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Minutemen Bot @minutemenbot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

As I look over this beautiful land, I can't help but realize That I am alone

Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m super stoked to read Daniel Krause’ Pulitzer-winning novel, Angel Down. Fiction that wrangles with the notion of angels has always fascinated me…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

So excited to read the latest (from 2025) from one of my favorite contemporary writers, Kate Zambreno: *Animal Stories* published by @transitbooks.bsky.social

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Reading César Aira’s GHOSTS, prepping for a fall syllabus on “the ghost story.” What weird and wonderful book…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I can’t wait for the great Darcey Steinke’s up and coming book launch at @greenlightpod.bsky.social - for her new book, This Is the Door. I was so lucky to read a galley and it is gorgeous…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Sipping Stellas with the lady…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Leo relaxes on his favorite blanket…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Ralph is ready for his late night stroll in the cold…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Today’s haul from The Strand and @bookculture.com - Primo Levi, Iris Murdoch, Sam Lipsyte, and Yukio Mishima

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Today’s purchase at the wonderful @flyleafbooks.bsky.social while here in Chapel Hill, NC - The Mezzanine by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social (which I’ve read and plan on teaching next semester), and Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones (which I’ve not yet read and I can’t wait to fix that)…

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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The Northwest Review is alive and now on Bluesky. We are reviving this historically great magazine in 2026. We are now open for submissions. Send us your best fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. northwestreview.submittable.com/submit

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Thank you for your interest in the Northwest Review. We look forward to reading your work.Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonficti...

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My mother-in-law knows me well. Schattenfroh! And it weighs approximately 25 pounds. Can’t wait to dig in: by Michael Lentz/ translated by @maxlawton.bsky.social / published by @deepvellum.bsky.social Merry Christmas, y’all.

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Leo, looking stately… Photo credit: the lovely wife…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Picked up the latest by Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume, Volume III, at @bookculture.com - translated by Sophie Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell. I loved the first two volumes. Can’t wait to dig in…

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Minutemen Bot @minutemenbot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Let yourself be heard

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Excited about a new syllabus for spring, calling it Unconventional Narratives, and I plan on starting every class with selections from these two strange and wonderful texts: 300 Arguments, by Sarah Manguso, and Sens-Plastique, by Malcolm de Chazal

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Finishing up reading this gift about William James from a good friend. What a fantastic book! And this friend knew I would love it…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Finished Killing Stella, by Marlen Haushofer. Dense. Bleak. Unsettling. Loved it.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Video of the award announcement and my acceptance speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Ralph the pug always finds the light…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Up next on my Harold Brodkey journey - his monster debut novel (835 pages!): The Runaway Soul…

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Currently reading and loving Lou Reed, King of New York, by @willhermes.bsky.social

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

We are new to bread cheese. Just baked bread cheese. Bread cheese has changed our lives.

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

After reading Brodkey’s two collections, I’ve decided to be a completist. “This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death” tells of his time with & death from AIDS. It is gutting & wise. I was too young when he was around—& controversial—but I’m happy to find him now. He was a genius. Novels are next!

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It really is hard to go wrong with @a24movies.bsky.social films… A few nights ago we watched Bring Her Back, and there were some genuinely terrifying moments, for us anyway. I’m still thinking about it! I like to be terrified in the safety of our home!

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Finally finished this behemoth, Harold Brodkey’s second story collection, Stories in an Almost Classical Mode. A whopping nearly 600 pages long. It was one of the most thrilling and rewarding reading experiences I’ve had in years.

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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It’s that time of year! @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I are pleased to start of our top ten reads countdown, featuring several special guests! open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...

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Ben O'Connell @benjaminoc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Thanks to Paul and Trevor for asking me to contribute to their Mookse & Gripes year-in-review episode. If people could have blurbs, I’d crib their description of me to be mine. Trevor: “He cheats.” Paul: “A lot. A lot.”

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My father-in-law passed away last year. We miss him. His favorite author was John le Carré. I’ve never read him. And now with my wife’s and my mother-in-law’s permission, I have his entire Le Carré collection. I’m excited to read them all.

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My wife and I have been listening to the song “Weird Fishes/Arpeggio,” by Radiohead, from the record (their best record) In Rainbows, for several months on repeat. Help us. Do not help us.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 11/12/2024

This is Sakura. She knows she already had dinner. But would like to politely inquire about second dinner. 13/10

a senior pug gal sits upright on her booty, back leaning against a low pipe. her front paws are tented together in a cute little begging formation that we absolutely dare you to say no to. her ears are back and her eyes wide, giving her the vibes of a young victorian street urchin politely asking for a scoop of gruel.

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New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Celebrate the birthday of the inimitable Clarice Lispector with one of her most beloved short stories, alongside a documentary showcasing never-before-seen images of her life in Washington, D.C.! t.co/A3DceRcXSL

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We just now got tix to see Ravi Coltrane, at Smoke. An early Christmas present. I’m super excited…

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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The book A Wilder Shore is terrific - check out this review Stevenson scholar Trent Olson kindly wrote for me at LARB. lareviewofbooks.org/article/fall...

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Falling in Love with Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson | Los Angeles Review of Books

Robert Louis Stevenson scholar Trenton B. Olsen reviews “A Wilder Shore” by Camille Peri.

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Scott Cheshire @scheshire.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Ralph, the glorious pug dog, at home, luxuriating, but at attention…

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Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.xyz · 10/12/2024

A holiday subscription to Aperture and @bombmag.bsky.social is the perfect gift for anyone worth giving a gift to. bombmagazine.org/subscribe

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Trevor Berrett @mookse.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Our latest episode is all about Javier Marías, the master of the long, uncertain sentence. @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I would love to know what your favorite Marías is! Since it’s Thanksgiving, the rule is you have to tell us :-) : open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...

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Paul Wilson @bibliopaul.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Our latest episode is all about Spanish novelist Javier Marías, a master of the distrusting, long sentence. @mookse and I had a lovely time reflecting on his books, which we could read again and again. What is your favorite Javier Marías book? open.substack.com/pub/mookse/p...

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