johnvurrowriter
@johnvurrowriter.bsky.social
Author of PLAY, REWIND (Tortoise Books) poetry in Action, Spectacle, The Examined Life, Sugar House Review; essay in The Sun—writer, poet, father, friend
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So honored they my essay Guardians was submitted thank you so much!
So honored they my essay Guardians was submitted thank you so much!
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So honored they my essay Guardians was submitted thank you so much!
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GORGEOUS COVER!! OMG. This color! I can't wait for HIDDEN RIVER.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
GORGEOUS COVER!! OMG. This color! I can't wait for HIDDEN RIVER.
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We had our best @tortoisebooks.bsky.social sales day at Lit Fest, by a healthy healthy margin! Thank you so so much to all who came out. Chicago is a fantastic city, folks...don't let anyone tell you otherwise. (Especially if they don't live here, and ESPECIALLY if they have bankrupted casinos.)
September 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We had our best @tortoisebooks.bsky.social sales day at Lit Fest, by a healthy healthy margin! Thank you so so much to all who came out. Chicago is a fantastic city, folks...don't let anyone tell you otherwise. (Especially if they don't live here, and ESPECIALLY if they have bankrupted casinos.)
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Another new book for Printers Row...PLAY, REWIND by @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social! This book will warm and break your heart as it chronicles the struggles of a video store clerk whose mom suffers from Alzheimer's. (Plus, let's be honest, you need a good hit of video store nostalgia right about now.)
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Another new book for Printers Row...PLAY, REWIND by @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social! This book will warm and break your heart as it chronicles the struggles of a video store clerk whose mom suffers from Alzheimer's. (Plus, let's be honest, you need a good hit of video store nostalgia right about now.)
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George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel To ‘Erin Brockovich’ theonion.com/george-...
August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel To ‘Erin Brockovich’ theonion.com/george-...
So happy to be on Beyond the Zero podcast. Give a listen!
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
So happy to be on Beyond the Zero podcast. Give a listen!
Why is it that every job you apply for is just Sales in sheep’s clothing? I want to write back “I’d rather eat glass while digging graves than sell something, okay?” Mr. Indeed say what you are!
June 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Why is it that every job you apply for is just Sales in sheep’s clothing? I want to write back “I’d rather eat glass while digging graves than sell something, okay?” Mr. Indeed say what you are!
Please check out my poems and other great work at Calendula Review www.thecalendulareview.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Please check out my poems and other great work at Calendula Review www.thecalendulareview.com
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I know there are many more. Buy books from these independent sellers! Donate if you can!
The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I know there are many more. Buy books from these independent sellers! Donate if you can!
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A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie! The last of the Play, Rewind signed presales--1078, 1080, and 1081. (Actual fulfillment courtesy of @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social )
May 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie! The last of the Play, Rewind signed presales--1078, 1080, and 1081. (Actual fulfillment courtesy of @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social )
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A big Happy Pub Day to @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social and PLAY, REWIND! An unforgettable novel about love, dementia, and the golden age of the video store...check it out! (And you won'teven have to worry about late fees.)
tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
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Play, Rewind - A Novel by John Vurro — Tortoise Books
A lovely novel about a young video store clerk in the last days of VHS who is stuck caring for a mother with Alzheimer's.
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April 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A big Happy Pub Day to @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social and PLAY, REWIND! An unforgettable novel about love, dementia, and the golden age of the video store...check it out! (And you won'teven have to worry about late fees.)
tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
For pub day and f my novel Play, Rewind here’s a photo of me (at the register) working at my father”s video store Video World on W. Houston in the late 90’s. I’m so happy that it found a home. Thanks Tortoise Books for loving the novel. Be Kind, Rewind
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For pub day and f my novel Play, Rewind here’s a photo of me (at the register) working at my father”s video store Video World on W. Houston in the late 90’s. I’m so happy that it found a home. Thanks Tortoise Books for loving the novel. Be Kind, Rewind
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This weekend! Come and say hi!
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This weekend! Come and say hi!
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Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
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So happy to be part of this!
April 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So happy to be part of this!
So happy to be part of this!
April 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So happy to be part of this!
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A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie...1079 is doing fine! (And we had galleys for @boondock60mm.bsky.social and @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social. Well actually, galleys OF them, FOR reviwers. It's time for other people to read these books, damnit!)
March 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie...1079 is doing fine! (And we had galleys for @boondock60mm.bsky.social and @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social. Well actually, galleys OF them, FOR reviwers. It's time for other people to read these books, damnit!)
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Look, folks. Reviews don't get much better than this.
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Look, folks. Reviews don't get much better than this.
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My book, #Afterward, in the wild at @powells.bsky.social. I used to travel from Alaska just to buy books here. Having my book on their shelves is leaving me speechless.
#litfic 💙📚🖋
#litfic 💙📚🖋
March 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My book, #Afterward, in the wild at @powells.bsky.social. I used to travel from Alaska just to buy books here. Having my book on their shelves is leaving me speechless.
#litfic 💙📚🖋
#litfic 💙📚🖋
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My debut book #Afterward has been out for about a week now. It's a book author the amazing author #ChristianTeBordo said delivers a "combination of emotional intensity and dry humor [that] evokes European writers like #ElenaFerrante and #FleurJaeggy..."
Excited to be in this company.
#litfic 💙📚🖋️
Excited to be in this company.
#litfic 💙📚🖋️
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My debut book #Afterward has been out for about a week now. It's a book author the amazing author #ChristianTeBordo said delivers a "combination of emotional intensity and dry humor [that] evokes European writers like #ElenaFerrante and #FleurJaeggy..."
Excited to be in this company.
#litfic 💙📚🖋️
Excited to be in this company.
#litfic 💙📚🖋️
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They're really putting the "if" in tariff
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
They're really putting the "if" in tariff
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welp I’ve stumbled upon the Nietzsche Family Circus www.nietzschefamilycircus.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
welp I’ve stumbled upon the Nietzsche Family Circus www.nietzschefamilycircus.com
Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...