J. Schuberth (they/them)
@jmschuberth.bsky.social
Writer, crime and sci-fi. PhD, Philosophy of Religion. Love cons, heists & econ. Printmaker. Literacy advocate.
A good book, a warm jumper, what more could a @alicefraser.bsky.social @thebugle.bsky.social fan want for the holidays. (This cricket bats are a nice touch).
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A good book, a warm jumper, what more could a @alicefraser.bsky.social @thebugle.bsky.social fan want for the holidays. (This cricket bats are a nice touch).
Just finished @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's Hummingbird Salamander. The protagonist is one of the best female characters I've ever read. The play between her psyche and her physical body in how she perceives herself and how others do too, is phenomenal. I'd read a book of this woman doing anything.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just finished @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's Hummingbird Salamander. The protagonist is one of the best female characters I've ever read. The play between her psyche and her physical body in how she perceives herself and how others do too, is phenomenal. I'd read a book of this woman doing anything.
Middlebury Vermont--showing up!!! Talked to many who have been protesting since Nixon!!!! They brought their kids and grandkids. I heard one 8-year-old ask his dad "What's a dictator?" This is what democracy(and civics) looks like.
June 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Middlebury Vermont--showing up!!! Talked to many who have been protesting since Nixon!!!! They brought their kids and grandkids. I heard one 8-year-old ask his dad "What's a dictator?" This is what democracy(and civics) looks like.
Just got back from seeing @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social chat w/ a room of mostly fans (there were some people trapped in the middle but they seemed ok) at SteepleJack hosted by @powells.bsky.social. Great convo & learned how much bureaucrats having affairs can shape one’s life. Great Sunday night.
May 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just got back from seeing @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social chat w/ a room of mostly fans (there were some people trapped in the middle but they seemed ok) at SteepleJack hosted by @powells.bsky.social. Great convo & learned how much bureaucrats having affairs can shape one’s life. Great Sunday night.
TY @alicefraser.bsky.social for rec of @robertjbennett.bsky.social A Drop of Corruption. I tore through it over the weekend. Crime, sci-fi, pretty much my favorite thing. @realmsunknown.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
TY @alicefraser.bsky.social for rec of @robertjbennett.bsky.social A Drop of Corruption. I tore through it over the weekend. Crime, sci-fi, pretty much my favorite thing. @realmsunknown.bsky.social
I’m on the line up tonight for open mic at Alberta Street Pub’s Tits Up. This is my 2nd time at an open mic and can’t wait to be part of this great group.
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I’m on the line up tonight for open mic at Alberta Street Pub’s Tits Up. This is my 2nd time at an open mic and can’t wait to be part of this great group.
Great history of science fiction by Ward Shelley in @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s great Wonderbook. Maybe @alicefraser.bsky.social & Realms Unknown can pic a strand and expand! Love the podcast & the book.
April 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Great history of science fiction by Ward Shelley in @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s great Wonderbook. Maybe @alicefraser.bsky.social & Realms Unknown can pic a strand and expand! Love the podcast & the book.
Saw @thebugle.bsky.social icon @mrnishkumar.bsky.social in Portland. His ‘what’s in my fridge’ set is spectacular! Hoping more @thebugle.bsky.social regulars will make it to America soon so we can make it great again.
March 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Saw @thebugle.bsky.social icon @mrnishkumar.bsky.social in Portland. His ‘what’s in my fridge’ set is spectacular! Hoping more @thebugle.bsky.social regulars will make it to America soon so we can make it great again.
Best birthday ever. My partner gave me Dr. Ricken’s The You You Are(blank inside) and then in the mail, @alicefraser.bsky.social’s A Passion for Passion finally arrived!!!!!
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Best birthday ever. My partner gave me Dr. Ricken’s The You You Are(blank inside) and then in the mail, @alicefraser.bsky.social’s A Passion for Passion finally arrived!!!!!
I’m having a show of print at FreshPot next to @powells.bsky.social on Hawthorne. Come on by Friday, 7th, 7:30-9 for the opening. Say hi, having a drink, see some art. Show up all month.
March 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m having a show of print at FreshPot next to @powells.bsky.social on Hawthorne. Come on by Friday, 7th, 7:30-9 for the opening. Say hi, having a drink, see some art. Show up all month.
Can’t wait to hear @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social very own #ivypochoda talk about her new book. Horror?!!! Very exciting. @publisherslunch.bsky.social Feb. 17th!
February 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Can’t wait to hear @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social very own #ivypochoda talk about her new book. Horror?!!! Very exciting. @publisherslunch.bsky.social Feb. 17th!
Just finished @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. couldn’t help but think of a medieval mystic who was burned at the stake for her allegorical The Mirror of Simple and Annihilated Souls (I wrote my dissertation on her). Desiring annihilation has always been dangerous. Great Books!
