# ![@Perez_Writes Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1224715565757030400.png) @Perez_Writes Alex Perez

Alex Perez posts on X about books, money, in the, woke the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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**Social topic influence**
[books](/topic/books), [money](/topic/money), [in the](/topic/in-the), [woke](/topic/woke), [if you](/topic/if-you), [stuff](/topic/stuff), [art](/topic/art), [politics](/topic/politics), [indie](/topic/indie), [bob](/topic/bob)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Obama like all presidents is essentially a pickup artist so it isnt surprising that he was running game back in the day. His gimmick has always been that of the detached cool guy with intellectual sensibilities. Even the acknowledgement of the shtick is part of the shtick"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1329144655083167745)  2020-11-18T19:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"As a first-generation American kid whod always wanted to escape his embarrassing blue-collar upbringing the greatest red pill was when I finally penetrated the elite world and realized that my peers most of whom had come from the finest of families were utterly mediocre. /1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1332731692105261056)  2020-11-28T17:02Z [----] followers, 24.2K engagements


"The restorative power of a night out with normies who have no interest in my writing is a crucial element of my process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1362266804278743040)  2021-02-18T05:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Trump's hilarious usage of "Sad" when ending a tweet was the greatest literary innovation of the past half century--the man was a prose stylist if nothing else. Style"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1370820694561456133)  2021-03-13T19:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If you romanticize that old weird America of the frontier days of banditry and chaos you gotta admire Hunter Biden. The dude is straight out of Deadwood the last American bandit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1405244575661371396)  2021-06-16T19:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Marlins' home opener was peak Miami vibes last night. Anyone who's new in town and wants to know what this city is about should go to a game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1514966324996358147)  2022-04-15T13:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The tug of war going on in Miami right now is fascinating. Tech bros reshaping the city with the help of Mayor Suarez. The city trending right wing and Democrats unable to counter with any coherent messaging. Cubans coming to town in record numbers. Hurricane season in a month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1523345121257091072)  2022-05-08T16:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This bad boy just arrived in Miami. I'm honored to be included with such fine writers. Many thanks to @markgranza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1531730861435015168)  2022-05-31T20:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is my favorite short story collection. D'Ambrosio is one of America's greatest writers and should be a household name. He was also the best writing teacher I ever had"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1553011392734810114)  2022-07-29T13:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This will be the craziest and funniest book of the year. Dylan lifted passages from all sorts of random sources for his last book a "technique" he surely employed for this one. I expect no less than fifty tall tales. Peak Americana. I can't wait to review it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1563607408827826176)  2022-08-27T19:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The latest literary sensation is from Miami. Rave reviews and longlisted for the National Book Award. Has anyone read this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1570895729299968003)  2022-09-16T22:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I know so many writers and artistic types who don't give a shit about politics or culture war crap but pretend to care. They know that aligning with cringe political obsessives is lame. They pretend because everything is political now--that's the real problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1692355035315704111)  2023-08-18T01:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Older Cuban guy asked me what I do for a living. I explained that I'm a writer and an editor a literary critic. He just shook his head in disgust. I gotta go back to telling people in Miami that I'm a teacher. Hilarious city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1697025136056991747)  2023-08-30T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Status anxiety from writers who come from money in combination with the insecure strivers who want to be around rich people explains a lot of what you see in the literary community. Its a big stew of insecuritya pervasive fear of being found out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1698739670455124358)  2023-09-04T16:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of writers who dont come from this elite milieu think theyre missing out but they should consider themselves lucky. Write what you want from wherever you are and dont worry about being cool. Theres nothing less cool than being obsessed with status anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1698744718786494562)  2023-09-04T17:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you want to write you just need to stick around. Most people will quit. Most scenes will end. It's obvious when something loses energy and stops being "cool." People will drop out then. It's like sports in that way--you just outlast them. It's not flashy but that's the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1698783201072718302)  2023-09-04T19:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Here's a personal essay about Dylan and Miami"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1699215657961685389)  2023-09-06T00:19Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Ill be publishing essays short stories sports writing interviews with writers and other random musings on my S*bstack. Check out the first piece an essay on Bob Dylan and Miami. Subscribe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1699400364322099242)  2023-09-06T12:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There's a sweet spot as a male writer in which you're vulnerable but not self-loathing. No need to be a fake tough guy afraid of vulnerability or a self-loathing loser who rejects his masculinity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1699456003333407096)  2023-09-06T16:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reading Barry Hannah's "Water Liars" again. Maybe the funniest short story ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1699600763004080204)  2023-09-07T01:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was awarded four fellowships today. I've also been named a visiting scholar at a very prestigious institute. It's not even noon yet. What a day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1699800069577351458)  2023-09-07T15:01Z [----] followers, 31.9K engagements


