K.E. Semmel
@kesemmel.bsky.social
K.E. Semmel is a writer and translator and Dylan enthusiast. His debut novel, The Book of Losman, published in October 2024 (SFWP). kesemmel.com.
I wrote about 'normalizing' #tourettesyndrome this week in fiction and in culture. kesemmel.substack.com/p/normalizin...
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I wrote about 'normalizing' #tourettesyndrome this week in fiction and in culture. kesemmel.substack.com/p/normalizin...
In Part II of my two-part essay on AI and the future of literature and storytelling, I write about a resource that's become devalued in our culture: empathy. Give it a read. If you like this, subscribe for more. shorturl.at/fChh7
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
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July 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In Part II of my two-part essay on AI and the future of literature and storytelling, I write about a resource that's become devalued in our culture: empathy. Give it a read. If you like this, subscribe for more. shorturl.at/fChh7
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
Very cool to find The Book of Losman on @clmporg.bsky.social's reading list for Disability Pride Month!
Get The Book of Losman here: buff.ly/kYY19zZ
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Get The Book of Losman here: buff.ly/kYY19zZ
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
@ipgbook.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Very cool to find The Book of Losman on @clmporg.bsky.social's reading list for Disability Pride Month!
Get The Book of Losman here: buff.ly/kYY19zZ
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Get The Book of Losman here: buff.ly/kYY19zZ
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
@ipgbook.bsky.social
I was truly honored to be selected as the keynote speaker at last weekend's virtual #ticcon25. Writing the address took a couple late nights over the past few weeks, but it was so worth it. I'll post the full text on my substack this weekend, but's also here:
touretteconference.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
touretteconference.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
June 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I was truly honored to be selected as the keynote speaker at last weekend's virtual #ticcon25. Writing the address took a couple late nights over the past few weeks, but it was so worth it. I'll post the full text on my substack this weekend, but's also here:
touretteconference.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
touretteconference.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
If you're in Ithaca tonight and want to learn the ins and outs of publishing a debut novel, come check out @roohichoudhry.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social, and me at the SpringWrites Festival. This event will be at @buffalostreetbooks.bsky.social. Starts at 5:30.
May 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you're in Ithaca tonight and want to learn the ins and outs of publishing a debut novel, come check out @roohichoudhry.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social, and me at the SpringWrites Festival. This event will be at @buffalostreetbooks.bsky.social. Starts at 5:30.
Great turnout for @stepheneoannou.bsky.social launch for this book tonight here in Buffalo. Standing room only. @sfwp.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Great turnout for @stepheneoannou.bsky.social launch for this book tonight here in Buffalo. Standing room only. @sfwp.bsky.social
On May 21, I will be reading from my debut novel, THE BOOK OF LOSMAN, with @carolynkorsmeyer.bsky.social and Elizabeth Costello at @hallwalls.bsky.social thanks to the great people at @talkingleavesbooks.bsky.social. 7:00 p.m.
@regalhouse.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@regalhouse.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On May 21, I will be reading from my debut novel, THE BOOK OF LOSMAN, with @carolynkorsmeyer.bsky.social and Elizabeth Costello at @hallwalls.bsky.social thanks to the great people at @talkingleavesbooks.bsky.social. 7:00 p.m.
@regalhouse.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@regalhouse.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
I'll be doing a number of readings/panels in May. First, up this panel at Ithaca's SpringWrites Festival, along with these fine writers: roohichoudhry.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social. Free event at Buffalo Street Books, but registration at springwrites.org required.
April 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'll be doing a number of readings/panels in May. First, up this panel at Ithaca's SpringWrites Festival, along with these fine writers: roohichoudhry.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social. Free event at Buffalo Street Books, but registration at springwrites.org required.
Writing an essay is invigorating, people. Especially when you’re in the home stretch.
April 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Writing an essay is invigorating, people. Especially when you’re in the home stretch.
This is what Democracy looks like. Rochester, NY.
April 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is what Democracy looks like. Rochester, NY.
Lebensraum is the Nazis term for this. Use of the word "acquire" is a euphemism, a deliberate editorial choice to sanitize the truth. The only way the US can "acquire" Greenland is through military force. An act of war. Just as Germany "acquired" Poland in September 1939.
