Cal Morgan
@calmorgan.bsky.social
Worshipful Company of Book Folk 📚
Pinned
When will the swan begin to sing?
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
When will the swan begin to sing?
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When will the swan begin to sing?
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
Random take:
Shouldn’t there be a Pulitzer Prize for film?
Shouldn’t there be a Pulitzer Prize for film?
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Random take:
Shouldn’t there be a Pulitzer Prize for film?
Shouldn’t there be a Pulitzer Prize for film?
Sounding the depths: Digging the bari (or bass?) sax on the beautiful new @NekoCase album, now in rotation with the cello-laden Chamber Version of the evanescent new @florencemachine record just out this morning.
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sounding the depths: Digging the bari (or bass?) sax on the beautiful new @NekoCase album, now in rotation with the cello-laden Chamber Version of the evanescent new @florencemachine record just out this morning.
The news: I’m thrilled to be joining the brilliant Annie DeWitt and her amazing team @ Enliven, a new agency devoted to visionary writing. I’m looking to work with brave voices, epic storytellers, writers exploring across the borders of tradition. Let’s go www.enlivenendeavors.com/home
October 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The news: I’m thrilled to be joining the brilliant Annie DeWitt and her amazing team @ Enliven, a new agency devoted to visionary writing. I’m looking to work with brave voices, epic storytellers, writers exploring across the borders of tradition. Let’s go www.enlivenendeavors.com/home
“She sat next to him, diminished and fretful, with idiot radio songs about sex in her head.”
—Mary Gaitskill, “A Romantic Weekend,” from Bad Behavior. I likely won’t read a finer sentence this weekend, unless it’s by her.
—Mary Gaitskill, “A Romantic Weekend,” from Bad Behavior. I likely won’t read a finer sentence this weekend, unless it’s by her.
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“She sat next to him, diminished and fretful, with idiot radio songs about sex in her head.”
—Mary Gaitskill, “A Romantic Weekend,” from Bad Behavior. I likely won’t read a finer sentence this weekend, unless it’s by her.
—Mary Gaitskill, “A Romantic Weekend,” from Bad Behavior. I likely won’t read a finer sentence this weekend, unless it’s by her.
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Loved this profile of the women who run Hagfish Books, another amazing company devoted to reissuing forgotten and overlooked titles.
They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Loved this profile of the women who run Hagfish Books, another amazing company devoted to reissuing forgotten and overlooked titles.
Question: when TikTok comedians parody the voices of female indie pop singers, who are they skewering?
Grateful for any answers.
Grateful for any answers.
September 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Question: when TikTok comedians parody the voices of female indie pop singers, who are they skewering?
Grateful for any answers.
Grateful for any answers.
Another year older, and now with a pet 🎶
September 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Another year older, and now with a pet 🎶
The 80s are alive, bless ’em, at the diner tonight
Belinda is Mad About You
Tell it to my heart, sings Taylor—
before anyone dreamed of
telling anything to the hand
And Sara— Sara—
is finally catching on
that no time is a good time
for goodbyes
Belinda is Mad About You
Tell it to my heart, sings Taylor—
before anyone dreamed of
telling anything to the hand
And Sara— Sara—
is finally catching on
that no time is a good time
for goodbyes
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The 80s are alive, bless ’em, at the diner tonight
Belinda is Mad About You
Tell it to my heart, sings Taylor—
before anyone dreamed of
telling anything to the hand
And Sara— Sara—
is finally catching on
that no time is a good time
for goodbyes
Belinda is Mad About You
Tell it to my heart, sings Taylor—
before anyone dreamed of
telling anything to the hand
And Sara— Sara—
is finally catching on
that no time is a good time
for goodbyes
I lived to hear the iPod described as having “retro aesthetics”
September 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I lived to hear the iPod described as having “retro aesthetics”
North by Northwest (1959)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
North by Northwest (1959)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Currently reeling from this Martin Guitar paperwork featuring Irvin, the original @newyorker.com display font
August 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Currently reeling from this Martin Guitar paperwork featuring Irvin, the original @newyorker.com display font
DON DRAPER
At the center, the Lincoln logo
LINCOLN EXEC
Fine
DON DRAPER
Through the logo, a window onto the future: clear sailing on a summer day
LINCOLN EXEC
Nice
DON DRAPER
And for the copy, we’re thinking—
LINCOLN EXEC
(expectant)
DON DRAPER
(jazz hands)
Hazlitt
At the center, the Lincoln logo
LINCOLN EXEC
Fine
DON DRAPER
Through the logo, a window onto the future: clear sailing on a summer day
LINCOLN EXEC
Nice
DON DRAPER
And for the copy, we’re thinking—
LINCOLN EXEC
(expectant)
DON DRAPER
(jazz hands)
Hazlitt
August 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
DON DRAPER
At the center, the Lincoln logo
LINCOLN EXEC
Fine
DON DRAPER
Through the logo, a window onto the future: clear sailing on a summer day
LINCOLN EXEC
Nice
DON DRAPER
And for the copy, we’re thinking—
LINCOLN EXEC
(expectant)
DON DRAPER
(jazz hands)
Hazlitt
At the center, the Lincoln logo
LINCOLN EXEC
Fine
DON DRAPER
Through the logo, a window onto the future: clear sailing on a summer day
LINCOLN EXEC
Nice
DON DRAPER
And for the copy, we’re thinking—
LINCOLN EXEC
(expectant)
DON DRAPER
(jazz hands)
Hazlitt
This would make a heckuva double bill
August 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This would make a heckuva double bill
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Why has no one at big 5 publisher picked up a book about Abby Ybarra and the other incredible latina pickup winders who worked for Leo Fender and, essentially, created electric guitar tone as we know it?
