Lisa Levy

ICYMI my U2 essay slays (thanks, Kathleen)...

Thank you!

"The sadness of U2 is not the longing expressed so delicately in Nick Drake, or the loneliness and alienation of an Elliott Smith record, tender accounts of hurt and its handmaidens. U2 are closer to Jean-Paul Sartre than Joni Mitchell."

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@marchxness.bsky.social

Thank you! Forgive the lag, I'm not on here often.

This is the first season I’ve gotten beyond episode two. The beginning is like watching Zoom after Zoom. And they are aggressively bland.

The hound in winter.

I remember this vividly.

Hey, is publishing getting you down? Too many rejections, not enough wins?

Did you hear about my anti-authoritarian mentorship where I spill the secrets of the publicity and help you to move up and on in your career? Link in bio.

News! I'm offering two new mentorships through Writing Workshops. Punk Rock Publicity is a service where you hire me to help you navigate your writing career.

Here's an interview about the program:
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and a link to sign up!
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And when things get really rough, he quits and makes a comeback. Everyone loves a comeback.

Best pie: Pecan or Chocolate pecan
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan
Best donut: chocolate sprinkle
Best bar: cream cheese brownie
Best cake: flourless chocolate
Best other: ice cream sandwich (choc chip cookies and vanilla/sweet cream ice cream

@alisonborealis.bsky.social I'm writing a book about migraine and would love to talk to you about weather tracking (I'm also super sensitive to pressure shifts).

RHOBH Fans: I have a burning question. Is Mo messing with Dorit?

My last column on Hitchcock influenced thrillers at the Washington Post got picked up by the Calgary Herald! It's an international sensation. www.pressreader.com/canada/calga...

Today's poem of the day, "A Black Genius," is by my undergraduate mentor, Ishmael Reed, who had one of the liveliest and most creative minds I've ever encountered. poets.org/poem/black-g...

The Great Brain

Night reading: Sex, drugs, rock & roll and New Jersey

The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

This is making me wish hard for the good times in NYC at clubs long gone watching bands just as long gone. But this was a time machine. Suddenly I'm at the Knitting Factory watching these songs make their debut, this epic, crazy album, blowing our tiny, sweaty, minds.
youtu.be/wnFQn7GD1rg?...

I would gladly go down the rabbit hole if they were on a Canadian streaming service in English. I did watch one in French and it was bizarre.

New column at the @washingtonpost.com about the enduring and wide-ranging influence of a maverick auteur you've probably never heard of.

I can't link, but you can Google...

An opinionated editor’s work is never done

I ran out of 90Day shows and Housewives so I slipped into season 24 of SVU like Meredith Marks slips into a bath. How I’ve missed you Olivia Benson.

If you, like me, are worried about the state of the world here is a great idea. A local restaurant is running a program where you donate money and they convert donations to meals. I can't stop wars or winter but I can feed hungry people in my neighborhood--sorry, neighbourhood, it's Canada.

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Hive mind: I’m reading for an essay on finding community and I wondered what happened to the term subculture. Has it been canceled because it implies hierarchy? How do people find their people? Personal examples are good too. TIA!

Some books are turducken’s and other wisdom from me about true crime fiction. wapo.st/3R5kuIp

For the Monday crowd

I’m going to get meta here: crime writers, name your favorite novel about writing (crime writing is even better). Think Misery not On Writing. Self-promotion fine when appropriate. TIA!

I have so many questions about Life After Lockup/Life After Lockup/Love During Lockup.

First, are these different shows? They drift into each other, yet I keep buying new seasons.

Second, it makes 90DF, Love Is Blind, etc. look like third-grade recess.

Third, I might have to write about it.

I believe it’s a motherfucking criminal conspiracy.