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Caleb Michael Sarvis

@cmsarvis.bsky.social
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Author of Dead Aquarium. Owner of Bridge Eight Press. www.calebmsarvis.com

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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now reading the new one from Emily St. John Mandel. #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Now reading this one from Ayșegül Savaș.
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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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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My #1 celebrity crush wrote a short story, got it published in Guernica. and goddammit, it's actually good. www.guernicamag.com/tether/
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Tether
“In the silence of the lab, the scents are loud. They even speak. They mix, change, pervert one another—until they become something new.”
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My story "Title to Come" is featured in the latest issue of Loser. Not sure how much longer it'll be around but you can buy it at: www.lulu.com/shop/mai-bel...
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Had one of my novels rejected by a press I had a really good feeling about. I'm usually pretty thick-skinned about it all, but woke up this morning just as disappointed as yesterday. I'm frustrated and unsure what to do about it.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Enjoyed doing this again for Oyster River Pages. www.oysterriverpages.com/contributor-...
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Caleb Michael Sarvis — Oyster River Pages
ORP: What inspired you to begin writing or creating? Has that source of inspiration changed throughout your life? Caleb Michael Sarvis: When I was kid, I used to write/draw Johnny Bravo comics for...
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now reading this one from Emma Cline. #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Incredible win for Frances Tiafoe. What a match. I'm buzzin!
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Go Noles, I guess.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's my birthday, so you should buy this issue of Loser which features a story of mine about modern television, first drafts, and reconciling the space between production and reality. www.lulu.com/shop/mai-bel...
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Loser VII
The seventh issue of Loser, unedited by Mai Bell and Conor Hultman
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
On Adam Levin, Emma Smith-Stevens, Danny McBride, and George Saunders. #booksky calebmsarvis.substack.com/p/reading-ro...
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Reading Roundup — August 2026
On Adam Levin, Emma Smith-Stevens, Danny McBride, and George Saunders
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Should've happened earlier! Let's go @washmystics.bsky.social and let's go USA.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Now reading this one from @patrickcottrell.bsky.social #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dennis is drinking a Fat Tire in the latest episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The man is a sociopath, but he's got great taste.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I have two writing projects, both of which have momentum, and I don't know how to juggle them. I'm best focusing on one, but if I give one my undivided attention, the other becomes a bit ornery in my head. It's kind of driving me nuts.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Now reading the new George Saunders—ever heard of him? #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Loved this from Seerat Sohi on Kiki and the young Mystics. www.theringer.com/2026/08/19/w...
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Kiki Iriafen Isn’t a Unicorn. She’s a Destroyer.
Don’t sleep on the Mystics’ young star. The WNBA’s next great power forward is here.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Who's gonna meet me there?
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Graeme Wood. WOOF! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read this interview with Bridge Eight author to-be on Short Story, Long! ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
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A Short Interview w/ Nathan Holic
Bonus material for Nathan's short story comic, “Lake of the Gulfs” published on 8/11.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This book is not good. It reads like Danny McBride's screen work, which is fine and funny and all — but it makes for bad lit. However, I would've eaten this up in high school, and if it turns a teenager into a short story reader, then isn't that a great thing? #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Now reading this one from Danny McBride #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Now reading this one from Emma Smith-Stevens.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Current favorite living writer rankings are some amorphous assemblage of: Karen Russell Adam Levin Jamaal May (poet) Lauren Groff Christian TeBordo Can confidently say those are the 5. Camille Bordas, Emily St. John Mandel, Jessica Anthony, Jason Ockert deserve mention, too.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This my penultimate entry of 100 Words Per Mile. Wednesday will be my last. Thanks, everyone, for reading this sometimes embarrassing project. 100wordspermile.substack.com/p/100-words-...
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100 Words Per Mile: I Think I'm a Demon
I’m self-destructive but I don’t want to destroy my marriage, and those two ingredients don’t bode well for an honest conversation.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A couple hundred pages into this and just enamored with Levin's ability to keep me hooked with a massive tangent. #Booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Orioles traded my favorite player to the team I hate the most. I am dead inside.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
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Reading Roundup — July 2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
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Reading Roundup — July 2026
On John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, John Updike, and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Now that I've finished Updike's Rabbit novels. here's what's in the queue, pending other recs: Mount Chicago by Adam Levin Greyhounds by Emma Smith Stevens Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Now reading this one. Rabbit #5 #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Now reading Rabbit #4. #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Now reading Rabbit #4. #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really enjoying this Updike ride.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I got to see The Odyssey last night. Had a great time, and with that, here are my updated Christopher Nolan rankings. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
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Christopher Nolan: The Definitive, Subjective Ranking
Now that I've seen The Odyssey, I updated my ranking of Nolan's films to solidify how I felt.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"I am not second guessing. Hell, I’m still half asleep, tangled in the thick of dreams, swept up in the muzzy logic of the dreamscape, with nothing but the mystery of intuition to guide me." Love this, @saralippmann.bsky.social lithub.com/stealing-tim...
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Stealing Time: In Praise of Writing at Dawn, at Midnight or Whenever We Can
At 5 AM and it’s me and the birds. This is how I like it: when the house is asleep. Outside, the slow rumble of a sanitation truck. A lone scooter screams down the block. Sometimes a helicopt…
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sara lippmann @saralippmann.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
grateful to @cmsarvis.bsky.social for including me in this killer roundup — and for reading with such spot-on acuity.
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
On Cormac McCarthy, Homer, @patrickcottrell.bsky.social, Ryan Ridge & Mel Bosworth, and @saralippmann.bsky.social #booksky #amreading open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...
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Reading Roundup — June 2026
On Cormac McCarthy, Homer, Patrick Cottrell, Ryan Ridge & Mel Bosworth, and Sara Lippmann
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Dedicating July to Updike's Rabbit novels. #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Jimmy Butler and picks doesn't move me. The Wizards should force Golden State to include a third team who can deliver us a serviceable big who can play on opening night. I'm looking at you, Zion (or similar).
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Now reading this one from @saralippmann.bsky.social
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
AJ Dybantsa is a Washington Wizard. What a time to be alive. Is it October yet??
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“It’s just the end of the world,” my mother said, the mother of my dream, but otherwise everything went on as before. Read these flames from Christian TeBordo. burialmagazine.neocities.org/isforrealisn...
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Is for Real Is Not for Real
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The NBA Draft is in one week. My Wizards have the #1 pick. My head says AJ Dybantsa. My heart says Darryn Peterson. My soul says trust the people paid to do the job. 7 more days of speculation!
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Now reading from @patrickcottrell.bsky.social #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Now reading #booksky
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
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The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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Caleb Michael Sarvis @cmsarvis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
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The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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