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Dan Russell

Dan Russell

@danrussell.bsky.social

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Proud Arkansan. Writer of novels. Basketball junkie. Hockey fan of repute. Pushcart nominated author of Lies We Choose To Believe and Poor Birds. 🕊️ www.danrussellwrites.com

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Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 13h

Tis the season.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, BIG things brewing over here!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I am a Hulu man now. I won't be going back to YouTubeTV. Fool me once...
Imagine having a far superior product and constantly kneecapping it.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 3d

For those of you following along with the Super Bowl drama, Sting is not an American. This ends my TED Talk.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 4d

The essence of pamplemousse will get a man every time.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 4d

No space, two different spellings for Cinnamon. An article with everything!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 4d

The Things They Carried II

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 7d

x3

a green football field with a logo for the hawg talk podcast

ALT: a green football field with a logo for the hawg talk podcast

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Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 9d

a man is pointing at the camera and saying `` stop it senpai , you are '' .

ALT: a man is pointing at the camera and saying `` stop it senpai , you are '' .

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Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 9d

The happiness I feel for @caseystegman.com is unmatched!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 9d

He’s probably really into Scandinavian metal.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 13d

This article by my cousin, Porter Prize-winning poet Greg Brownderville, is such a wonderful tribute to Barry Hannah. You should take ten minutes and give it a read.

High on Wine | An Interview with Barry Hannah - Southwest Review: southwestreview.com/high-on-wine...

High on Wine: An Interview with Barry Hannah

By Greg Brownderville

southwestreview.com

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 14d

We have reached the point where the most prestigious job in the world consists of posting AI generated videos of dumping feces on American citizens.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 14d

Whatever the state of Arkansas did to deserve this, I’m so, so sorry. We’ve suffered enough.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 14d

Arkansas’s defense is a crime.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 14d

The Hogs are setting me up to break my heart again.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 14d

If you don‘t VOTE, it’s all meaningless. Please do that!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 16d

Tell them that a degree is useless, or convince them that a machine can think better than they can, using work humans already performed. There will be no discoveries or advancement that way, just a regurgitation of facts spewed by a machine that a human invented, using their BRAIN!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 16d

AI won't kill the humanities. But greedy oligarchs seeking to hold down the working class and convince them that a factory is far better than a job where they could dilute the message of those in power want to foment is where the true evil of it lies. Dumb 'em down so they don't know better.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 28d

We’ve reached peak capitalism. Craft toothpicks? What a time to be alive.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · 28d

I saw Marcus King shred While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Eric Church in Lexington, KY.

You need no other context.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · Oct 2

Congrats, my man!

Adam Shaw @adamshaw502.bsky.social · Oct 2

Very stoked to have a new story in Mealarkey! It's about cupcakes and fatherhood and marriage and bonfires and This is 40, and it's inspired by one of my favorite National songs.

Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · Oct 2

It’s not a true kitchen without a few unexpected hiccups but @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey Fall Menu 2025 is finally live, featuring tasty treats by @ttbrader.bsky.social, @adamshaw502.bsky.social, and William Weissinger!

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · Sep 29

I am becoming increasingly Pynchonesque.

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · Sep 23

NEW ANTHOLOGY CALL!

After our upcoming Terry Allen incited anthology we were gonna cool it for a bit on our music-incited anthologies because we have a lot on our publishing plate here.

But eff it. Right now the world needs all the inspiration from Woody Guthrie it can get.

Dan Russell @danrussell.bsky.social · Sep 19

Friends we need an organization or writers conference for our fiction. I call on my brothers and sisters in southern, Appalachian, western, and southwestern literature to band together and create an annual event in the vein of Bouchercon. There’s no reason not to.