Porter Shreve
@portershreve.bsky.social
Novelist at HarperCollins and LSU Press; articles and book reviews in NYT, WaPo, SFChron, ChiTrib; Director of Creative Writing at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kaepernick by Sasha Debevec-McKenney
September 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Kaepernick by Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Canary by Rita Dove
September 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Canary by Rita Dove
“The words start over again
hold no terror for them.”
hold no terror for them.”
September 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“The words start over again
hold no terror for them.”
hold no terror for them.”
Why am I sweating week one prep? I should go full Zen on the first day of class and just open a window.
August 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why am I sweating week one prep? I should go full Zen on the first day of class and just open a window.
Vivian Maier
Chicago 1976
Chicago 1976
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Vivian Maier
Chicago 1976
Chicago 1976
From Yoko Ono’s GRAPEFRUIT: A Book of Instruction and Drawings
January 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From Yoko Ono’s GRAPEFRUIT: A Book of Instruction and Drawings
I Am Not I
By Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translated by Robert Bly
By Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translated by Robert Bly
January 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I Am Not I
By Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translated by Robert Bly
By Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translated by Robert Bly
Trying to start off my reading year with a little quiet beauty and tenderness before the world comes crashing in, and this book (mosaic novel? prose poem? unclassifiable enchantment?), about a melancholy man wandering the Andalusian countryside with his beloved donkey, is just what I needed.
January 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trying to start off my reading year with a little quiet beauty and tenderness before the world comes crashing in, and this book (mosaic novel? prose poem? unclassifiable enchantment?), about a melancholy man wandering the Andalusian countryside with his beloved donkey, is just what I needed.
HBD Patti Smith
December 30, 2024 at 8:29 PM
HBD Patti Smith
“He could construct defeat from any available material and live inside it, but for once Dellarobia didn't go there with him. She was going ahead.”
#FridayReads #BookSky
#FridayReads #BookSky
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
“He could construct defeat from any available material and live inside it, but for once Dellarobia didn't go there with him. She was going ahead.”
#FridayReads #BookSky
#FridayReads #BookSky
Home for a funeral, reading Elizabeth Bishop’s last poem
December 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Home for a funeral, reading Elizabeth Bishop’s last poem
He was known for his optimism, his generosity of spirit, and his determination to see the best in people. My family and I will miss him terribly, but we’ll take the gift of his life and share it always.
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
He was known for his optimism, his generosity of spirit, and his determination to see the best in people. My family and I will miss him terribly, but we’ll take the gift of his life and share it always.
Though he was was a perennial favorite on the local sports pages and a National Cathedral chorister who sang for the Queen of England and graced the cover of Life magazine, he was humble and shy in the spotlight.
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Though he was was a perennial favorite on the local sports pages and a National Cathedral chorister who sang for the Queen of England and graced the cover of Life magazine, he was humble and shy in the spotlight.
In 1956 my dad was named Touchdown Club Schoolboy Athlete of the Year, All-American in football, all conference in basketball, and was offered a significant contract by the NY Giants to play major league baseball. This was the era when coaches puffed on pipes and QBs smoked on the sidelines.
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
In 1956 my dad was named Touchdown Club Schoolboy Athlete of the Year, All-American in football, all conference in basketball, and was offered a significant contract by the NY Giants to play major league baseball. This was the era when coaches puffed on pipes and QBs smoked on the sidelines.
My late great stepfather was an editor at Doubleday back in the day. Every so often the internet digs up this rejection letter he wrote to Frank Herbert’s gloriously named agent Lurton Blassingame. DUNE was rejected 19 other times before Chilton, an auto repair manual publisher, gave it a shot.
December 4, 2024 at 11:47 PM
My late great stepfather was an editor at Doubleday back in the day. Every so often the internet digs up this rejection letter he wrote to Frank Herbert’s gloriously named agent Lurton Blassingame. DUNE was rejected 19 other times before Chilton, an auto repair manual publisher, gave it a shot.
Back for the holidays in DC, hometown to a surprising number of wonderful writers, including Linda Pastan, who died last year at 90. This one’s from her 1980 book SETTING THE TABLE. One of the very best poets on the joys and sorrows of family life.
November 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Back for the holidays in DC, hometown to a surprising number of wonderful writers, including Linda Pastan, who died last year at 90. This one’s from her 1980 book SETTING THE TABLE. One of the very best poets on the joys and sorrows of family life.
We’ll get through this
November 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
We’ll get through this
Snow day
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Snow day
Madison, WI
Madison, WI