I'll be chatting with the good folks at Every Library tomorrow. www.youtube.com/live/I7Fggl8...

After the Quake: Carol Edgarian on Vera, Survival & the Power of Story

Join New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian for a conversation that spans from the fiery streets of 1906 San Francisco to today’s classrooms around the world. In her acclaimed novel Vera, Ed...

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Explore the evolution of “urbane” with @caroledgarian.bsky.social in this week’s “A Word, Please.” bit.ly/3t85Mqp

Where the f is the Congress in this firing of the Librarian of Congress? Come ON! Rome is burning, people! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

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What better word to represent L than love? Join @caroledgarian.bsky.social as she explores “love.” Click the above ⬆️ profile link to watch!

I was sorry to hear of the passing of mighty Jane Gardam. I've loved her books. If you haven’t read the Old Filth trilogy, you’re in for rare a treat. Line to line never a false note, and she had such a wondrous, unflinching view of character. Rip, great writer. #janegardam

Ending the week thinking of the folks in the various agencies, labs and offices whose jobs have been haphazardly cut or furloughed by the gratuitously cruel doge buzzsaw. How are they paying for their rents, groceries, kids? How are they dealing with the stress? We are better than this.

To ask teenagers from 55 countries to write of secrets is to be let into worlds that are heartbreaking & heart-redeeming. These are dark times, but these writers aren’t afraid of the dark.They use it to make art that is tender and wise. I loved working with them. narrativemagazine.com/tenth…

Thank you, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for clearly naming the tragic and terrifying situation we find ourselves in.

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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Can't wait to share these gems next week!

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This is a moral moment. —Senator Cory Booker

Really jazzed to talk with Emma Donoghue about her latest. Come join us!

Narrative@narrativemag.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for a special event celebrating “The Paris Express,” by New York Times bestselling author of “Room,” Emma Donoghue (@emmadonoghue.bsky.social), who will be in conversation with our cofounder and editor Carol Edgarian (@caroledgarian.bsky.social), author of “Vera.” bit.ly/43nLoBY

H is for “harbinger,” join @caroledgarian.bsky.social every week as she makes her way through the alphabet in “A Word, Please.” Click the above ⬆️ profile link to watch!

An honor and total joy, @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social !

Chris Bohjalian@chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · last yr.

Loved chatting with Narrative Magazine about Styron, Sophie, and Streep — and, yes, THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS. Huge thanks to the brilliant novelist, @caroledgarian.bsky.social ! Article here: www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/winte...

The most apt and horrifying metaphor for this moment is the killing of Voice of America.

Shouting loud and proud about this latest wonder from the mighty pen of @chrisbohjalian Happy pub day, Chris. THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS is a page-turning, heart-redeeming wonder. Loved doing our @narrativemag conversation with you.

Chris Bohjalian@chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · last yr.

Loved chatting with Narrative Magazine about Styron, Sophie, and Streep — and, yes, THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS. Huge thanks to the brilliant novelist, @caroledgarian.bsky.social ! Article here: www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/winte...

Instead of “Once upon a time,” Armenian stories begin with Gar oo chugar: There was and there was not. Join @caroledgarian.bsky.social as she explores the history of this phrase. Click the above ⬆️ profile link to watch!

We were so much younger a week ago.

For all you fellow dog-lovers who need a break from the news, this one's for you!

Fifteen Dogs | Narrative Magazine

Fifteen Dogs by Rick Bass —

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Join our editor Carol Edgarian (@caroledgarian.bsky.social) as she makes her way through the alphabet in words. This week on “A Word, Please”: DARE! Click the above ⬆️ profile link to watch!