"Weird when people say there are two Americas. There are dozens hundreds of Americas. Just go a street over and see. It's real mysterious out there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1700949633957081558)  2023-09-10T19:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Writers who perpetually blow up their lives and then write a memoir full of epiphanies is such a great gimmick. They learn so much but then fuck up again. Then more epiphanies New book. Brilliant. Readers eat that shit up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1701614377516802175)  2023-09-12T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Critics should be able to handle a little criticism. Some very very soft writers these days. Say what you want and handle the heat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1702335812480991709)  2023-09-14T14:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm a fan of any piece that gets people talking about books and incites hilarious critic fights. This is serious business but also very funny business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1702720302013137371)  2023-09-15T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Message discipline with the intellectuals on twitter is always hilarious. Everyone spouts the talking points of the crew theyre trying to ingratiate themselves with. Automatons on all sides. And then you go outside and everyone is wonderfully incoherent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1703862583206293795)  2023-09-18T20:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Really excited about a new piece coming out in the next issue of @countyhwy. It's the piece I'd been wanting to write for years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1704270871873954195)  2023-09-19T23:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The books by POC writers nominated for literary awards get more depressing every year. No humor or joy in any of these books. The sad poc genre will never die at this point. Everyone knows most of these books are awful too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1704690403352465579)  2023-09-21T02:53Z [----] followers, 119.2K engagements


"Gonna start writing about rich Cubans in Miami. Coral Gables fiction. Gotta defeat the sad poc genre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1705255643341377699)  2023-09-22T16:20Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements


"I don't know if AI will replace writers but it always feels like you're fighting for your sliver of the pie when you're a writer. Even when things are going well it feels that way. Maybe you won't get published again. Maybe you'll lose your mojo. You just keep going anyway. You gotta get used to all the uncertainty if you want to be a writer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1706722935568773134)  2023-09-26T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Well keep seeing books about poc sadness because this is what the overwhelmingly white PMC readership likes. This audience isnt massive but it outnumbers whatever readership there is of poc readers who might be attracted to literary fiction. This is the sad truth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1707399857453834382)  2023-09-28T14:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you publish a gritty poc book about Miami for instance itll disgust the Oberlin grads but my Miami friendseven if the book was about themprobably wouldnt read it. Theyd think a short story collection was some kind of alien object"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1707405688132022613)  2023-09-28T14:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In order to truly diversify publishing you'd probably need to overhaul the entire operation. You'd need to create publishing programs for working-class people--not a [--] grand certificate from Columbia. This obviously won't happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1707412534431518969)  2023-09-28T15:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its not that hard to create something interesting whether its a magazine or a small publishing house. It might not be as big as the important magazines/publishers but who cares. Its not a competition. Its a good time to make stuff. Many people are doing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1707782814106636303)  2023-09-29T15:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Saw one of my cousins recently and he said "Are you still writing little poems and shit" What a great comment. No respect for cultural critics in Miami"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708142831791907297)  2023-09-30T15:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A severe lack of high jinks in novels these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708630251708809421)  2023-10-01T23:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@plfrnz First novel in over twenty years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708851055809757341)  2023-10-02T14:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@EminaMelonic Yup out later this month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708867233273778496)  2023-10-02T15:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It's not hard to get work as a literary critic. Review the books people are afraid of saying anything bad about because the writer has been deemed special for whatever reason. Say the stuff everyone says privately but won't write about. So easy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708874506838630770)  2023-10-02T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There are tons of writers and books you're not supposed to say anything bad about--a silent agreement among critics. They don't want to risk being tossed from the club. Now you know why some books don't get a single bad review"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708898880627077291)  2023-10-02T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Blurbs are so funny and ridiculous. The ones on the book I'm reading by "one of the most exciting young writers in America" are so over the top. You'd think this guy is the greatest man to ever live and if you read this book your heart will explode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1708926672047649097)  2023-10-02T19:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ive been sitting on a few books for years and will probably publish one soona short story collection. New York publishers arent an option for me so Im trying to figure out how Ill go about publishing it. Perhaps this thread will be helpful to others in a similar situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709209638191640863)  2023-10-03T14:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ill never win any awards or land anymore fellowships so I have no issue self-publishing and forgoing the little perks the well-behaved writers are granted. My issue with self-publishing is that it seems like a pain in the ass to put together a decent looking book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709213050530677139)  2023-10-03T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What I especially like about self-publishing is that I dont have to wait years for the book to come out. Ive waited long enough. New York publishing is incredibly slowthere are reasons for this but if youre outside of that world you can work quickly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709214096753631596)  2023-10-03T14:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The other option is to go with a small press. There are many great small presses doing terrific work but only a handful seem to have the ability/knowledge to market books. There are a fewlike Rose Booksthat have figured this out but too often small press books just disappear. I have a decent number of readers so I can probably just do my own marketing etc. if I self-publish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709215302288900544)  2023-10-03T14:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A lot of small presses are also extremely ideological and as closed-off as the big presses so thats another thing to think about. Which brings me to the most interesting option: starting my own outfit and publishing my own work and the work of others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709217107110396046)  2023-10-03T14:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My biggest issue with publishing is how politicized it is which is why if I started a small press it would stay away from culture war shit as much as possible. Im tired of the woke anti-woke garbage. So what do you think I should do with this book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709219278472224871)  2023-10-03T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Do people still read the big orange Cheever book of short stories Some good stuff in there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709658250239476181)  2023-10-04T19:54Z [----] followers, 12K engagements


