Ryan Steven Reed
@grumpwizard.bsky.social
Just a dude trying to finish a creative writing MFA and split his time between Missouri and Maine.
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Ryan Steven Reed
@grumpwizard.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Good Faith
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry, and How My Own Contempt for the Genre May Have Made Me a Better Human
open.substack.com
Hey folks, my Substack is live! This is my little project to perpetuate a literary life post-MFA and hopefully connect with other letter-people. Please give me a follow/read if you like poems and stories and songs and communication in general. #writingcommunity #reading #bookstagram #booktok #lol
How cool is this?
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How cool is this?
Every so often I marvel at how much I love the laptop I use daily, for everything, and then I am stunned to remember that it is over five years old. The 2020 Apple M1 MacBook Air is hands down the best machine I have ever owned and it is still kicking ass.
June 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Every so often I marvel at how much I love the laptop I use daily, for everything, and then I am stunned to remember that it is over five years old. The 2020 Apple M1 MacBook Air is hands down the best machine I have ever owned and it is still kicking ass.
You can almost hear the swelling, epic orchestration as you get to the end of this essay by @dansinker.com dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
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June 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You can almost hear the swelling, epic orchestration as you get to the end of this essay by @dansinker.com dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
I rolled into the South Plaza Mildreds in time for a delightful Pixies>Kate Bush>The Cure jam session. Might have made my day.
May 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I rolled into the South Plaza Mildreds in time for a delightful Pixies>Kate Bush>The Cure jam session. Might have made my day.
I am trying to follow every single person on here posting about Kansas City. Please help.
May 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I am trying to follow every single person on here posting about Kansas City. Please help.
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The future of the famed King Biscuit Blues Festival appears to be threatened after federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were paused, though organizers have not yet made an official statement. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
King Biscuit Blues Festival's future uncertain after federal grants paused - Arkansas Times
The future of the famed King Biscuit Blues Festival appears to be threatened after federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were paused, though organizers have not yet made an official…
arktimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The future of the famed King Biscuit Blues Festival appears to be threatened after federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were paused, though organizers have not yet made an official statement. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
I was not expecting Bill Burr to lead the revolution, but I am ready to go.
March 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I was not expecting Bill Burr to lead the revolution, but I am ready to go.
Did I share this? I don't think I shared this. Check out this delightful story by @karammck.bsky.social from the February issue of Cutleaf Journal. #writing #stories #writingcommunity
March 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Did I share this? I don't think I shared this. Check out this delightful story by @karammck.bsky.social from the February issue of Cutleaf Journal. #writing #stories #writingcommunity
I am trying to determine if the nytimes.com homepage changes based on reader or if it offers a uniform presentation independent of who is viewing it. Can anyone help? @nytimes.com #NewYorkTimes
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March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I am trying to determine if the nytimes.com homepage changes based on reader or if it offers a uniform presentation independent of who is viewing it. Can anyone help? @nytimes.com #NewYorkTimes
Looking for some good news/encouragement? I am applying to be the director of a small library in Midcoast Maine and the process has clarified my purpose and given me direction. Check it out in my latest newsletter:
#libraries #library #goodnews #community #communication
#libraries #library #goodnews #community #communication
Library Job
How an Application Showed Me My Path, Why Libraries are Great, and Tools to Disagree On.
substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Looking for some good news/encouragement? I am applying to be the director of a small library in Midcoast Maine and the process has clarified my purpose and given me direction. Check it out in my latest newsletter:
#libraries #library #goodnews #community #communication
#libraries #library #goodnews #community #communication
Hey folks, my Substack is live! This is my little project to perpetuate a literary life post-MFA and hopefully connect with other letter-people. Please give me a follow/read if you like poems and stories and songs and communication in general. #writingcommunity #reading #bookstagram #booktok #lol
Good Faith
Ben Lerner, The Hatred of Poetry, and How My Own Contempt for the Genre May Have Made Me a Better Human
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hey folks, my Substack is live! This is my little project to perpetuate a literary life post-MFA and hopefully connect with other letter-people. Please give me a follow/read if you like poems and stories and songs and communication in general. #writingcommunity #reading #bookstagram #booktok #lol
Both surprised and disappointed to find out that an entire sleeve is not the suggested serving size for Saltines.
January 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Both surprised and disappointed to find out that an entire sleeve is not the suggested serving size for Saltines.
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if winter has no defenders I am dead
December 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
if winter has no defenders I am dead
I really enjoyed Dean Kissick's piece in last month's Harper's. I think I agree? But that is the fun. That is the thing to figure out with any statement.
The Painted Protest, by Dean Kissick
How politics destroyed contemporary art
harpers.org
December 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
I really enjoyed Dean Kissick's piece in last month's Harper's. I think I agree? But that is the fun. That is the thing to figure out with any statement.
Always great @profgalloway.com speaking with @smerconish.bsky.social about US healthcare. This is a great watch.
Scott Galloway: public outrage should be directed at voters | CNN
NYU Stern Business School Professor Scott Galloway shares his take on the public condemnation towards the healthcare industry after a suspect shot and killed UnitedHealth’s CEO Brian Thompson.
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December 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Always great @profgalloway.com speaking with @smerconish.bsky.social about US healthcare. This is a great watch.
My last seven-song playlist and album of the year pick is up on my blog at: write.as/grumpwizard/ #music #records #besto
GrumpWizard
A digital manifestation and accounting of Ryan Steven Reed.
write.as
December 11, 2024 at 3:24 AM
My last seven-song playlist and album of the year pick is up on my blog at: write.as/grumpwizard/ #music #records #besto
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Why do people back into parking spots? Asking for a friend.
December 10, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Why do people back into parking spots? Asking for a friend.
Finished my penultimate Seven Songs #playlist for the year. Working on picking a best new record for 2024 and it ain't easy folks. #bestof2024 #records #music
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Finished my penultimate Seven Songs #playlist for the year. Working on picking a best new record for 2024 and it ain't easy folks. #bestof2024 #records #music
I have been really trying to take to heart what @kclibrary.bsky.social Executive Director Abby Yellman said recently about the need to be right clouding productive outcomes.
November 22, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I have been really trying to take to heart what @kclibrary.bsky.social Executive Director Abby Yellman said recently about the need to be right clouding productive outcomes.
I semi-ironically went to see Creed the day after the election at the T-Mobile center in Kansas City and wrote about it for @thepitch.bsky.social #creed #meme #election
Creed's 'Are You Ready?' tour stop at T-Mobile was a bizarre epilogue for the 2024 election
Creed @ T-Mobile in 2024. // Photo by Isabella Galvan My attendance at the T-Mobile Center on November 6th for the Creed “Are You Ready?” tour presented by 98.9 The Rock! reminded me that no matter ho...
www.thepitchkc.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I semi-ironically went to see Creed the day after the election at the T-Mobile center in Kansas City and wrote about it for @thepitch.bsky.social #creed #meme #election
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The cat design was created by Vera Zvereva, art director at Depot, using her own cat Brunhilde as inspiration.
Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy
Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy
May 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
The cat design was created by Vera Zvereva, art director at Depot, using her own cat Brunhilde as inspiration.
Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy
Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy
Do any folks remember when, like, there was nothing to read on the internet and we all scrambled for content? Circa 2004.
May 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Do any folks remember when, like, there was nothing to read on the internet and we all scrambled for content? Circa 2004.