Drew Broussard
@drewsof.bsky.social
he/him
writer
bookstore manager, Rough Draft Bar & Books
podcasts editor at Literary Hub & host of The Lit Hub Podcast
"His manners are as bad as his grasp of the issue involved" — some rando in the LH comments section
writer
bookstore manager, Rough Draft Bar & Books
podcasts editor at Literary Hub & host of The Lit Hub Podcast
"His manners are as bad as his grasp of the issue involved" — some rando in the LH comments section
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In better news, I want to share the 2025 bestseller lists from Rough Draft, because they really blew my mind when we ran them. Check out the top twenty fiction and non-fiction titles we sold in 2025, then read on (if you want) for some musings about the state of it all.
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feels like it’s getting to be tax strike time
Here's the full list, according to a DOJ press release dated August.
In effect, every blue state except for Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, and Massachusetts (all except HI had Republican statewide electeds at some point since 2018) will have their funding withheld:
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
In effect, every blue state except for Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, and Massachusetts (all except HI had Republican statewide electeds at some point since 2018) will have their funding withheld:
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM
feels like it’s getting to be tax strike time
I was one of these people and it still shocks me to my core. Not a week in my life goes by that I don't think about "my antiperspirant is breaking down" from FUGITIVE FROM THE CUBICLE POLICE, which I thought was so fucking funny at literally 12.
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I was one of these people and it still shocks me to my core. Not a week in my life goes by that I don't think about "my antiperspirant is breaking down" from FUGITIVE FROM THE CUBICLE POLICE, which I thought was so fucking funny at literally 12.
One of the best plays of the century, a director who *might* just be able to adapt this borderline unadaptable play, and all I wish is that my sweet friend Michael Friedman (who wrote the music for the play) would be here to see this
wow, I hadn't seen anything about the play before either, this is gonna be a hell of a ride
Boots Riley Confirms He’s Turning Post-Apocalypse ‘Simpsons’ Adjacent Off-Broadway Dark Comedy ‘Mr. Burns: A Post‑Electric Play’ Into A Movie
Filmmaker Boots Riley confirmed he is making a film adaptation of the apocalyptic dark comedy 'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.'
theplaylist.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
One of the best plays of the century, a director who *might* just be able to adapt this borderline unadaptable play, and all I wish is that my sweet friend Michael Friedman (who wrote the music for the play) would be here to see this
Might be time to re-watch WATCHMEN (the series, not the film, obviously)
January 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Might be time to re-watch WATCHMEN (the series, not the film, obviously)
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this is really good news
I’m working with social service type folks on the ground in my rural upstate community to spread the word that lots of people are eligible for free insulation and other home improvements through Empower+
people still don’t even know it exists, it’s an uphill battle
I’m working with social service type folks on the ground in my rural upstate community to spread the word that lots of people are eligible for free insulation and other home improvements through Empower+
people still don’t even know it exists, it’s an uphill battle
Hochul is set to announce an additional $50m for the Empower+ program in her State of the State tomorrow. The program supports weatherization and other energy efficiency upgrades.
It was slated for major cuts as of last summer nysfocus.com/2025/07/18/h... but now appears back on track /
It was slated for major cuts as of last summer nysfocus.com/2025/07/18/h... but now appears back on track /
Hochul to propose $50M for home heating assistance program
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pledging to devote an additional $50 million into a program that is intended to help low- and moderate-income New Yorkers with their energy costs.
www.timesunion.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
this is really good news
I’m working with social service type folks on the ground in my rural upstate community to spread the word that lots of people are eligible for free insulation and other home improvements through Empower+
people still don’t even know it exists, it’s an uphill battle
I’m working with social service type folks on the ground in my rural upstate community to spread the word that lots of people are eligible for free insulation and other home improvements through Empower+
people still don’t even know it exists, it’s an uphill battle
hey writing's actually going well this morning so obviously this is the right time for me to move my desk and start cleaning my office, right?!
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
hey writing's actually going well this morning so obviously this is the right time for me to move my desk and start cleaning my office, right?!
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A delightful exploration of a fandom, but also this line speaks so perfectly to millennial nostalgia.
"It becomes rarer and rarer to be struck in the heart by something that consumes you, and one day you forget that it used to happen at all."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
"It becomes rarer and rarer to be struck in the heart by something that consumes you, and one day you forget that it used to happen at all."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
Why on Earth Have I Seen the Same Broadway Show 13 Times? An Investigation.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A delightful exploration of a fandom, but also this line speaks so perfectly to millennial nostalgia.
"It becomes rarer and rarer to be struck in the heart by something that consumes you, and one day you forget that it used to happen at all."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
"It becomes rarer and rarer to be struck in the heart by something that consumes you, and one day you forget that it used to happen at all."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
I am not a person who talks during movies but I grabbed my wife's arm and said, in nearly full voice, "IS THAT PEYTON MANNING?!" when he showed up in IS THIS THING ON? and I don't remember the last time a cameo so startled me
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I am not a person who talks during movies but I grabbed my wife's arm and said, in nearly full voice, "IS THAT PEYTON MANNING?!" when he showed up in IS THIS THING ON? and I don't remember the last time a cameo so startled me
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I think Obama, Schumer, Harris, Hillary Clinton et al don’t like Mamdani only because they disagree with him politically.