"If you're in Miami and want the latest issue of @countyhwy @BooksandBooks in the Gables has it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709677478413734398)  2023-10-04T21:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"About a month away from perfect weather in Miami. Productivity will plummet. Must finish all writing assignments before flaneur mode hits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1709942157493346647)  2023-10-05T14:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I went to Puerto Rico to cover the biggest pro wrestling show in the islands history for @countyhwy. Bad Bunny was there. Two nights of body slams and suplexes and Puerto Rican craziness. Best writing gig ever. Subscribe and give it a read"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1710354677169045685)  2023-10-06T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"When I taught community college classes in Miami I assigned Bernhard Beckett and Bolao to these poor kids who'd never read anything and barely spoke English. Good intentions on my part but it was deranged to assign that stuff. Gotta give them a little Carver first etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1713978899644703155)  2023-10-16T18:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I wrote about the sad POC books that win all the literary prizes and why the white literary establishment loves them so much for @compactmag_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1714997920431260070)  2023-10-19T13:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's pretty wild that two of our greatest fiction writers Sherman Alexie and Junot Diaz are publishing strictly on S*bstack. Great for S*bstack but still weird"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715193747636420695)  2023-10-20T02:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Alexie and Diaz are writing from the fringes now but I think S*bstack is a great platform for writers. A few authors are serializing novels there but more literary writers should be taking advantage of the platform. Its a space for the banished and newcomers alike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715383698822967783)  2023-10-20T15:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Im always asked what type of POC stories I would like to see more of and what immediately comes to mind is Moonlight. Beautiful movie that captures working-class people of color and deals with issues of sexuality and poverty. Its not trying to teach the audience anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715391868530278764)  2023-10-20T15:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Moonlight works because the director/writer werent thinking about the elite white audience that was surely going to lap it up. Its a Miami movie highlighting parts of the city that are rarely acknowledged made by two guys with a deep love for their neighborhood. It's art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715394590063186116)  2023-10-20T15:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I think a lot of POC artistsespecially writershave internalized this idea that theyre creating work in order to teach white people about their struggles. This zaps the work of energy as didacticism always does. The nuance is gone. Do you want to be a teacher or an artist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715398739068657807)  2023-10-20T16:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's always fun when a piece starts making the rounds and people start reaching out. Nice little perk of the writing life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715483960703094834)  2023-10-20T21:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TZ6737039696121 Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1715525362426298873)  2023-10-21T00:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"ICYMI: I wrote about the sad POC books that win all the literary prizes and why the literary establishment loves them so much for @compactmag_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1716112185624068139)  2023-10-22T15:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good piece on Literary It Girls and what it takes to sell books these days. The purists may not like it but big props to the ladies for getting out there and making the process as fun as possible. Debut novelists should take notethis is how you do it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1717159652843033022)  2023-10-25T12:42Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements


"Love it when the last [---] people who care about books start fighting on here. I for one am a fan of all the literary it girls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1717272053714194663)  2023-10-25T20:08Z [----] followers, 34.5K engagements


"Literary world disputes are usually about jealousy which is whats going on with the literary it girls thing. Its always high school. The serious nerd-writer types will naturally resist the cool girls and dismiss their books and parties as frivolous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1717530826542326062)  2023-10-26T13:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I tried to be smarter than I was when I first started writing. This ruined my style. This was due to insecurity since I was a former jock and didn't grow up in a literary family. This set me back years. Maybe this applies to some of you. Get over it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1717645762031501487)  2023-10-26T20:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Got the urge to blast out a short novel in like six weeks. You used to hear about that sort of thing. Now everyone takes years and years to write a book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1718412201168384263)  2023-10-28T23:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I think most of the mediocre novels that took [--] years to write could've probably been written in a year. Maybe the workshop model has something to do with this--writers tinkering and rewriting forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1718419422094791151)  2023-10-29T00:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I really enjoy these books by stylish cool women authors with deranged narrators. Moshfegh Cline LaCava Broder Rowbottom etc. These are the it girls. What's the American male equivalent Tough to say. Maybe they don't exist. Can they exist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1718703843091812397)  2023-10-29T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You have foreign-born male writers who qualify. Knausgaard Francesco Pacifico Zambra etc. But the American male writer faces far greater scrutiny. He must be a good boy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1718727845004841414)  2023-10-29T20:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Whats pleasurable about reading the female writers is that there isnt any hedging or apologizing for the bad behavior of their characters. American male writers due to fear of being labeled problematic always pull punches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1718755117824971162)  2023-10-29T22:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Junot Diaz published a short story in The New Yorker today. It's been about five years since his cancelation. He launched a s*bstack recently too. It took a minute but it's nice to see him back. It'll be real interesting to see how the "literary community" views him now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719094228318347294)  2023-10-30T20:49Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements


