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@vincentfrancone

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She Took My Dreams An old story gets a new death

Auto-cannibalism via republishing an old story. It's my site; I can do as I like. jabberliterary.substack.com/p/she-took-m...

11.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alternate title for Marty Supreme: American Exceptionalism.

09.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Subs Do with that as thou wilt

Send me stuff. jabberliterary.substack.com/p/call-for-s...

28.02.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to decide if this is worse than Kash Patel crashing the locker room celebration.

26.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dermot Healy's "Collected Plays" Dan O’Brien (From Scarsdale, True Story, A Story that Happens) joins Vince Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad to discuss Dermot Healy’s Collected Plays. After discussing Healy’s life and other wo...

The new Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast is up with me talking to Dan O'Brien and Chad Post about the plays of Dermot Healy. Good chat, or so I recall. (Been a minute since then and I can't remember anything but the horror.) dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/dermot-hea...

24.02.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Flex: I wrote 43,000 words between xmas and this morning. Anti-flex: I can't get this manuscript over novella length.

21.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My photo on this Real ID looks fake. #irony

20.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My maturation is measured by my relationship to prog rock.

01.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"It's Not Boring" Catherine O'Hara in After Hours (1985)
"It's Not Boring" Catherine O'Hara in After Hours (1985) YouTube video by RW Scott

A million SCTV clips and this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n33...

30.01.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do like The Fountain a lot, but I don't think there's another I can stomach. He's sort of your version of my Tarantino.

30.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A 2026 Irish Book Preview Featuring titles that are neither from 2026, nor Irish.

Chat with @chadwpost.bsky.social about Irish books I'm planning to read in 2026. I'm sure I'll get through one of them. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/a-2026-iri...

26.01.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanac”
Robert Burns

Grant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live,
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give;
Deal Freedom’s sacred treasures free as air,
Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.

25.01.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Something about seeing horrifying images of children being teargassed alongside lovely vacation photos and the least-informed people with the most certain takes and invites to birthday parties and softcore porn and pictures of food just isn't doing it for me lately.

21.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My Alderperson makes a grammar error in their weekly newsletter and I'm happy they're not using ChatGPT.

17.01.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've used this in my classes. The students appreciate the break from the stress of scrolling through their phones while pretending to write.

12.01.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Books We Have Not Read 3 Not My Prince!

Another book I totally did not read that I reviewed anyway. jabberliterary.substack.com/p/books-we-h...

09.01.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Am I the only one who didn't love Sinners?

07.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Morrissey is now my favorite touring artist because I don't really want to go to concerts anyway.

06.01.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A millions reasons to be pissed, among them: my short-lived NY resolution to consume less news. That fucker ruins everything.

04.01.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been called a pessimist before and expect I'll be called one again, but damn... look at the country, world, and universe where I live.

03.01.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Social media is a collection of Monday morning quarterbacks who've never been on the field. That stated, I think I'd be a great world leader.

30.12.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Books We Have Not Read 2 Man on Mann

Another book review for another unread book: jabberliterary.substack.com/p/books-we-h...

29.12.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really excited to never watch Stranger Things again.

28.12.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Threshold" by Rob Doyle The editor of "The Other Irish Tradition" talks about narrative structure and DMT.

New episode of Mining the Dalkey Archive with me and @chadwpost.bsky.social chatting about Irish books, this time with the very talented and interesting Rob Doyle whose books are making me exited about literature again. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/threshold-...

22.12.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Since Bluesky altered things so I see posts from randos, the percentage of people I see deadlifting weights and flexing their biceps has increased considerably.

22.12.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Green with envy.

21.12.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Books We Have Not Read A Series of Informed Reviews

A new series at Jabber: book reviews for unread books. jabberliterary.substack.com/p/books-we-h...

21.12.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New idea to combat AI cheating in college: do like in Community and assign dioramas.

17.12.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinking and Thinking by Kathlyn Honline

A ruminative jabber from Kathlyn Honline. open.substack.com/pub/jabberli...

16.12.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There'll be plenty of footnotes to catch it.

14.12.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0