Assistant Professor. Notable Best Am. Essays. Work in: @guardian @NERweb, @TheFLReview @NC_Quarterly, @puertomag, @MISTERBULLBULL & more
San Angelo, TX
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Honored to see my essay included in this year’s Best American Essays Notables list. Thanks to @NERweb for publishing it and to @textplusimage for the editorial guidance.
Heretofore unnoticed Easter egg in Nightmare on Elm Street: the church’s door and windows are Freddy’s glove. This shot occurs after Rod’s funeral. Before his own death, Rod told Nancy that four cuts appeared on Tina as he witnessed her murder.
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Please don't send us AI-generated stories. This age of taking credit for something you didn't do is such a pain. We will now have Zoom calls with all writers we consider accepting. And we will delay payment to avoid paying bad actors. This bullshit.
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James Talarico is hosting a statewide grocery drive for middle class Texans during Republicans’ midterm convention.
Tickets to the convention cost $20,000.
Talarico collected over 20,000 pounds of groceries.
Good time to return to Harlan Ellison’s famous story, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.”
galacticjourney.org/stories/…
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If you’re furious about Mamdani attending a 9/11 memorial but perfectly fine with Trump lying about being rescued from the rubble at Ground Zero. Congratulations, you’re in a cult.
My uni’s admin is modestly pushing similar apocalyptic nonsense. “Here’s a shovel, start digging, and when you’re done, climb into the hole.”
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I agreed to 3 debates over a month ago.
You declined every single one.
You love to talk tough on Fox. Say it to me on the debate stage.
The media refuses to cover Talarico’s record as a Socialist Democrat, but make no mistake we are going to make sure Texans know who he is.
He will be California’s third Senator and we need your help to make sure that doesn’t happen. Go to KenPaxton.com to donate today.
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We are literally the laughing stock of the world for electing this moron….. and his low iq administration….. and the jackass podcasters and celebrities that pushed for him to get elected.
The BIGGEST grift and money grab this country has ever seen.
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.@JamesTalarico on Texas officially banning THC:
“This bill is insane.
Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels.
This ban is a gift to the cartels.
We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
Instead of fully funding our schools, guaranteeing healthcare, or making childcare more affordable — this Legislature is focused on banning a product that gives people a little peace.
We’re making people’s lives harder, not easier.
I want to leave you with a quote: ‘It is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana for personal use.’ That wasn’t a Democrat. That was President Donald Trump.
To my Republican colleagues, I’m asking you to oppose the cartels, stand with President Trump, and vote no on this insane bill.”
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Tonight Trump will re-litigate the 2020 election.
Why?
In support of his SAVE act, which is actually a Voter Suppression Act.
This is a Hail Mary effort to keep his corrupt power grab from being swamped by a blue wave in November.
Recently stumbled upon this old drawing I did. Reminds me of how much I used to enjoy drawing and how I’d like to learn proper technique one day.
nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opini…
Grateful for real artists like Colson Whitehead. Do yourself a favor and give this a read.
One of the realest
Guillermo Del Toro receives a long standing ovation after the screening of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ at the #CannesFilmFestival and says “fuck AI” in his post-screening speech.
Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux responds, “that was the first political statement of the festival”
I wrote this story as a grad student. It’s the first of my stories set in Boston, a city I will always regard as my second home. Thanks to the editors at @GulfStreamLit for publishing my work. Second pub this month, following my story in @puertomag.
gulfstreamlitmag.com/2026/05…
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We went from “the humanities are utterly pointless” to “suddenly, no one can read” in the span of about a year.
