Author of MY LIFE OF CRIME: ESSAYS AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS (Sagging Meniscus, 2022). An amiable dinner companion. https://tylergore.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3mmscifegok2wI might be the art director he's talking about. Cover art: @johnnymuggins.bsky.social (John Patrick Higgins), inspired by @guillermostitch.bsky.social's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING (Dickens weeps over breakfast cereal). Back cover, me, inspired by John Patrick Higgins ;) @exactingclam.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmscifegok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3mkuqfi4eps2sI'll be signing copies of My Life of Crime and drinking astonishing quantities of coffee at the Indie Lit Fair in Washington Square today. Look for the hungover author at the Sagging Meniscus table. https://www.clmp.org/indie-lit-fair/02 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuqfi4eps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3mbeve4sfvc2d01 Jan 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbeve4sfvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3m2crbh5xz22jI had a blast interviewing John Patrick Higgins (@johnnymuggins.bsky.social) for @wirobooks.bsky.social about his wickedly funny bad-back memoir, SPINE. Got to talk about Psycho, the "girl on the rock," and whether humor is a form of mental illness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2crbh5xz22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3lytgguvbt22kHappy to see that @vickmickunas.bsky.social of WYSO's Book Nook loved the "brutal hilarity" of SPINE by @johnnymuggins.bsky.social as much as I did! It's just a great memoir -- every sentence is an object lesson in wit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lytgguvbt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3lyja2ldel222Dana Barnes (@dbaredit.bsky.social)'s vivid account of caring for her dying father is told with honesty, humor, and affection. Terrific long-form narrative essay -- poignant, memorable and very readable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyja2ldel222https://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3lv2phmsah22fThe thing where it's so hot you keep taking trays of ice out of the freezer to refresh your drink, but it's too hot to bother to refill them, and before you know it, you're out of ice.28 Jul 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2phmsah22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3loblorz7ds2h I'll be at the INDIE LIT FAIR today. 12-5pm, Lafayette Street near Astor Pl. (FREE) I'll signing copies of MY LIFE OF CRIME at the @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social table. Look for the hungover writer who forgot to print business cards. @clmporg.bsky.social https://www.clmp.org/indie-lit-fair/03 May 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3loblorz7ds2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3lmktxxqv2226Explains why all my clothes are covered in fur.11 Apr 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmktxxqv2226https://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3lmcvgv7tw226@terenabell.bsky.social put together a Bookshop list of great small press titles she's represented. Thanks so much for including MY LIFE OF CRIME, Terena! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcvgv7tw226https://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3llwhrndgxk2u Yep, that's a genuine steel standard-issue NYC trash basket, flat as a pancake. Even the trash inside is flat.03 Apr 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwhrndgxk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3llwgabojjs2uEven after publishing MASTER LOVERS, @dqw1639.bsky.social has continued to research the Nazi connections of his Jewish Aunt Dorle's lover John F. Carter. This fascinating essay concerns "Putzi," Hitler's bumbling press secretary. @exactingclam.bsky.social https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-16-spring-2025/nazi-lovers/03 Apr 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwgabojjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3llhj5c2hpc23I loved this book! Cary Grant's Suit by Todd McEwen is really a kind of loopy memoir disguised as a book about movies. The subtitle tells you what you're in for: "Nine Movies That Made Me The Wreck I Am Today." I have been a fan of McEwen for decades. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhj5c2hpc23https://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3llhddoi2pc23Wow! Very honored to find MY LIFE OF CRIME included in Pat Duffy's Neurodiversity Celebration Week round-up of "Novels with Neurospicy Characters"! #neurodiversity #booksky Check it out here in Journey Through The Senses magazine: https://www.journeythroughthesenses.org/2025/03/21/jtts-marks-neurodiversity-celebration-week/28 Mar 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhddoi2pc23https://bsky.app/profile/tylergore.bsky.social/post/3ll7zul6wvs2q@terenabell.bsky.social used her experiences with promoting my collection My Life of Crime to discuss approaches in marketing a collection of personal essays. It's terrifically insightful -- Terena is wonderful publicist, and she certainly helped me a lot. @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:sx5vx6iox4cb2uu52mi3phli/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7zul6wvs2q