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@readcook.bsky.social
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Writer, Attorney, Devout Irreverent. “Bristol Palin Is a Realtor,” “Hope v Texas,” “Queen of Switzerland.” EPOCH, Wigleaf, Taco Bell Quarterly, The Moth, University of Illinois Law Review, etc. byreadcook.com

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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“What are the names of children at my daughter’s elementary school?”
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Dork.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
25 pounds!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
3rd Grade-ass lookin’ signature.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fixed it for graduation week. Noticed they got the Calatrava waving too. #SMU
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Darn it.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I propose that any panelist who reads a brief excerpt from their work be mildly electroshocked.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
From The Testaments: “All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.”
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Fuck.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
What are they doing to these kids in there?
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
He is mutated indeed!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Not to steal Makkai’s bit, but I was helping my SIL’s family find a new home outside of Waco when I stumbled upon five floors of pure class. “Meet reality” indeed. Sadly, o/s their budget. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
In this economy?
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Some of y’all—and with my sincerest apologies to the long-haired chihuahua mom at the DFW Decanted if I’m wrong—aren’t fooling anybody.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
An obvious trap…that I’m about to fall for.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Ah, back home in the Lone Star State!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Santa Fe.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This 80’s baby is getting his booster tomorrow. Thanks, morons.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Sancerre and 1,000 pc puzzle.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Gonna teach ‘em how to ride little motorcycles.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
‘Tis the season.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Sail on, silver girl.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
The sage in bloom Is like perfume Deep in the—goddammit the grid failed!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
My brother lives in Meyerland, where all the houses have the Statue of Liberty proportions.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
“Mike just broke anothah screw. He’s snappin’ these screws like pieces-a-spagghetti.” I’ve reached the Watching-The-2024 Plumbing-National-Championship phase of Christmas break. @cbssports.bsky.social
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Hairy Christmas! Brought to you by Aperol gimmies, some fancy Hawaiian hotel my wife went to for work, and my third glass of Rombauer zinfandel.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Happy Christmukkah, y’all!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Thank you to Books in the Time of Chaos! illinoislawreview.org/online/hope-...
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Courtesy of Palmer, Texas, America.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Pop-up St. Vincent DJ set at Resident Taqueria to raise money for Feed Lake Highlands! 🎄🎸
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What was his crime?
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
8:00 9’s basketball game 10:00 9’s Candy Cane Breakfast/Ornament exchange 11:30 12’s Piano Recital 1:30 44’s chiro. appt 3:00 Watch the Fightin’ Texas Aggies in the SEC—oh, that’s right. 6:00 Whole fam at symphony
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Saw ‘Em Off!
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thank you to @books_chaos for this review of “Hope v. Texas,” which I pray remains fictional forever. static1.squarespace.com/static/635acd4…
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Yeah, but then your accountant belittles you:
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
These words from Katy Darby mean the world to me. I, too, wish that “Hope v. Texas” was no longer relevant, or, now, even worse, a possibility. static1.squarespace.com/static/635ac...
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
It’s been 8 months, huh? Should’ve had that novel done, but I got distracted by fast food poetry. @tbq.bsky.social tacobellquarterly.org/a-voyeurs-va...
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Disappearing Act by @jiordancastle.bsky.social absolutely blew me away. True art, discouragingly great writing.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 04/09/2023
And a fond memory at that.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
I’m at the standing desk phase of this lower back pain.
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Seen on campus today:
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Read Cook @readcook.bsky.social · 21/08/2023
Excited to learn Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen is now a film, starring Thomason McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, and (the great) Shea Whigham! December.
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