January 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just finished @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Annihilation. couldn’t help but think of a medieval mystic who was burned at the stake for her allegorical The Mirror of Simple and Annihilated Souls (I wrote my dissertation on her). Desiring annihilation has always been dangerous. Great Books!
Crime writers! Don’t miss @queercrimefic.bsky.social’s Queerying (I see what you did there) w/ @chrisbuccola.bsky.social Terri Bischoff & @levacrosen.bsky.social buff.ly/4jf5Pq4
January 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Crime writers! Don’t miss @queercrimefic.bsky.social’s Queerying (I see what you did there) w/ @chrisbuccola.bsky.social Terri Bischoff & @levacrosen.bsky.social buff.ly/4jf5Pq4
Just finished @jordanharper.bsky.social’s The Last King of California. Like She Rides Shotgun, the cost of masculinity and all the physical and emotional violence it reaps paired with a page turning plot and gorgeous writing. Highly rec.
January 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just finished @jordanharper.bsky.social’s The Last King of California. Like She Rides Shotgun, the cost of masculinity and all the physical and emotional violence it reaps paired with a page turning plot and gorgeous writing. Highly rec.
My piece “The Stoic Parent” is in #thenightwriterreview, along with other great pieces by the likes of @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social’s Shannon Presby. I love reading it in print, but also online thenightwriterreview.com/the-stoic-pa...
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 AM
My piece “The Stoic Parent” is in #thenightwriterreview, along with other great pieces by the likes of @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social’s Shannon Presby. I love reading it in print, but also online thenightwriterreview.com/the-stoic-pa...
Big fan of @aptshadow.bsky.social but ALIEN CLAY blew my mind. Prison camp on an alien planet and one of the best explorations of why people push back or not against authority—and it’s funny. World building, compelling characters, philosophically probing, it really has it all.
December 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Big fan of @aptshadow.bsky.social but ALIEN CLAY blew my mind. Prison camp on an alien planet and one of the best explorations of why people push back or not against authority—and it’s funny. World building, compelling characters, philosophically probing, it really has it all.
Just pre-ordered @nicholasbelardes.bsky.social The Deading. Can’t wait to read it—although with @sgj.bsky.social blurbing it, I know not to read it right before bed, lest nightmares abound.
@ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
@ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
December 13, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Just pre-ordered @nicholasbelardes.bsky.social The Deading. Can’t wait to read it—although with @sgj.bsky.social blurbing it, I know not to read it right before bed, lest nightmares abound.
@ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
@ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
Incredible convo with @davidulin.bsky.social & Viet Thanh Nguyen at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
Highly rec David Naimon’s Between the Covers 2015 and 2021 interviews with Viet.
It’s thrilling to watch a mind like Viet’s at work.
Highly rec David Naimon’s Between the Covers 2015 and 2021 interviews with Viet.
It’s thrilling to watch a mind like Viet’s at work.
December 8, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Incredible convo with @davidulin.bsky.social & Viet Thanh Nguyen at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
Highly rec David Naimon’s Between the Covers 2015 and 2021 interviews with Viet.
It’s thrilling to watch a mind like Viet’s at work.
Highly rec David Naimon’s Between the Covers 2015 and 2021 interviews with Viet.
It’s thrilling to watch a mind like Viet’s at work.
Great graduate lecture by Ty Landers on Rural Noir at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
All the great: Poe, O’Connor, S.A. Crosby, Woodrell,
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
All the great: Poe, O’Connor, S.A. Crosby, Woodrell,
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
December 5, 2023 at 3:59 AM
Great graduate lecture by Ty Landers on Rural Noir at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
All the great: Poe, O’Connor, S.A. Crosby, Woodrell,
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
All the great: Poe, O’Connor, S.A. Crosby, Woodrell,
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
Great hearing about knives and nachos and all things horror with @sgj.bsky.social and Gabino Iglesias of @nytimes.com at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
December 3, 2023 at 4:29 AM
Great hearing about knives and nachos and all things horror with @sgj.bsky.social and Gabino Iglesias of @nytimes.com at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social
Just finished Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Blown away by the language, the story, the everything. Excited to see him talk next week at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social —couldn’t ask for more from an MFA program.
November 28, 2023 at 11:14 PM
Just finished Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Blown away by the language, the story, the everything. Excited to see him talk next week at @ucrlowresmfa.bsky.social —couldn’t ask for more from an MFA program.
Mary Beard at Portland's Literary Arts talking about Roman Emporers who suffocated their dinner guests by burying them in roses. Great way to spend a Thursday night.
@sarahdougher.bsky.social
@sarahdougher.bsky.social
October 29, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Mary Beard at Portland's Literary Arts talking about Roman Emporers who suffocated their dinner guests by burying them in roses. Great way to spend a Thursday night.
@sarahdougher.bsky.social
@sarahdougher.bsky.social