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Our first look at AMERICAN FLASH FICTION, edited by @davidulin.bsky.social!
Coming soon from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social, this anthology collects very short stories from 100 literary luminaries.
LA—Join David Ulin and Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books on 9/23 at 7pm!
#flashfiction #anthology
Coming soon from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social, this anthology collects very short stories from 100 literary luminaries.
LA—Join David Ulin and Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books on 9/23 at 7pm!
#flashfiction #anthology
September 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Our first look at AMERICAN FLASH FICTION, edited by @davidulin.bsky.social!
Coming soon from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social, this anthology collects very short stories from 100 literary luminaries.
LA—Join David Ulin and Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books on 9/23 at 7pm!
#flashfiction #anthology
Coming soon from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social, this anthology collects very short stories from 100 literary luminaries.
LA—Join David Ulin and Ivy Pochoda at Skylight Books on 9/23 at 7pm!
#flashfiction #anthology
Fifteen years ago, on the tenth anniversary of the towers' fall, I published this essay about New York and Los Angeles, and my relationship with both of them. Feels apropos to reshare it today.
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The Art of Moving On
‘This felt like the moment New York disappeared for me.’ David Ulin ten years after 9/11.
granta.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Fifteen years ago, on the tenth anniversary of the towers' fall, I published this essay about New York and Los Angeles, and my relationship with both of them. Feels apropos to reshare it today.
granta.com/the-art-of-m...
granta.com/the-art-of-m...
What are you doing on Wednesday, September 23? Why, coming to Skylight Books, of course, for the launch of American Flash Fiction. I'll be in conversation with Ivy Pochoda.
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David Ulin w/ Ivy Pochoda, "American Flash Fiction"
Independent bookstore in Los Angeles, featuring fiction, nonfiction, arts, and children's books.
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September 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
What are you doing on Wednesday, September 23? Why, coming to Skylight Books, of course, for the launch of American Flash Fiction. I'll be in conversation with Ivy Pochoda.
skylightbooks.com/event/2026-0...
skylightbooks.com/event/2026-0...
The most disturbing thing about the proposed $5000 bribe for votes is not that it's illegal nor that it comes from the Huey Long playbook; I can't imagine DJT has any idea who the Kingfish was. It's that he acts as if 5k is a vast sum of money when in his economy it's worth less and less every day.
September 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The most disturbing thing about the proposed $5000 bribe for votes is not that it's illegal nor that it comes from the Huey Long playbook; I can't imagine DJT has any idea who the Kingfish was. It's that he acts as if 5k is a vast sum of money when in his economy it's worth less and less every day.
Finished books are in the house.
September 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Finished books are in the house.
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Unlike Apple & Google @apstylebook.com is clear on what to call a certain Great Lake:
"Lake Ontario has carried that name for more than 400 years. Refer to it by its original name. If it is relevant to the story, acknowledge and explain the name Trump has chosen."
ckpgtoday.ca/2026/09/08/t...
"Lake Ontario has carried that name for more than 400 years. Refer to it by its original name. If it is relevant to the story, acknowledge and explain the name Trump has chosen."
ckpgtoday.ca/2026/09/08/t...
The Associated Press says it will still refer to Lake Ontario, not Lake America
The Associated Press says it will continue to refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, and not Lake America. It says that as a global news agency, it must ensure place names are easily recognizable...
ckpgtoday.ca
September 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Unlike Apple & Google @apstylebook.com is clear on what to call a certain Great Lake:
"Lake Ontario has carried that name for more than 400 years. Refer to it by its original name. If it is relevant to the story, acknowledge and explain the name Trump has chosen."
ckpgtoday.ca/2026/09/08/t...
"Lake Ontario has carried that name for more than 400 years. Refer to it by its original name. If it is relevant to the story, acknowledge and explain the name Trump has chosen."
ckpgtoday.ca/2026/09/08/t...
“We obliterate ourselves in each other, that is the way of things. … The threats on our freedom will flatten to nothing, it’ll be weather grazing the surface of water.”