"One of the craziest things about the Hobart interview was how mad people were that I dared bring Junot up. Tons of hate for the guy. Now that The New Yorker has blessed him again I wonder if the hate will diminish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719095691446755442)  2023-10-30T20:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ann_manov Where does one submit a story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719115096935342088)  2023-10-30T22:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MrHWM "Tonight I'll be Staying Here with You" from the Rolling Thunder Bootleg Series is one of my favorite Dylan tracks. He was unhinged in the best way in that period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719182561245581468)  2023-10-31T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have a real soft spot for Raymond Carver. His stories were some of the first ones I read when I started writing. Drunkard. A loser in many ways. Gordon Lish edited his stories and gets all the credit. Poor Carver. Still love him still love the stories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719427166935322819)  2023-10-31T18:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AmericanGwyn I forgot that he taught Carver at Chico State. Then he helped him get into Iowa I think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719441107883302992)  2023-10-31T19:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Talk of an alternative publishing ecosystem always revolves around small presses. There also needs to be new fellowships residencies awards etc for those who break away from academia/mainstream publishing. Tough to do this sure but it's something to think about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719745346098655325)  2023-11-01T15:56Z [----] followers, 16.1K engagements


"What keeps so many writers clinging to the old world is that they know they'll lose all those little institutional perks if they bolt. The residencies and fellowships and awards are golden handcuffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719746187811573833)  2023-11-01T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I gained a lot by breaking away but I remember thinking 'Well no more sweet residencies to Wyoming or awards.' If you don't sign a big book deal this is the stuff that sustains--and encourages--you as a writer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719749592390992320)  2023-11-01T16:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@_TamaraWinter Money. I think most writers would be thrilled with even a small stipend. Ideally some community of like-minded writers as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719750918478926077)  2023-11-01T16:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"From Summer Days by Dylan: She said ''You can't repeat the past." I said "You can't What do you mean you can't Of course you can." I crack up every single time I hear this lyric. Don't even know why. Can you repeat the past Who knows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719793444850200597)  2023-11-01T19:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SamBuntz It's probably the record I listen to the most. It's so fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719794886663188749)  2023-11-01T19:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SamBuntz I listen to late era Dylan more than anything else. I think it's his best work. Oh Mercy has some great stuff too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719797877008904562)  2023-11-01T19:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SamBuntz Nettie Moore is great. Gotta listen to the Zach Bryan tune"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1719799203948294396)  2023-11-01T19:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Most of the recent books Ive readand reviewedare by women. The next handful are by ladies too. The ladies are doing a great job and Ive enjoyed the books. But Id like to mix in a book by an American dude. Any forthcoming books by dudes I should check out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720084259351007297)  2023-11-02T14:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There's this writer who frequents the same coffee shop I do who always runs away whenever he sees me. He used to talk to me then he read my stuff and now he must think I'm some brute. Sure I'm bigger than most writers but it's not like I'm going to beat him up or anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720103754756743240)  2023-11-02T15:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is deranged but not surprising. A lot of writers never encounter someone they might disagree with. And who knows if this dude and I even disagree. I've just been designated as "bad" by his peers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720111617961025676)  2023-11-02T16:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@brianeha Just finished Death Valley by Melissa Broder which I really enjoyed. The review will be out soon. I Fear My Pain Interests You by Stephanie LaCava is another one I really liked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720164345311539347)  2023-11-02T19:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ann_manov yup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720170149955662279)  2023-11-02T20:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I tweeted about the books I'm looking to review and a publicist reached out almost instantly to send me her client's novel. Not sure how much it costs to employ one of these hired gun publicists but it's probably worth it if you're a debut novelist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720233722539028710)  2023-11-03T00:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@borywrites @miaminativemag Awesome. There's a weird dynamic here between the local writers/intellectuals and the rest of the city. They want it to be more than it is but can't quite say that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720500295308832825)  2023-11-03T17:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If you're a fiction writer don't worry about the wackiness in the publishing world. Write what you want and then figure out what do with it. Getting angry about the latest publishing drama won't help you. Leave that to the critics and the pundits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1720909826442584540)  2023-11-04T21:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@FarahnMorgan The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1721293569359548598)  2023-11-05T22:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In an ideal publishing landscape this would be the caseitll never be. What writers need to know is that these lists are put together by publicists. This is why you see the same books on all the big book lists. If you're not part of the clique don't count on these lists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1721527559920193935)  2023-11-06T13:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Writers start making too much sense when they get educated and filtered through the workshop model. Whatever was wild about them is often tamed and replaced with elite literary manners. Young writers especially shouldn't be making so much "sense.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1721954734561460551)  2023-11-07T18:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You need an openness to human experience in order to create art. You can't be perpetually shocked by the human condition as extreme partisans--left or right--often are. You need to be interested in things beyond "politics." You need to be interested in people. Conservatives are incapable of producing good art because they lack empathy which means they are incapable of creating anything which communicates to a larger audience. When they try to produce art they only end up producing clumsy in-group signaling. Conservatives are incapable of producing good art because they lack empathy which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1721965303729434970)  2023-11-07T18:58Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements


