So excited for @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social to be in conversation with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social at Politics & Prose for his important debut, CROSSING THE RED LINE (now available for preorder!) politics-prose.com/book/9781324...
Amanda Annis
@aannis.bsky.social
erstwhile editor turned literary agent | cooking for pleasure | lover of toast | she/her
So overjoyed to see my husband & my colleagues so well represented on the Booker longlist this year! Congrats to Martha, Ellen, & the Transit books team!! bookshop.org/lists/2026-b...
2026 Booker Prize Books: The Best in Fiction
The Booker Prize Longlist is Here! One of the most prestigious prizes for English-language novels—open to writers of any nationality—has just announced its longlist! These standout authors have create...
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Another good day to read TO CATCH A FASCIST bookshop.org/p/books/to-c...
To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right
“Absorbing.” —THE NEW YORKER, BEST BOOKS OF 2026 A searing, provocative investigation into the rise of white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States, centered on the anti-fascist grou...
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Avel Guénin--Carlut@fluffycyborgii.bsky.social · last wk.Would assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
Reading this & people's general reactions filling my timeline has revealed that I evidently have strong opinions on vintage cookware and tableware. Silverplate Oneida goes for $150 on ebay. Vintage Wagner castiron is the best. People can't give away their grandmother's dishes fast enough.
Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 2w agoWell, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories
I don't know what could have legitimized gender studies more than these goofs, which is why they basically want to make it illegal.
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w agoHegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting
[Famous title] meets [famous title] In this new novel that’s perfect for readers of [hyper-specific book category that‘s popular on booktok!] Fans of [author who wrote a bestseller 2 years ago] will love this [trope] story about a [manic pixie dream girl but we call her something else now!]
I am so very happy to announce that I have officially signed with the amazing literary agent, Amanda Annis @aannis.bsky.social of @tridentmediagroup.bsky.social! It is a tremendous honor to get to work with her! #WritingCommunity #LiteraryAgents #AuthorLife #Publishing #AuthorJourney
I have had the same UH policy for over a decade & can unequivocally say that it now costs significantly more, covers much less, with more loop holes that it did when I first enrolled *in the same plan*.
Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 3w agoMy first time having United Healthcare and all I can say is that in a society with any kind of half-functional regulatory state it would not even be legal to call this insurance.
Hard to believe Trump DHS is still successfully bamboozling senators on this issue, but Sens. King and Collins both publicly stating that the FBI is investigating today's fatal ICE shooting in Maine doesn't mean what they seem to think it means. 3 points: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...
Live updates: King calls for transparent investigation after Biddeford man killed in ICE-involved shooting
Protests are growing after a man identified as a 26-year-old from Colombia was fatally shot. Immigration advocates say he was authorized to work in the U.S.
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Very grateful to see This American Life covering the Prairieland case. www.thisamericanlife.org/891/the-test...
The Test Case - This American Life
Some people in this country think Antifa is a dangerous domestic terror organization. Some think that’s a complete myth. This week we go to the federal trial where, for the first time, the government ...
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The person ICE shot and killed in Biddeford, Maine has been ID'd as a 26-year-old Colombian man.
Live updates: Man killed in Biddeford ICE-involved shooting ID’ed as 26-year-old from Colombia
Witnesses described seeing one person being shot in the head.
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I think about my FIL saying he was “almost, like, disabled or something!” when he was dying & needed a lot of oxygen & couldn’t go places freely or with ease. I looked him in the eye and said “You ARE disabled. You are lucky to be disabled. The alternative is dying suddenly in a horrible accident.”
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 3w agoA quarter of people in the US are already disabled and most people become disabled in some way before they die, so.
ICE agents must be tried for the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Jennie Coughlin@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 4w agoFederal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.
New, for @talkingpointsmemo.com, my look at the history of the term "remigration," a euphemism for ethnic cleansing (a euphemism in of itself); & how Thomas Rousseau, leader of Patriot Front, used it in private Nazi chat 8 years ago. Now it's official US policy. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/when-yo...
When You Hear ‘Remigration,’ Know That It Means Ethnic Cleansing
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I just learned that the term "carbon footprint" was developed by BP to offload responsibility for climate change onto individuals. Something like that's happening in higher ed with AI. Institutions capitulate or dodge; students are submitting; & they believe it's their individual failing. 7/
Read TO CATCH A FASCIST to deep dive into the people who are doing the real work of fighting these "straight up nazis" www.youtube.com/watch?v=slaR...
'Straight up Nazis': Author slams masked white supremacist group marching through D.C.
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My book is about an anti-fascist who goes undercover into this group, fucks up their shit, and identifies abt 80 members. Check it out www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
I generally think generational analysis is bullshit right up until we hit should that dead guy still be in the Senate?
My maternal grandmother was not a good person. She refused diagnosis or treatment for the tumors on her lungs. Her heart was literally crumbling, her veins full of debris & clots. Yet she lived for years, insisting "God will take me when it's time." The joke became "Clearly, God doesn't want you."
@akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com CROSSING THE RED LINE on LitHub's most anticipated for fall! lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Part Two
The year is half over, if you can believe it. Time marches ever forward, into the abyss. Books, though, can smooth the passage. If you choose wisely, that is. To that end, here are the novels, coll…
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Thank you to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for listing CROSSING THE RED LINE as one of the top 10 politics/current affairs books set for fall 2026! Pre-order my record of Biden's horrific Gaza policy + lessons for Dems & beyond: wwnorton.com/books/978132... www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Fall 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Politics & Current Events
The perils of AI, the rise of fascism, and the men who surround JD Vance are hot subjects this season.
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Hey Harper's Letter signers. Where are you 1st amendment concerns now????
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last mo.An American just got sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for moving “Antifa” zines and there’s about 1000x as much media coverage of Trump’s reflecting pool 👍
Why is a bookstore publishing book reviews? Simple...THERE AREN'T ENOUGH GODDAMN BOOK REVIEWS ANYMORE! So rather than just complain about it, we're just gonna do it. Here's where PSRB will live...
Porter Square Review of Books
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Well, given the number of unsolicited pitches we've already gotten for books to review...we were clearly right about the need for more review outlets! :)
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston@portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoReaders of #BookSky Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books! Starting RIGHT NOW, the PSRB will publish one review, written by a PSB libromancer or a Writer in Residence every week or so...