JPB
@jpb.bsky.social
Novelist (RELENTLESS MELT out now from Melville House) // collagist // inveterate notetaker // gracefully aging zinester // to be found in the Greater Boston/Chicago metro region
mods are asleep, post unholy synth patches
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
mods are asleep, post unholy synth patches
looking for a synthesizer that has this aesthetic
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
looking for a synthesizer that has this aesthetic
📚 39. THE CARE MANIFESTO: THE POLITICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE by the Care Collective. This book ably describes my politics in a way few others have lately, but every single page underscores how far we are from the realization of this vision (and how much ground we’ve lost since the book's publication)
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚 39. THE CARE MANIFESTO: THE POLITICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE by the Care Collective. This book ably describes my politics in a way few others have lately, but every single page underscores how far we are from the realization of this vision (and how much ground we’ve lost since the book's publication)
📚 38. THE TAIGA SYNDROME by Cristina Rivera Garza. I'm a sucker for any novel that starts out with a private investigation which then turns into (a) something supernatural, (b) something Surrealist, or (c) a psychological exploration of shattering identity. This book turns into (d) all of the above
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📚 38. THE TAIGA SYNDROME by Cristina Rivera Garza. I'm a sucker for any novel that starts out with a private investigation which then turns into (a) something supernatural, (b) something Surrealist, or (c) a psychological exploration of shattering identity. This book turns into (d) all of the above
📚 37. ANTIGONE by Sophocles (Robert Bagg and James Scully, trans.). Various persons follow their moral calling and disobey the commands and edicts of a vengeful, capricious strongman ruler. Oh, no reason
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📚 37. ANTIGONE by Sophocles (Robert Bagg and James Scully, trans.). Various persons follow their moral calling and disobey the commands and edicts of a vengeful, capricious strongman ruler. Oh, no reason
"Celebration Red"--"Celebrate every red thing"--enacted here by having gallery visitors place a single red object within a grid
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Celebration Red"--"Celebrate every red thing"--enacted here by having gallery visitors place a single red object within a grid
📚 36. CALAMITIES by Renee Gladman. Problems of syntax and space. A re-read
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📚 36. CALAMITIES by Renee Gladman. Problems of syntax and space. A re-read
📚 35. THE SAN FRANCISCO TAPE MUSIC CENTER: FROM COUNTERCULTURE TO THE AVANT-GARDE, edited by David W. Bernstein. Western music gets reinvented by *checks notes* Ramon Sender, Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Don Buchla
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📚 35. THE SAN FRANCISCO TAPE MUSIC CENTER: FROM COUNTERCULTURE TO THE AVANT-GARDE, edited by David W. Bernstein. Western music gets reinvented by *checks notes* Ramon Sender, Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Don Buchla
📚 34. FROM HELL by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Moore at the height of his powers, unforgettably embellished by Campbell's inimitable cartooning hand. A truly singular accomplishment in its genre—it's hard to imagine any historical true crime comic, before or since, clearing the bar set by this
October 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
📚 34. FROM HELL by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Moore at the height of his powers, unforgettably embellished by Campbell's inimitable cartooning hand. A truly singular accomplishment in its genre—it's hard to imagine any historical true crime comic, before or since, clearing the bar set by this
📚 33. SECONDS by Bryan Lee O'Malley. A young restauranteur wreaks havoc on her backstory. A re-read—and I thought the same thing I thought the first time: I love the first 7/8th of it, then in the final 1/8th its reach exceeds its grasp and the whole thing falls apart
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📚 33. SECONDS by Bryan Lee O'Malley. A young restauranteur wreaks havoc on her backstory. A re-read—and I thought the same thing I thought the first time: I love the first 7/8th of it, then in the final 1/8th its reach exceeds its grasp and the whole thing falls apart
