Reposted by Morris CollinsMorris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2025"September. It seems these luminous days will never end." Happy Salter day to all who celebrate. 051
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Very grateful to @ferrifrigida.bsky.social--a writer I really admire--for wrangling so thoughtfully w/ this novel. Esp. pleased that she considered the sentences themselves since they're what I care most about, but are least often featured in reviews. Such a gift to be read so closely. 042
Reposted by Morris CollinsChallah, Head Cha-la @aratingaskeets.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I’m reading @morriscollins.bsky.social entrancing book “The Tavern At The End Of History” and I can only read the character Eli with the voice of Billie Crystal doing Miracle Max in Princess Bride. 111
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just listened to this interview. One of the most honest and inspiring conversations I've heard about heritage, friendship, and making art (and a life in art). I felt like it was 2009 again (a good thing). 021
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"As for Bacchus (God), he should, if possible, be very handsome." Margaret Yourcenar's stage directions for her play To Each His Minotaur: 020
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"If you call fucking making love, I'll kill you in your sleep." Diane Seuss, from "Rhapsody" 000
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Found that my story (a silly, fairy tale-ish thing), "The Names of Birds" that was published in a recent Lake Effect is now online...A mix of Hansel & Gretel and OCD, maybe: behrend.psu.edu/school-of-hu...behrend.psu.eduLake Effect, Volume 29: "The Names of Birds"Lake Effect, Volume 29: "The Names of Birds" 020
Reposted by Morris Collinsspooky biblioklept @biblioklept.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Read "Fictional Exits," a very short story by Alasdair Gray biblioklept.org/2026/07/21/r...biblioklept.orgRead “Fictional Exits,” a very short story by Alasdair Gray“Fictional Exits” by Alasdair Gray Because of a mistake (though I do not know whose) someone was shut in a windowless room with nothing to look at but a door which could only be opened … 033
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 10/07/2026They're fighting over on the other site about whether the Hobbit is a children's book, which it obviously is. Real lunatics do this with Red Shift by Alan Garner which, as the cover of the edition my dad gave me when I was a kid shows, is a children's book. Iykyk. @backlisted.bsky.social 110
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Heat-wilted in Saint-Lizier on the Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim's route. Ordered a glass of wine w/ bad French and worse pointing and accidentally got a half-bottle. Many forms of grace. Didn't make it far and didn't want to. 000
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 03/07/2026from my essay on Kafka & Scholem & also an inspiration for my novel The Tavern at the End of History, which asks what use are our accounts of our experience. What can the novel say/what can be expressed? 1/ 121
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Kafka's birthday is prob. a good time to repost this essay about Kafka, Jewish mysticism, and the difficulties of knowing how we should be living... 022
Reposted by Morris Collinsminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 02/06/2026"I wanted to think ... about dreaming correspondences between the aural and the visual that would open up into new zones of thinking about embodiment and voice ..." An Interview with @laurenelkin.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/06/02/s...minorliteratures.com“[S]ome voices stay with us”: An Interview with Lauren Elkin — Cristina PolitanoLauren Elkin is a UK-based American writer who has recently followed up her cultural study of the representation of the body in art history, Art Monsters (Chatto & Windus/FSG, 2023), with her h… 085
Reposted by Morris CollinsBarrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy 434480872
Reposted by Morris CollinsAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I think one thing the AI age has taught me is how many of my colleagues: 1. genuinely hate writing. 2. are bad at writing. 3. are bad at assessing writing. 4. really do not care about how the writing gets done. Which seems bad, because writing=thinking. 32692135
Reposted by Morris CollinsMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 24/05/2026UCI has, alas, become one of the sector leaders in Ponzi austerity bullshit. Hiring EdTech execs with no HigherEd credentials as Deans of Continuing Education (for just one instance). @trevorgriffey.bsky.social in Remaking The University.utotherescue.blogspot.comFrom Community Benefit to Rent-Seeking Scam: UC Irvine's Division of Continuing Education (Guest Post)510 E. Peltason Dr, UC Irvine by Trevor Griffey, School of Humanities, UC Irvine The idea of continuing education— sometimes also ... 1256
Reposted by Morris CollinsDorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Weekend reading. @sarabandebooks.bsky.social 061
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 23/05/2026There are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are pandering faux anti-elite justifications for drinking Miller Lite. 000
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Feeling nostalgic for a good ol diasporic grifter: born in Łódź, survived the Holocaust via a fake baptism, emigrated thanks to a bogus foundation, married an heiress, and killed himself after leaving a pretty droll note. And wrote some great novels. 110
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"Your body spreads across my brain/ Like a bird-filled summer..." I'm starting summer now and summer doesn't start in New England until we read Rexroth's erotic love poems to the crows and finches and all the seabirds. From "When We With Sapho": 010
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 18/05/2026About this time last year I was doing edits on this & reading Alina's My Heresies in the Pyrenees. The best part of publishing is being read by other writers I love to read. 051
Reposted by Morris CollinsTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026the Dem tendency to malign academics as a cheap and lazy populist gesture, at a moment when Republicans are destroying academia while deploying cheap and lazy populist rhetoric, and while the main discernible Dem promise is not being Republicans, is neither great messaging nor great substance 1056099
