Mike Prask
@mprask
Writing in @havehadhavehad @rejectionLit @WestBranchMag @fivesouth and @cottonxenomorph Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.
Keeping this going -- every time I drive by the Ba'hai Temple, I have to remind everyone to read "Orchids" by Stuart Dybek
Nice to see @greatplacebooks.bsky.social get a little representation in the latest alumni newsletter from my HS. Will keep an eye out for Devin at the next reunion...
Happy 9th Anniversary to me keeping the bones in my right hand intact by opting not to stretch all the way out and barehand this bomb of a home run from Kyle Schwarber
I'm sure I gave a different answer last time we did this but going with 1965 this time (also aside from Unplugged, not sure PJ, Nirvana, etc are in my Top 10) Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day
Turns out, I just wanted to steal a bunch of orchids, sell them out of a convertible, and head to Mexico like in the Stuart Dybek story ("Orchids")
Just spent two weeks in Evanston Hospital and would stop and look at the back of the Ba'hai Temple a few times a day. Didn't realize till I was close to getting out it wasn’t purely out of a need for spiritual fulfillment.
Finishing a re-read of Winter's Bone while the sun sets and the birds won't shut up and loving when a perfect book gets more perfect
I somehow forgot Michael Clayton and The Nice Guys but otherwise this works for me
Even though I'm working with bigger quantities, it's impossible to do this and not feel like Parker Posey grilling her lonely, single wing in "Guffman"
Same! It was part of this collection we read in 6th grade and was one of the few that has stuck with me. I definitely don't remember reading Munro at age 12...
Can't remember who here recommended this, but I finished it a week or two ago, and this closing passage has stuck (and stuck) with me
Also, just making note now of this possibly-helpful wrestling Kama Sutra thing on the side wall
Big mail day for stories with protagonists whose dreams and goals shouldn't be questioned in any way, shape, or form
I know WHY I didn't read a ton in '24, but I was still surprised to see how little. Ended strong though - check out the new Higley when you can...
I'm definitely enjoying this novel, especially since it's 75% in and about my adopted hometown, but if you write a scene at the (very real) Diner Grill and no one is eating a Slinger, ordering a Slinger, or regretting the Slinger they ate two days ago, you have missed an opportunity for your readers
This is ridiculous. I listened to the live MJ Lenderman WAY more than I listened to any Springsteen this year...