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www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
West Is West
Grace Krilanovich’s Acid Green Velvet reimagines the Western through a feminist lens.
www.altaonline.com
September 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“We obliterate ourselves in each other, that is the way of things. … The threats on our freedom will flatten to nothing, it’ll be weather grazing the surface of water.”
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Happy anniversary to us.
August 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Happy anniversary to us.
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“The work . . . consisted in getting rid of every superfluity, more and more, until we really got it down to the bare bones.”—A rare glimpse of Samuel Beckett talking about his craft (thanks @davidcollard.bsky.social)
Samuel Beckett, Paris, 1987.
YouTube video by Michael Ross
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August 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
“The work . . . consisted in getting rid of every superfluity, more and more, until we really got it down to the bare bones.”—A rare glimpse of Samuel Beckett talking about his craft (thanks @davidcollard.bsky.social)
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NEXT WEEK Skylight Books, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social & @littlebrown.bsky.social present a celebration of David Foster Wallace's INFINITE JEST at 30!
@2220arts.bsky.social at 7pm, feat. @davidulin.bsky.social in conversation with Bonnie Nadell + MORE!
RSVP:
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@2220arts.bsky.social at 7pm, feat. @davidulin.bsky.social in conversation with Bonnie Nadell + MORE!
RSVP:
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At 2220 Arts: Celebrating INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace at 30!
Independent bookstore in Los Angeles, featuring fiction, nonfiction, arts, and children's books.
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August 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
NEXT WEEK Skylight Books, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social & @littlebrown.bsky.social present a celebration of David Foster Wallace's INFINITE JEST at 30!
@2220arts.bsky.social at 7pm, feat. @davidulin.bsky.social in conversation with Bonnie Nadell + MORE!
RSVP:
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@2220arts.bsky.social at 7pm, feat. @davidulin.bsky.social in conversation with Bonnie Nadell + MORE!
RSVP:
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"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report.
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women
And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.
newrepublic.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report.
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
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Incredibly grateful for this generous and thoughtful review from @davidulin.bsky.social and @altajournal.bsky.social
“She hadn’t realized until it was too late that there would be a last time for all of those things. She hadn’t known to mark them.”
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www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Claire Boyles’s Colorado: Water Rights, Fracking, and the High Cost of Western Farming
In Appraisals, Claire Boyles goes back to the land.
www.altaonline.com
August 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Incredibly grateful for this generous and thoughtful review from @davidulin.bsky.social and @altajournal.bsky.social
“She hadn’t realized until it was too late that there would be a last time for all of those things. She hadn’t known to mark them.”
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Claire Boyles’s Colorado: Water Rights, Fracking, and the High Cost of Western Farming
In Appraisals, Claire Boyles goes back to the land.
www.altaonline.com
August 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“She hadn’t realized until it was too late that there would be a last time for all of those things. She hadn’t known to mark them.”
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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Hey so turns out discovering why we used to have all those food safety regulations in the first place is not all that much fun
July 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Hey so turns out discovering why we used to have all those food safety regulations in the first place is not all that much fun
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6 writers, including @davidulin.bsky.social, reflect on the legacy of J.D. Salinger's THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as the iconic novel turns 75.
Read the full piece in the @latimes.com here:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Read the full piece in the @latimes.com here:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Is 'The Catcher in the Rye' phony or still cool? 6 writers reflect on its legacy at 75
We loved Holden Caulfield at 16, but how does the book hold up? Six California writers unpack the enduring power of Salinger’s only novel as it turns 75.
www.latimes.com
July 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
6 writers, including @davidulin.bsky.social, reflect on the legacy of J.D. Salinger's THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as the iconic novel turns 75.
Read the full piece in the @latimes.com here:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Read the full piece in the @latimes.com here:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Delighted to have three new poems in the summer issue of New World Writing Quarterly.
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David L. Ulin ~ Triptych - New World Writing Quarterly
#9 Dream I was in Manhattan, on the #9 train. At the station, a large crowd had been backed onto the platform due to a disturbance ahead. I noticed what
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July 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Delighted to have three new poems in the summer issue of New World Writing Quarterly.
