'SHOVEL READY' AMONG NEWSWEEK'S BEST OF 2014

The kind and astute editors at NEWSEEK chose SHOVEL READY as a "Favorite Book of 2014." I am especially psyched to be among such esteemed company as Roxane Gay, Mallory Ortberg and Phil Klay. Many thanks, kind and astute editors.

FAVORITE LINES OF 2014

ENTROPY magazine posted its Favorite Lines of 2014, and there was SHOVEL READY, right at the top. (Of the list. I don't think it's meant to be the #1 line of the year but if so WHO AM I TO ARGUE?)

Thank you, Entropy!

SHOVEL READY GIVEAWAY

The good folk at Book Riot are giving away 50 signed copies of SHOVEL READY. Just giving them away!

The best part is that they are signed by Abraham Lincoln NO THEY ARE NOT they are signed by me.

THANK YOU, INTERNET

For this. Even if the cat thought the font was too small.

notes on poo

“'But why is the pile of poo smiling?' would be the next logical question. Before we answer that, you may want to buckle yourself in, because we’re about to toboggan down the Smiling Pile of Poo Emoji Wormhole."

My cover story, "Smile, You're Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless Tongue," for New York magazine.

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