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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 20/05/2026

"I never enter into a story with any kind of map; rather, I’m constantly dowsing for discovery." —Bret Anthony Johnston bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Cover of Bret Anthony Johnston's book "Encounters with Unexpected Animals"

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 13/05/2026

The Spring 2026 issue of BOMB is also the 25th issue of @bombmag.bsky.social that I've had the pleasure to edit.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 29/04/2026

Same here, little sadness-eating bee. Same here.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 21/04/2026

I'm not going to cry over this. I'm not going to cry over this. I'm not going to cry over this. I'm not...

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 09/04/2026

"Failure is a beautiful thing. When you write, the joy is in coming up against what you can’t do. And then you and the work have to be reconciled together." — @legroff.bsky.social speaking with @rumaan.bsky.social in the spring issue of @bombmag.bsky.social bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

BOMB's spring issue and BRAWLER by Lauren Groff.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 31/03/2026

20 years ago, while commuting from campus to the city, I heard @wilcohq.bsky.social’s “Jesus, Etc.” for the first time. Some celestial alignment had me back on campus last weekend to speak on a panel about internships just weeks after editing an interview with Jeff Tweedy for @bombmag.bsky.social.

The cover of BOMB Magazine's Spring 2026 issue, with artwork by Deborah Roberts and a list of contributors including Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 30/03/2026

The classic car designation on this vanity plate is the masterstroke.

Vanity plate on a 90s Lexus that says idgaf.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 09/02/2026

Please beware of scammers using my name. They are offering artists interviews in BOMB as a pretense to get them to download some sketchy AI software called NexBee. More details in the image below. Stay safe out there!

Unfortunately, some lousy scam artists are using my name to scam some actual artists. (Yes, really.)

If you receive a request to be interviewed for BOMB, please ensure the associated email address isn’t a generic Gmail account using some phishy variation of my name.

We will never ask you to download software for an interview. DO NOT accept meetings that are not over the phone or Zoom—the scams seem to have something to do with platforms called NexBee and SpeekAI. 👎

If you receive a suspicious email that claims to be from one of BOMB’s editors, please forward it to bomb@bombsite.com so we can take action. Thank you! 🕵️

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 25/01/2026

Emergency supplies for the snow storm?

A Costco customer leaning against a shopping cart with stacks of paper towel higher than his head.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 07/11/2025

Helped my daughter finish a hidden picture worksheet, and now I'll never sleep again.

Illustrated rooster that has a human hand instead of a tail.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 27/10/2025

Saturday was a doubleheader of kid birthday parties. I decompressed at the jewelry making station.

Bracelet with the abbreviation FML on it.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 16/09/2025

Happy pub day to the glorious new collection GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES by Samanta Schweblin and translated by Megan McDowell! Get your copy from @bookshop.org or your local heroic bookstore. bookshop.org/p/books/good...

The cover of Samanta Schweblin's new book GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 15/09/2025

The fall issue of BOMB launched today, and it’s a stunner! bombmagazine.org/magazine/173/

The cover of BOMB’s new fall issue features artist and musician Dickie Landry, author Samanta Schweblin, and many other contributors.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 07/09/2025

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Album art for Spin Doctors’s Pocket Full of Kryptonite

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 05/09/2025

I’ll never be a stage mom, but I am proud to be a pizzeria-napkin-dispenser dad.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 21/08/2025

Did artificial intelligence make these chips?

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 02/07/2025

"Men were created in order to destroy everything, and women were created so there would be one thing they couldn’t destroy." — @catherinelacey.bsky.social‬'s The Möbius Book bombmagazine.org/articles/202... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @bombmag.bsky.social

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 27/06/2025

Come celebrate with us! bombmagazine.org/events/summe...

Red and yellow invite to BOMB Magazine's summer issue party.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 23/06/2025

Americans are always overcompensating: We have the biggest trucks, the highest debt, and our passport applications allow you to claim that you're TEN FEET TALL.

