Tom McAllister
@tmcallister.bsky.social
Author of novels HOW TO BE SAFE and THE YOUNG WIDOWER'S HANDBOOK, and essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE.
Co-host of Book Fight! podcast (RIP). @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. Rutgers-Camden MFA faculty. South Jersey.
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Co-host of Book Fight! podcast (RIP). @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. Rutgers-Camden MFA faculty. South Jersey.
Tom.mcallister.ws
Phillie Phanatic at Hedonism
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Phillie Phanatic at Hedonism
love that the Falcons website really goes out of its way to emphasize that Lil' Fred, their small mascot, is NOT the son of Freddie Falcon, they just look identical, act the same, and have all the same interests
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
love that the Falcons website really goes out of its way to emphasize that Lil' Fred, their small mascot, is NOT the son of Freddie Falcon, they just look identical, act the same, and have all the same interests
who remembers these (we used to set the alarms so we wouldn't miss our flight to Jeffrey Epstein's private island)
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
who remembers these (we used to set the alarms so we wouldn't miss our flight to Jeffrey Epstein's private island)
was going to order a salad for lunch from my local deli but then I saw this option and I guess I've got nothing else going on for the next half hour anyway
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
was going to order a salad for lunch from my local deli but then I saw this option and I guess I've got nothing else going on for the next half hour anyway
feels good to sing it this morning
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
feels good to sing it this morning
There's no indication in the article that the NFL is replacing Bad Bunny with Sting, the story is that Sting is playing at some dumbass corporate branding concert in a different location two days before the Super Bowl. It's a bad headline and a bad post
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There's no indication in the article that the NFL is replacing Bad Bunny with Sting, the story is that Sting is playing at some dumbass corporate branding concert in a different location two days before the Super Bowl. It's a bad headline and a bad post
we are back in business, folks
mfa.camden.rutgers.edu
mfa.camden.rutgers.edu
October 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
we are back in business, folks
mfa.camden.rutgers.edu
mfa.camden.rutgers.edu
I genuinely think about this tweet a lot
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I genuinely think about this tweet a lot
checking in on the once very good lit mag that pivoted to NFTs in 2025
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
checking in on the once very good lit mag that pivoted to NFTs in 2025
I also have one more local event coming up, probably my last for a while, at Big Blue Marble in Mt. Airy.
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I also have one more local event coming up, probably my last for a while, at Big Blue Marble in Mt. Airy.
Hey I'm going to be in Ithaca talking IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE with @jrobertlennon.com in a couple weeks. Would be cool to see some of you there, assuming you, like me, live within a 4 hour drive
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hey I'm going to be in Ithaca talking IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE with @jrobertlennon.com in a couple weeks. Would be cool to see some of you there, assuming you, like me, live within a 4 hour drive
every morning I get an email from the Chronicle of Higher Ed with an opinion piece by some tenured academic incapable of understanding the actual world we live in
October 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
every morning I get an email from the Chronicle of Higher Ed with an opinion piece by some tenured academic incapable of understanding the actual world we live in
Pretty excited (and more than a little surprised) to have a piece in any Best American anything, let alone Sciene & Nature Writing
October 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Pretty excited (and more than a little surprised) to have a piece in any Best American anything, let alone Sciene & Nature Writing
Photographic evidence of me standing on stage and saying words into a microphone this evening
September 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Photographic evidence of me standing on stage and saying words into a microphone this evening
Next week, the great and talented students at the Rutgers-Camden MFA program are doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. I'll be there too. Come on out and hear from the future of Philly's lit scene. Also have some tots.
September 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Next week, the great and talented students at the Rutgers-Camden MFA program are doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. I'll be there too. Come on out and hear from the future of Philly's lit scene. Also have some tots.
Can't stop thinking about this horrible upcycled Tim Couch jersey I encountered in Cleveland yesterday
September 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Can't stop thinking about this horrible upcycled Tim Couch jersey I encountered in Cleveland yesterday
Having a great day so far at the Inkubator Conference run by @literarycleveland.bsky.social. Free to the public, tons of people, well organized, and great energy. Huge turnout for my memoir session yoo
September 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Having a great day so far at the Inkubator Conference run by @literarycleveland.bsky.social. Free to the public, tons of people, well organized, and great energy. Huge turnout for my memoir session yoo
Smh even the local zombies are relying on meal delivery these days
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Smh even the local zombies are relying on meal delivery these days
Next week we kick off the 10 year anniversary celebrate of the Rutgers-Camden Writers House with a reading by me & Lauren Grodstein. Event is free, but we're also offering lots of cool extras to donors who support the Writers House. Full details
writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/10th-anniver...
writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/10th-anniver...
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Next week we kick off the 10 year anniversary celebrate of the Rutgers-Camden Writers House with a reading by me & Lauren Grodstein. Event is free, but we're also offering lots of cool extras to donors who support the Writers House. Full details
writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/10th-anniver...
writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/10th-anniver...
Reading in NYC next Friday, in case anyone on this app lives in New York City and is over 30 and has a graduate degree and likes to mill around in a room with other people like that
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reading in NYC next Friday, in case anyone on this app lives in New York City and is over 30 and has a graduate degree and likes to mill around in a room with other people like that
Is this guy wearing a Scott Franzke shirt?
September 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Is this guy wearing a Scott Franzke shirt?
In three weeks, the extremely talented MFA students at Rutgers-Camden will be doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. It'll be a fun, free event and you have my personal guarantee that nobody will read for too long
September 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In three weeks, the extremely talented MFA students at Rutgers-Camden will be doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. It'll be a fun, free event and you have my personal guarantee that nobody will read for too long
because of "a general feeling" and "a perception of a problem"
August 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
because of "a general feeling" and "a perception of a problem"
Excerpt from IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE is in the new issue of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social , if that's the sort of information you find interesting
August 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Excerpt from IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE is in the new issue of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social , if that's the sort of information you find interesting