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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Good time to reread “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison: galacticjourney.org/stories/I_Ha...

Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Recent bookstore haul. Looking forward to checking out @theptessadactyl.bsky.social’s debut novel, The Jellyfish Problem.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m teaching an async intro to cw summer class. One of the first assignments asked students to outline a character. I asked for a physical description and the character’s internal and external conflicts (terms we discussed). Weird that a bunch of them had scars on their face from a bike crash.

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Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~ @theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

One week til launch! 🪼🚀 Help a debut novelist out by preordering THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM and/or requesting a copy at your local library, and a magic jellyfish will* appear in your bathtub and grant you one wish! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... *might

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Recently stumbled upon this drawing I did a while back. Reminds me of how much I used to enjoy drawing and how I’d like to learn proper technique some day.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o... Grateful for real artists like Colson Whitehead. Do yourself a favor and give this a read.

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Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Taught my first single-author course this semester. Proud of my graduate students for making it through this stack (we didn’t read the whole Border Trilogy—only All the Pretty Horses—but still, it was a lot).

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Precipice of a storm in central-west Texas

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I wrote this story as a grad student. It’s the first of my stories set in Boston, a city I will always regard as my second home. Thanks to the editors at Gulf Stream for publishing my work. This is my second pub this month, following my story in Puerto del Sol. gulfstreamlitmag.com/2026/05/01/r...

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River

by Daniel Kennedy Without by Taber Falconer River Her rideshare apps won’t connect. She tried calling a taxi service, but the phone just rang and rang. She’s been searching on foot …

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Many thanks to Brandon Hobson and the editors of Puerto del Sol for giving my latest experiment, "Pale Wings," a home. Structured as a pseudo-YouTube video, the story unfolds in the comments.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Three stories accepted in just over a month, including two in the last three days. Not sure if/when this’ll happen again and thus doing my best to savor the moment.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Last week, my uni was fortunate to host Colson Whitehead as the keynote author for our annual writers conference. He was wonderful—funny, kind, and full of salient wisdom. It was an honor to conduct my first author interview with one of the best.

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

They are planning to steal this election. Prepare to stop them.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Selections for the film criticism course I’m teaching this semester:

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A welcome sight when grading papers these days.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I first read The Underground Railroad as an MFA student. Then, as a PhD candidate, I saw Colson Whitehead read a chapter from The Nickel Boys. Now, as a professor, I will have the honor of hosting a conversation with him at the ASU Writers Conference in March. www.angelo.edu/departments/...

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Writers Conference

Immerse yourself in the literary world at ASU’s Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton, with engaging panels and presentations, featuring renowned aut...

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

“Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to fresh nightfall. The birds quieted as the last light darted away. Ree stood and stretched. Twilight dimmed the snow, but icicles overhead held that gleam.” RIP, Daniel Woodrell

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My comment on Scream, one of my all-time favorites, is a Times Pick: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Last night, I had the pleasure of hearing James Talarico speak and meeting him afterwards. #talaricofortx

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Can’t wait to read this. Teach the title story every semester, and students always love it.

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Daniel P. Kennedy @danielpk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

It’s been humbling to connect with writers, wrestlers, and others who’ve read my Guardian piece. This, however, is surreal. One of my favorite actors, whose art and activism I admire in equal measure. Many thanks to the great @markruffalo.bsky.social for his kind words.

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