"@davidrieff Thank you David"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1721992765364437163)  2023-11-07T20:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Who's going to be in Miami for the book fair next week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1722269881717194926)  2023-11-08T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I wonder if I could hack one of those landscaping jobs in Miami all day cutting grass and lifting shit. When I considered quitting writing my cousins offered me a job on their landscaping crew. I started writing real quick. I'm probably too soft for that kind of thing now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1722283947533447440)  2023-11-08T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was going to make a list of my favorite short stories but half were from Bolaos Last Evenings on Earth the best collection of all time. The title story Anne Moores Life Dentist Gomez Palacioall bangers. My favorite books create images that I cant forget and this collection has at least ten of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1722380970920124782)  2023-11-08T22:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Listened to Brownsville Girl by Dylan and stayed in the car for an extra ten minutes. Total haze. Just sat thereone of lifes great pleasures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1722635809830887839)  2023-11-09T15:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Looking for writers to interview for my S*bstack. Open to anyone but writers with recently published or forthcoming books are preferred. Could be fun to chat with some critics too. Who's down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1722791336682668264)  2023-11-10T01:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You can find a readership on your own. Ive only been doing this critic thing for a couple of years. I didnt have any readers before that. You gotta adapt pivot and entertain people. Treat the writing life like an experiment. Have fun and write what you want"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1723010884790890967)  2023-11-10T16:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Really enjoy it when there's an idiot savant quality to a writer. Too many writers are "smart" now commenting on every issue and full of opinions. A talented idiot with like two interests is so refreshing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1723370136030069092)  2023-11-11T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Get as much money as you can from your first book deal. Who knows what'll happen later--if the book earns back the advance etc. Who cares. Squeeze as much money out of them as possible. This means they'll invest time and money in making the book a success"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1723808863512637882)  2023-11-12T21:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sometimes I work out of the working class cafeteria to maintain my grit level. Other times I work out of the cool coffee shop with the email job people. Gotta shock the writing system. The life of a serious writer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1724106415478833436)  2023-11-13T16:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's so rare for me to see a guy reading that if I spot one I assume he's some sort of demented freak. And if he's reading anything remotely weird I assume something went very wrong in his life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1724469868659978488)  2023-11-14T16:50Z [----] followers, 12.8K engagements


"There should be a workshop for poor writers that teaches them how to engage with rich people. Many rural poc and other poor writers are very insecure about this. I remember feeling like some savage when I first started hanging around Harvard kids etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1724536214181613804)  2023-11-14T21:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You gotta take advantage of where you are as a writer. If youre in NYC go to parties meet people connectthats great. In Miami no one cares about what I do which can be nicetheres freedom there. There are many types of writers and writing lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1724806553562501533)  2023-11-15T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If political writers and critics stopped writing pieces that read like homework they'd have more readers. You can write a serious piece and still have it be entertaining. Please have a little bit of style and fun if you can muster it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1725287845445677105)  2023-11-16T23:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I still think about some scenes from the first season of Lost. It went downhill but that first season had some of the most entertainingand movingTV of all time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1727078410474942790)  2023-11-21T21:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@markgranza Yup those first [--] were amazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1727080863127749002)  2023-11-21T21:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Really interested in fiction that isnt trying too hard. No need for self-referential autofiction or novels with artificial scope reaching for big themes. A story well told is fine. Smallness is good. No need to be constantly winking at your readers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1727336100296065285)  2023-11-22T14:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@MarcHochstein One of the best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1727363466695258489)  2023-11-22T16:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Favorite outlets for book reviews and literary criticism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1727462766250803386)  2023-11-22T23:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"When I first got into the writing game the big thing was scoring a high-powered agent. If you somehow got that big agent everything would change. Thats still possible of course but there are so many more opportunities for writers to go their own way now and find readers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1728070571223609619)  2023-11-24T15:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The big agent route is still the best play for some writers but if thats not an option the landscape is wide open for entrepreneurial writers. S*bstack is a huge opportunitynot many fiction writers are taking advantage of it yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1728073888419008624)  2023-11-24T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nothing more fun than college football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1728569598226673973)  2023-11-26T00:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There's a real fear of culture/art among political obsessives. You see it in a lot of conservatives and woke types--they find art icky gross. This is why it's really dangerous for artists to align with political types of any stripe. Two totally different sensibilities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1728862783100625192)  2023-11-26T19:46Z [----] followers, 51K engagements


