Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 28/09/2026one day publishers weekly will learn how to post a high resolution book cover on the internet 130
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 24/09/2026mfs are on twitter arguing about pimple patches and on bluesky posting about CSPAN 030
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I appreciate the general dorky/serious nature of Bluesky but man I wish it was even a little bit funnier here 5130
Reposted by Gary LovelyJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I wrote something about a man I'll never know and the car he left behind, bearing witness the only way I know how. Grateful to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for making space for this one. 24911
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Congrats to @transitbooks.bsky.social on the @thebookerprizes.com short list! I'll be hollering about this one (again) at Heartland Fall Forum Rep Picks in Mpls in a couple weeks! 080
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Where are y'all putting your news dollars lately? I keep a nyt sub for our family's crossword needs but I'm open to better suggestions, especially if there's good book coverage (not substack, please) 210
Reposted by Gary LovelyLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Nick Offerman and Gary Lovely discuss aspiring to Wendell Berry. lithub.com/nick-offerma...lithub.comNick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell BerryThis interview was originally published in 2020. Wendell Berry died two days ago at the age of 92. Growing up in the foothills of eastern Kentucky as a compulsive reader and full-time hillbilly, I … 1166
Reposted by Gary LovelyJust Mike @abolitionorbust.bsky.social · 02/09/2026If I still drank, I would have invited @garylove.bsky.social out for drinks & to get blasted last night to read & celebrate Wendell Berry. I remember when Ginsberg died. I was still drinking back then. Hell of a night lol 041
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you're looking to support Wendell Berry's work, here's a couple great places to start: Books: www.berrycenterbookstore.com Beef: ourhomeplacemeat.com/collections/... Our Homeplace Meat sells beef from a collection of family farms in Henry County, Kentucky, guided by Berry's philosophy. 163
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 01/09/2026An interview from years ago, in which @nickofferman.bsky.social and I discussed Wendell Berry, the giant of Henry County. lithub.com/nick-offerma....lithub.comNick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell BerryGrowing up in the foothills of eastern Kentucky as a compulsive reader and full-time hillbilly, I was instinctively attracted, like most literary-minded country folk, to the work of essayist, novel… 162
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." Rest in peace, Wendell Berry. 1151
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Vision Quest. Dark and grimey in a good way. Black light theater carpet. NES tapes lined the walls. A friend's mom ran the place so he was always posted up behind the counter playing whatever videogame he wanted. Beaded door for the adult section and tons hunting/fishing VHS. 040
Reposted by Gary LovelyArchipelago Books @archipelagobooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Hot off the press! To accompany Mafalda: Book Two, we’re circulating a do-it-yourself newspaper where you can daydream, critique offending foods, and fold a paper hat beside your favorite six-year-old. Book Two comes out December 1. We’ll be slipping a copy into any pre-order. 111
Reposted by Gary LovelyOR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Christos Georgalas, worked at Nasser Hospital, Gaza's largest functioning hospital, during the spring of 2025 Urgent Care brings together notes and photographs he took while living at the hospital, and features an intro by acclaimed British-Palestinian author Isabella Hammad. 123
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Some really excellent work coming September 8th from the buds at @utexaspress.bsky.social. Revising the canon of nineteenth century American architecture by bringing settler colonialism, racism, and labor relations to the forefront of the story. 182
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 28/08/2026kids just aren't carving pentagrams into stuff anymore 120
Reposted by Gary LovelyCaroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026we are going to find out she invented cheese and it will feel right 1697
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Spent last week visiting bookstores in Michigan. Tough job. 0110
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 20/08/2026once again I've found myself in Upper Michigan, the most beautiful place on earth 140
Reposted by Gary LovelyLarry Law @larrylaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Do your civic duty. #Hedgehog #Hedgehogart #Flock #FlockCamera #protestart 031
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Currently on a quest to have several stop signs installed in our neighborhood. Surely this will go smoothly and not piss me off at any point 140
Reposted by Gary LovelyJust Mike @abolitionorbust.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The good ol' days at The Bookloft with @colonellovely.bsky.social hahahaha 161
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Biased because of my working relationship with the press, but this is so unbelievably good. An easy favorite of the year. 390
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I keep thinking I should talk about books On Here but it's been fun to take a long break and read/judge whatever bullshit y'all are saying instead. 180
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Talking about @biblioasis.bsky.social & @charcopress.com in Chicago tomorrow night 🧟♂️ 051
Reposted by Gary LovelyCaroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Animal Spiral has been such an exciting book to work on, and now it's out today, and has gotten the smartest, best reading from @locusmag.bsky.sociallocusmag.comAnimal Spiral by Luis Othoniel Roa, translated by Katie Marya: Review by Niall Harrison - LocusAnimal Spiral, Luis Othoniel Rosa, tr. Katie Marya (Charco Press 978-1-91726-032-9, 448pp, $18.95, tp) June 2026. Cover by Pablo Font. Animal Spiral wants you to love the future. Sprawling across thre... 293
Reposted by Gary Lovelyking's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026to congratulate JD Vance on the release of his new book Communion we’re offering bell hooks’ Communion at 25% off until the end of the month! Order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/communion 511854
Reposted by Gary LovelyTwo Lines Press @twolinespress.com · 15/06/2026Translators! Two Lines Press is now open for not one, but TWO submission opportunities this summer! We're looking for both general submissions and submissions for a new Calico featuring poetry and flash fiction about sex from June 15 to August 2! www.twolinespress.com/submissionstwolinespress.comSubmit Your Work to Two Lines PressView our submission guidelines for literary translations. We seek innovative, world-class fiction and poetry from around the globe. 12626
Reposted by Gary LovelyCasey Plett @caseyplett.com · 13/06/2026There is nothing like talking to someone who sounds like where you're from 1232
Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Personally like the Billy but a case could be made for the Dutch Landrace 130
Reposted by Gary LovelyAndy Downing @andydowning33.bsky.social · 06/06/2026solid showing for matter at the 2026 all-ohio press club awards. 3151
Reposted by Gary LovelyNicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Pointing to a girls airpods on the train and mouthing "Hoobastank?" 4930175
Reposted by Gary LovelyPittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 21/05/2026The Password unlocked another run. 🔑 0324
Reposted by Gary LovelyDorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 05/05/2026ARCs are in for our two Fall titles, both slender novels, both brilliant: Denise Rose Hansen's BLUE SUNSET and Brais Lamela's WHAT REMAINS (trans. by Jacob Rogers)! Out on October 6, 2026! 0449
