Andrew Ervin
@andrewervin.bsky.social
Husband. Golden retriever’s human. Novelist. Critic. Ally. Grognard. Yunker. Philly sports fan. Adjunct educator.
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Andrew Ervin
@andrewervin.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work
In Jerzy Kosinski’s 1971 novel Being There, a simple gardener named Chance is mistaken for a political guru and quickly wows the Washington D.C. power brokers and kingmakers. It’s a marvelous study…
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“Personally, I believe that anxiety and dread are perfectly natural responses to the times.”
My latest for LitHub:
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My latest for LitHub:
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I live in a 2026 World Cup city. If I wanted to go to a match, I’d need to put my rowhouse on Air B&B for a bunch of money and sleep in a tent in the backyard with the dog.
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I live in a 2026 World Cup city. If I wanted to go to a match, I’d need to put my rowhouse on Air B&B for a bunch of money and sleep in a tent in the backyard with the dog.
It’s nutso to me that Eagles fans are doubting Jalen Hurts. I can count our Super MVP winners on my thumbs. He’s already a legend in this city. It’s almost as if there’s another factor that makes people so critical of him? 🦅
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s nutso to me that Eagles fans are doubting Jalen Hurts. I can count our Super MVP winners on my thumbs. He’s already a legend in this city. It’s almost as if there’s another factor that makes people so critical of him? 🦅
People in my neighborhood Discord are fighting over what songs they will sing while Christmas carrolling and it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
People in my neighborhood Discord are fighting over what songs they will sing while Christmas carrolling and it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen
The MLB players who used steroids took money out of the hands of other players who didn’t cheat. I don’t want to see them benefit even further from being the Hall of Fame during their lifetimes.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The MLB players who used steroids took money out of the hands of other players who didn’t cheat. I don’t want to see them benefit even further from being the Hall of Fame during their lifetimes.
Wait what? Jeff Kent got into the Hall of Fame but not Dale Murphy or Fernando Valenzuela? That’s crazy talk.
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Wait what? Jeff Kent got into the Hall of Fame but not Dale Murphy or Fernando Valenzuela? That’s crazy talk.
If you happen to meet Yellowman, please tell him I love him and buy him a sandwich. I’ll pay you back.
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you happen to meet Yellowman, please tell him I love him and buy him a sandwich. I’ll pay you back.
Another day, another Watergate
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Another day, another Watergate
Reposted by Andrew Ervin
All the Dorothies are on sale during @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social's sitewide sale for the next (checks watch) 36 hours! 📚🎁
Go: www.nyrb.com/collections/...
Go: www.nyrb.com/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
All the Dorothies are on sale during @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social's sitewide sale for the next (checks watch) 36 hours! 📚🎁
Go: www.nyrb.com/collections/...
Go: www.nyrb.com/collections/...
I’ve just heard this part of the semester referred to as “Dead Grandmother Season.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’ve just heard this part of the semester referred to as “Dead Grandmother Season.”
Only the even numbered Bartók string quartets, like Star Trek movies, are any good.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Only the even numbered Bartók string quartets, like Star Trek movies, are any good.
Let’s get one thing clear /
The bait's over there, the brew's right here
The bait's over there, the brew's right here
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Let’s get one thing clear /
The bait's over there, the brew's right here
The bait's over there, the brew's right here
Happy beginning of Whamageddon! for those who celebrate it.
a group of people are standing in front of microphones and singing into them .
ALT: a group of people are standing in front of microphones and singing into them .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy beginning of Whamageddon! for those who celebrate it.
I recently reviewed Aja Gabel’s excellent novel LIGHTBREAKERS for the Washington Post.
“Egotistical billionaires and their outlandish, eschatological pet projects make for easy literary targets…”
Today, the Texarkana Gazette ran it without a paywall.
www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/no...
“Egotistical billionaires and their outlandish, eschatological pet projects make for easy literary targets…”
Today, the Texarkana Gazette ran it without a paywall.
www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/no...
‘Lightbreakers’ is a moving, inventive novel about physics, time and love | Texarkana Gazette
Lightbreakers
www.texarkanagazette.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I recently reviewed Aja Gabel’s excellent novel LIGHTBREAKERS for the Washington Post.
“Egotistical billionaires and their outlandish, eschatological pet projects make for easy literary targets…”
Today, the Texarkana Gazette ran it without a paywall.
www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/no...
“Egotistical billionaires and their outlandish, eschatological pet projects make for easy literary targets…”
Today, the Texarkana Gazette ran it without a paywall.
www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/no...
I’m confident that we Philadelphians will retain our usual demure, silent-but-proud dignity over the next few days and week. 🦅
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m confident that we Philadelphians will retain our usual demure, silent-but-proud dignity over the next few days and week. 🦅
Planes, Trains *and* Automobiles? In this economy??
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Planes, Trains *and* Automobiles? In this economy??
I really miss Gabe Hudson
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I really miss Gabe Hudson
Reposted by Andrew Ervin
anyway. go read a short story or a chunk of a novel today. enjoy a piece of art. maybe even buy a drawing or painting! reach out and tell an artist how much something they made meant to you.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
anyway. go read a short story or a chunk of a novel today. enjoy a piece of art. maybe even buy a drawing or painting! reach out and tell an artist how much something they made meant to you.
Omfg Dalesandro’s just got a Michelin “Bib Gourmand” prize.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Omfg Dalesandro’s just got a Michelin “Bib Gourmand” prize.
Before they supposedly release the Trump/Epstein files, keep in mind chapters 5-7 of Tacitus’s ANNALS.
And 18.5 minutes of tape from Nixon’s June 20, 1972 conversation with Haldeman.
And 18.5 minutes of tape from Nixon’s June 20, 1972 conversation with Haldeman.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Before they supposedly release the Trump/Epstein files, keep in mind chapters 5-7 of Tacitus’s ANNALS.
And 18.5 minutes of tape from Nixon’s June 20, 1972 conversation with Haldeman.
And 18.5 minutes of tape from Nixon’s June 20, 1972 conversation with Haldeman.
There’s a 30th anniversary edition of INFINITE JEST and I’ll just be over here turning to dust and being dispersed by the winds
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There’s a 30th anniversary edition of INFINITE JEST and I’ll just be over here turning to dust and being dispersed by the winds
We have an extra #PAXUnplugged badge for Saturday if you hear of someone looking for one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We have an extra #PAXUnplugged badge for Saturday if you hear of someone looking for one.
We’re listening to way too much Foreigner these days. Check it and see.
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We’re listening to way too much Foreigner these days. Check it and see.
Holy shit everyone in The Hague is going to get paid a lot of overtime very soon
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Holy shit everyone in The Hague is going to get paid a lot of overtime very soon
The entire GOP right now?
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The entire GOP right now?