Ray McManus

@DavidJoy_Author @wadejwk 😂

@wadejwk @ray_mcmanus I didn’t know how much I’d miss my stream ‘til it was gone. Could be a @ray_mcmanus poem.

Potty training.

@SouthRevBooks @HubCityPress Thank you for this!

"McManus is particularly poignant when drawing lines from within our culture, dominated by media and materialism, to the men who dwell within it." Read more from this new review of THE LAST SATURDAY IN AMERICA by Ray McManus at the link in bio! @HubCityPress

Thank you Becca Stanek and the Southern Review of Books! Challenging Southern Masculinity in "The Last Saturday in America" southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/04/05/the…

@DavidJoy_Author She would say there has been no improvement whatsoever. And I would say she is right. I mean, look at my friends (points to your picture).

@ray_mcmanus We should probably ask Lindsay if she found you skeezier in your soul patch days compared to full goatee.

I unapologetically judge every man who ever had a soul patch.

@DavidJoy_Author 😂 It was a soul(less) patch-like substance. Those were dark times.

If I were pressed to make a singular exception I’d go with @ray_mcmanus, who I think had one (though long, long ago he evolved to full goatee). And with that semi exception, I’d venture to bet that even Ray would consider his soul patch years the skeeziest of his life.

“Songwriters were (and still are) my favorite poets.” @ray_mcmanus shared a playlist for his poetry collection The Last Saturday In America at @largeheartedboy largeheartedboy.com/2024/03/11/ray… @HubCityPress

"Some of us look like this..." Clip from Writers Drinking Whiskey featuring award-winning poet Ray McManus. Full episode: youtu.be/3AUnnPyBhSg #poetry #poetrycommunity #podcasts #readerscommunity

@megireid @DavidJoy_Author Thank you, @megireid! @HubCityPress is one of the finest presses the south has ever produced! Proud to be in the family. Big, big love!!

@DavidJoy_Author Love you, buddy!

This book comes out today and it’s genuinely fucking brilliant.

Here’s a thing: a playlist for The Last Saturday in America. Songs that speak to the poems in the book. Just because. largeheartedboy.com/2024/03/11/ray…

@DavidJoy_Author Boom! Nice’n David! Hell yeah.

Ain’t often I’m lauded. Mostly loathed. On a serious note, that’s a tremendous honor. That’s the good news I couldn’t share awhile back. oxfordeagle.com/2024/02/23/thr…

Buzz for our spring books has begun! Over on @gardenandgun, @davidjoy_author included @ray_mcmanus’s THE LAST SATURDAY IN AMERICA on his Top Books of 2023 list. Read the full list here: gardenandgun.com/articles/novel…

Rest Ceilidh Cowboy. You were there when I needed you.

@DavidJoy_Author Here for you if you need anything. Here for you if you don’t.

Starting with Chaz dying, it’s been a year of being raked through the coals on any and all fronts. I’m likely to disappear for a good long while. I’m tired. I’m just flat fucking tired. Godspeed to the good ones. Maybe I’ll see you down the road someplace.

Ray credits one class at USC for opening his eyes to a career in poetry and creative expression. It’s a gift he’s sharing with students all across South Carolina. Join us for a Remarkable Moment with Ray McManus.

@SorchaPHR @DavidJoy_Author @HubCityPress @IngramPubINTL Thank you, Cheri!!

The Last Saturday In America by Ray McManus We live in a world divided politically & culturally. This thought-provoking poetry collection speaks of & to these issues. goodreads.com/review/show/58… @ray_mcmanus @DavidJoy_Author @HubCityPress @IngramPubINTL

I need to check the mailbox more often. Because sometimes there’s something good in there! @SeanLemonhead!

@JrRhjr You got it buddy!

@ray_mcmanus Can I get a signed copy?? Ya old friend Ronnie

Cover reveal! The Last Saturday in America is coming this Spring. Foreword by brother @DavidJoy_Author. Thank you @HubCityPress and thank you @KateAMcMullen and @JoshuaDrews for the amazing cover!

@DavidJoy_Author Yes! More big. Process questions set me off in the head a bit. I can’t tell if they’re genuine or if it’s just a way of seeing whether I’m working vs. making shit up as I go along. If it’s the latter, they’ll never know.

And I mention Megan here because I flat love her and she’s a prime example of a novelist writing propulsive books that wrestle with big, BIG things. With all of these interviews with writers, let’s talk about the big, BIG things.

I’ll just come right out and say it: process isn’t nearly as interesting as most interviewers seem to think it is.