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Dan
@musgraved.bsky.social
Supposed human ape, but probably just a monkey at a typewriter. He/him. Wahzhazhe, Grinnellian, Odfellow '16, TAFwriter '17
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Folks, I have an agent. This book (and the next that is already in progress) is one step closer to reality.
July 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Highlights from eldest’s (3.5yo) first comic con: really wanted a sword, so we got a sword
June 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
if my kids weren't so cute I would be absolutely consumed with how agent querying makes me feel like the worst writer/human/animal anyone has ever seen
March 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Every time I put on a white shirt it feels like an act of pure hubris
March 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’m a real sucker for a well-crafted, page long sentence
February 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Kept falling asleep while making the lecture PowerPoint for today’s classes so I’m excited to see what surprises I left myself
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Mary Oliver bringing truth this morning.
@maryoliverdaily.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The high tomorrow is -11. The HIGH.
January 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One thing I’d forgotten about 4yrs ago that the fires are making clear is the constant worry that something could happen and assistance wouldn’t come because one man’s fragile ego would use my family as props for his own spite.
January 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Seems a big piece of being a parent is you have to find the 2-3 chores that feel like you’re taking a break and then you gotta occupy the hell out of that niche
January 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Weirdest thing happened. We bought a minivan and suddenly I am just totally all about it. I can’t wait to get it airbrushed with a bitchin franzetta scene.
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Latest essay on its way out into the world. It’s maybe a weird way to go about it, but this one is a thank to to my brother, @trashbird.bsky.social for always being there.
Our cinematic winter issue (45.4) is now showing! Featuring @litmagreject.bsky.social, @burnsidesoleil.bsky.social, @musgraved.bsky.social, & @mayleechai.bsky.social, the folio CHUNGKING EXPRESS at 30: Rewatching Wong Kar Wai, & much more.

Browse the online preview: www.nereview.com/vol-45-no-4-...
December 17, 2024 at 1:55 AM
What online subscription service will sufficiently gird my loins for the duration of this agent querying process? Because hooboy is this a new level of suspense and self doubt.
December 12, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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This.
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 PM
My most recent news (with many many thanks to @reckoningmag.bsky.social for their support)
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
First post here, a carry-over. You can find me in the Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 anthology.
(or at my website linked in my profile.)
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
@MarinerBooks

#Bestamerican2024 #BASNW
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 a book by Bill McKibben and Jaime Green
Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year."This was the ...
bookshop.org
December 4, 2024 at 8:18 PM