March 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Lebensraum is the Nazis term for this. Use of the word "acquire" is a euphemism, a deliberate editorial choice to sanitize the truth. The only way the US can "acquire" Greenland is through military force. An act of war. Just as Germany "acquired" Poland in September 1939.
The United States to be renamed United Soviet States of America (USSA) soon.
March 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The United States to be renamed United Soviet States of America (USSA) soon.
I’ve always dreamed of being able to check out a book I wrote from my local public library. Got this slightly beat up copy of my debut novel (@sfwp.bsky.social) today.
I love public libraries.
I love public libraries.
February 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I’ve always dreamed of being able to check out a book I wrote from my local public library. Got this slightly beat up copy of my debut novel (@sfwp.bsky.social) today.
I love public libraries.
I love public libraries.
Picked up my pre-order of @owenkingauthor.bsky.social, Jesse Kellerman, and Marianna Ignazzi's new graphic novel SELF HELP at Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo yesterday. Looking forward to diving in!
Pubbed by @imagecomics.com.
Pubbed by @imagecomics.com.
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Picked up my pre-order of @owenkingauthor.bsky.social, Jesse Kellerman, and Marianna Ignazzi's new graphic novel SELF HELP at Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo yesterday. Looking forward to diving in!
Pubbed by @imagecomics.com.
Pubbed by @imagecomics.com.
Every day is a good day for a mind and body cleansing hike in a forest.
February 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Every day is a good day for a mind and body cleansing hike in a forest.
Always nice to see copies of your book in the wild at great independent bookstores like @tleavesbooks in Buffalo, NY. If you haven't gotten a copy of my debut novel, The Book of Losman, why not get your copy right from Talking Leaves?
https://buff.ly/3WIUTr8
@sfwp.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3WIUTr8
@sfwp.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Always nice to see copies of your book in the wild at great independent bookstores like @tleavesbooks in Buffalo, NY. If you haven't gotten a copy of my debut novel, The Book of Losman, why not get your copy right from Talking Leaves?
https://buff.ly/3WIUTr8
@sfwp.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3WIUTr8
@sfwp.bsky.social
Two titans of the arts. Their words, their voices. That’s what I need right now.
January 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two titans of the arts. Their words, their voices. That’s what I need right now.
I really appreciate this reader's 5-star review of my debut novel, THE BOOK OF LOSMAN.
Published in Oct '24 by @sfwp.bsky.social.
Get it here: https://buff.ly/4c2xCp0
Published in Oct '24 by @sfwp.bsky.social.
Get it here: https://buff.ly/4c2xCp0
January 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I really appreciate this reader's 5-star review of my debut novel, THE BOOK OF LOSMAN.
Published in Oct '24 by @sfwp.bsky.social.
Get it here: https://buff.ly/4c2xCp0
Published in Oct '24 by @sfwp.bsky.social.
Get it here: https://buff.ly/4c2xCp0
THE BOOK OF LOSMAN is more than 3 months old. I'm revisiting this essay I wrote for The Millions on how debut novelists should measure the success of their work. Roohi Choudhry, @ddouglasgoody.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social . How should we/everyone measure success?
https://buff.ly/3A5MiXr
https://buff.ly/3A5MiXr
January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
THE BOOK OF LOSMAN is more than 3 months old. I'm revisiting this essay I wrote for The Millions on how debut novelists should measure the success of their work. Roohi Choudhry, @ddouglasgoody.bsky.social, @aggeliki.bsky.social . How should we/everyone measure success?
https://buff.ly/3A5MiXr
https://buff.ly/3A5MiXr
These words by David Rakoff in his book HALF EMPTY. Writing is hard. Writing well is even harder, and there's no substitute for putting your ass in the chair every day and doing the work.
What AI can never replace.
What AI can never replace.
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
These words by David Rakoff in his book HALF EMPTY. Writing is hard. Writing well is even harder, and there's no substitute for putting your ass in the chair every day and doing the work.
What AI can never replace.
What AI can never replace.
Allen does not shit the bed in the playoffs. This is always a weird take. QBs don’t play defense, or catch passes, ya know?
December 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Allen does not shit the bed in the playoffs. This is always a weird take. QBs don’t play defense, or catch passes, ya know?
I love this reader's take on my debut novel.
December 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I love this reader's take on my debut novel.