"If you're doing creative work you really can't align with the political obsessives due to their rigidity. At best they are skeptical of the arts. At worst they are repulsed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1728892475178414548)  2023-11-26T21:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"When I think about my favorite books music films etc. it's always about how much pleasure they've given me. Sometimes that pleasure is rooted in sadness or frustration but it's still extremely pleasurable. Whatever else art does for me--I'm sure it's a lot--is secondary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1729165740060614703)  2023-11-27T15:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Weeks go by in suburban Miami and you don't hear anything about politics or "culture." A magical place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1729373974499373307)  2023-11-28T05:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I wrote about the future of publishing and the current state of the literary world for @TheFP. https://www.thefp.com/p/the-fight-for-the-future-of-publishing https://www.thefp.com/p/the-fight-for-the-future-of-publishing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1729519121828602052)  2023-11-28T15:14Z [----] followers, 122K engagements


"@karol Thanks Karol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1729546808693502446)  2023-11-28T17:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I didn't want to take such a long break from writing fiction but the layoff--3 years--has been good for me. I'm rejuvenated. It all feels new especially after spending the last few years writing criticism. I'm just doing it for fun now. Very curious to see what I cook up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730023481889157210)  2023-11-30T00:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm hearing from so many talented writers who read my @TheFP piece about the publishing world. Big names talented up and comers. So much talent out there fed up with the New York publishing scene. An upstart publisher with some money could build a stacked lineup overnight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1730268460192583894)  2023-11-30T16:52Z [----] followers, 80.1K engagements


"@default_friend @TheFP I might have to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730269468431892741)  2023-11-30T16:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mcwheeler @TheFP Thanks Marc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730271316811378708)  2023-11-30T17:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This morning alone I was texting with a good friend one of the best young writers in America. Got an email from one of the most important writers of the last [--] years. A message from a writer who published one of my favorite books a few years ago. So much talent. Ridiculous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730277916846510548)  2023-11-30T17:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Rereading this one. So good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730646215606284731)  2023-12-01T17:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's wild that I ever wanted to win a pushcart prize for writing flash fiction. That was one of the big dreams of my early writing life. Sad sad days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1730725960742265185)  2023-12-01T23:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Big fan of the writers who embrace American weirdness. Not a fan of the writers who are perpetually shocked by American weirdness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1731712017247916163)  2023-12-04T16:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It's great to be an American writer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1731893652723564834)  2023-12-05T04:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheIvyExile I almost linked that one. Great version"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1732050334179041523)  2023-12-05T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Plenty of writers. What's needed are talented gatekeeper editors with great taste who curate an elite list of [--] to [--] books a year. Editors who aren't obsessed with politics. Editors who've been honing their aesthetic for years. Not random kids who took a publishing course"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1732087261427036253)  2023-12-05T17:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Just listened to a Hank Williams song. If I listen to another one I'll just sit in the car and reminisce all day. Can't risk it. Too beautiful and sad. Damn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1732795866476429565)  2023-12-07T16:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You should be reading Sam Shepards short stories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1734349025732940051)  2023-12-11T23:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AliceFromQueens That's a possibility. I'd prefer an upstart small press"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1734776726075404298)  2023-12-13T03:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The trailer for that civil war movie is hilarious. Perfect catnip for people with political brainrot. It's going to produce dozens of awful reviews from conservative pundits too. Hilarity all around. Just watch something and laugh. It's fine I promise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1735345314645561815)  2023-12-14T17:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Every novel I see by a Hispanic writer has some element of magic. A magical abuela or magical enchilada recipe. Generational magic. I don't buy that all these Hispanic writers care about magic that much. Magic as narrative crutch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1735442730178806216)  2023-12-14T23:32Z [----] followers, 38.1K engagements


