Catherine Lacey
@catherinelacey.bsky.social
stoic chaos / books
So, Bookforum reviewer’s are having AI write their stuff now? (“Critic” has conflated a central character with a character who appears on one single page.) I wanted to read this review but this glaring error in the second paragraph stopped me.
July 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
So, Bookforum reviewer’s are having AI write their stuff now? (“Critic” has conflated a central character with a character who appears on one single page.) I wanted to read this review but this glaring error in the second paragraph stopped me.
I need everyone to stop what they’re doing and read this book; I started it last night and finished it this morning, breaking only to sleep.
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I need everyone to stop what they’re doing and read this book; I started it last night and finished it this morning, breaking only to sleep.
Dogs put everything in perspective. I was standing in the kitchen, indulging in a moment of panicked news-reading, when Cheskie arrived to lightly push his butt into my shin.
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Dogs put everything in perspective. I was standing in the kitchen, indulging in a moment of panicked news-reading, when Cheskie arrived to lightly push his butt into my shin.
Imagine being so willing to quietly shit-talk the majority of English literature with such a blurb….
February 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Imagine being so willing to quietly shit-talk the majority of English literature with such a blurb….
This month, the new co-op bookstore Tertulia is offering 25% off pre-orders of THE MÖBIUS BOOK with the code MOBIUS (But if you're new to Tertulia, you can get 50% off your first book.) If you like buying books online but despise Am*z*n as much as I do, this is a great new option.
February 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This month, the new co-op bookstore Tertulia is offering 25% off pre-orders of THE MÖBIUS BOOK with the code MOBIUS (But if you're new to Tertulia, you can get 50% off your first book.) If you like buying books online but despise Am*z*n as much as I do, this is a great new option.
“The offender’s sorrow brings but small relief / To him who wears the offense’s cross”
Shakespeare’s Sonnets xxxiv 11-12
Shakespeare’s Sonnets xxxiv 11-12
February 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“The offender’s sorrow brings but small relief / To him who wears the offense’s cross”
Shakespeare’s Sonnets xxxiv 11-12
Shakespeare’s Sonnets xxxiv 11-12
Currently (finally) reading:
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Currently (finally) reading:
Chavela Vargas & Frida Kahlo
January 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Chavela Vargas & Frida Kahlo
I wrote about the new Solvej Balle on Substack. It’s a very enthusiastic piece with lots of digressions so I am hesitant to call it a review— open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
December 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I wrote about the new Solvej Balle on Substack. It’s a very enthusiastic piece with lots of digressions so I am hesitant to call it a review— open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
I went to bed Friday night and was pretty much unable to get out of bed until this morning and @dsparis.bsky.social took care of me while I was totally unable to do anything for myself and I really appreciate it.
December 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I went to bed Friday night and was pretty much unable to get out of bed until this morning and @dsparis.bsky.social took care of me while I was totally unable to do anything for myself and I really appreciate it.
Really busy today but had to take care of some important business first thing:
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Really busy today but had to take care of some important business first thing:
Today’s Daily Journal (my Tupelo, MS hometown paper)
December 5, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Today’s Daily Journal (my Tupelo, MS hometown paper)
Reminds me of that film, Night of the Living Hunter, which was strangely one of my favorites when I was a child.
November 23, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Reminds me of that film, Night of the Living Hunter, which was strangely one of my favorites when I was a child.
I absolutely **despise*** de-contextualized and/or falsely attributed quotes being presented as if factual. (Apologies for the 2013 clickbait headline; I simply had to do it.) open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
November 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I absolutely **despise*** de-contextualized and/or falsely attributed quotes being presented as if factual. (Apologies for the 2013 clickbait headline; I simply had to do it.) open.substack.com/pub/catherin...
It’s just such a mean nickname for Jenny tho.
June 23, 2024 at 7:15 PM
It’s just such a mean nickname for Jenny tho.
Wanting to read a memoir by a woman who isn’t ambitious is like wanting to eat a meal that was cooked without food. There’s no way to publish without ambition to publish. The literature of not wanting to succeed belongs to fiction. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/b...
May 30, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Wanting to read a memoir by a woman who isn’t ambitious is like wanting to eat a meal that was cooked without food. There’s no way to publish without ambition to publish. The literature of not wanting to succeed belongs to fiction. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/b...
My first response to almost any editorial comment.
February 25, 2024 at 7:52 PM
My first response to almost any editorial comment.
Es la hora, mis viejos.
February 9, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Es la hora, mis viejos.
How thirsty is the Duolingo widget reminding me to practice?? (The side eye! The little butt!)
January 25, 2024 at 4:38 PM
How thirsty is the Duolingo widget reminding me to practice?? (The side eye! The little butt!)
We are authors, not algorithms. Join the @authorsguild.bsky.social authorsguild.org/news/you-jus...
September 27, 2023 at 8:11 PM
We are authors, not algorithms. Join the @authorsguild.bsky.social authorsguild.org/news/you-jus...
Let’s fuck shit up
September 27, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Let’s fuck shit up
It's Ian.... Mr McEwan if you're nasty
September 4, 2023 at 11:32 PM
It's Ian.... Mr McEwan if you're nasty
I have visited the most cursed restaurant bathroom on the entire east coast.
September 1, 2023 at 3:09 PM
I have visited the most cursed restaurant bathroom on the entire east coast.