Jim Hayes
@togaspring.bsky.social
Avid reader and aspiring writer in Upstate NY
Border Patrol Left a Refugee at a Cafe. Days Later, He Was Found Dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/n...
Border Patrol Left a Refugee at a Cafe. Days Later, He Was Found Dead.
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February 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Border Patrol Left a Refugee at a Cafe. Days Later, He Was Found Dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/n...
Currently reading this excellent new book by Susan Cheever; a fascinating personal commentary on her late father's prize winning stories and the influence they had on many popular cultural experiences - e.g. she describes herself in the intro: "I am Sally Draper twice removed."
February 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Currently reading this excellent new book by Susan Cheever; a fascinating personal commentary on her late father's prize winning stories and the influence they had on many popular cultural experiences - e.g. she describes herself in the intro: "I am Sally Draper twice removed."
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In a new memoir, Susan Cheever searches for the wellspring of her father’s genius—and digs through his secrets, Adam Begley writes.
John Cheever’s Secrets
In a new memoir, Susan Cheever searches for the wellspring of her father’s genius.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In a new memoir, Susan Cheever searches for the wellspring of her father’s genius—and digs through his secrets, Adam Begley writes.
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I’m just finishing Susan Cheever’s new book, which made me remember a line from her father: “We seemed to be dancing on the grave of social coherence.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I’m just finishing Susan Cheever’s new book, which made me remember a line from her father: “We seemed to be dancing on the grave of social coherence.”
Beautiful cover. Can't wait to read these stories by @joycecaroloates.bsky.social available 6.16.26
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Beautiful cover. Can't wait to read these stories by @joycecaroloates.bsky.social available 6.16.26
Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Joan Didion and Kurt Vonnegut Had Something to Say. We Have It on Tape. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
The End of an Era at One of America’s Most Famous Artist Retreats www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/b...
The End of an Era at One of America’s Most Famous Artist Retreats
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December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The End of an Era at One of America’s Most Famous Artist Retreats www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/b...
Opinion | Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack
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October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Dark Academia: A Starter Pack www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social Hi Joyce, have you read any of The Booker Prize long list selections or short list finalists announced today?
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social Hi Joyce, have you read any of The Booker Prize long list selections or short list finalists announced today?
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Master—but if I had the Beard on my cheek (like you) and you — had Daisy’s petals and you cared so much for me— what would become of you? Could you forget me in fight, or flight or the foreign land?
-Emily Dickinson, “To Recipient Unknown”
-Emily Dickinson, “To Recipient Unknown”
September 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Master—but if I had the Beard on my cheek (like you) and you — had Daisy’s petals and you cared so much for me— what would become of you? Could you forget me in fight, or flight or the foreign land?
-Emily Dickinson, “To Recipient Unknown”
-Emily Dickinson, “To Recipient Unknown”
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William Orpen's radiant colours and his luscious textures celebrated not only wealth but sensuality, a quality deemed unnatural in the early years of the new century if you weren't Italian or French. This is his 'The Eastern Gown,' from 1906.
September 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
William Orpen's radiant colours and his luscious textures celebrated not only wealth but sensuality, a quality deemed unnatural in the early years of the new century if you weren't Italian or French. This is his 'The Eastern Gown,' from 1906.
Just finished. Interesting novel using present day themes of relationship and unchecked altruism (with the flair of Albanian culture) left this reader asking throughout: did that person actually say that? Did I hear that response correctly?" 4/13 titles completed ☑️ @thebookerprizes.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just finished. Interesting novel using present day themes of relationship and unchecked altruism (with the flair of Albanian culture) left this reader asking throughout: did that person actually say that? Did I hear that response correctly?" 4/13 titles completed ☑️ @thebookerprizes.com
That’s the kind of phrase that condenses experience into language so precisely, it's philosophical. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
That’s the kind of phrase that condenses experience into language so precisely, it's philosophical. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
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Trump gets booed at the US Open today.
September 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump gets booed at the US Open today.
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
Just finished "Flesh" by 2nd time long-list nominee David Szalay @thebookerprizes.com A novel about male alienation and the vertical life of a Hungarian man who spent it as an outsider, never saying "no" to anything he encountered - all the way to the top and then back down again He only said "okay"
August 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just finished "Flesh" by 2nd time long-list nominee David Szalay @thebookerprizes.com A novel about male alienation and the vertical life of a Hungarian man who spent it as an outsider, never saying "no" to anything he encountered - all the way to the top and then back down again He only said "okay"
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family-tended gardens of beauty have a sentimental effect upon me-- filling my eyes with tears. recalling the old "flower gardens" & backyard vegetable gardens that were so common when I was growing up. but some local gardens are extraordinary, home-tended, not professional landscapers.
August 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
family-tended gardens of beauty have a sentimental effect upon me-- filling my eyes with tears. recalling the old "flower gardens" & backyard vegetable gardens that were so common when I was growing up. but some local gardens are extraordinary, home-tended, not professional landscapers.
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I think this is my favorite sign that I saw at the #handsoff2025 protest in Raleigh:
April 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think this is my favorite sign that I saw at the #handsoff2025 protest in Raleigh: