Terry Allen, Untitled (The Last Lament), mixed-media: colored pencil, graphite, pastel, and gouache over a lithographic poster
12.03.2026 13:46
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In the Desert
OUT NOW!
It's been over a week since CJ released IN THE DESERT by @barbarabyar.bsky.social. If you haven't jumped on this wild ride yet what are you waiting for? Life's too short to miss out: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...
12.03.2026 12:59
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Gawdang, that Cowboy Jamboree puts out good stuff…
11.03.2026 23:43
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Cover of Saltburn. A seal sits under a beach umbrella.
Saltburn by Drew Gummerson.
A collection of overlapping short stories set in a fictionalised version of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, featuring mermaids, a foetus museum, and a psychic piece of ass, among other bizarre elements. Yes, this book is surreal, but it's also a biting commentary on capitalism, war & homophobia. At its heart is the outsider, a boy who doesn't fit in, sometimes because of his sexuality, sometimes because he turns into a girl at midnight. It has some very bleak moments but also parts that made me laugh out loud. A great read if you enjoy the bizarre, and aren't squeamish about gay sex (which there's a LOT of).
Profound and perverse, this collection of stories is set in a fictionalised Saltburn. Told with deadpan sincerity, these interconnected tales shift between playful and obscene and include - a gift shop owner exposing a scam involving seaside rock and kidnapped women, a boy developing psychic abilities after preserving an accidentally-bitten-off piece of ass and a rebellious son of the glove manufacturer who falls in love with a deep-sea diver.
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Six short stories set in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, a few miles from Redcar, not far from Middlesbrough.
Themes of poverty, grief, sexuality, sexual discovery...echoes of Bukowski, Hunter S.
Thompson, and Burroughs, but set on the shores of the United Kingdom. There's a bit of the ordinary madness of Magnus Mills thrown in there as well.
This is a brilliantly bizarre book, just like one of Drew Gummerson's other novels Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel that I read a couple of years ago. It's hilarious, innovative, the attention to detail is unreal and the imaginativeness unrivalled - beginning with a young boy's chaotic life as he grapples with his mother's eccentricity and the rest of the town's madness.
Difficult to sum it up in a few paragraphs, one of those you have to experience.
Talented writer and definitely recommend.
Happy 1st Birthday to my short story collection Saltburn!
🧂🔥🥳🍾🎊
@renardpress
Reviews: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Buy: renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
12.03.2026 07:15
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11.03.2026 16:49
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RIP Loveline!!
10.03.2026 22:22
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Story of Your Life (Part 1)
An essay in three parts.
I read a little bit from this essay at AWP, and a woman came up to me after and said she also lost her virginity to a loser in the 90s and now she felt seen, and I was like, my job is done here.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
11.03.2026 01:40
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🖤✊
10.03.2026 17:23
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Four book covers: In the Desert by Barbara Byer, The Barre Incidents by Lauren Bolger, A Woman's Guide to True Crime by Mary Thorson and Every Galaxy a Circle by Chloe Clark
I saw a shirt at a reading that said "Read Women Writers." I do. Four books I have recently read, am reading, or will be reading with great anticipation very soon.
@barbarabyar.bsky.social
@renbolger.bsky.social
@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
@marythor.bsky.social
ALSO: READ SMALL PRESSES
08.03.2026 13:49
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Ooh, that title story looks familiar. Here’s a preview to a stellar collection from a great writer: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/bodies-in-ba...
10.03.2026 16:48
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March 8, 2026
YouTube video by Benjamin Drevlow
Thanks again to Mike Chin for organizing this reading & all the killer readers from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social & Malarky Books. And allowing me to do my fat-guy wannabe white guy spoken-worder schtick. youtu.be/qTrHDk99A8w?...
09.03.2026 14:16
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Photo of a book cover: In the Desert a novel by Barbara Byar. With a desert and two people in a phone booth.
Because I didn't get enough of books at #AWP26, the new @barbarabyar.bsky.social novel from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social arrived at my house today.
09.03.2026 03:39
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Hey Willie fans! New OBW ep's hitting next week. Hear Kenny Chesney, Taj Mahal, George Saunders, Tami Neilson, Jamey Johnson, Eurythmic Dave Stewart y mas talk on the way Willie Nelson's music has shaped their lives and makes the world a better place.
Hear trailer here: bit.ly/4aZa3yU
08.03.2026 19:59
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YOU'RE ALL INVITED!
On March 15th, come help me celebrate with
@theandrewkclark.bsky.social the publication of my debut novel, IN THE DESERT from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Links to follow!
08.03.2026 11:49
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Author with listeners in the background.
Listeners watch an author read from a book.
Listeners watch an author read.
Listeners watch an author read.
Loved reading with Lilith at AWP, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social and friends, and with @hootreview.bsky.social and Scrawl Place. The organizers found great spaces and put together amazing line ups!
08.03.2026 01:34
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Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl
Wears them sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond shines
Tell me lies I love to believe
Terry Allen and Kurt Vile do Townes Van Zandt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7r2...
07.03.2026 16:15
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Fella across town said he's looking for a man
To move some old cars around
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van
And do a little settling down
Born on this day in 1944: the great Townes Van Zandt
07.03.2026 14:10
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In the Desert
OUT NOW!
March: @barbarabyar.bsky.social's IN THE DESERT: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...
06.03.2026 15:13
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a house that has been burned to the ground and the roof is covered in flames
ALT: a house that has been burned to the ground and the roof is covered in flames
In case you've been hibernating and are just waking up with the Spring weather, Cowboy Jamboree has come out of the gates like a house on fire in 2026. Just look at these bangers (in thread below):
06.03.2026 15:12
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In the Desert
OUT NOW!
March: @barbarabyar.bsky.social's IN THE DESERT: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...
06.03.2026 15:13
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a house that has been burned to the ground and the roof is covered in flames
ALT: a house that has been burned to the ground and the roof is covered in flames
In case you've been hibernating and are just waking up with the Spring weather, Cowboy Jamboree has come out of the gates like a house on fire in 2026. Just look at these bangers (in thread below):
06.03.2026 15:12
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From tonight’s @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @malarkeybooks.bsky.social reading!
06.03.2026 03:02
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Bring together a talented graphic artist @frankvatel312.bsky.social, a cool publisher, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, a writer with more ideas than you can sling a typewriter at, @russellthayer10.bsky.social and you get a ring toss game and ice cream. Out April 14. Have we got a surprise for you !
05.03.2026 17:09
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Good Heavens, what a cover. Thank you @frankvatel312.bsky.social. This latest collaboration between me and @meproctor.bsky.social bursts out of the stables @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social on April 17th. It's a sometimes brutal road trip for our two heroes.
04.03.2026 21:46
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Cover art reveal! Out April 7!
Thank you, Adam @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!
04.03.2026 20:18
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