( via / via via @colsonwhitehead.com )

The first Memorial Day.

"AI & the em-dash"

dense mackerel sky
drive past the house that burned down
forcing your detour

Ucalegon, no story
there must have been a story

Maybe read it as if it were a poem. (via vianegativa.us)

"I've had a few people ask me what piece of fiction best processes the times we are living in (especially Americans are living in) and I'll say again here, mile for mile your best choice is @jwomack.bsky.social's Random Acts of Senseless Violence." --@robertmackenzie.bsky.social (via @greatdismal.bsky.social)

"So that now makes Lena McDonald, KC Crowne and Rania Faris leaving ChatGPT prompts in their ‘books’." (via @colsonwhitehead.com)