thedrevlow
@thedrevlow
editor-in-chief BULL, author of the book of rusty, a good ram is hard to find, ina-baby: a love story in reverse, & bend with the knees and other love advice from my father (thedrevlow-olsonshow.com)
THE CAPTAIN'S BEEN DRINKING out August 18 with @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social "an often hilarious, often offensive and often tragic chameleon of a novel." @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social
"After I heard Carolyn’s brother died I figured I should buy her some flowers. I mean, if my brother got high and fell in front of a train I’d want some flowers." - Sean Taro Nishi mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Would love to see you/hug you/shake your hand at Baltimore this week: @ book fair from 9'ish-5 Thurs-Sat selling BULL, Booth no. 254 @ The Golden Care reading, 7-9 Thurs @ The Love & Regret Gastropub reading, 7:30-9:30 Fri Spread the word. I am large. I got a lotta love to give.
"He’d promised himself, promised his therapist, he’d stop letting his anger be the first thing out of his mouth. But here he was, a grown man, sober for three months, crying over a clogged drain while his son watched him unravel like cheap plumbing." Susmita Mukherjee mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Please spread the word to any high school English teachers you know. The deadline for Georgia Southern's High School Writing contest is NEXT SUNDAY, MAR. 1. All submissions are free. Students can submit multiple categories (both creative & standard essays). See link on flier:
If you're not sick of me yet, here's the second of my micros published by the great people at @yourimpossiblevoice.com. It's a love story between a polar bear and a cow. yourimpossiblevoice.com/today-at-the...
my pitbull is basically a bowling ball fur--including his brain. which apparently means that he's also impervious to a copperhead bite (though I would not recommend)
Woke up to Puppy standing above me straddling my head. Thought to myself: Life could be better. But also: Could be a lot worse. If this is the scale that determines happiness then: On one hand Puppy could be pissing all over my face. On the other hand Puppy could be humping my brains out.
Please spread the word to HS English/Duel-Enrollment teachers: DEADLING for GSU's High School Writing Contest is MARCH 15. Subs are FREE & students can sub in multiple categories. Winners & runners-up will be pubbed in Fledge & invited to read at Fledge awards. See flyer for guidelines & link.
This post about the book of job got blocked, so basically bsky just blocked the bible for being triggering about suicide when in fact the book of job is propaganda that's supposed to stop christians from killing themselves, so posting this again out of protest and solidarity and as an effff uuu...
Very excited to be a part of this killer AWP reading next month. If you're headed to LA, please come check us out Saturday, March 29. The Shadow Work Writers @ The High Low. You won't be disappointed. Big shout out to @shaunmcmichael.bsky.social for organizing it.
Shout out to @lukerolfes.bsky.social & the crew @laurelreview.bsky.social for pubbing my story "Ronda" about the time I almost got robbed by a pimp. Honored to be amongst folks like @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social Ace Boggess, Tom Noyes, Mark Halliday, Denise Duhamel, et al.
So incredibly grateful to the great Gabriel Welsch for this kind and incredibly astute review and for the folks at the great Heavy Feather Review for publishing it. DM me if you'd like a copy to check out yourself. heavyfeatherreview.org/2024/10/28/h...
Hey all my Minneapolis peoples: coming at you this Fri to do my spoken word shit at a realass punk show at the Cloudland Theater. Check me out trying not to completely embarrass myself between dopeass sets by Night Jobs, The Rafters, & Tight Whips.
Hey y'all. Please check out this itty-bitty parable I wrote called "THE PARABLE OF THE SAD WINDOW MAN BEGINS WITH WORK." This is as close to a happy ending as I come. dumbopress.com/flash/29
Not sure how I became obsessed with Swayze, but I know I'm now very grateful for falling down the rabbit hole. My new chapbook: IN PRAYZE OF THE SWAYZE comes out 09.20 with Alien Buddha Press. As somebody says in his doc, his mother didn't raise Patrick to be a dancer, she raised him to be a god.
Been writing a lot of list stories of late, mostly because that's how my brain works, randomly bopping around. I'd be supremely grateful/indebted if you'd take a minute to read through this little flashy published by the brilliant folks over at @nydumbo dumbopress.com/flash/28
Thanks so much to one of my favorite out there, @maudlavin.bsky.social and to another favorite @rfpress.bsky.social for this uber kind and thoughtful review of HONKY. roifaineantpress.com/post/review-... www.roifaineantpress.com/post/review-...
Spread the word, yo: HONKY comes out TOMORROW with @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. Here's what the genius @lelandcheuk.bsky.social said: "Drevlow’s work alternates between the crude, the touching, and the hilarious. If it were up to me, I’d name Drevlow the poet laureate of Northernass Wisconsin."
Spread the word: HONKY, my collection of connected short stories about a redneck farm kid/wannabe baller/shot-caller will be out early next week. Stay tuned. @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Hey all got a book of linked stories coming out in Aug called HONKY full of my typical self-deprecation but also about being white & idolizing black athletes/rappers so it's a bit trickier as a pitch. If anybody's willing to do a review/interview/hatchet job, DM me. I'd be crazy grateful.
"When you’re battling addiction, they teach you not to live in your war stories because they feed the worst parts of ourselves. I’ve never walked the twelve steps so it became easier to live in the worst of it than work to get out of it." -David Barker mrbullbull.com/newbull/crea...
"Life is a hollow horse, but riding it hurts. I’ve considered other ways of living, but I’ve grown accustomed to the junk mail. It reminds me that although I’ve been nudged to the margins, I’m still part of the world." - Salvatore Difalco mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
In lieu of watching Jake Gyllenhaal/Conor McGregor spit on the sacred dirt of Patrick Swayze's legend, do yourself a favor & read why the original Road House was brilliant (and then watch the original): houseofvladpress.com/sweet-trash (third story down)
So I did one of these a few weeks ago about a guy I met at last year's AWP. So here's one about a guy I met at this year's AWP. It turns out when you look like me interesting weirdos will come & tell you their weirdo stories: www.povertyhouse.net/post/not-dea...