Patrick Cottrell
@patrickcottrell.bsky.social
writer mostly here for basketball
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Here I am laughing in joy during the beautiful book launch for TERRY DACTYL at the Seattle Art Museum, thank you all!!!! And, get ready for my upcoming events in New York, DC, Baltimore, and Portland, please spread the word, and let's continue this magic 💕💕💕
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here I am laughing in joy during the beautiful book launch for TERRY DACTYL at the Seattle Art Museum, thank you all!!!! And, get ready for my upcoming events in New York, DC, Baltimore, and Portland, please spread the word, and let's continue this magic 💕💕💕
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Amazing review of THE ENDLESS WEEK in The Washington Post today!
"It’s rare to encounter a book as feral and lovely as THE ENDLESS WEEK, one equally fluent in the comedy and the horror of the world — and the word."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
"It’s rare to encounter a book as feral and lovely as THE ENDLESS WEEK, one equally fluent in the comedy and the horror of the world — and the word."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | ‘The Endless Week’ is an unusually feral and lovely novel
In Laura Vazquez’s deeply strange book, a chronically online teenage poet goes on a quest to find his mother.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Amazing review of THE ENDLESS WEEK in The Washington Post today!
"It’s rare to encounter a book as feral and lovely as THE ENDLESS WEEK, one equally fluent in the comedy and the horror of the world — and the word."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
"It’s rare to encounter a book as feral and lovely as THE ENDLESS WEEK, one equally fluent in the comedy and the horror of the world — and the word."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact
“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact
“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
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I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...
The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise
The road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. For years we’ve been told that the censorious Left is a serious threat to free speech. If Simon & Schuster cancels one book because the pu…
lithub.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...
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Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...
Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? | Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru: The highly educated aspiring writers of New York are looking beyond the English-speaking world for their reading fixes. It must be a sign of the times
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...
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Honey, look, it's a gorgeous final copy of TERRY DACTYL, out on November 11 from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social🎉🎉🎉 Book launch on Saturday, October 25, 3 pm at the Seattle Art Museum, and you can preorder signed copies from Elliott Bay Book Company, or preorder from your favorite indie, get ready 💎⚡✨
October 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Honey, look, it's a gorgeous final copy of TERRY DACTYL, out on November 11 from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social🎉🎉🎉 Book launch on Saturday, October 25, 3 pm at the Seattle Art Museum, and you can preorder signed copies from Elliott Bay Book Company, or preorder from your favorite indie, get ready 💎⚡✨
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To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...
Patrick Cottrell's 'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' Is a 'Hilarious and Heart-Wrenching' Whodunnit — See the Cover (Exclusive)
'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' sees a man unexpectedly thrust back into the question surrounding his late brother's death. Seeking answers, the man returns to his childhood home, where he reckons with ...
people.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...
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Check out this excerpt from THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi, in the new
@harpers.bsky.social Readings section!
Book pubs next week! 9/30!
harpers.org/archive/2025...
@harpers.bsky.social Readings section!
Book pubs next week! 9/30!
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Birthing Channel, by Laura Vazquez
harpers.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Check out this excerpt from THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi, in the new
@harpers.bsky.social Readings section!
Book pubs next week! 9/30!
harpers.org/archive/2025...
@harpers.bsky.social Readings section!
Book pubs next week! 9/30!
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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PORTHOLE by Joanna Howard (@mcsweeneys.net). Reviewed by Martin Horn. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/port...
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
PORTHOLE by Joanna Howard (@mcsweeneys.net). Reviewed by Martin Horn. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/port...
rachel cusk describes a man eating a huge amount of ice cream
May 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
rachel cusk describes a man eating a huge amount of ice cream
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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so excited to announce that my second novel, ALL US SAINTS, is out next year from Bloomsbury ✨ it's about family, art, and the way a closeted trans girl's act of desperation is permanently warped in the cis imagination
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
so excited to announce that my second novel, ALL US SAINTS, is out next year from Bloomsbury ✨ it's about family, art, and the way a closeted trans girl's act of desperation is permanently warped in the cis imagination
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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I don’t think we understand:
Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the world, by far.
Not just because of his money. But because of his access and control of all data at every possible point. He locked government officials out of their computers yesterday. Now this:
Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the world, by far.
Not just because of his money. But because of his access and control of all data at every possible point. He locked government officials out of their computers yesterday. Now this:
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I don’t think we understand:
Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the world, by far.
Not just because of his money. But because of his access and control of all data at every possible point. He locked government officials out of their computers yesterday. Now this:
Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the world, by far.
Not just because of his money. But because of his access and control of all data at every possible point. He locked government officials out of their computers yesterday. Now this:
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Once someone starts talking about what “can’t happen” in the USA because of checks and balances, it’s best to stop listening to them.
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Once someone starts talking about what “can’t happen” in the USA because of checks and balances, it’s best to stop listening to them.
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i literally never understood the optimism about a team built around paul george and joel embiid, two of the least reliable, most playoff-disappointing stars of the modern era
November 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
i literally never understood the optimism about a team built around paul george and joel embiid, two of the least reliable, most playoff-disappointing stars of the modern era