octavio Quintanilla's book)
June 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Books bought/given* (left) and finished (right) in May
YTD: 18 read, 11 acquired
#booksky #litfic 🖋📚💙
(*thanks @poetrydaily.bsky.social for sending me Octavio Quintanilla's book)
YTD: 18 read, 11 acquired
#booksky #litfic 🖋📚💙
(*thanks @poetrydaily.bsky.social for sending me Octavio Quintanilla's book)
another kid warped by violent video games
May 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
another kid warped by violent video games
