Bristol Vaudrin (she/her)
@bristolvaudrin.bsky.social
Inch-deep writer. Author of AFTERWARD. Open book and unreliable narrator. Alaskan-Oregonian
"If...you have an impulse to become and maintain yourself as a deep reader, then the internet is very good for you...But if...you don’t have standards and you don’t know how to read, then the internet is a disaster for you because it’s a great gray ocean of text in which you simply drown.”
Featuring a wide range of stories - from sci-fi to historical fiction to literary fiction - our editors have compiled a list of our favorite books from July to recommend to you! Click the link below to read more: theintersticejournal.substack.com/p/what-were-... #litmag #literaryjournal #bookrecs
what we're reading in july
july book recommendations from the editors
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What's up the the LitFic feed? It's been off for hours
😁😁😁🥰 Why yes, I do always check for it at libraries...why?
Paid fellowship from @milkweededitions.bsky.social... check it out, people!
The Milkweed Fellowship | Milkweed Editions
The Milkweed Fellowship
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Another banger from McSweeney's
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2mo agoA large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.” A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says. The frog is sweating.
Broke a filling. I'm now married to a container of dental floss.
I just learned"coffining" is a word and I'm not sure how I feel about it, honestly.
I'm in the mood for a really good essay. Any suggestions?
That tracks.
The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · 3mo agoThe majority of publishers submitting books for the International Booker Prize are indies. Fiammetta Rocco, Emeritus Director of the International Booker Prize, spoke to some of them to find out what it is that draws them. 🔗 Tap the link below to read the piece thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Salted Books is an #indie #bookshop in #Lisbon that lives outside of all algorithms. What you see is what you get: a “salty” curation of literary fiction, memoirs, feminine power, weird girl fiction, psychedelics, current affairs, environmental & more! ▶️ saltedbookslisbon.com #Books #ReadingList
Salted Books Lisbon
We are an independent English-language bookshop in the heart of Santos, Lisbon. Our philosophy? Everything is better Salted. We exist to get you out of the algorithm. What you see is what you get: a “...
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Reading Is Sexy@readingissexy.bsky.social · 3mo ago
..."we shared the city the way honest laborers share tools." Just started, but ... pleased.
My Friends: A Novel
A Novel
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Really enjoyed this. An inside peek at otherness in different locations and eras and situations. Also, a combination of qualities you don't always see together. Really enjoyed the writing. Recommend.
Bristol Vaudrin (she/her)@bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 4mo agoNext up...
What a fun contest from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social!
Coffee House Press Bookmark Contest
Coffee House Press is excited to launch our very first Bookmark Design Competition Open now through May 31st! Please submit your bookmark by Sunday, May 31st at 11:59 PM Central Time to be conside...
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Really loved this book. It reminds me of Straight Man by Richard Russo in some very funny ways. @avnerlandes.bsky.social
Meiselman: The Lean Years (New Chicago Classics, 7)
Amazon.com: Meiselman: The Lean Years (New Chicago Classics, 7): 9781948954143: Landes, Avner: Books
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I'm back, in podcast form! Hear me discuss my novel, being evil (about literature), why litfic is bad now, and how I felt personally victimized Joyce Carol Oates.
Violet Allen
Podcast Episode · Gender Reveal · April 13 · 51m
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Me: There's a fraud occurring. Here're all the details. #WellsFargo: Cha-CHING!!!! Me: So, you're not going to do anything about it? WF: No. We can't do anything without the account-holder's permission. Me: The criminal's? WF: Yup @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social
Really loving this so far! Side benefit: brushing up on my British slang! #ManHatingPsycho #IphgeniaBaal
Hey friends, if anyone is interested in signing the petition to perform a study on consolidating Multnomah County and the City of Portland, I have sheets you can sign and I will come to you!
One Government for Portland
A citizen-led initiative to consolidate Multnomah County and the City of Portland into a single, accountable, and effective government.
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I'm not crazy about jus. There's a song there, right?
