Jessica Papin

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Vice President, Literary Agent, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, on the lookout for book-shaped holes in the universe.

Ok, I just listened to the audio sample of my book for the first time and WOWOWOWOWOWOW Joniece Abbott-Pratt gives life to the words in ways that I could not even imagine Even if you're not gonna read the book, just go here and listen to the sample because her narration is INCREDIBLE

The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos “With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status.....

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I’m featured in the @washingtonpost.com !! Most #autistic people are accustomed to “masking,” […and] will do so more when there is an increased sense of social hostility. “It’s more important than ever that Jo is her authentic self,” Schillace said. Fighting back through ♿️ representation!

In writing a detective with autism, a novelist investigated herself

Speaking to The Post about her new cozy mystery, “The Dead Come to Stay,” Brandy Schillace explains how her Jo Jones novels helped her come out as autistic.

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I spent 3 years tracking how people turned to hatred in advance of Nazis—we are speed-running the Weimar, right now, on the verge of collapsing into 1933. THERE IS STILL WAYS TO FIGHT. We can’t despair. But DAMMIT history is repeating with precious little adaptation. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

The Intermediaries

The fascinating history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich., The Intermediaries, A Weimar Story, Brandy Schillace, 9781324036319

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