"@tauromagie I think these writers see that every contemporary Hispanic novel has magical elements so they just add magic. Editors probably expect magic too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1735449885258789367)  2023-12-15T00:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@borywrites Lmao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1735481808429441530)  2023-12-15T02:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It's possible to read or watch something and let it work its aesthetic spell on you before rejecting it outright. Who knows what you might like. Or are you afraid of liking stuff Maybe you'll laugh at the campy dancing. Maybe you'll want to dance yourself. Dangerous I know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1736059452472652088)  2023-12-16T16:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Here's a short story about Miami gators and fighting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1736615433036292466)  2023-12-18T05:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Good thing that I kept writing in anonymity all those years. I have hundreds and hundreds of pages of fiction that I can start publishing now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1736817888840102392)  2023-12-18T18:37Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Id be fine just reading the dirty realist mastersCarver Richard Ford Mary Robison Larry Brown etc. Six-page stories that hit harder than most novels. The great American genre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737147763953954968)  2023-12-19T16:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AmericanGwyn One of the best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737155253630353780)  2023-12-19T16:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@B_Arrangements Big Bad Love is one of my favorite collections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737167951478886770)  2023-12-19T17:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AmericanGwyn @MrHWM Tremendous list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737177736286761207)  2023-12-19T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EnlightFundy Another great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737222185033560261)  2023-12-19T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm publishing short stories on my S*bstack. I'll probably serialize a novella soon. Link in bio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737332365268033928)  2023-12-20T04:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@maggiemphillips Lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737515650912784598)  2023-12-20T16:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"We're going to see more films/novels like American Fiction in which poc mock the identity obsession of white elites. Maybe this is progress or maybe poc are just being offered a release valve. You can mock the identity game but you're still operating within the same identity obsessed framework"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737527982724465044)  2023-12-20T17:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"These metafictional games are comforting to the elites being mocked. It's their language. It's art made for them. What's far more uncomfortable is poc work stripped of all these games and tropes--work that isn't explicitly obsessed with identity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737533797216731318)  2023-12-20T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@rants_book Sure. I'd just like to see more fiction that isn't placing this thinking at the forefront"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737536418392457608)  2023-12-20T18:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Put that book everyone is supposed to like on your best books of the year list or else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737565673960755201)  2023-12-20T20:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I published a new short story on S*bstack. Link in bio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737606984856379401)  2023-12-20T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I won't list all the pieces I wrote this year. But important pieces were published and money was made. That's a good writing year. It's real nice being an American writer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737666290423067105)  2023-12-21T02:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Most readers of literary fiction are women. Is there a market for literary fiction by men Classic fiction written by men lets say. The kind of stuff that used to be published in the not-so-distant pastCarver Hannah Ford. Will the men read again if the books are published"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1737852476882366862)  2023-12-21T15:08Z [----] followers, 281.9K engagements


"I get this question a lot when people talk about publishing. Right now theres just very little incentive to publish a book by a male author if his work doesnt resonate with the existing female-heavy reader base. I do think this readership can be expanded to include more men"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737856167072956430)  2023-12-21T15:22Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements


"And Im not talking about books about masculinity or mens issues. Im talking about books by mature men who just so happen to have a more male point a view because theyre menclassic fiction. This point of view appeals to women as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737858731189100871)  2023-12-21T15:33Z [----] followers, 10.7K engagements


"I do think there's a certain kind of guy who would've been a literary man in a different era. Now he's attracted to "masculinity" gurus and other losers. The sensitive young man who's raging against his innate sensitivity because he's been convinced that it's weakness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737875133094654055)  2023-12-21T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Clean-cut white guy in the coffee shop is talking to a Cuban girl who barely speaks English. He's new to Miami; she's new to America. Two American dreams are coming together. Both lives will be very different if this works out. Miami city of dreams. Beautiful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737886801912529288)  2023-12-21T17:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Walking around tweeting and reading literary takes on a perfect Miami day. I'll probably sit down and read some classic literature soon. Maybe a little Ray Carver Maybe some Joy Williams. The life of an American writer. So happy my parents left Cuba"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737918749456376009)  2023-12-21T19:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AmericanGwyn Merry Christmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1737919467433120183)  2023-12-21T19:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@rants_book Not mocking the young men mocking the gurus. Most of those gurus are absolute losers so it's risky for a young man to follow any of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1738205032460300303)  2023-12-22T14:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"You really gotta lean into the obvious things that influence your writing whether theyre literary or not. It took me years to accept that Miami baseball and pro wrestling were always going to influence my writing more than anything else. Dont outsmart yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1738219673915740220)  2023-12-22T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DMJack_ @countyhwy Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1738273514522611967)  2023-12-22T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Here's what writers who write literary fiction need to know: there's like [--] people involved in the publishing of literary fiction in America and they all know each other. A handful of editors agents publicists. Sometimes they switch gigs but it's all the same people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738569895133028381)  2023-12-23T14:38Z [--] followers, 32.1K engagements


"Of course they're going to publish and prop up their friends. Writers who aren't part of the crew can still get published if they write the "correct" book but being pals with a crew member makes everything easier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1738573285040750837)  2023-12-23T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Writers shouldn't be thinking about this all the time but it's important to understand the landscape. The NYC literary publishing world seems like a big mysterious beast but it's [--] people who all know each other. This explains most of the book acquisitions and group think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1738590161737277632)  2023-12-23T15:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One of the main reasons why its important to have more lower-class writers is that theyre disruptive in a way elite writers will never be. Theyll talk about the trashy subjects like making money and they arent beholden to status obsession as much. Much more pragmatic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1739683297578336551)  2023-12-26T16:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@AmericanGwyn Absolutely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1739690801637081231)  2023-12-26T16:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's obvious when a writer's greatest fear is to come off as stupid. This is the hang up of the overly credentialed. If a writer is boring it's often because he's restrained and scared of not being the smartest person in the room"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740768407094464797)  2023-12-29T16:15Z [--] followers, 20.8K engagements


