An 83-year-old widow falls for a mysterious married man she meets at the cowboy church. ✨✨✨ Get ready for some sexy farm fantasies, heartbreak, and a hefty dose of magic. gofundme.com/f/pastureprime

Saddle up for “Pasture Prime!” Diffan Sina Norman will direct a short fantasy romance in Marshall, TX (written by yours truly). We're seeking support for our local cast and crew. Join us for late love, handsome cowboys, and a bit of magic. gofundme.com/f/pastureprime

Come see us tonight, talking about dolls, strollers, and blue jeans! 7 pm! Skylight Books!

LA friends, please come and spread the word. This is going to be a super fun event!

Happy to have given this blurb to Carolyn Purnell’s fantastic and fascinating new book!

I love how the local news measures wind speed.

God, I loved a slippery tub with a little jelly bath bead carcass floating on top.

I also finished this book over the weekend and can’t recommend it enough. Seriously incredible.

Happy to announce that, thanks to a grant from Austin Film Society , Diffan Norman will be directing a short film I wrote called Pasture Prime! Representing my East Texas roots!

Just got an ad for non-jean jeans.

So, why the trompe l’oeil? What is it about jeans that make people want to look like they’re wearing them without actually doing so?

Yes, this is a teaser for my book, but it’s also a question that fascinates me endlessly.

Ever wondered what made blue jeans so popular?

You can find out in one week, when my book Blue Jeans comes out! It's available for pre-order now at all major book retailers and your local indie. Object Lessons Bloomsbury Academic

Looking forward to this event!

A dear friend mailed me this ad from the last issue of Bookforum Magazine. So bittersweet.

Maria Teresa Hart @AP10k Jessica Leigh Hester Object Lessons

So exciting to see people reading Blue Jeans! Less than a month until the release! 💙👖💙

I. Cannot. Wait. 💫

“If things here and now feel a little uncanny, it may be because we are living in two different times at once, moving forward into 2023 while pretending it’s 2019 again.”

I just finished playing Pentiment, and I sincerely hope this is just the beginning of art historical games. I lost entire days. Protestant scandals, lost Roman mythology, monks doing autopsies. There’s something for everyone….

I am only a literary lizard…

My recent Flaubert obsession continues…