Reposted by Morris CollinsJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Sorry, you’re telling me that something that doesn’t feel pain, doesn’t have lactic acid build up, doesn’t need adequate hydration or electrolytes, doesn’t need to pee, and doesn’t get tired is only 6 minutes faster than humans? you’ve fucked up a perfectly good Roomba. 1129869
Reposted by Morris CollinsDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 07/04/2026I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals". 20102013782
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The GOP Congress could stop this genocidal horror at any moment & they are responsible every moment that they haven't, & don't. This is their voice echoing out of the moral necropolis at the heart of our republic. "The end of a civilization?" You're alreadty seeing it, here. 000
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Really gratifying to be read so well, by such a good writer, in such great company. I esp. appreciate the mention of the book's prose--it's what I care most about...and what seems to get mentioned least in reviews. Thank you, Caleb! 032
Reposted by Morris CollinsLisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Jewish Book Week is a literary festival in London, held annually in February and March, that explores Jewish literature, ideas and culture. Here are Jewish books for adults being published in 2026. Book lists in ALT text. #jewishbookweek #jbw #jewishauthors #jewishbooks #bookpost #booksky #books 041
Reposted by Morris CollinsPoets & Writers @pw.org · 27/02/2026What do The Tavern at the End of History by Morris Collins, Hide by Carolina Ebeid, Frog by Anne Fadiman, and The People Can Fly by Joshua Bennett have in common? They’re just a handful of the noteworthy titles included in our latest #PageOne installment. Read on: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x2 031
Reposted by Morris Collinsapril @april-now.bsky.social · 31/12/2025my 26 most anticipated books of 2026 😊✨ 💙📚 #booksky 083
Reposted by Morris CollinsChris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026New episode of Books Up Close is out now, with @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social about their @princetonupress.bsky.social book Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. Subscribe and listen now, wherever you get your podcasts! zencastr.com/dashboard/Bo... 1185
Reposted by Morris CollinsClaire Taylor @clairemtaylor.com · 17/12/2025Did you know you can preorder my book? You should go preorder my book. "An intimate year-in-poems capturing the joy and dread of getting older, growing a family, the world’s news … and the miracles—no bigger than a child’s hand—that keep us going." www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/apri...publishinggenius.comApril and Back Again by Claire Taylor - Publishing GeniusAn intimate year-in-poems capturing the joy and dread of getting older, growing a family, the world’s news … and the miracles—no bigger than a child’s hand—that keep us going. 0168
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026In my experience the process of putting work into the world is full of frustrations, but imagine waking up to this: such a great pleasure to be read so generously by a writer I've read so admiringly for so long. so. Wildly grateful! 140
Reposted by Morris Collinsmark leidner @markleidner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026iambic tetrameter ass stick 291859352
Reposted by Morris CollinsChristina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Forthcoming on April 16—An Absence of Sea—a letter across time woven from dreams, intimacies, lived fragments, and remembered voices, where the self meets its double and those who echo within it. www.erratumpress.com/an-absence-o... My gratitude to @ansgarallen.bsky.social @erratumpress.bsky.social 35614
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026It's pub day for my new novel, The Tavern at the End of History. When writing I imagined it like The Magic Mountain, but shorter & with Jews. (& also angels, a dybbuk, & stolen art). Looking forward to sharing it with you all! 1195
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026One of my favorite writers comparing me to one of my favorite writers (- wallpaper descriptions). I'm delighted! 030
Reposted by Morris CollinsChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I've been out of work since October so this could not have come at a worse financial time for my ability to help my family. So, I really really appreciate everyone who has donated or shared this! 14847
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Sorry to see that James Sallis has died. Sallis was a formative writer for me & modeled an outlaw career, as he phrased it, that was inspiring in its freedom. He’s best known for his tight little crime novel, Drive, that later became an even better movie—1/ 100
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026My novel, The Tavern at the End of History, comes out next week. In the meantime there's another excerpt (about bad curators, worse museums and who actually lives in Maine) up as one of Literary Hub's daily fiction offerings. lithub.com/title/lithub.comThe Tavern at the End of HistoryThe afternoon that Jacob called, the Yitzhak Bloom Senior Curator of Modernist Paintings came down to Rachel’s office in the basement of the Museum of Jewish Art and asked her, as he sometimes did,… 031
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026How terrible & beautiful not to know ourselves: 010
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026On the eve of MLA, a model of collegiality worth considering. (From @keironpim.bsky.social 's stunning bio of Joseph Roth) "Anyone who insulted them would be challenged to a duel...unscarred cheeks and a nose without a nick in it were unworthy of an academic in the genuine German tradition." 120
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 13/12/2025I'm a huge fan of Angela Woodward. More people need to read her strange, hilarious sui generis work. AFTERLIFE is my most anticipated book of the spring... 251
Morris Collins @morriscollins.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Can't wait to hear the trolling re relative stress and caesurae in dactylic hexameter... 020