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Barrett Bowlin

@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
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Author of the short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM. Stuff in places like The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 anthology, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, etc. www.barrettbowlin.com www.linktr.ee/barrettbowlin

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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 3h
Reason #74932 why I don't maintain contact with any Trump &/or GOP voters: Because the current administration is trying to turn our own postal service into one of its surveillance arms. Fuuuuuuuuuuck this, and fuck those voters. www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ahhhhhhh hah aha haha haha haha ha haaaaaa [inhales] Haaaa ha ha hah hhah hahaha haaa... www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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Ed Sheeran's Gillette Stadium concerts canceled due to nor'easter, tour promoter says
Ed Sheeran's​ Gillette Stadium concerts in Foxboro, Massachusetts, have been canceled as Boston braces for a nor'easter.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump's approval rating just hit an all-time low. Polling for Republicans ahead of the midterms is tanking too. Good news. But do not let the unpopularity of Trump and the GOP result in you becoming complacent. We need to show up this November in numbers so huge that victory cannot be denied.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
All it takes is two espresso martinis to feel like I can win a Pulitzer.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
great day to smoke weed and eat corn dogs without a big hole in my neck gushing dark red venous blood out of it like a broken cherry icee machine
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In the post-apocalypse wasteland, the billionaires get hunted down and eaten first—sure, absolutely, 100%—but if we’re going to keep our colosseum fighting pits fully stocked, we’re going to need to save some adrenaline for capturing the A.I. tech bros who got us into this mess in the first place.
Tina Turner (as her character in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome) with the text of “Two Nerds Enter, One Nerd Leaves"
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Preordered faster than you can say “Hell, yeah!" And you can get Casey’s new book here, too: zandoprojects.com/books/kill-c...
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Kill Current (Hardcover)
A technology that isn’t supposed to exist for another decade. The superpowers who will do anything to possess it. And one ex-agent who needs to find his…
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/09/2026
40% more kids are eating breakfast and 15% more are eating lunch since we launched free school meals in Minnesota. Now we’re making sure 100% of kids eat their broccoli.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fuck, yeah, @caseystegman.com (a.k.a. “Oliver Lowe”)!!!
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 09/09/2026
OLIMPICOOOOOOOOOOOO! 🌀 Izzy Rodriguez's stunner wins Goal of the Week presented by Canon USA!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Did you know if we add four seats to SCOTUS in 2029, we could bring back the charges against Trump for January 6? They could overturn the immunity ruling and consider tolling the statute of limitations for the duration of Trump’s presidency. We could also resurrect the classified documents case.
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Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly's EMBRACE and LOVE of the full-blown girlishness was what inspired me to kick it into high gear. Wear the crinolines, the leopard print, the eyeshadow, the rhinestones. FOR DOLLY.
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Dolly Parton: Higher The Hair, Closer To God
ALT: Dolly Parton: Higher The Hair, Closer To God
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I know I’m not alone in this, but Dolly Parton was truly the best of us. She was a champion of literacy, science, children, healthcare, and just plain ol’ kindness & compassion. Her songs were how I introduced my Lit students to poetry, and she will be immeasurably missed. What an absolute legend.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I really, really, really like this take from @mcastimovies.bsky.social on how this summer's liminal horror flicks reflect Gen X's, Millennials', and Gen Z's mounting anxieties. Read it if you want to say "holy shit, that's accurate" several times over this morning. www.avclub.com/liminal-horr...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Suffolk University students are pushing back against the school's new Applied AI co-major. A new petition with over 500 signatures calls on Suffolk to scrap the program & redirect funding toward students, staff and arts and humanities after 65 staff positions were cut recently.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Currently listening to German techno. The chorus to the current track sounds like it's repeating the phrase "monkey piss." As someone who doesn't speak much German, I'm here for it. Das ist wirklich wunderschön.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Further adventures in novel research
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We've officially reached a sci-fi marker, i.e., the date mentioned in the title of one of Ray Bradbury's most famous stories: "August 4th, 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains." Not gonna lie: the world's looking ominous enough that I could go for a wee bit of a apocalypse right at the moment.
Post-apocalyptic image of a single house with a city in the background
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
the siren song of a new short story idea when I’m supposed to be working on revising my novel
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scenes today from Massachusetts or Fallout 4? You be the judge!
