Luke Epplin
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (coming February 2026) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) lukeepplin.com Contact: [email protected]
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Luke Epplin
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
· Jun 2
All right, listen up: "Moses and the Doctor" is now available for pre-order. It's got Dr. J, Moses Malone, the ABA, playground basketball, Philly, Houston, Bird and Magic, and much more. It comes out on February 10, 2026. Let's go. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moses-and-...
Three months from today, "Moses and the Doctor" drops. If you're interested in reviewing or anything else, hit me up (email in my bio). Otherwise, I'd certainly appreciate preorders here: www.amazon.com/dp/030683349...
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Three months from today, "Moses and the Doctor" drops. If you're interested in reviewing or anything else, hit me up (email in my bio). Otherwise, I'd certainly appreciate preorders here: www.amazon.com/dp/030683349...
The "Peanuts" strip for today. Make of it what you will.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The "Peanuts" strip for today. Make of it what you will.
A lot to admire in Guillermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein," but at the same time, making the monster immortal and Christ-like drains the movie of so much tension. The whole "maybe we're the real monsters" angle is overplayed and not all that interesting.
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A lot to admire in Guillermo Del Toro's "Frankenstein," but at the same time, making the monster immortal and Christ-like drains the movie of so much tension. The whole "maybe we're the real monsters" angle is overplayed and not all that interesting.
Everyone talks about how lovely NYC is over the winter holidays, but not enough attention is paid during the week in which gold and red leaves all falling along streets lined with brownstones. It's like something out of a Douglas Sirk movie.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Everyone talks about how lovely NYC is over the winter holidays, but not enough attention is paid during the week in which gold and red leaves all falling along streets lined with brownstones. It's like something out of a Douglas Sirk movie.
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Looking forward to reading this.
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Looking forward to reading this.
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Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
Timeline cleanser: Two photos taken a year apart, both on warm November afternoons.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Timeline cleanser: Two photos taken a year apart, both on warm November afternoons.
Wife made a caramel apple crisp. We’re eating well this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wife made a caramel apple crisp. We’re eating well this weekend.
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
"Shine" by Collective Soul played at the grocery store this morning, and it was the first time I've seen Ava rock out to a song that wasn't for kids.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Shine" by Collective Soul played at the grocery store this morning, and it was the first time I've seen Ava rock out to a song that wasn't for kids.
Now this is what I call a headline, from the March 1973 issue of “Black Sports,” one of the great forgotten magazines of the 1970s.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Now this is what I call a headline, from the March 1973 issue of “Black Sports,” one of the great forgotten magazines of the 1970s.
Went out to Brooklyn last night to attend a reading, the older guy sitting next to me told me beforehand that he had season tickets to see the Nets in the 1970s when Dr. J was on the team. We became fast friends.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Went out to Brooklyn last night to attend a reading, the older guy sitting next to me told me beforehand that he had season tickets to see the Nets in the 1970s when Dr. J was on the team. We became fast friends.
First ever visit to my publisher. Time to start planning publicity.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
First ever visit to my publisher. Time to start planning publicity.
Going to Brooklyn tonight for the first time since my daughter was born. Slowly I'm reemerging into society....
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Going to Brooklyn tonight for the first time since my daughter was born. Slowly I'm reemerging into society....
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
OK, I'd be very skeptical of this except for the fact that Cole Escola is writing it. I saw "Oh Mary" on Broadway--a play that Escola wrote--and it was so righteously funny that I think that they could do wonders with Miss Piggy.
Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are developing a Miss Piggy #Muppets movie!
Oh Mary Tony winner Cole Escola will pen the script for the project.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Oh Mary Tony winner Cole Escola will pen the script for the project.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
OK, I'd be very skeptical of this except for the fact that Cole Escola is writing it. I saw "Oh Mary" on Broadway--a play that Escola wrote--and it was so righteously funny that I think that they could do wonders with Miss Piggy.
Since we're talking about Gatsby, my shallow hot take is that it's a novel about the Midwest and the folks from there who lose themselves in the alien lands of the East.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Since we're talking about Gatsby, my shallow hot take is that it's a novel about the Midwest and the folks from there who lose themselves in the alien lands of the East.
Yes, last night was a romp for the Dems, but imagine what a party that was competent in communications could've done. I mean, the president just last week had a Great Gatsby party during a shutdown. It's criminal that the Dems can't message around that.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yes, last night was a romp for the Dems, but imagine what a party that was competent in communications could've done. I mean, the president just last week had a Great Gatsby party during a shutdown. It's criminal that the Dems can't message around that.
Rough night for the ballroom and Great Gatsby party.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Rough night for the ballroom and Great Gatsby party.
NYC is still the best darn city in this country.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
NYC is still the best darn city in this country.
Primary everywhere, especially here.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Primary everywhere, especially here.
My wife is gone for the next two days, so that can mean only one thing: a first-time viewing of "Insomnia" tonight, a first-time viewing of "Velvet Goldmine" tomorrow.
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
My wife is gone for the next two days, so that can mean only one thing: a first-time viewing of "Insomnia" tonight, a first-time viewing of "Velvet Goldmine" tomorrow.
The jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is finished, and it's wonderful. It's such a good feeling when the cover so fully reflects the book's tone.
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is finished, and it's wonderful. It's such a good feeling when the cover so fully reflects the book's tone.
Saw a great indie film last night--"Lurker," which came out in August. I don't think it fully coheres, but the director has an interesting voice and it's exploring topical themes of celebrity, virality, what it takes to make it in art nowadays, etc. A good watch.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Saw a great indie film last night--"Lurker," which came out in August. I don't think it fully coheres, but the director has an interesting voice and it's exploring topical themes of celebrity, virality, what it takes to make it in art nowadays, etc. A good watch.
The first piece I ever published was for n+1. I was living in Chile and had attended a ceremony about the 35th anniversary of Salvador Allende's death. What struck me there was how much the Socialist Party and the Communist Party *hated* each other. They were not the same.
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The first piece I ever published was for n+1. I was living in Chile and had attended a ceremony about the 35th anniversary of Salvador Allende's death. What struck me there was how much the Socialist Party and the Communist Party *hated* each other. They were not the same.