Matthew Specktor
@specktor.bsky.social
Novelist, memoirist, co-founder of The Los Angeles Review of Books
Tomorrow night I’ll be at @skylightbooks.bsky.social with my pal @jasondiamond.bsky.social to discuss his rad, rad novel Kaplan’s Plot and we’d love it if you’d come through (Sandy Koufax possibly not included, tho we live in hope)
September 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Tomorrow night I’ll be at @skylightbooks.bsky.social with my pal @jasondiamond.bsky.social to discuss his rad, rad novel Kaplan’s Plot and we’d love it if you’d come through (Sandy Koufax possibly not included, tho we live in hope)
THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in the world today! If you're in LA, I hope you'll come see Tom Bissell and I chop it up at Diesel Books at 6:30
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in the world today! If you're in LA, I hope you'll come see Tom Bissell and I chop it up at Diesel Books at 6:30
Two beautiful prophets of my adolescence, exactly as I remember them. Goodbye, David 💔
January 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Two beautiful prophets of my adolescence, exactly as I remember them. Goodbye, David 💔
Wake up babe, new Theory of the Leisure Class just dropped
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Wake up babe, new Theory of the Leisure Class just dropped
They yassified Leo the Lion. Goddamn
November 13, 2024 at 4:17 AM
They yassified Leo the Lion. Goddamn
Thinking a lot—probably too much—about Bryan Ferry’s beard era of late
December 2, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Thinking a lot—probably too much—about Bryan Ferry’s beard era of late
Reskeet with an iconic fictional band
August 1, 2023 at 2:26 AM
Reskeet with an iconic fictional band
Most recent pic on my phone:
July 13, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Most recent pic on my phone:
A fictional character you would give an invite to
July 3, 2023 at 5:59 PM
A fictional character you would give an invite to
When your decision to stay in and work on Saturday afternoon proves to be unpopular…
July 1, 2023 at 10:30 PM
When your decision to stay in and work on Saturday afternoon proves to be unpopular…
The great (and forever elusive) Carole Eastman, at Bob and Toby Rafelson’s house
June 13, 2023 at 12:16 AM
The great (and forever elusive) Carole Eastman, at Bob and Toby Rafelson’s house
Obsessed with this picture of my kid because if you told me this was Mark Arm in 1991 I could almost believe it
May 20, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Obsessed with this picture of my kid because if you told me this was Mark Arm in 1991 I could almost believe it
So much John Berryman, but this one especially, which is both hilarious and troubling
May 17, 2023 at 4:36 PM
So much John Berryman, but this one especially, which is both hilarious and troubling
Given that last one was sorta niche Angeleno, please enjoy this mathematical proof that Phil Lynott was the best rock star
May 17, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Given that last one was sorta niche Angeleno, please enjoy this mathematical proof that Phil Lynott was the best rock star
“What do you skeet, my lord?”
“Langer’s, Langer’s, Langer’s”
“Langer’s, Langer’s, Langer’s”
May 17, 2023 at 5:14 AM
“What do you skeet, my lord?”
“Langer’s, Langer’s, Langer’s”
“Langer’s, Langer’s, Langer’s”