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 10/07/2026
Contributor @barrettbowlin.bsky.social has made me think of a new writing prompt: A random selector provides three academic articles in unrelated fields, from which you must draw while writing a story.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Selections from today's Adventures in Novel Research:
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A huge, HUGE congratulations to @jenniferpashley.bsky.social, whose new thriller, THE HOUSE GUEST, came out yesterday. On Tuesday, 7/28, I get the absolute privilege of talking w/ Pashley about her work over at Provincetown Bookshop. Come on over and say hi! provincetownbookshop.com/events/56860...
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"The House Guest": A Conversation with Author Jennifer Pashley & Barrett Bowlin | The Provincetown Bookshop
Cape Cod's oldest bookstore - a doorway to discovery in Provincetown
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 07/07/2026
Going forward, Nazi tattoos are a dealbreaker. Right? Right?!
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Fun quote for today, for no reason or occasion whatsoever: “I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments.” —John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley (1962)
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
She’s not active on BlueSky, but, holy shit, @laurenhough.bsky.social’s new memoir, MONSTER OF A LAND, is fucking outstanding. This Sunday, 6/28, I’m getting the chance to talk with her about the book at Riffraff bookstore & bar, in Providence. Come see us and say hi! (And buy Lauren’s book!)
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5
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Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is what happens when you put people who don’t read in charge.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
So apparently some administrative type w/ a kink for upholstered frotteurism just published a work about going to church, eating lead paint, & spying on one’s neighbors? Accept no imitations, friends! Come read the original “Communion” at @reckonreview.bsky.social. reckonreview.com/communion-fi...
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COMMUNION | Fiction by Barrett Bowlin – Reckon Review
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Further proof that we are so fucking dumb: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines
Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 17/06/2026
"These characters are sad, and, despite getting everything they want, nobody’s happy." Who You Would Be at the End of the World: @barrettbowlin.bsky.social interviews @housleydave.bsky.social about Aliens Attack! (@masonjarpress.bsky.social). 🛸 buff.ly/z7W7ZKM
The cited information but not the quote written in white at the bottom of Housley's author photo. In the lower righthand corner is the book cover for Aliens Attack! with the full Rumpus logo overtop.
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Learning about incredible works of literature past their initial publication dates is a goddamn joy, like what just happened to me with @cwblackwell.bsky.social's "The Kings of Ghost City," c/o @reckonreview.bsky.social. Holy hell, it's a precise, outstanding story. reckonreview.com/the-kings-of...
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THE KINGS OF GHOST CITY | Fiction by C.W. Blackwell – Reckon Review
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Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I am very chuffed to have won the PEN/Bernard & Ann Malamud Award. I really love short stories, both reading and writing. www.penfaulkner.org/2026/06/15/e...
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Elizabeth McCracken Wins the 2026 PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award | The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In March, @housleydave.bsky.social was awesome enough to Zoom with me and chat about his novel, Aliens Attack! (c/o @masonjarpress.bsky.social). It's an outstanding book, & Dave's an outstanding person, so, yeah, you should come check out our @therumpus.net interview. therumpus.net/2026/06/15/w...
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Who You Would Be at the End of the World: a Conversation with Dave Housley - The Rumpus
“his process of building and connecting stories together into a larger work… You can start off with one version that you send out to lit mags, and then you can design another version that connects to ...
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Big huge thanks to @barrettbowlin.bsky.social and @therumpus.net for posting this interview about ALIENS ATTACK!, the end of the world, literary fiction, David Bowie music and movies, Walter Tevis, and...the "Housley-verse?" therumpus.net/2026/06/15/w...
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Who You Would Be at the End of the World: a Conversation with Dave Housley - The Rumpus
“his process of building and connecting stories together into a larger work… You can start off with one version that you send out to lit mags, and then you can design another version that connects to ...
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A huge, HUGE (!!!) thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and the team at @reckonreview.bsky.social for publishing my creepy-ass, lead-paint story, “Communion.” (Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.) reckonreview.com/communion-fi...
Chipped, blue, lead paint on a floor
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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New fiction today! Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA. @barrettbowlin.bsky.social
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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
how does this keep happening
That meme of the guy looking at another girl while he's with his girlfriend except it's me looking at a cool submissions call I just saw when I'm supposed to be working on my novel
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Barrett Bowlin @barrettbowlin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Investors: "Oh, the jobs report was better than expected?" "It was." [long silence] "I'm scared. Hold me." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/b...
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Stocks Slide as Investors See Rates Rising After Strong Jobs Data
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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.
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