"People feel their sports teams are part of who they are, and that leads to good writing."
Malavika Praseed's interview with @scottbolohan.bsky.social
on @thetwinbill.bsky.social's first anthology "Early Innings" (@406press.bsky.social) is out now!
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Thrilled to be in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social talking EARLY INNINGS and when I rode the L for 24 hours straight. It was not a good idea. Thanks to @yfbpodcast.bsky.social for editing my rambles! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/09/t...
Happy Opening Day! Our nineteenth issue is out now! www.thetwinbill.com
We covered a lot of ground with this, some EARLY INNINGS, some Rays talk, and lots of exclusive Jon Berti content.
The Twin Bill's new anthology is OUT and you should get a copy if you love baseball literature! I had the opportunity to blurb this wonderful collection and here's what I said: "In four short years, The Twin Bill has become an institution on the sports literary scene. 1/
If you’ve ever wanted to read a poem about the Rhys Hoskins bat slam game, I wrote one, and it’s in here! Unlike Casey at the Bat, it has a happy ending for the good guys.
EARLY INNINGS is out today! We are so excited to share it with you, it's everything we love about baseball. You can order here: thetwinbill.com/product/earl...
Great interview. Scott is crushing it. Catch him @thetwinbill.bsky.social & @406press.bsky.social at #AWP.
I had a lot of fun talking about about EARLY INNINGS with Michael.
Release day is today! My new chapbook "Short Relief" is out now from @406press.bsky.social! Huge thanks go out to @fbereaud.bsky.social and @thetwinbill.bsky.social for their work in editing the final version together into a collection I'm especially proud of!
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If you like baseball, if you like words, if you like words about baseball, then you'll LOVE 'Early Innings' a super cool anthology from @thetwinbill.bsky.social, who are super cool for including me in it. Available for preorder today!
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Big day here, our March releases arrived.
Early Innings pre-order: thetwinbill.com/product/earl...
Short Relief pre-order: 406press.com/product/shor...
I joined Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf to talk about EARLY INNINGS. www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/2025/02/25/t...
I’m thrilled to be able to share that my essay, ‘I Need to Talk to You About the Time Torii Hunter Stole a Homerun from Barry Bonds at the 2002 All-Star Game’ will be included in the Twin Bill’s excellent anthology. So excited to celebrate it and all the other writers as well at #AWP25 in LA!
The honorable mention for the E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is Robin Michel's "America's Favorite Pastime," illustrated by Matt Lawrence. thetwinbill.com/americans-fa...
Second place for the E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is Martín Espada's "Love Song of the Polar Bear Mascot at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island," illustrated by Andy Lattimer. thetwinbill.com/love-song-of...
The winner of the 2025 E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is @tlagasse.bsky.social's "My Mother The Shotstop," illustrated by @samuel-williams.bsky.social. thetwinbill.com/my-mother-th...
Also, @406press.bsky.social is publishing @beansbaker5.bsky.social's SHORT RELIEF! Both will be available at AWP.
We're also thrilled to announce that our anthology, EARLY INNINGS, will come out on @406press.bsky.social, a new sports lit publisher from our founder.
Issue Eighteen is out now! Cover art of E. Ethelbert Miller is by @idrawbaseballcards.bsky.social www.thetwinbill.com
Thanks to @thetwinbill.bsky.social for including my poem in this anthology of baseball writing coming out March 18th.
Thrilled to announce that on March 18, we will release EARLY INNINGS, an anthology of our first four years. It'll be available in paperback and with full-page color illustrations in hardcover.
Saddened by the loss of Bob Uecker, who was truly part of the fabric of the game. Earlier this year we published this short story by Reuben Sanchez about him. thetwinbill.com/good-seats-e...
Submissions are open for our Opening Day issue! thetwinbill.com/submissions/
This piece about Steve Perry and the San Francisco Giants earned me my first Puschart nom from the great folks over at @thetwinbill.bsky.social.
Malavika Praseed was so great to work with.
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Submissions for our contest close tonight! You can win an engraved baseball trophy! thetwinbill.com/submissions/
“Her words resonate with the weight of collective history, as each choice in her language is filled with the tension and triumph of not just the moment, but of a people.”
Great essay from my @thetwinbill.bsky.social mate. Excited to meet Matthew in person next weekend.
