Chris Santantasio
@crsantastic.bsky.social
Writer, reader, fiction editor @TheRumpus. Words in One Story, DIAGRAM, Story Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly, and other places. More at: www.crsantantasio.com
This is not an @nplusonemag.com stan account, but I do love this publication. I’ve been reading it for years and the quality of the work is still so high. One of the few magazines that can still expand my vocabulary
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is not an @nplusonemag.com stan account, but I do love this publication. I’ve been reading it for years and the quality of the work is still so high. One of the few magazines that can still expand my vocabulary
One of the more formally inventive entries in the autofiction canon, this 2023 release from @fencebooks.bsky.social challenged and delighted me. If you like reading oddball fiction about the art world, this is for you.
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
One of the more formally inventive entries in the autofiction canon, this 2023 release from @fencebooks.bsky.social challenged and delighted me. If you like reading oddball fiction about the art world, this is for you.
Finally got around to reading this 2025 title from @nplusonemag.com that I picked up at AWP this year. An incredible follow up to Lomasko’s Other Russias, which I love and recommend to literally everyone. This book took me places I’ve never been.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Finally got around to reading this 2025 title from @nplusonemag.com that I picked up at AWP this year. An incredible follow up to Lomasko’s Other Russias, which I love and recommend to literally everyone. This book took me places I’ve never been.
Rainy day vibe
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Rainy day vibe
This book was delectable. Sexy, funny, and reflective of July’s combo of artistic vigor and intellectual humility. This is the kind of text I aspire to write.
April 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This book was delectable. Sexy, funny, and reflective of July’s combo of artistic vigor and intellectual humility. This is the kind of text I aspire to write.
Literary magazines have been a part of my life for the past decade+ and I am still “finding” great ones. Enjoyed my first issue of Santa Monica Review!
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Literary magazines have been a part of my life for the past decade+ and I am still “finding” great ones. Enjoyed my first issue of Santa Monica Review!
I was at my bf’s parents’ house in Dayton, OH (2019) when I first read “Fugato,” the second story in this collection. I think I was depressed, as I typically was back then, and I’d never read a more convincing portrayal of a psychotic break. It’s just as good as I remember it.
April 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I was at my bf’s parents’ house in Dayton, OH (2019) when I first read “Fugato,” the second story in this collection. I think I was depressed, as I typically was back then, and I’d never read a more convincing portrayal of a psychotic break. It’s just as good as I remember it.
My first Danielle Dutton book. I loved it! Thanks to the folks at the @coffeehousepress.bsky.social AWP booth for the recommendation! I’m already feeling more unfettered, genre-wise.
April 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My first Danielle Dutton book. I loved it! Thanks to the folks at the @coffeehousepress.bsky.social AWP booth for the recommendation! I’m already feeling more unfettered, genre-wise.
This stunning and gorgeous stunner just arrived in my mail slot. Yes!
April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This stunning and gorgeous stunner just arrived in my mail slot. Yes!
It’s been a while, but I’m back with a book rec for anyone who’s into fiction about the environment, the super-rich, and/or the gap between intent and impact. Eleanor Catton’s BIRNAM WOOD is a literary thriller that places richly textured characters against the lush New Zealand countryside.
April 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s been a while, but I’m back with a book rec for anyone who’s into fiction about the environment, the super-rich, and/or the gap between intent and impact. Eleanor Catton’s BIRNAM WOOD is a literary thriller that places richly textured characters against the lush New Zealand countryside.
James is every bit as good as the critics say. I was skeptical, but damn is this book affecting in the best possible way.
I’m glad I reread Huck Finn prior to, though. I don’t think it would hit the same otherwise.
I’m glad I reread Huck Finn prior to, though. I don’t think it would hit the same otherwise.
February 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
James is every bit as good as the critics say. I was skeptical, but damn is this book affecting in the best possible way.
I’m glad I reread Huck Finn prior to, though. I don’t think it would hit the same otherwise.
I’m glad I reread Huck Finn prior to, though. I don’t think it would hit the same otherwise.
Read this on my flight home after being away from my partner for almost two weeks. Bawling. Tears streaming down my face. Incredible. Garth at the height of his powers. My favorite of his work so far.
February 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Read this on my flight home after being away from my partner for almost two weeks. Bawling. Tears streaming down my face. Incredible. Garth at the height of his powers. My favorite of his work so far.
Actually loved this one. In 700+ pages there are just a handful of memorable scenes and a few virtuosic passages of description. But that’s life, right? Mann perfectly captures the weight of generations and its bearing on progeny.
January 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Actually loved this one. In 700+ pages there are just a handful of memorable scenes and a few virtuosic passages of description. But that’s life, right? Mann perfectly captures the weight of generations and its bearing on progeny.
Ghostly and impressionistic, Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station is brief but emotionally dense. I had to read it slowly in short bursts. As a fan of Kawabata and Tanizaki, I found much to relish in this one.
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ghostly and impressionistic, Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station is brief but emotionally dense. I had to read it slowly in short bursts. As a fan of Kawabata and Tanizaki, I found much to relish in this one.
Another memorable book I read in 2024 was the new edition of Edmund White's Nocturnes for the King of Naples, with a great intro by Garth Greenwell. I learned so much from how White draws on the character and form of the musical nocturne to shape his narratives.
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January 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I read all 6 volumes of Knausgaard's My Struggle in 2023 and was so taken by it that I started learning Norwegian and seeking out other Norwegian works in translation. This is how I found Per Petterson's Men in My Situation. It has a hypnotic quality that still preoccupies me. #books
January 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I read all 6 volumes of Knausgaard's My Struggle in 2023 and was so taken by it that I started learning Norwegian and seeking out other Norwegian works in translation. This is how I found Per Petterson's Men in My Situation. It has a hypnotic quality that still preoccupies me. #books
Here’s another one that blew me away in 2024, Paul Yoon’s collection “The Hive and the Honey.” Quiet stories about geographic and generational displacement. The kind of stories I love to write. The kind of stories that are hard to publish these days. Magic.
January 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here’s another one that blew me away in 2024, Paul Yoon’s collection “The Hive and the Honey.” Quiet stories about geographic and generational displacement. The kind of stories I love to write. The kind of stories that are hard to publish these days. Magic.
I'm a slow reader with high aspirations--so I've never hit my reading annual reading goal. In the spirit of valuing quality over quantity, I'm going to spotlight a few of my favorites starting with Barbar Eisenberg's 2018 collection YOUR DUCK IS MY DUCK 1/2 #books
January 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm a slow reader with high aspirations--so I've never hit my reading annual reading goal. In the spirit of valuing quality over quantity, I'm going to spotlight a few of my favorites starting with Barbar Eisenberg's 2018 collection YOUR DUCK IS MY DUCK 1/2 #books
Hello #writingcommunity ! ICYMI, @therumpus.net is holding our first ever contest! Submissions for the Rumpus Prize for Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction are now open! More information here: therumpus.net/the-rumpus-p...
December 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Hello #writingcommunity ! ICYMI, @therumpus.net is holding our first ever contest! Submissions for the Rumpus Prize for Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction are now open! More information here: therumpus.net/the-rumpus-p...
My migration from X has begun! I'll be posting about #litmags, #writingtips, #books, and of course, this little guy. Bluesky, meet Mojo.
November 25, 2024 at 4:19 AM
My migration from X has begun! I'll be posting about #litmags, #writingtips, #books, and of course, this little guy. Bluesky, meet Mojo.