Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers

Janet Jackson
Demi Lovato (with opener Dead Sara)
Pink (with opener Julia Michaels)
Sharon Van Etten
Stevie Nicks

My weird little megachurch book is out TOMORROW, and some amazing people are joining me to launch it! More info at scottlatta.com/events. See you soon @changinghands.bsky.social @enhbooks.bsky.social @interabangbooks.bsky.social!

Corvallis! I'm coming to the Corvallis Museum this Friday night to read from this weird little megachurch book as part of the @oregonstate.edu MFA alumni series. The great Mike Chin will be there, along with Bruce the Moose in the lobby.

More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...

My book PERSON UNDER has a cover 😭 and is available for preorder before its pub date in January!

@finishinglinepress.bsky.social is publishing PERSON UNDER and preordering a book plays an important role in turning a book into a book for small presses. I am full of thank yous.

Link in bio!

Anyone near Portland? Do you have a robust Portland network that might like to come to @powells.bsky.social at Cedar Hills?

Please tell your friends! Tell your enemies!

Reminds me. I recently drafted the Works Cited page to my new manuscript and it includes books from a whole bunch of UPs. Huge shout out to:

@uminnpress.bsky.social, @illinoispress.bsky.social, @upmississippi.bsky.social, @oxfordunipress.bsky.social, @yalepress.bsky.social, @ucpress.bsky.social...

Portland! I'm chatting with novelist Julia Malye about her excellent book PELICAN GIRLS next week at @powells.bsky.social on Hawthorne - come join us!

15 yrs after her debut / 19 yrs after her debut / 33 yrs after her debut

Reminder that I'm working on a book of nonfiction about Janet's music and am always curious to know when and where her songs appear in public spaces. If you catch one of her jams somewhere please do not hesitate to notify me of details. which track, where you heard it, did everyone dance, etc

I wrote about my brief unlikely local politics interlude for @thecut.com. Written with love for Portland & loathing for the genocidal clowns who made national politics so alienating. If you have an amazing friend maybe you can accidentally be her campaign manager too. www.thecut.com/article/how-...

thrilled to see @zoebossiere.bsky.social's CACTUS COUNTRY on @shelf-awareness.com's list of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year! 🌵 www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

short books are the best, and this is a wonderful list to be a part of!

Kudos to @k-e-c.bsky.social for this outstanding piece in the OSU alumni magazine about the Oregon State MFA program! with appearances from @kariefugett.bsky.social and @zoebossiere.bsky.social!

for the @essaydaily.bsky.social advent calendar, I wrote about our greatest living Santa Claus impersonator: www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

"Your own evaluation of your work day is not usually a good sign of how good a job you did."

- @mdbell79.bsky.social on the Creative Nonfiction Podcast. I really like the idea of forgetting about Good writing days and Bad writing days. I won't even know which kind it was until way later anyway!

I'm super proud to have an essay in this anthology. The list of contributors is unreal. Huge kudos to @middlewestpress.bsky.social and @fobhaiku.bsky.social!

folks! my essay collection is on sale at @uncpress.bsky.social: 30% off with code 01UNCP30

it's about rural Iowa, political polarization, TV, oil, the civilian-military divide, and the genius of Shania Twain. it's funny, and on sale! let's go!

uncpress.org/book/9781469...

#booksky #writers

Hello app!

I'm an essayist in Portland, currently working on a book of nonfiction for @uncpress.bsky.social about the genius of Janet Jackson. Music writers, essayists, CNF people, lemme know where you're at!