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Adrienne Celt

@celtadri.bsky.social

Novelist, cartoonist, author of END OF THE WORLD HOUSE, INVITATION TO A BONFIRE, and THE DAUGHTERS adriennecelt.com loveamongthelampreys.com

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niina pollari@niina.bsky.social · yesterday

I've been asking over at Substack, but want to throw the question out here too: what makes a "good" book review in this day and age? When do you read book reviews (before or after reading the book)? Do you discover books through reviews?

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · last wk.

*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

nytimes.com

Meg Reid 🦦@megireid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Someone get me in a room with MacKenzie Scott’s folks and I’ll deliver my impassioned / well-constructed argument that it’s a moral imperative that she give $20 million to a new distributor specifically for nonprofit and small presses in order to offset her ex’s dismantling of the book industry.

Adrienne Celt@celtadri.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a serious question not meant as a dig, I’m just curious: for people who never learned cursive (which is a lot I guess?), how do you sign your name? Just regular print letters?

Lyric Rain@rainsong.cloud · last mo.

I had to draw some no berries One in just nonbinary colors, and one with support from the "she berries" and "he berries"

Three raspberry-like berries in gold, purple, and black arranged with three leaves shaded in the colors of the nonbinary flag: black, purple, white, and yellowThree raspberry-like berries in pink, purple, and blue arranged with three leaves shaded in the colors of the nonbinary flag: black, purple, white, and yellow
Heather Hogan@heatherhogan.bsky.social · last mo.

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”

Adil Haque@adhaque.bsky.social · last mo.

“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights. And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job,” Brad Lander said.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston@portersqbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

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 ago

Readers 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...

Adrienne Celt@celtadri.bsky.social · last mo.

The modern convenience of the internet allows you to see that absolutely every dishwasher has its haters, and no dishwasher you buy will be without deeply felt regrets, which is great, psychologically