Today, we celebrate the end of relationships. We shall find peace. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds in Tommy's backyard. We will quote RuPaul's self-love benediction and we will get on with our day even if we can't button our pants.

LINKS:

Buy Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/293600/a-field-guide-to-getting-lost-by-rebecca-solnit/9780143037248/

More on Rebecca Solnit here: http://rebeccasolnit.net

RuPaul on Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syy9KnJhE4g

More on my BFF E. Tyler Lindvall here: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200402/?read=tool_invacare_folding_shower_chair

Dominos: https://www.dominos.com/en/

The white noise of my dishwasher (baller) guides us through the beginning of what is sure to be a sweet day. I encourage 30 minutes of being good to yourself and I won't take no for an answer. I (for no reason) tell you something about Kurt Russell you might or might not know. And I ask who you loved in 2006. Also what's great about being alive? Tell me everything. I'm here.

LINKS:

Read Steve's full piece on Fatherhood for LitHub here: http://lithub.com/fatherhood-ruining-the-writing-career-saving-the-writing/

Read an excerpt from Steve's book "Breaking into the Backcountry" here: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Breaking-into-the-Backcountry,674653.aspx

Follow Steve on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/The_Big_Quiet

Watch an Electric Literature animation based on one line from a Steve Edwards piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9x1yu8F6U

The white noise of my dishwasher (baller) guides us through the beginning of what is sure to be a sweet day. I encourage 30 minutes of being good to yourself and I won't take no for an answer. I (for no reason) tell you something about Kurt Russell you might or might not know. And I ask who you loved in 2006. Also what's great about being alive? Tell me everything. I'm here.

LINKS:

Read Steve's full piece on Fatherhood for LitHub here: http://lithub.com/fatherhood-ruining-the-writing-career-saving-the-writing/

Read an excerpt from Steve's book "Breaking into the Backcountry" here: http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Breaking-into-the-Backcountry,674653.aspx

Follow Steve on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/The_Big_Quiet

Watch an Electric Literature animation based on one line from a Steve Edwards piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9x1yu8F6U

“The Flood doesn’t come as a punishment, or a warning, or even as a lesson, but instead it seems to come because floods will sometimes come - leaving us with nothing but the opportunity to rebuild.” - John D’Agata, The Making of the American Essay

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” - Frederick Douglass

LINKS:

More on D’Agata and his Graywolf Press books: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/john-dagata

D’Agata on KCRW’s Bookworm: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/john-dagata-the-making-of-the-american-essay

Antony & The Johnsons-“Another World”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp23w0v-GB8

“The Flood doesn’t come as a punishment, or a warning, or even as a lesson, but instead it seems to come because floods will sometimes come - leaving us with nothing but the opportunity to rebuild.” - John D’Agata, The Making of the American Essay

“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” - Frederick Douglass

LINKS:

More on D’Agata and his Graywolf Press books: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/john-dagata

D’Agata on KCRW’s Bookworm: http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/john-dagata-the-making-of-the-american-essay

Antony & The Johnsons-“Another World”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp23w0v-GB8

My laptop battery is down to 11% so I gotta get this thing published. I also need food. I also would love to hear you guys tell me about an artist/writer/filmmaker you hated until you loved. I'm looking outside as I type this, and the world looks hazy and dreamy and exactly like I prefer it. So out I go to walk in it. With my Yeezus praying skeleton shirt on and Kay Ryan's deep tracks in my head. I'm ready for anything.

LINKS:

Buy Kay Ryan books here: http://www.discoverbooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=0802142222&gclid=CjwKEAjw-_e7BRDs97mdpJzXwh0SJABSdUH0-Gtg3bcVQ0V9EEvLjeWYASBoKmXY0Ipgrx4u06phzhoC-GPw_wcB

and here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06181-9/

Listen to Watching the Throne here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/watching-throne-lyrical-analysis/id1023488671?mt=2

My favorite Kanye West song "New Slaves" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyOL-f_UO5k

My laptop battery is down to 11% so I gotta get this thing published. I also need food. I also would love to hear you guys tell me about an artist/writer/filmmaker you hated until you loved. I'm looking outside as I type this, and the world looks hazy and dreamy and exactly like I prefer it. So out I go to walk in it. With my Yeezus praying skeleton shirt on and Kay Ryan's deep tracks in my head. I'm ready for anything.

LINKS:

Buy Kay Ryan books here: http://www.discoverbooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=0802142222&gclid=CjwKEAjw-_e7BRDs97mdpJzXwh0SJABSdUH0-Gtg3bcVQ0V9EEvLjeWYASBoKmXY0Ipgrx4u06phzhoC-GPw_wcB

and here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06181-9/

Listen to Watching the Throne here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/watching-throne-lyrical-analysis/id1023488671?mt=2

My favorite Kanye West song "New Slaves" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyOL-f_UO5k

The 4th of July seemed like a time to celebrate American sports, so I give you the weird words of Metta World Peace and some devastating ones from Doc Rivers. Thanks again to Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker for this book. It never fails to amuse/excite/move me. I gotta get back to the elbow macaroni and murder. Shoutout to all the pasta though.

LINKS:

Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion

An excerpt from the book here: http://www.featherproof.com/excerpt-erratic-fire

Buy Longing for the Bomb here: http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/12408.html

More about Lindsey A. Freeman here: http://www.lindseyfreeman.net

And follow Lindsey on twitter @sociologybomb

The 4th of July seemed like a time to celebrate American sports, so I give you the weird words of Metta World Peace and some devastating ones from Doc Rivers. Thanks again to Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker for this book. It never fails to amuse/excite/move me. I gotta get back to the elbow macaroni and murder. Shoutout to all the pasta though.

LINKS:

Buy Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion here: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion

An excerpt from the book here: http://www.featherproof.com/excerpt-erratic-fire

Buy Longing for the Bomb here: http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/12408.html

More about Lindsey A. Freeman here: http://www.lindseyfreeman.net

And follow Lindsey on twitter @sociologybomb

"Promise me you're not here to sew discord in the fields of my peace." - Oprah on Twitter last night.

LINKS:

Buy Robert Bly's "The Winged Energy of Delight" here: http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/the-winged-energy-of-delight/robert-bly/9780060575861?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhtO7BRCtwuO9gfTH-fQBEiQAdJ8FY4MhSNa7nS00K6jLvFiFr_E2L8Q8P4L50njO8u4NmgEaAsbj8P8HAQ

More about Tomas Tranströmer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Tranströmer

Buy Tranströmer's "The Great Enigma" here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-p-212123.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwhtO7BRCtwuO9gfTH-fQBEiQAdJ8FY0rbW1qrGIYoQR_z9050EFbDap09M0x_9u755EcCn4YaAnPO8P8HAQ

See the tweets of Oprah Winfrey here: https://twitter.com/Oprah?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

More on #greenleaf here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenleaf_(TV_series)