Reposted by Jason SepacEmily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Audiobooks about music should have the actual music folded into them 101123
Reposted by Jason Sepacpaige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026For the first time, I get to welcome my book into the world @literary-arts.org on march 3rd, and I get to do it with my little sister, Blair. If you can, please come! It’s free, you’ll be home before bedtime, and I can promise very cool surprises 👀 Link in bio!(@finishinglinepress.bsky.social) 032
Reposted by Jason SepacJeremy Klemin @jeremyklemin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Beyond grateful to @literary-arts.org for the support — and what a treat to be listed alongside my guy @jasonsepac.bsky.social! 062
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thank you, @literary-arts.org !!! So grateful for the support. ❤️ And congrats to friend and OSU alum @jeremyklemin.bsky.social !!! 041
Reposted by Jason SepacKristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.comtheverge.comI grew up with Alex PrettiThe kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend. 496171906829
Reposted by Jason SepacPhillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The newspaper of record of my entire childhood would literally rather die than pay its unionized workers the wages and benefits that the actual Supreme Court of the United States of America decided were owed to them. 10991351
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 07/01/2026A separate list of celebrity and politician memoirs could cut this list by about 70%. 000
Reposted by Jason Sepacpaige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The kindness(es) that Jennifer Richter has shown me and my work go far beyond her blurb for PERSON UNDER, but I am still so giddy to share it… You can still preorder my book directly from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social at the link in my bio 032
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 23/09/2025I can’t remember the last time I was THIS excited for a new book. Please do yourself a favor and pre-order. 131
Reposted by Jason Sepacpaige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I’m back @literary-arts.org teaching this visual poetry workshop in October and y’all—this is beloved to me! I was floored by what created last time I taught this. I actually cannot believe I get to do it again. @literaryarts also has a robust scholarship and access tuition program! Link in bio! 032
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Chris Bonanos: "...It’s actually better than magic because it’s human. This is the product of very, very smart people applying themselves super hard [...] using science and art together to make something wonderful. And they succeeded." www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...pbs.orgMr. Polaroid | American Experience | PBSBefore the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of... 010
Reposted by Jason SepacAnastasia Tsioulcas @anastasiat.bsky.social · 25/03/2025In the grocery store tonight, they’re playing “Wind of Change” by Scorpions. Do you know the amazing Patrick Radden Keefe podcast about this song and its alleged writing by the CIA? You should. Hugely entertaining. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...podcasts.apple.comMy Friend MichaelPodcast Episode · Wind of Change · S1 E1 · 45m 051
Reposted by Jason SepacEmily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Me in the national security group chat 2248852
Reposted by Jason SepacLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Check out another small press book we love: Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena Passarello.lithub.comA Small Press Book We Love: Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena PassarelloSmall presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—wh… 0123
Reposted by Jason SepacAnder Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025"sometimes I wish I didn’t make things so arduous. It’s just a game, after all. It’s just that sometimes I get IDEAS." 082
Reposted by Jason SepacSplit/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 28/02/2025This is the longest we've kept a secret project secret: SLP is proud to be the home for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, collated by the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee (@angermonsoon.bsky.social + @meganc.bsky.social) and forthcoming on 3/31/26! 98618
Reposted by Jason SepacLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025"Television, film, and online video—together, the moving image has gotten to a point, some 440 years after Gutenberg, of displacing print as the world's medium of record." Peter Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...lareviewofbooks.orgThe Power of the Moving Image | Los Angeles Review of BooksPeter B. Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium, yet we lack reliable archives for the audiovisual record. 083
Reposted by Jason SepacSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Government workers when DOGE shows up. 109102411574
Reposted by Jason Sepackatie cusumano @k-e-c.bsky.social · 29/01/2025🧁 been sitting/coasting on this news for a week ... so so honored to be among this year's @literaryarts.bsky.social fellows literary-arts.org/2025/01/anno...literary-arts.orgAnnouncing the 2025 Oregon Literary FellowshipsAnnouncing the 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowships 161
Reposted by Jason SepacThe Believer @thebeliever.net · 16/01/2025Thank you, David Lynch, for always reminding us that art and life are spiritual acts. Your wisdom lives on. www.thebeliever.net/logger/david...thebeliever.netDavid Lynch Ushers in a Golden Age - Believer Magazine“This is how we can change this world from suffering and negativity to a world enjoying positivity—end of suffering—real peace.” David Lynch is a filmmaker, musician, writer, painter, sculptor, lamp m... 0196
