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Writer rollerskating the infinite. NEON GREEN (2016) and A GOOD BAD BOY (202?).
L.A., Mount WashingtonJoined January 2009
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It's the meet-cute you never knew you wanted: He got fired from FOX.
*He* got fired from CNN!
They both go to their favorite hole in the wall for shots... and the next thing you know...
They each take a new job at some other sh*tty media conglomerate.
The End.
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Full house as we close out a phenomenal @latfob with author Susan Straight and author along with , , and the always brilliant María Amparo Escandón. Reader, I'm exhausted but so energized! #latfob
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Coming up this weekend!!
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Tremendously looking forward to moderating the @latimesfob panel on Fiction: Writing California with @chelseabieker @___adorn, María Amparo Escandón and Susan Straight. Sunday April 23, 3:30.
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The only spin-off I want is Alan Ruck temper tantrums.
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Tremendously looking forward to moderating the panel on Fiction: Writing California with , María Amparo Escandón and Susan Straight. Sunday April 23, 3:30.
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Wow! Gwyneth already donated her $1 to SkiBBs, a charity that teaches poor children how to become human ski lifts. Bless her.
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Talking to Gabrielle Zevin made me 10% less worried about my son's brain becoming a Minecraft platform in the near future. I'll take it!
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For L.A.novelist Gabrielle Zevin, the history of video games was a way to talk about how technology has altered our lives on every scale.
Zevin joins book club readers @latimesfob April 22 to discuss “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” latimes.com/entertainment-
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Charlie Kaufman’s barnburner of a speech at the WGA Awards is a must watch:
“They’ve tricked us into thinking we can’t do it without them, but the truth is they cannot do anything of value without us.”
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If you're able, please help Kate and John, essential members of the literary community, with a medical and housing crisis.
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Kate Zambreno and her wonderful family have been in an ongoing crisis since the fall. Please help if you can. gofund.me/125954db
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I would like to sincerely thank Willa, the 5yo who introduced the phrase "Badoingie Flapdoodle Pants" into our lives. It has become my son's cellar door.
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my favorite story about this beautiful man is that after william f. buckley called gore vidal a “queer” to his face on national television, newman cornered and confronted buckley backstage and left the fucker so deeply shaken he avoided ever talking about it
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TONIGHT AT SKYLIGHT! At 7:00 PM, Joe Meno discusses BOOK OF EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDIES () with - moderated by with music by Manny Nieto! Order signed copies here - skylightbooks.com/event/skylight
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AT SKYLIGHT! Thursday October 13th at 7:00 PM, Joe Meno discusses BOOK OF EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDIES (@AkashicBooks) with @somejerrystahl - moderated by @MargaretWappler with music by Manny Nieto! Order signed copies here - skylightbooks.com/event/skylight
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The thing that caught my ear about Nury's comments -- in addition to, and inextricably bound up in the blatant racism -- is how desperate she sounds to be considered 'one of the boys.' I hope she can reckon with how her insecurities led her down some awfully ugly roads.
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Our story here: Nury Martinez announces resignation from L.A. City Council in wake of audio leak scandal latimes.com/california/sto
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TOMORROW! Thursday, 10/13 at 7pm PT:
#JoeMeno (Book of Extraordinary Tragedies) and (Nein, Nein, Nein!) present their new works at an in-person event at , moderated by with music by Manny Nieto!
More info: buff.ly/3LX9qc9
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Tragedy + Joe Meno + Jerry Stahl = comedic literary gold. Can't wait for tomorrow!
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AT SKYLIGHT! Thursday October 13th at 7:00 PM, Joe Meno discusses BOOK OF EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDIES (@AkashicBooks) with @somejerrystahl - moderated by @MargaretWappler with music by Manny Nieto! Order signed copies here - skylightbooks.com/event/skylight
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A horror movie series set in Trader Joe parking lots bc they're all built on haunted burial grounds.
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Hot tip! Amazon is really convenient if you want to convert your home into a cardboard recycling plant.
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"Could Joan and Eve have been two forces that were, on the surface, opposed, yet secretly in concert? This is certainly true of their books... they complete and reveal one another. And to understand a particular postwar L.A., you must read both."
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"Art is not entertainment. At its very best, it’s a revolution." — Salman Rushdie, "On Censorship"
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BRB, launching BeautifulQuietTok rn. Everything will be muted 24/7 but wow, the visuals tho.
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The way this quote from @JaneFriedman’s Instagram page has been haunting me since I first saw it last night
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This is the single bluntest assessment of the Democratic Party I've ever seen a liberal make in a major paper. A true must-read from . washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/
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The new guidelines recommend breastfeeding your gun for at least two years.
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The court claims a right to abortion is not "deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition."
Is that true? I searched 18th century newspapers because I wanted to learn how people really felt about abortion at America's founding.
Answer: they *loved* abortion. Thread! 🧵
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Just here to let the internet know that absolutely none of your photo galleries from 2010 work anymore.
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As a reporter, I have written hundreds of stories on gender-based violence. I have interviewed male survivors, female survivors, queer survivors & survivors of color. The Johnny Depp & Amber Heard trial was among the most demoralizing cultural events of my career. A thread:
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Play a drunken pirate with great eyeliner and you can do anything you want in this country, I guess.
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Go live with yourself after what you didn’t do.
Go and be left behind. Pre-package
your defense, tell yourself
you were doing
your oath
—Mai Der Vang
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I’m tearful watching this. It’s not about politics. It really isn’t. It’s about humanity.
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“Now is the time to stop the next shooting ... In each case we say this isn’t the time. Now is the time — like, literally right now. That’s why I’m here.”
— Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke on Gov. Greg Abbott saying now is not the time to politicize a shooting
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WATCH: Beto O'Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott as state officials share details of the mass shooting in Uvalde.
O'Rourke: “You are doing nothing. … This is totally predictable.”
Lt. Gov Dan Patrick: "You're out of line and an embarassment."
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Americans will remain powerless not due to a lack of guns, but due to an inability to hold nationwide strikes when political options fail them.
Strikes are the ONLY weapon the establishment truly fears, & it’s for this reason that the ability to strike in America has been (1/3)
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Well played, 👯 Also, can I get these team of dancers to follow me around all day while I do the dishes and what not? Would make life so much better.
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Books are here! Thanks to @GenealogyDan and these lovely, empowered women for celebrating w/me. A long, hard road. I’m humbled & grateful.
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Let's take this moment in #theslap discourse to celebrate Denzel, who we can all agree is a real one. This interview is pure joy and pure wisdom from a man who's clearly worked hard to keep his balance in a nuthouse industry. #willsmith #oscars2022
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How dare this person completely nail our collective condition.
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Long-term procrastination is a tragedy of the commons. Monday You, Tuesday You, Wednesday You, and so on, all abuse "the commons" of your life—time & energy. As the weeks months and years pass, the accumulation of short-term self-interest yields a tragedy for all versions of you.
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Proud to announce that my son's knowledge of the Pavement catalog is DEEP. I'm talking multiple albums, singing "you know your cheeks have lost their luster" at random moments, everything. Our work as parents is done.
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