Daniel J. Cecil
@danieljcecil.bsky.social
Writer of short stories. Teacher of travel writing at Emerson and fiction at Honing House.
websites:
www.writerdanieljcecil.com
www.honinghouse.com
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websites:
www.writerdanieljcecil.com
www.honinghouse.com
Newsletter:
https://danieljcecil.substack.com
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"That the Dutch far right did not win the election is less important than the fact that their worldview has permeated parties that claim to oppose them. The true danger ... for Europe more broadly, is not a far-right takeover but the quiet hollowing out...."
thewire.in/world/the-du...
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The Dutch Election and the Illusion of the Moderate Centre
The election results reveal a paradox. The Netherlands has more far-right MPs than ever before, yet it is the centrist parties that increasingly articulate far-right frameworks on migration, identity,...
thewire.in
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"That the Dutch far right did not win the election is less important than the fact that their worldview has permeated parties that claim to oppose them. The true danger ... for Europe more broadly, is not a far-right takeover but the quiet hollowing out...."
thewire.in/world/the-du...
thewire.in/world/the-du...
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"You just cannot underestimate the massive difference in writing out of female anonymity. It blows all the styles out of the water."
- Eileen Myles, Long and Social
- Eileen Myles, Long and Social
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"You just cannot underestimate the massive difference in writing out of female anonymity. It blows all the styles out of the water."
- Eileen Myles, Long and Social
- Eileen Myles, Long and Social
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Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.
At about 8:24, as @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social describes a gig economy app for nurses (on which pay fluctuating daily according to demand) a gentleman in the audience shouts "fuck that shit". Let me tell ya, my heart grew three sizes. Fuck that shit indeed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMI...
Big Tech vs Democracy | Yanis Varoufakis takes on Tim Nguyen
YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas
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November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
At about 8:24, as @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social describes a gig economy app for nurses (on which pay fluctuating daily according to demand) a gentleman in the audience shouts "fuck that shit". Let me tell ya, my heart grew three sizes. Fuck that shit indeed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMI...
Speaking of 80 year olds: happy birthday Neil Young. If I could live with one person’s voice in my head, it might be his.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Speaking of 80 year olds: happy birthday Neil Young. If I could live with one person’s voice in my head, it might be his.
The new Pynchon is kind of a crazy thing for an 88 year old to write.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The new Pynchon is kind of a crazy thing for an 88 year old to write.
Was reading Your Silence Will Not Protect You, an Audre Lorde collection from Silver Press, on the plan and I find it (maybe not so) amazing how urgent her writing feels in this moment.
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Was reading Your Silence Will Not Protect You, an Audre Lorde collection from Silver Press, on the plan and I find it (maybe not so) amazing how urgent her writing feels in this moment.
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“You simply cannot learn and know at the same time, and this is a frustration all artists must bear.”
-- Mary Ruefle
-- Mary Ruefle
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“You simply cannot learn and know at the same time, and this is a frustration all artists must bear.”
-- Mary Ruefle
-- Mary Ruefle
David Brooks is exceptionally good at writing articles full of "duh" statements and passing it off as "insight." His solution to Trump? Re-envision America! Um ... ok. How will we do it? Platitudes, apparently!
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
David Brooks is exceptionally good at writing articles full of "duh" statements and passing it off as "insight." His solution to Trump? Re-envision America! Um ... ok. How will we do it? Platitudes, apparently!
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I was published in this wonderful journal a while ago. Faculty editor Sarah Anne Strickley and the rest of the editorial team over there do fantastic work. Support them!
And so it begins! Our annual crowdfunding campaign kicks off this evening—with a special twist! A donor has offered to match any funds raised! ‘Raise Some L’ with Miracle Monocle tonight and all day tomorrow! Link in reply:✨
#RaiseSomeL
#RaiseSomeL
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I was published in this wonderful journal a while ago. Faculty editor Sarah Anne Strickley and the rest of the editorial team over there do fantastic work. Support them!
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Whenever I ponder the question of what comes after postmodernism, I always think about this passage from David Foster Wallace’s “E Unibus Pluram: Television & U.S. Fiction” (1990). It’s a spectacular essay, very prescient, and a clarion call to novelists, poets, and critics.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Whenever I ponder the question of what comes after postmodernism, I always think about this passage from David Foster Wallace’s “E Unibus Pluram: Television & U.S. Fiction” (1990). It’s a spectacular essay, very prescient, and a clarion call to novelists, poets, and critics.
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
Cleaning out a leaking barn, so giving the bike a quick service before putting it into storage.
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Cleaning out a leaking barn, so giving the bike a quick service before putting it into storage.
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“These books ask questions about what it means to belong to somewhere, whether you are welcomed or not, what it means to stay or leave, or to exist in-between.”
15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature
These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between
buff.ly
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“These books ask questions about what it means to belong to somewhere, whether you are welcomed or not, what it means to stay or leave, or to exist in-between.”
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![A quote from a Business of Fashion interview with Yohji Yamamoto: "I am a fashion designer, so if I am thinking about a new collection, I need to imagine the models. But when I see [Donald Trump's] face, I lose all my imagination."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiaqygkjs5xejx5spqlixt42ppdlod7gqao4qsiy5qhgtjv2xzgokq@jpeg)
Forget all the noise: my students LOVE to read.
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Forget all the noise: my students LOVE to read.
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The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Another fantastic poem from @alinapleskova.bsky.social
it's been a minute since i've sent/published new poems anywhere— hope you like this one, written for the At What Cost catalog's Style issue, curated by Jessica Scicchitano
style.atwhatcost.me#alina-pleskova
style.atwhatcost.me#alina-pleskova
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another fantastic poem from @alinapleskova.bsky.social
“How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature.”
― Don DeLillo, The Names
― Don DeLillo, The Names
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature.”
― Don DeLillo, The Names
― Don DeLillo, The Names
It’s amazing how many times you can rewrite a “simple” query letter.
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It’s amazing how many times you can rewrite a “simple” query letter.
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I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
Rotterdam. Burger joints on every corner.
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Rotterdam. Burger joints on every corner.
Just getting to this great interview of Judith Butler from @politicsjoe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07o...
How to save boys from the manosphere | Judith Butler interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just getting to this great interview of Judith Butler from @politicsjoe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07o...
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Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!
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