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According to the article, all she's been doing is TAPING articles onto the walls. TAPING. Not spraypainting, not carving, not damaging. Just TAPING.
And they're calling that vandalism.
This too is fascism.
And they're calling that vandalism.
This too is fascism.
Park rangers fined Sandra Shachar for vandalism this morning at the President’s House, hours after the Trump admin installed its version of history.
The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed.
If she does it again, she’ll be arrested.
The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed.
If she does it again, she’ll be arrested.
July 16, 2026 at 1:55 AM
According to the article, all she's been doing is TAPING articles onto the walls. TAPING. Not spraypainting, not carving, not damaging. Just TAPING.
And they're calling that vandalism.
This too is fascism.
And they're calling that vandalism.
This too is fascism.
Just finished this, and Jesus fucking Christ, what a book.
July 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Just finished this, and Jesus fucking Christ, what a book.
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Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true.
July 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Graham Platner shouldn't be a United States Senator -- and neither should Susan Collins -- and I really really hope there's a way for both of those things to be true.
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The majority of GOP Supreme Court judges voting against birthright citizenship is a reminder that most conservatives fundamentally hate America.
June 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The majority of GOP Supreme Court judges voting against birthright citizenship is a reminder that most conservatives fundamentally hate America.
In 1998, I moderated a conversation between Mel Brooks and Joseph Heller. They talked for three hours. Ostensibly, the subject was Heller's memoir, Now and Then.
But really, it was the Mel and Joe show.
Here's the piece that came out of their conversation.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
But really, it was the Mel and Joe show.
Here's the piece that came out of their conversation.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Banterweight Champs
Verbal Sparring Partners Mel Brooks, left, and Joseph Heller Engage in a Repartee That Covers Personal Struggles, 'Catch-22,' War Stories and the Novelist's Latest Book, 'Now and Then'
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In 1998, I moderated a conversation between Mel Brooks and Joseph Heller. They talked for three hours. Ostensibly, the subject was Heller's memoir, Now and Then.
But really, it was the Mel and Joe show.
Here's the piece that came out of their conversation.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
But really, it was the Mel and Joe show.
Here's the piece that came out of their conversation.
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Reposted by David Ulin
I’m sorry, some Democrats who keep losing are mad about the new Democrats who keep winning?
June 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I’m sorry, some Democrats who keep losing are mad about the new Democrats who keep winning?
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Wtf is wrong with establishment Dems? Why can't they look at Mamdani's win in NY and recognize how badly the party needs to change? Is it just money? The horror of sharing power? What about their living, breathing constituents, people who just want to live in a fair world without fear?
June 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Wtf is wrong with establishment Dems? Why can't they look at Mamdani's win in NY and recognize how badly the party needs to change? Is it just money? The horror of sharing power? What about their living, breathing constituents, people who just want to live in a fair world without fear?
“The past isn’t separated from the present. In fact, it’s always present in the landscape, this matrix of meanings and images that’s right there."
www.altaonline.com/books/a71375...
www.altaonline.com/books/a71375...
The Writer Mapping Los Angeles’s Invisible Past
David L. Ulin joins writer Sam Sweet on a drift through Los Angeles, tracing the lost histories buried beneath the city’s surfaces in his series All Night Menu.
www.altaonline.com
June 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“The past isn’t separated from the present. In fact, it’s always present in the landscape, this matrix of meanings and images that’s right there."
www.altaonline.com/books/a71375...
www.altaonline.com/books/a71375...
“You cannot hide flaws that are not flaws but are mere signs that you are part of this world, a place where terrible and wonderful beauties are coming to pieces at every moment and others are constructing themselves out of the remains."
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Brave New World
Deb Olin Unferth’s novel Earth 7 reframes the apocalypse.
www.altaonline.com
June 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
“You cannot hide flaws that are not flaws but are mere signs that you are part of this world, a place where terrible and wonderful beauties are coming to pieces at every moment and others are constructing themselves out of the remains."
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...