Reposted by Jason SepacMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025A girl I knew in college saw David Lynch speak at an event. When it ended, she found a way to get to the front to tell him how much his films and shows meant to her. His response was “Thank you. And remember, the universe is in your basement.” 8387971460
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“… [THE PITT] doesn't much bother capturing the vibe of Pittsburgh – nobody, including Wyle, even attempts the city's unique "yinz"-er accent.” I might have tuned in just to hear Noah Wyle’s Pittsburghese. 000
Reposted by Jason Sepacjon christian @jonchristian.net · 04/01/2025incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o... 9066911684
Reposted by Jason SepacElena Passarello @elenavox.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I read this one immediately after blacking out on ebay looking for calendars from 1986 to hang on my wall in 2025 (the dates match up)...needless to say, it hit home. 041
Reposted by Jason SepacAnder Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024"So I did what poorly aged 90s movies taught me you do in the face of aging: I bought some dumb shit." 12/19 in the @essaydaily.bsky.social advent calendar is @jasonsepac.bsky.social on becoming nostalgia: www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-... 052
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 19/12/2024I wrote an essay on becoming nostalgia, dressing funny, and buying old shit on eBay to make me feel better. Thanks to @essaydaily.bsky.social and @angermonsoon.bsky.social for the chance to share! www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...essaydaily.orgDec 19: Jason Sepac, Becoming Nostalgia* This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent. Find the rest of this year's and prev... 052
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 18/12/2024How did I not know John Edgar Wideman had a new book out 😳😓😬 010
Reposted by Jason SepacElena Passarello @elenavox.bsky.social · 12/12/2024So happy to have an essay on (purportedly) bad Elvis movie songs in this year's Oxford American Music issue! I'll link a few of my fave awesome/awful tunes below. 7204
Reposted by Jason Sepacℳ¡¢₶⩜ℇ𝕃 ☾∯⩓ℬ⦿⧑ @michaelchabon.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I was listening to WDVE, in my freshman-year dorm at CMU, when I heard John Lennon had been shot & then that he was dead. Amid the grief and dismay of that day, I remember thinking: Well, he had already done so much, he had a full life, he *was* 40! (I was not yet 18.) 11831
Reposted by Jason SepacAnder Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"I like the dark despite the way adults complain. Bleak puddles call for bright galoshes. And the word galoshes, too, for galumph and slosh…" Here's Julie Marie Wade kicking off @essaydaily.bsky.social 's 2024 Advent Calendar with a timely essay, "Advent": www.essaydaily.org/2024/11/nov-...essaydaily.orgNov 30, 2024: Julie Marie Wade, AdventWelcome to the 2024 Advent Calendar. We begin with a preview of the Calendar this year, featuring an essay by Julie Marie Wade, "Advent." Th... 0103
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Out of habit, I sometimes look at the Nanit app even when I know my daughter is at daycare. This piece perfectly captures what it’s like having a baby at this particular moment. 010
Reposted by Jason SepacBarrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Big rejection week out there in lit mag world. Editors across the country, bored and stuck in overcrowded airport terminals, clearing the queue before going home and trying again to explain to their aunt that actually $50 for a 4000 word story is *pretty good* 121022
Reposted by Jason SepacMr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · 21/11/2024Evening is for posting old images you can't remember acquiring 1714626
Reposted by Jason SepacSteven Moore @stmoore.bsky.social · 21/11/2024folks! my essay collection is on sale at @uncpress.bsky.social: 30% off with code 01UNCP30 it's about rural Iowa, political polarization, TV, oil, the civilian-military divide, and the genius of Shania Twain. it's funny, and on sale! let's go! uncpress.org/book/9781469... #booksky #writersuncpress.orgThe Distance from Slaughter County | Steven Moore | University of North Carolina PressAs a soldier and civilian, Steven Moore has traveled from the American Midwest to Afghanistan and beyond. In those travels, he's seen what place can mean, sp... 051
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Saw Lindsay Lohan trending. Assuming she’s been nominated for Trump’s cabinet. 000
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I read ANTKIND a few years ago and had to stop probably three or four times because I thought I might have lost my mind. Now I miss that feeling. I’m still chasing it. 011
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 14/11/2024A little disappointed no headline has played on "cabinet of curiosities" yet 010
Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 16/02/2024I have a new visual essay in The Iowa Review. Thank you so much to the staff at TIR and to anyone who ever set eyes on this in its early stages. My dad’s reaction when I showed him the cover: “See, this is why I need to save all my old junk.” 080
Reposted by Jason SepacMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 24/10/2023On the other site we’re talking about thunks. 16760093
Reposted by Jason SepacJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/10/2023“Books are a user interface to knowledge” is one of those sentences that just makes me so sad for the person who said it, who seems never to have loved a book, or appreciated knowledge 621815