Dividual

Thoughts about books I read, the work of writing and publishing, and life

By Blake Butler

There is No Object: On Fear & Influence in Martijn Hendrik’s Give Us This Day Our Daily Terror

Jun 17 • Blake Butler

Writing on social media feels like pouring ranch dressing on fruit salad like my dad did in middle dementia

Jun 4 • Blake Butler

Slugs in the North: Kiss me with your eyes closed

May 27 • Blake Butler

Maximizing Time for Reading

Nov 11, 2024 • Blake Butler

Maximizing Time for Writing - Part 1

May 8, 2025 • Blake Butler

The Top 10 Worst Beatles Songs

May 28, 2025 • Blake Butler

Ariana Reines's Wave of Blood

Apr 29, 2025 • Blake Butler

The Great God Pan

Apr 22, 2025 • Blake Butler

50 Literary Rumors (with Megan Boyle)

Nov 15, 2024 • Blake Butler

IMG_3954: Goatfeast

May 19 • Blake Butler

Crossed Wires: Ernaux's Getting Lost & Machiavelli's The Prince

May 12 • Blake Butler

The Batman's Endlessly Overlapping Worlds: An Essay in 10 Parts

May 6 • Blake Butler

Molly Brodak's New and Selected, 49 Pages, Segue Reading

Apr 29 • Blake Butler

Negative Creep

Apr 23 • Blake Butler

IMG_0496: Living Room Window

Apr 19 • Blake Butler

Reviews of Local Churches That Won’t Stop Growing

Apr 15 • Blake Butler