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Author of Making Nice. Words in Paris Review, Esquire, Freeman's, McSweeney's,⚡️Lit, Noon, and elsewhere. Fake/Jerk

LA/Wilmington/Fire Island
Joined February 2012
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I really think this Mets loss is my brother’s ex wife’s fault. She showed up in the 1st inning looking like a slutty scarecrow talking about her sister owing her money and Trump. Garbage vibes. I ran into to the kitchen for garlic but it was too late. I’m sorry Met fans I tried.
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Replying to @jimmykimmel
@jimmykimmel's 30 for 30 on the '86 Mets is primo content for Dykstra fans and amphetamine loving pervert dirtbags everywhere #teamwork #letsgometsgo
Hugest congrats to my guy @matthewspecktor on another primo bookywook. I’m a big fan of the work and the dude’s fun at parties, too. Pick it up!
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I named my robot vaccuum Floor Slut am I doing it right?
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The funniest/best doc in the game! Happy for you @AmySilverberg!!!
I successfully defended for my PhD and now I’m a Dr (Dogtor)
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Here some light: my great pal @libbytheflores has a short story up @kenyonreview and it’s fantastic/absolutely worth taking a break from tracking the coup d’etat during a pandemic/impeachment for. Link below.
After I moved to NYC I would get up and write and sob (terrified by all the change). I kept writing & eventually sobbed less. This story was a lifeboat and a connection to my book. I’m proud to say that very story is published in the @kenyonreview today! bit.ly/2XIlHZz
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Thanks for the primo content @amaxwinter
One goat, one sheep and three lambs have been terrorising the streets of Nevsehir in Turkey
Freemo asked for my thoughts and I gave him an entire dose! Happy to push a few genuinely great and not-loved-enough books that I read in 2020 and think you should too, (along with a bunch of wonderful and way-smarter-than-me-writers). Lookadis! lithub.com/what-did-you-read…
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I oppose fracking and killing birds.
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If he dies I’ll go to church one time
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I’m five seltzies down holy fuck cut his mic.
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10/25/19
We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores.
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Brad Watson was a hell of a writer and a great friend. Dude lived hard. I’ll miss him. Read his books.
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I get today’s Supreme Court decision is good news but honestly, how are equal rights under the law even debatable in the year 2020? How is racism debatable, or climate science? Today’s decision feels more like relief that common sense triumphed over the usual Republican horseshit
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A stunner by @hughmerwin: “How a Bouncy Ball Changed the Way I See the World” nyti.ms/34fHk6g
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Please don’t forget that @SenatorBurr is a piece of shit #senatorburrisapieceofshit
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Ppl of color & women & gay/trans ppl & climate scientists & gun control advocates deserve more than lip service & half measures that--even if they made it thru Congress--wouldn't come close to the justice/equality decades overdue. More than decades. Fuck waiting. Don't settle.
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