Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The It factor, in my experience! I saw Dillon at a sushi restaurant in Charlottesville, VA. (He was in town to film a movie with Sean Young.) He was incandescently charismatic. 1252
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I'm a little late to the party, but this Justin Torres story is something I keep returning to: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...newyorker.comReverting to a Wild StateA breakup, in reverse. 110
Reposted by Peter BeynonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB... 304178256305
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New story! Thanks very much to FlashFlood Journal's 2026 editorial team--Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, Anita Goveas, Sara Hills, Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Cassandra Parkin, Diane Simmons, Judi Walsh, & Rob Walton. They posted my story & dozens of others yesterday to celebrate Flash Fiction Day!bsky.app 041
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Robert Glück's Jack the Modernist (I bought the handsome NYRB reissue) Elizabeth Strout's The Things We Never Say 120
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Diagram www.thediagram.com Fictive Dream fictivedream.com New World Writing newworldwriting.netthediagram.comDIAGRAM :: ART + AGENCY UNLOCKED 010
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New stories to share-- I'm very proud of them, and grateful to the editors of New World Writing for giving them a home: newworldwriting.net/peter-beynon...newworldwriting.netPeter Beynon ~ Two Stories - New World Writing QuarterlyThe Oasis Borschewski tugs at the bedspread and pillows until they lie just so. Not that he gives a shit about pillows, really, or that Nina does. The street 000
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026that's Samuel-Beckett-level hair silvery, thick, & thumbing its nose at time & gravity 010
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026This story is wonderful; I love the scrambled chronology without quite being able to explain why. Maybe because it allows us to see, first, the profound impact Kelly had on those who loved her, understood her, supported her. 101
Reposted by Peter BeynonGuardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 13/01/2026“The Guardrails are restrained, but they exist” We are Minneapolis, Portland, Los Angeles, D.C. Chicago, Charlotte, NOLA- Don’t fall for the psychological warfare. BE A GUARDRAIL 21530257
Reposted by Peter BeynonChrysostom @chrysost.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The whole world is being held hostage by a monkey with a flamethrower. And no-one’s sure they can get it off him before he presses the flame on button, so they’re just throwing bananas at him to keep him happy. It’s astounding. 14316
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I keep forgetting that U Penn, his alma mater, is in the IV league... 040
Reposted by Peter BeynonYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 18/11/2025 191241276
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I just called my senators (Schumer & Gillibrand). Did the election results on Tuesday not tell the Dems that they finally have the upper hand? 3212
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Thanks for this wake-up call; I'd been feeling complacent after the election (and after watching Tr*mp getting booed at the football game) I called my senators promptly (Schumer & Gillibrand) & will keep my fingers crossed. 030
Reposted by Peter BeynonDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Jesse Welles is back with another great song. Last time it was the Epstein list. This time Venezuela. Bravo, Jesse!!! 413754
Reposted by Peter BeynonOrcaholic 🐳🐬🌿🐈⬛🇵🇸🇺🇦💙🇬🇱🇩🇰⚾️ @sandyp.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Republicans refuse to extend benefits for the Affordable Care Act meaning millions of Americans will lose healthcare coverage. GOP wants you to suffer 241
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Audition, Katie Kitamura's new novel two ingeniously constructed old favorites: "Our Story Begins" (Tobias Wolff) & "Reverting to a Wild State" (Justin Torres) & this new Spencer Nitkey story I'll discuss w/my students next week: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...matchbooklitmag.comGregor, the Saint of Close Calls | matchbook 050
Reposted by Peter BeynonMy Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 23/09/2025. Chicago keeps its 2025 New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100% clean power Experts agree Climate Change is real, but there is #hope, because we have the solutions to take #ClimateAction. grist.org/cities/chicago-re... 🌎🌍🌏grist.orgChicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100% clean powerTo achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River. 019847
Reposted by Peter BeynonChasten Glezman Buttigieg @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦♂️ 931231423868
Reposted by Peter BeynonJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 22/09/2025He was betrayed by those he was close to. Persecuted for his beliefs. Publicly crucified to serve as a cautionary tale to his followers. Then, by divine grace, he was resurrected. The people rejoiced. Needless to say, I’m referring to Jimmy Kimmel. 1175007800
Reposted by Peter BeynonAmyP-no-bs @amyp-nobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Wanted to share this great, great photo from the Chicago Tribune, taken September 19 at the ICE detention facility in Broadview IL, outside Chicago. Protesters there have been tear gassed and shot with pepper balls. An ICE goon threw a Dem House candidate on the ground (she’s a little tiny thing). 25311
Reposted by Peter BeynonAndrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 19/09/2025substack.com/@demwinsmedi...substack.comDemocratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia)BREAKING: Stephen Colbert just had the best clap back at Donald Trump’s silencing of Jimmy Kimmel we’ve seen yet. This is amazing. 19394113
Reposted by Peter BeynonAir-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 15/09/2025This was a word AND he cussed 😂 20586442994
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 13/09/2025This was a great interview about a great story. Asking authors to sing their own praises is an ingenious strategy. The answer Evans gave you was one of several places in the interview that made me laugh out loud. 010
Reposted by Peter BeynonChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Fucking finally. Fight back against the bullshit framing that tries to make Dems responsible for everything. The GOP is *choosing* to create this kind of societal environment. They could stop it at any time. They have agency as well. They’re not fucking children (except when, well, you know) 564567848
Reposted by Peter BeynonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. 8816195
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The jacket in the video fits the man perfectly. Can you tell me who made it? thank you 010
Reposted by Peter BeynonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/08/2025This is why Republicans have to cheat with maps. They can't win on policy. 1482221627
Reposted by Peter BeynonLitbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 21/08/2025What a beautiful last line. From Linda Pastan's book, Queen of a Rainy Country: bit.ly/lindaqueenLB #poem #books #writing 14110
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 17/08/2025This is a great story--not a wasted word, and its naturalistic dialogue coveys so much about the characters' shared history. The story the two of them discuss is, and is not, _their_ story. 000
Reposted by Peter BeynonJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Nope. The exact opposite. I wish for Trump to fail BECAUSE I wish for America to succeed. What Trump is doing - his stupid tariffs, his cruel deportations, his traitorous siding with Putin - will all hurt America. I don’t want to hurt America. So of course I want Trump to fail. 93777135
Reposted by Peter BeynonKaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Trump couldn’t get a deal with Putin (duh). Anyways, here’s Obama with his Nobel Peace Prize. 1136
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 10/08/2025The huge Wal-Mart a couple of miles from my house in upstate NY has one. 010
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 09/08/2025That Kevin Wilson book is great. Also, I really enjoyed Lindsay Hunter's Eat Only When You're Hungry (& sent her an email to say so); I haven't read her newer stuff yet. 010
Peter Beynon @akapeterbeynon.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I love these: Catherine Newman, We All Want Impossible Things Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep Somewhat older titles I recommend every chance I get: Teju Cole, Open City Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You Christie Hodgen, Elegies for the Brokenhearted Neel Mukherjee, A Life Apart 010
Reposted by Peter BeynonRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I see the story of this secret meeting between Vance and Murdoch is finally getting some traction. 57791249
Reposted by Peter BeynonSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025In new CBS poll Trump clocks in at an ugly 42%-58% (-16). This is a 22!!!!!!! point drop from early February when he came in at 53%-47% in this poll. Six months in the American people are not buying what he's selling. 1/ 1641889507