"I see writers trying to be so "smart" that it kills all humor style and the possibility of something surprising happening. It's like reading an engineering manual. Boring boring writers with all the "correct" views screaming "I'm educated""  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1740772778545168490)  2023-12-29T16:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You should especially reject the cult of "smart" if you're a creative writer. You need to tap into everything including your idiocy. It's a great pleasure to read a writer who's willing to risk it. That's where the magic can happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1740776044523856262)  2023-12-29T16:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My ideal editor of a literary imprint is someone who's naturally interested in all Americans. He can't be too conservative and afraid of cities and perpetually shocked by the seedier side of the human condition. He can't be too progressive and dismissive of rural folks or treat poc like noble savages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1741905442970677383)  2024-01-01T19:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Progressives disregard entire groups of people who don't fit into their narrow view of "diversity." Conservatives are often confounded by people who aren't like them. If you're disinterested/appalled by large swaths of Americans you're living in a boring bubble"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741915218152722611)  2024-01-01T20:12Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"It's weird how certain stories just stick with you. I always think about a Bolao short story "Beach" even though I haven't read it in ages. It just randomly popped in my head now. Just a guy sitting on a beach. There's a real mystery and magic with some writers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1742641133987959054)  2024-01-03T20:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"There should be more sports coverage in alternative media--long-form pieces profiles etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1743096780567269529)  2024-01-05T02:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I always want to write about sports but the alternative media landscape seemingly doesn't care about them. Big missed opportunity. Tons of writers who'd jump at the chance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1743101880622895508)  2024-01-05T02:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Less opportunities initially for writers who dont come from money but once you get over the resentment it can be better in the long run. Youll be far more pragmatic and wont buy into all the status games. Youll always be an outsider but youre playing with house money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1743383595295592478)  2024-01-05T21:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Every week a new crew of heroes and villains. Tough to keep track"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1744386701047242951)  2024-01-08T15:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A follow-up to my Free Press piece on the publishing industry will be going live on my s*bstack this week. It will answer many of the questions I've received from writers. Link in bio to subscribe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1744763967438725390)  2024-01-09T16:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Work written by poc that isn't about politics or stuff you read about online is totally alien to most literary editors. They have no ideal how to deal with it. Sad poc stories and noble savage themes will continue because they make sense to the editors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1744781716776996984)  2024-01-09T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We'll get variations on these stories but they'll always hinge on narratives that comfort the editors. Magical stories metafictional stuff etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744784449399660778)  2024-01-09T18:13Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"I wrote a follow-up piece to my article in @TheFP about the publishing industry for my S*bstack. I received many questions from writers but chose to answer the most important one: what are the traits of an ideal literary editor Link in bio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1745465069843120515)  2024-01-11T15:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"ICYMI: I wrote about the ideal literary editor and American messiness for my S*bstack. Link in bio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1746580842221047949)  2024-01-14T17:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I spend a lot of time in indie bookstores but theyre often the physical manifestation of hyper-online woke politicsvery uptight vibes all the correct books. The booksellers are committed to this audience and won't dare upset it. Todays Sunday post: My astonishment upon discovering that book stores refuse to host an event for my book. https://t.co/O9UzJsEjtV Todays Sunday post: My astonishment upon discovering that book stores refuse to host an event for my book. https://t.co/O9UzJsEjtV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746612330631160204)  2024-01-14T19:16Z [----] followers, 23.7K engagements


"If you stopped reading a website/magazine its probably because a really talented editor left the organization. A good editor knows who to commission and how to work with writers. Sometimes a magazine loses one of these editors and they fall off immediately"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1747281958025998514)  2024-01-16T15:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Its always a good day when the new issue of @countyhwy arrives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1747377684122829226)  2024-01-16T21:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One of my favorite things about being a writer is that you never really know how long you'll be able to keep it going. Even when things are going well you're thinking about the next move. You gotta be creative in so many different ways. You're an entrepreneur. Very fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1747483022343963002)  2024-01-17T04:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@trevorquirk @thebafflermag I was waiting for a review of this book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748010583239131612)  2024-01-18T15:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Writing about American Fiction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748045018424631758)  2024-01-18T18:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I will be releasing my anticipated books list on my S*bstack. This is the most important literary list of the season. It will also be the funniest. Link in bio to subscribe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748086975528141271)  2024-01-18T20:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not enough antics from writers. I hear tons of books are coming out in Marchonly a few of you will get the press and publicity. Mix in some literary high jinks have some fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748392995580264597)  2024-01-19T17:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@borywrites I got you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748394447635619945)  2024-01-19T17:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sports Illustrated vanishing has me thinking about Grantland the only site I miss. Not enough literary sportswriting out there. Maybe there's just no market for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748776474834882757)  2024-01-20T18:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Really looking forward to the Bills/Chiefs game tomorrow. Two elite qbs in their prime. Deranged Bills fans at home. Taylor Swift in attendance. The possibility of Allen snapping if he loses to Mahomes again. Peak American spectacle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Perez_Writes/status/1748797460997153067)  2024-01-20T19:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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