Ryan Alexanderplatz
@ryanhasbadtaste.bsky.social
Guy who reads (and is finally writing) | Co-host, VOLLMANNIA | Words in StatORec
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when i open this app for the first time in months and the trending topic is “big dumper”
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
when i open this app for the first time in months and the trending topic is “big dumper”
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be serving as a judge for the 2025 US/Can Republic of Consciousness Prize!
What a privilege to read and celebrate and share with you the best fiction that small presses have to offer!
Find out more about @usrofc.bsky.social at the link below
What a privilege to read and celebrate and share with you the best fiction that small presses have to offer!
Find out more about @usrofc.bsky.social at the link below
July 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be serving as a judge for the 2025 US/Can Republic of Consciousness Prize!
What a privilege to read and celebrate and share with you the best fiction that small presses have to offer!
Find out more about @usrofc.bsky.social at the link below
What a privilege to read and celebrate and share with you the best fiction that small presses have to offer!
Find out more about @usrofc.bsky.social at the link below
For those who perhaps aren’t keen to patronize Am*zon, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE is also now available for preorder at Bookshop/Indiebound and Barnes & Noble. Check out the links below:
June 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For those who perhaps aren’t keen to patronize Am*zon, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE is also now available for preorder at Bookshop/Indiebound and Barnes & Noble. Check out the links below:
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
Tonight! Join @womenandwriters.bsky.social, Lisa Russ Spaar, @coletteshade.bsky.social, and myself on U Street for the first WRB Reading of 2025!
Many thanks to @cmccafe.bsky.social, @laurencerand.com, and @michaelbarron.bsky.social for the invitation and convening.
(Free) RSVP 👇
Many thanks to @cmccafe.bsky.social, @laurencerand.com, and @michaelbarron.bsky.social for the invitation and convening.
(Free) RSVP 👇
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Tonight! Join @womenandwriters.bsky.social, Lisa Russ Spaar, @coletteshade.bsky.social, and myself on U Street for the first WRB Reading of 2025!
Many thanks to @cmccafe.bsky.social, @laurencerand.com, and @michaelbarron.bsky.social for the invitation and convening.
(Free) RSVP 👇
Many thanks to @cmccafe.bsky.social, @laurencerand.com, and @michaelbarron.bsky.social for the invitation and convening.
(Free) RSVP 👇
got it! sunburst by tangerine
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
got it! sunburst by tangerine
A banner day for American letters! Arcade Publishing will be releasing William T. Vollmann’s Cold War-GWOT-Lonely Man masterwork A TABLE FOR FORTUNE in four volumes in 2026!
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A banner day for American letters! Arcade Publishing will be releasing William T. Vollmann’s Cold War-GWOT-Lonely Man masterwork A TABLE FOR FORTUNE in four volumes in 2026!
For my Bluesky friends: if you’re in the DC metro area, I hope you'll be able to attend an evening with the Washington Review of Books on Wed. March 12 to hear from some incredible writers — as well as the opening of my novel, COME BACK NEVER.
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For my Bluesky friends: if you’re in the DC metro area, I hope you'll be able to attend an evening with the Washington Review of Books on Wed. March 12 to hear from some incredible writers — as well as the opening of my novel, COME BACK NEVER.
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
thinking of repping bill and @obliteraturetees.bsky.social at my reading next month. which should i go with?
February 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
thinking of repping bill and @obliteraturetees.bsky.social at my reading next month. which should i go with?
did 25 for 2025 make its way over here?
February 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
did 25 for 2025 make its way over here?
Hey John, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, does the “Let’s disappear.” closer from All Frosting have any connection to Schrader’s Light Sleeper?
February 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hey John, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, does the “Let’s disappear.” closer from All Frosting have any connection to Schrader’s Light Sleeper?
I’m thrilled to see Russell Persson’s THE WAY OF FLORIDA is back in print!
If you trust my opinion at all, this will be among the finest books you’ll ever read. Do yourself a favor and buy it as soon as possible:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you trust my opinion at all, this will be among the finest books you’ll ever read. Do yourself a favor and buy it as soon as possible:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
February 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’m thrilled to see Russell Persson’s THE WAY OF FLORIDA is back in print!
If you trust my opinion at all, this will be among the finest books you’ll ever read. Do yourself a favor and buy it as soon as possible:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you trust my opinion at all, this will be among the finest books you’ll ever read. Do yourself a favor and buy it as soon as possible:
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
life in a chair
February 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
life in a chair
It’s been a terrible start to 2025, but — thanks to Michael Lentz, @maxlawton.bsky.social, Matthias Friedrich, and the folks at @deepvellum.bsky.social — it seems the beginning of a fantastic rest of year (in reading, at the very least).
February 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s been a terrible start to 2025, but — thanks to Michael Lentz, @maxlawton.bsky.social, Matthias Friedrich, and the folks at @deepvellum.bsky.social — it seems the beginning of a fantastic rest of year (in reading, at the very least).
trying to engage more with things beyond work and politics. a reinvestment in life and art. here are four shows i just booked tickets for.
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
trying to engage more with things beyond work and politics. a reinvestment in life and art. here are four shows i just booked tickets for.
No cheating. Last saved. Celebrity pic is yr therapist.
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
No cheating. Last saved. Celebrity pic is yr therapist.
ticket acquired
January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ticket acquired
fuck it we [write]
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
fuck it we [write]
at least this insomnia bought me some writing
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
at least this insomnia bought me some writing
shared some writing on the other place. figure I’d try it out here too.
January 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
shared some writing on the other place. figure I’d try it out here too.