Dropdown menu for a US passport application that allows people to claim they are ten feet tall.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 23/06/2025

I've never met the owner of this car, and yet I'm certain that we're soulmates.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 18/06/2025

Grateful to @catherineweiss.bsky.social‬ for the opportunity to publish her poems—and this GIF of a guy doinking off the propeller of the Titanic. bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 17/06/2025

Happy pub day to Catherine Lacey's The Möbius Book! You can read an excerpt in the latest issue of BOMB—and find a link to order the book so you can read the rest! bombmagazine.org/articles/202... @catherinelacey.bsky.social @bombmag.bsky.social‬ ‪@fsgbooks.bsky.social

The cover of Catherine Lacey's book The Möbius Book is blue and features a white illustration of a möbius strip.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 16/06/2025

🌟 The summer 2025 issue of @bombmag.bsky.social‬ is here, and it is absolutely star-studded! 🌟 bombmagazine.org/magazine/172/

Cover of BOMB Magazine's summer 2025 issue features a behind-the-scenes photo of a show by the collective CFGNY.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 11/06/2025

If you ever need to slow down, may I suggest letting a child in rain boots set the pace?

Black umbrella with only the legs and rain boots of a child visible below it.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 11/06/2025

Here are the books, films, albums, and more that my colleagues at @bombmag.bsky.social are recommending this month. bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 11/06/2025

This talented NYC busker, Gabriel Mayers, was so good that I happily let my train go by and waited for the next one.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 28/05/2025

This is what happens when the ice cream truck peels out.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 08/05/2025

“One of the secret ways I’m special is that I can will my body to do anything, but I have no willpower.” FLOWER by Ed Atkins is wild and unlike any other book I’ve read. And, it’s out now from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/flower/

A white book titled Flower, by Ed Atkins.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 26/03/2025

Donut deodorant? If anyone needs me, I'll be living on a mountaintop until society comes to its senses.

Ad for Native and Dunkin' selling donut scented deodorant.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 17/03/2025

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with free Irish books from the Irish Arts Center! irishartscenter.org/event/book-d...

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 05/03/2025

Can someone explain this to me? My 4yo's homework asks her to connect uppercase letters to their lowercase counterparts. I tried to help, but I just don't understand this new math...

Half finished worksheet page with mismatched uppercase and lowercase letters.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 22/01/2025

Christopher Paynes's photos from abandoned hospitals are what Wes Anderson's nightmares must look like. www.chrispaynephoto.com/asylum-1

Old, colorful toothbrushes hanging in a cabinet.

Three colorful hospital dresses hanging from hooks.

A view down a pink and creamed colored corridor in an abandoned hospital.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 10/01/2025

My one-year-old had a blood test today...

Screenshot of an Apple Watch alert for a Loud Environment that reads sound levels hit 95 decibels.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 02/01/2025

My four-year-old drew a sea monster who helps fish but doesn’t like people, and it is now my spirit animal.

Child’s pencil drawing of a triangular sea monster with the words “does not like people.”

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 10/12/2024

A holiday subscription to Aperture and @bombmag.bsky.social is the perfect gift for anyone worth giving a gift to. bombmagazine.org/subscribe

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 27/11/2024

Mary Oliver is everywhere these days.

Poem by Mary Oliver printed on canvas and hanging from twine in the woods.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 25/11/2024

This typo just blessed my inbox, and it needs your FIMMEDIATE attention.

Email subject line that reads "fimmediate announcement" in all caps

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 21/11/2024

What an amazing night! Congrats on 75 years, @nationalbook.bsky.social!

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 21/11/2024

“Books do so many things. They inspire. They transport. They kill spiders when you can’t find a shoe.” —Kate McKinnon, host of the 75th National Book Awards. #nbawards #books

Kate McKinnon wearing a white suit and hosting the National Book Awards

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 18/11/2024

Angie Sijun Lou's "Reincarnation Waiting Room," a short story as wonderful as its title, is now unlocked at BOMB Magazine! "I had sinned so blandly that instead of being licked by infernal flames, I was sentenced to an eternity at the DMV." bombmagazine.org/articles/202... @bombmag.bsky.social

Open Chan, the giant inflatable mascot from 7-1l in Taiwan, floats freely in the night sky.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 15/03/2024

The new issue of BOMB Magazine is out in the world today! We’ve got interviews with Emily Raboteau about her new book about climate collapse and art, as well as with poet Richard Siken who is coming out with his first collection since a stroke upended his life.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 23/12/2023

My kid thought this was a scene from Frozen.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 16/11/2023

Got to say hello to my hero at the National Book Awards last night.

LeVar Burton at the 2023 National Book Awards with some guy.

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 06/07/2023

“I have spent my life building rooms in my mind to step in or to never step in and it is as if I have built all the rooms wrong.” —Paul Yoon’s “At the Post Station”

Cover of Paul Yoon’s story collection, The Hive and the Honey

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 01/07/2023

Hoping they have a gift shop.

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