Kenneth Dillon
@kennethdillon.bsky.social
Writer from New York | The Baffler, The Drift, LARB, Publishers Weekly, and you: kennethaverydillon at gmail dot com
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“Foreclosure Gothic is a twisted melodrama animated by close encounters with addiction, incest, and death by misadventure.”
—from @kennethdillon.bsky.social’s review of Foreclosure Gothic
www.thebeliever.net/a-review-of-...
—from @kennethdillon.bsky.social’s review of Foreclosure Gothic
www.thebeliever.net/a-review-of-...
A Review of Foreclosure Gothic - Believer Magazine
www.thebeliever.net
July 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Foreclosure Gothic is a twisted melodrama animated by close encounters with addiction, incest, and death by misadventure.”
—from @kennethdillon.bsky.social’s review of Foreclosure Gothic
www.thebeliever.net/a-review-of-...
—from @kennethdillon.bsky.social’s review of Foreclosure Gothic
www.thebeliever.net/a-review-of-...
likely name for a whiskey distiller to have
July 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
likely name for a whiskey distiller to have
Thrilled to be in the 150th issue of @thebeliever.net with a review of Harris Lahti’s debut novel FORECLOSURE GOTHIC (link below)
June 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thrilled to be in the 150th issue of @thebeliever.net with a review of Harris Lahti’s debut novel FORECLOSURE GOTHIC (link below)
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I have a new story live in @phoebejournal.bsky.social
today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...
today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...
Rigel, the Knee - phoebe
Samantha Zabell 9:02 pm I am throwing a funeral for a constellation and if no one comes I will feel like such an idiot. And not just because I went to Heinen’s and bought a whole sheet cake that can p...
phoebejournal.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I have a new story live in @phoebejournal.bsky.social
today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...
today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...
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"I respect Richter for putting his music at risk for good reason. Other composers who claim to be inspired by literature are not alert to the dangers he evades."
The 2025 Long Play Festival in review
van-magazine.com/mag/long-pla...
The 2025 Long Play Festival in review
van-magazine.com/mag/long-pla...
May 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I respect Richter for putting his music at risk for good reason. Other composers who claim to be inspired by literature are not alert to the dangers he evades."
The 2025 Long Play Festival in review
van-magazine.com/mag/long-pla...
The 2025 Long Play Festival in review
van-magazine.com/mag/long-pla...
My first for @vanmusicmag.bsky.social (!) is a review of this year's Long Play festival, which featured, among many great and bizarre performances, 100 tubas descending on the Fort Greene Park farmers market. (Link below.)
May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My first for @vanmusicmag.bsky.social (!) is a review of this year's Long Play festival, which featured, among many great and bizarre performances, 100 tubas descending on the Fort Greene Park farmers market. (Link below.)
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White smoke! Conclave over! Introducing the new VAN!
💨 Is Europe experiencing "Ring" fatigue?
💨 100 tubas at Long Play Festival
💨 Can a real scene compete with an idealized screen?
💨 Austin Wulliman’s string quartet creations
💨 Dispatch from the Frick reopening
van-magazine.com/mag/wagner-r...
💨 Is Europe experiencing "Ring" fatigue?
💨 100 tubas at Long Play Festival
💨 Can a real scene compete with an idealized screen?
💨 Austin Wulliman’s string quartet creations
💨 Dispatch from the Frick reopening
van-magazine.com/mag/wagner-r...
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
White smoke! Conclave over! Introducing the new VAN!
💨 Is Europe experiencing "Ring" fatigue?
💨 100 tubas at Long Play Festival
💨 Can a real scene compete with an idealized screen?
💨 Austin Wulliman’s string quartet creations
💨 Dispatch from the Frick reopening
van-magazine.com/mag/wagner-r...
💨 Is Europe experiencing "Ring" fatigue?
💨 100 tubas at Long Play Festival
💨 Can a real scene compete with an idealized screen?
💨 Austin Wulliman’s string quartet creations
💨 Dispatch from the Frick reopening
van-magazine.com/mag/wagner-r...
Yeats, reply guy, defending OP:
February 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Yeats, reply guy, defending OP:
“Against the inclination toward easy explanation, black and white moral judgment, or, worse, the self-indulgent retreat to cynicism…we must embrace the hard work of explaining and interpreting atrocity.”
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open.substack.com/pub/placehol...
The Challenge of Writing (and Reading) About Atrocity
On new books by Bruce Robbins and Michelle de Kretser
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Against the inclination toward easy explanation, black and white moral judgment, or, worse, the self-indulgent retreat to cynicism…we must embrace the hard work of explaining and interpreting atrocity.”
open.substack.com/pub/placehol...
open.substack.com/pub/placehol...
excited for this one
February 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
excited for this one
Against the advice of my golem I wrote a quick newsletter on the Mamdani campaign
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Against the advice of my golem I wrote a quick newsletter on the Mamdani campaign
I love political memorabilia
February 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I love political memorabilia
Arthur Danto, on the meaning of a book’s title
January 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Arthur Danto, on the meaning of a book’s title
despite this very nice letter the municipal guild of butchers was unable to convince Dvořák to put his talents to good use
January 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
despite this very nice letter the municipal guild of butchers was unable to convince Dvořák to put his talents to good use
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On David Lynch as amateur meteorologist, by @kennethdillon.bsky.social in Issue 2
January 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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relieved to hear that David Lynch’s last words were “I’ll see you again in 25 years”
January 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
relieved to hear that David Lynch’s last words were “I’ll see you again in 25 years”