They HATE that he exposes their game of feigned helplessness and fecklessness bsky.app/profile/darr...
They HATE that he exposes their game of feigned helplessness and fecklessness bsky.app/profile/darr...
Can we please make it our baseline standard to elect politicians who want to improve our lives
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I think Obama, Schumer, Harris, Hillary Clinton et al don’t like Mamdani only because they disagree with him politically.
They HATE that he exposes their game of feigned helplessness and fecklessness bsky.app/profile/darr...
They HATE that he exposes their game of feigned helplessness and fecklessness bsky.app/profile/darr...
GOT IT IN ONE! Today's gonna be a good day.
I will never spell squirm correctly on the first or second try. Always takes at least three attempts.
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
GOT IT IN ONE! Today's gonna be a good day.
Oh shit I didn't realize Carmen Maria Machado won a Nobel Peace Prize but honestly I support it even as I wonder what she's doing in Venezuela instead of working on her next book.
(source: nymag.com/intelligence...)
(source: nymag.com/intelligence...)
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Oh shit I didn't realize Carmen Maria Machado won a Nobel Peace Prize but honestly I support it even as I wonder what she's doing in Venezuela instead of working on her next book.
(source: nymag.com/intelligence...)
(source: nymag.com/intelligence...)
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You know that book everyone was waiting for in December? We have it now.
Signed,
A Bookstore That Is Drowning in Deliveries That Should Have Been Here Three Weeks Ago
Signed,
A Bookstore That Is Drowning in Deliveries That Should Have Been Here Three Weeks Ago
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
You know that book everyone was waiting for in December? We have it now.
Signed,
A Bookstore That Is Drowning in Deliveries That Should Have Been Here Three Weeks Ago
Signed,
A Bookstore That Is Drowning in Deliveries That Should Have Been Here Three Weeks Ago
been thinking about this a lot re: the Stranger Things extra-ep mania and how a generation of viewers has been trained to look for 'secrets' or try to 'figure out an easter egg' or believe incorrect things about 'method acting' instead of just enjoying the simple pleasures of a well-built show/film.
ok something I’ve noticed in fan response generally is a total unwillingness to believe that writers, directors, actors, designers etc did anything on purpose
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
been thinking about this a lot re: the Stranger Things extra-ep mania and how a generation of viewers has been trained to look for 'secrets' or try to 'figure out an easter egg' or believe incorrect things about 'method acting' instead of just enjoying the simple pleasures of a well-built show/film.
Everybody (rightly!) talks about the sexual tension between Hannibal and Will in HANNIBAL but I don't see enough people talking about the sexual tension between Patty Hughes and Ellen Parsons in DAMAGES.
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Everybody (rightly!) talks about the sexual tension between Hannibal and Will in HANNIBAL but I don't see enough people talking about the sexual tension between Patty Hughes and Ellen Parsons in DAMAGES.
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I am going to go for a walk, try to rediscover my serenity, and enter the weekend. No forgiveness for or reconciliation with these wicked people or their supporters ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. Love to the rest of you!
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I am going to go for a walk, try to rediscover my serenity, and enter the weekend. No forgiveness for or reconciliation with these wicked people or their supporters ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. Love to the rest of you!
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reading books
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
reading books
I'm starting to get excited about Winter Institute! If you are going to be there and we tolerate each other, let me know so that I might say hello to you or buy you a drink or have a meal with you or something!!
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I'm starting to get excited about Winter Institute! If you are going to be there and we tolerate each other, let me know so that I might say hello to you or buy you a drink or have a meal with you or something!!
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as part of Sabbatical Year I'm reading magazines instead of subbing to them. first off is the newest Lady Churchill's, with a great back cover...
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
as part of Sabbatical Year I'm reading magazines instead of subbing to them. first off is the newest Lady Churchill's, with a great back cover...
Today is the liminal day, the one between Bowie's birth day and death day. Behave accordingly.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today is the liminal day, the one between Bowie's birth day and death day. Behave accordingly.
whoa apparently Octavia Butler's SURVIVOR is coming back into print later this year?!
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
whoa apparently Octavia Butler's SURVIVOR is coming back into print later this year?!
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So my favourite thing I learned today is that there's a YouTube book club for This Year, by John Darnielle @themountaingoats.bsky.social ! Visit the song mentioned in the book for that day and people are commenting. I was enjoying the book and songs anyway but this is a fun new dimension.
January 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
So my favourite thing I learned today is that there's a YouTube book club for This Year, by John Darnielle @themountaingoats.bsky.social ! Visit the song mentioned in the book for that day and people are commenting. I was enjoying the book and songs anyway but this is a fun new dimension.
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Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
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Pretend to have read a different book, maybe.
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Pretend to have read a different book, maybe.