Alex Higley
@higley_alex
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TRUE FAILURE (2/25/25) @Coffee_House_ editor @greatplacebooks
Joined October 2015
RT @ferrifrigida: Today at @barrelhouse, reviews Alex Higley's latest novel, a sharp diagnosis of delayed adulthood, out now from Coffee H….
barrelhousemag.com
At the heart of True Failure are silhouettes of young adults today searching for meaning and purpose when milestones seem to elude them.
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True Failure reviewed @thenation.
What Alex Higley captures is the way that a solitary pursuit, such as writing, suddenly feels like a sport.
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RT @thenation: What Alex Higley captures is the way that a solitary pursuit, such as writing, suddenly feels like a sport. .
thenation.com
Alex Higley’s True Failure, which dramatizes one man’s dream to pitch his business idea on reality TV, slyly compares this bathetic task to publishing literary fiction.
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RT @joshuahebburn: Alex Higley's True Failure. Frederick Barthelme's Collected Stories. Harris Lahti's debut. Amie Barrodale's Trip.….
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RT @bartlebytaco: my new book is out today. look at it. there are roughly 30,000 words inside. that's nothing, an afternoon of your life. y….
penguinrandomhouse.com
After a year of self-imposed exile, a young writer attends a New Year’s Eve party in hopes of reconnecting with old classmates in a blackly humorous tale set on a single snowy night After...
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RT @AdamOPrice: Really pleased to announce that my short story collection OBJECTS OF DESIRE will be released in 2026 by @AutumnHousePrs! Hu….
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New class in late August! Join us or share with someone who might want to! More information at
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RT @parker_w_y: 2 years old today. Still proud of how this turned out. Thank you @FutureTenseBook and everyone who’s shown interest in my f….
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RT @RealGM: The Mavs winning the Cooper Flagg with 2% odds? Months after trading Luka to the Lakers!?! @johnwilmeswords on the latest chapt….
basketball.realgm.com
The Mavericks winning the Cooper Flagg lottery months after trading Luka Doncic has the conspiracy theory machine on tilt. But there are no outcomes that would prevent fans and media from such...
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RT @WTFstats: The NL was formed in 1876 (149 years ago). The Rockies have the worst start to a season (4-24) by an NL team EVER in their f….
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RT @AdamOPrice: Did an appearance on the Records Revisited podcast to discuss The Mayflies USA's long, weird career and our forthcoming new….
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RT @_triangle_house: TYSM TO @Powells for spotlighting TRUE FAILURE by @higley_alex for their spring sale! 20% off sounds like. a TRUE D….
powells.com
Enjoy 20% off a select list of spring favorite novels for a limited time only.
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RT @RealGM: The Nuggets And Clippers, At The End Of Certain History (@johnwilmeswords on their parallel paths five years after a classic se….
basketball.realgm.com
Five years after their bubble series, the Nuggets are no longer rising talents, but beleaguered champions, potentially on the verge of more change; the Clippers are no longer a microwaved super-con...
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