I took a field trip to the Focus on the Family headquarters in conjunction with @kkdumez’s LIVE LAUGH LOVE book launch event. Read my full recap here: open.substack.com/pub/mwatso… @LiverightPub @cse_uccs

Absolutely loved this essay by @adellewaldman in @the_point_mag -- about how we are all, in different ways, limited by sexism, and whether or not, or to what degree, literature represents universal truths thepointmag.com/criticism/st…

I just got a response on an essay that I submitted in July of 2024. I also paid a small submission fee for the honor of waiting over two years to hear that my work ‘is not right for them at this time.’

New work from @meganstielstra in @therumpus and holy cow IT IS SO GOOD therumpus.net/2026/07/10/a-p…

Teo Rivera-Dundas has written a dry, tender, and darkly funny metacritical novel about working in bookstores in NYC, and I reviewed it for @fullstopmag! @UnivNebPress #slowguillotine full-stop.net/2026/06/10/rev…

Complementarianism is gender essentialism, and it's part of the scaffolding of r@pe culture. This is why Epstein invoked Dobson's advice -- read more in @the_revealer -- therevealer.org/jeffrey-epst…

Happy pub day to @StalveyArt and her new graphic memoir, EVERYTHING IN COLOR! I reviewed it for @hippocampusmag and wrote some behind-the-scenes thoughts for this week’s Critic at Play. open.substack.com/pub/mwatso…

Wanna talk about complicated mother-daughter dynamics, sexual agency, substance use, and tropes of femininity? Check out this panel on May 8! @lwwesterfield @Bokchoygurl @rescuepress @PineStatePub @chariscircle charisbooksandmore.com/event…

So, when is Netflix going to produce the reality tv show where you forge a connection through a wall and then the production team reveals you’ve been talking to an AI? I suggest they call it, LOVE IS BL(AI)ND #ai #loveisblind

I wrote about my love for communal bathing and compiled some of my favorite cathartic bathing scenes for Electric Literature! Check it out ~ electricliterature.com/8-boo…

I reviewed @annajrollins’s gorgeous and powerful FAMISHED for @ChristianCent. Find the review here — @eerdmansbooks @PineStatePub christiancentury.org/books/t…

Matt Mauch wrote this essay for sneaker wave magazine about what’s happening in Minneapolis right now. Please read and share — and #fuckice. #minneapolis #reneegood #AlexPretti #georgefloyd open.substack.com/pub/sneake…

Cincinnati Romance Review’s new issue features my review of Anne Berest’s gripping “nonfiction novel,” LA CARTE POSTALE (The Postcard)—incredible storytelling and a chilling reminder about the costs of looking away from rising authoritarianism cincinnatiromancereview.org/…

I wrote about golf and reading as a portal to empathy and quests that never end. Thanks to @coynewriter for the inspiration, and to my dad for letting me borrow his book for three years. mwatsonfore.substack.com/p/o…

I reviewed Stephanie Schechner’s new translation of Mireille Best’s Hymn to Moray Eels (out now via the Pride List from Seagull Books) for @fullstopmag! A sharp interrogation of gender and heteronormativity, set in a French sanatorium #bookreview full-stop.net/2025/12/15/rev…

Flu season is here, folks. Get yourself vaccinated, and then get yourself a cat-panion who will keep watch from the crook of your knee-pits.

Has anyone written a cultural history of the paint-and-sip?? I would love to read that. #culturalcriticism #arthistory #historyinthemaking

I wrote about the #michaeltait scandal in light of an evening I spent with #flamygrant, the iconic drag queen of CCM. Read about how Christian music has prioritized performance over authenticity, up now at #christiancentury #personalessay #ccm christiancentury.org/feature…

Gabriella D'Italia’s memoir, GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK, is out now from @unsolicitedpress, and I wrote about it for Heavy Feather Review! A dazzling contemplative journey for anyone with a material art practice alongside your writing practice #bookreview heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/…