James
@exhaustdata.bsky.social
Bookstore proprietor and I also do marketing for Deep Vellum / Dalkey Archive / Open Letter
It was one thing that my two year old wants to listen to Weezer’s Beverly Hills all the time, but now he has started calling it “daddy’s song.” It is a thankless job being a parent
August 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It was one thing that my two year old wants to listen to Weezer’s Beverly Hills all the time, but now he has started calling it “daddy’s song.” It is a thankless job being a parent
Mark Polizzotti’s introductory note on his new translation of Nadja, where he gets into the fate of the real woman that Breton wrote about, is just devastating. I am completely heartbroken good god
June 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Mark Polizzotti’s introductory note on his new translation of Nadja, where he gets into the fate of the real woman that Breton wrote about, is just devastating. I am completely heartbroken good god
D'Aulaires greek myths on our pride display—if you know you know
June 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
D'Aulaires greek myths on our pride display—if you know you know
Pride happens right outside the bookstore today, and I am considering “free brick with purchase of the Stonewall Reader” as our special thing
June 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pride happens right outside the bookstore today, and I am considering “free brick with purchase of the Stonewall Reader” as our special thing
I know that extremely wordy bumper stickers are way overdone, but I just can’t shake this idea
June 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I know that extremely wordy bumper stickers are way overdone, but I just can’t shake this idea
Read an early version of Andy Anderegg’s PLUM back in 2023, and am so psyched to finally have my hands on a real copy.
Let this book break your heart immediately @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Let this book break your heart immediately @hubcitypress.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Read an early version of Andy Anderegg’s PLUM back in 2023, and am so psyched to finally have my hands on a real copy.
Let this book break your heart immediately @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Let this book break your heart immediately @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Eleven sexual harassment accusations, and a resignation in disgrace, and Cuomo still got 30% of the vote. What the fuck is wrong with a lot of people?
June 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Eleven sexual harassment accusations, and a resignation in disgrace, and Cuomo still got 30% of the vote. What the fuck is wrong with a lot of people?
10 years ago I was a real anarcho-misanthrope who loved to pick fights with the DSA set, saying things like “lmaoooo you still believe voting can enact real change?” and now I’m like “I’m glad all my friends voted early for Zohran”
Maybe you really DO get more conservative as you get older!
Maybe you really DO get more conservative as you get older!
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
10 years ago I was a real anarcho-misanthrope who loved to pick fights with the DSA set, saying things like “lmaoooo you still believe voting can enact real change?” and now I’m like “I’m glad all my friends voted early for Zohran”
Maybe you really DO get more conservative as you get older!
Maybe you really DO get more conservative as you get older!
David Lynch begins his memoir by completely straight-facedly saying that he remembers being a baby and that he was born knowing how to whistle, and you just sort of go “yeah that makes sense”
June 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
David Lynch begins his memoir by completely straight-facedly saying that he remembers being a baby and that he was born knowing how to whistle, and you just sort of go “yeah that makes sense”
In 2012 it seemed like every single person in New York City was reading The Art of Fielding. On Goodreads it has 30,000 more ratings than Infinite Jest, and almost 3x as many readers as 2666. And yet it’s just completely gone. Never discussed. Zero impact.
June 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In 2012 it seemed like every single person in New York City was reading The Art of Fielding. On Goodreads it has 30,000 more ratings than Infinite Jest, and almost 3x as many readers as 2666. And yet it’s just completely gone. Never discussed. Zero impact.
Even for America the Islamophobia seems particularly out of control right now
June 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Even for America the Islamophobia seems particularly out of control right now
Looking back on it there was a definite sexual energy surrounding the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen and its fans. Parasocial polycule
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Looking back on it there was a definite sexual energy surrounding the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen and its fans. Parasocial polycule
Last night we let the Éditions Gallimard talk
June 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Last night we let the Éditions Gallimard talk
I got involved in books out of a love for art, but I stayed because I love setting up folding chairs
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I got involved in books out of a love for art, but I stayed because I love setting up folding chairs
Two hours left until I’m reading stuff I made with my brain in front of real human beings for the first time ever and I feel like a mountain lion in a suburban neighborhood waiting to be hunted down and tranquilized
June 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two hours left until I’m reading stuff I made with my brain in front of real human beings for the first time ever and I feel like a mountain lion in a suburban neighborhood waiting to be hunted down and tranquilized
End of an era end of the world level stuff
June 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
End of an era end of the world level stuff
I don’t even know what to do with myself
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I don’t even know what to do with myself
Fittingly this is the question I would ask myself about writing an article for the New York Times
June 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Fittingly this is the question I would ask myself about writing an article for the New York Times
Spilled my iced coffee all down the front of my Sabrina Carpenter shirt and I don’t think I can be upset about it because, well,
June 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Spilled my iced coffee all down the front of my Sabrina Carpenter shirt and I don’t think I can be upset about it because, well,
Leftist guy getting fomo after seeing all of this vicious political infighting
June 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Leftist guy getting fomo after seeing all of this vicious political infighting
Remembered a guy I knew when I was a teenager who very confidently said that “Yo La Tengo” was Spanish for “Yes I Have It.” Added an extra word out of nowhere. I’m sure he works at McKinsey or something now
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Remembered a guy I knew when I was a teenager who very confidently said that “Yo La Tengo” was Spanish for “Yes I Have It.” Added an extra word out of nowhere. I’m sure he works at McKinsey or something now
Edmund White is a huge loss. When we had him at Book Culture in 2018, it was probably the most reverent audience I’ve ever seen at a reading. You could quite literally look around the room and see how much his work meant to people
June 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Edmund White is a huge loss. When we had him at Book Culture in 2018, it was probably the most reverent audience I’ve ever seen at a reading. You could quite literally look around the room and see how much his work meant to people
Wes Anderson taking five years off between films and getting fucking ripped. Like completely shredded. Showing up to the premier of his new movie in a tweed suit with no sleeves. Suddenly nobody thinks his quaint homage to Soviet animation is quite so funny anymore…
June 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wes Anderson taking five years off between films and getting fucking ripped. Like completely shredded. Showing up to the premier of his new movie in a tweed suit with no sleeves. Suddenly nobody thinks his quaint homage to Soviet animation is quite so funny anymore…
It’s my bookstore and I say that we’re listening to the entire Promise Ring discography, yes even “Wood/Water”
May 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s my bookstore and I say that we’re listening to the entire Promise Ring discography, yes even “Wood/Water”
The language part of the brain has very clearly turned on in my toddler’s head, and he learns 100 new words a day, which is unbelievable to watch, but apparently this is called the “language explosion” which is such a stupid undignified name for a small miracle
May 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The language part of the brain has very clearly turned on in my toddler’s head, and he learns 100 new words a day, which is unbelievable to watch, but apparently this is called the “language explosion” which is such a stupid undignified name for a small miracle