Queens of Tone: Abby Ybarra
Explore the extraordinary career of Abigail Ybarra, known as the "Queen of Tone," who handcrafted pickups for Fender's most iconic guitars. Discover how her meticulous craftsmanship and dedication sha...
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August 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Why has no one at big 5 publisher picked up a book about Abby Ybarra and the other incredible latina pickup winders who worked for Leo Fender and, essentially, created electric guitar tone as we know it?
Cloying catchphrases of our time:
- “Welcome in!”
- “making memories”
- “Happy heavenly birthday!”
- “Welcome in!”
- “making memories”
- “Happy heavenly birthday!”
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Cloying catchphrases of our time:
- “Welcome in!”
- “making memories”
- “Happy heavenly birthday!”
- “Welcome in!”
- “making memories”
- “Happy heavenly birthday!”
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Right after "Don't use semicolons," "Don't use adverbs," "Don't use speech tags beyond 'said' and 'says,'" and "Don't ever use the word 'that,'" my favorite piece of writing advice is "Don't listen to people giving writing advice who only ever tell you not to do things."
July 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Right after "Don't use semicolons," "Don't use adverbs," "Don't use speech tags beyond 'said' and 'says,'" and "Don't ever use the word 'that,'" my favorite piece of writing advice is "Don't listen to people giving writing advice who only ever tell you not to do things."
Jess Walter last night,
with Amor Towles
at The Center for Fiction.
America still makes great novelists.
Go get So Far Gone,
no matter how far you have to go.
with Amor Towles
at The Center for Fiction.
America still makes great novelists.
Go get So Far Gone,
no matter how far you have to go.
June 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Jess Walter last night,
with Amor Towles
at The Center for Fiction.
America still makes great novelists.
Go get So Far Gone,
no matter how far you have to go.
with Amor Towles
at The Center for Fiction.
America still makes great novelists.
Go get So Far Gone,
no matter how far you have to go.
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16yo's opinion on Sinners upon second viewing is that there needs to be a prequel about the Choctaw vampire hunters
I feel like this is entirely accurate and correct, 14/10 would watch 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
I feel like this is entirely accurate and correct, 14/10 would watch 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
May 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
16yo's opinion on Sinners upon second viewing is that there needs to be a prequel about the Choctaw vampire hunters
I feel like this is entirely accurate and correct, 14/10 would watch 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
I feel like this is entirely accurate and correct, 14/10 would watch 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
HBO: we’re just gonna call the app MAX
Everyone: you idiots
HBO: fine, we’re changing it back
Everyone: you idiots
Everyone: you idiots
HBO: fine, we’re changing it back
Everyone: you idiots
May 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
HBO: we’re just gonna call the app MAX
Everyone: you idiots
HBO: fine, we’re changing it back
Everyone: you idiots
Everyone: you idiots
HBO: fine, we’re changing it back
Everyone: you idiots
Not sure how this fits into today’s Discourse, but I’m reading three books right now and in the past 24 hours two of them have made pointed reference to Daryl Hall & John Oates’s “Rich Girl.”
The third is The Great Gatsby, reducing considerably the odds of a trifecta.
The third is The Great Gatsby, reducing considerably the odds of a trifecta.
May 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not sure how this fits into today’s Discourse, but I’m reading three books right now and in the past 24 hours two of them have made pointed reference to Daryl Hall & John Oates’s “Rich Girl.”
The third is The Great Gatsby, reducing considerably the odds of a trifecta.
The third is The Great Gatsby, reducing considerably the odds of a trifecta.
Is it a coincidence that the same distinctive word appears in a prominent spot in two of today’s @NYTGames?
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Is it a coincidence that the same distinctive word appears in a prominent spot in two of today’s @NYTGames?
We’re going to be shattering the earth, that’s right, it will be happening very soon, and in a very beautiful way. The earth has been very unfair to us for many years, what with the gravity, it keeps us from going into space, can you believe it? But it’s true.
May 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We’re going to be shattering the earth, that’s right, it will be happening very soon, and in a very beautiful way. The earth has been very unfair to us for many years, what with the gravity, it keeps us from going into space, can you believe it? But it’s true.
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