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Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
I will second this and add LIBRARIES! libriaries are calm and quiet and let you breath
Josh Cook@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 2d agoI know I am about as biased as possible on this but go to an indie bookstore. An indie bookstore's vibes are the opposite of...all of this. You'll be surrounded by memories, stories, brave visions of the future that don't ignore our barbarous present. Your brain can be quiet AND full. Seriously.
We can't put this book down! Spanning continents and exploring themes of family, education, and the Korean immigrant experience, @minjinlee.bsky.social 's new novel, American Hagwon, is a triumph. Can't get enough like us? Hannah Sanghee Park's review is up and free to read this week! tr.ee/dsx8uk
Review: Hannah Sanghee Park on Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee’s empowering new novel finds a place of possibility, empathy, and equity within the engines of meritocracy
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This Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, uncover a new history of capitalism from the perspective of the landed communities surrounding Mexico City in John Tutino’s The Mexican Heartland. Save 30% with PUP30: buff.ly/6SVCwQ4 #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HHM
From the archive, my thoughts on BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK by Barbara Trapido, just reissued by @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social. A superb coming-of-age novel about love, heartache, disillusionment & growing up. It's moving, charming, funny & unsentimental! jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/b...
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Isn’t it wonderful when you read an author for the first time and fall in love with the book, knowing there are other, similar books in their backlist for you to explore? That’s what happened to me…
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Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson who combines the classical and the modern wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature
Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create new forms.
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What a fabulous Saturday #GroundTruth canvass with some of the best conversations we've ever had! Now we have more teams out again today! Thanks to all our friends from @jh-indivisible.bsky.social and other groups who joined in <3 @swingleft.bsky.social
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Book being read on my train: Nastassja Martin, In the Eye of the Wild @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social (are we going to the same party?)
Book Post@bookpostusa.bsky.social · last wk.Book being read on my subway platform: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche version
Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...
What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing
Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Book being read on my subway platform: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche version
Book Post@bookpostusa.bsky.social · last wk.Book being read on my train: The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture
James Patterson renewing his holiday bonuses for independent booksellers, nominate yours here (h/t @roncharles.bsky.social) www.bookweb.org/james-patter...
James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program 2026
James Patterson is once again supporting independent booksellers with a revival of his Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program.Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in a...
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I wrote about Shelley, whom I always think of in autumn gunsnrobbins.substack.com/p/music-and-...
Music and Moonlight and Feeling
Shelley’s mythmaking
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Becca Rothfield: "the gyre of discourse." Discourse center not holding, man!
Why only "botched"? Seems cavalier. Is there another word?
Book being read on my train: The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture
Book Post@bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2w agoBooks being read on my train: The Way Some People Die and The Instant Enemy, by Ross Macdonald, in vintage mm paperbacks, by a couple
Michael Robbins reflects on several poems about our current moment in history. Read his review on our Substack! books.substack.com/p/review-mic... cc @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social @joriegraham.bsky.social
Review: Michael Robbins on recent poetry
Raw bulletins addressing dark times
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Books being read on my train: The Way Some People Die and The Instant Enemy, by Ross Macdonald, in vintage mm paperbacks, by a couple
Book Post@bookpostusa.bsky.social · last mo.Book being read at my gate at the airport: Manhattan Transfer, John Dos Passos
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
“This poem more than any other makes me feel the totality and the weight of our historical moment, which is perhaps terminal. The rage of, the goodbye of it all” I wrote about some recent poetry for @bookpostusa.bsky.social cc @joriegraham.bsky.social books.substack.com/p/review-mic...
Review: Michael Robbins on recent poetry
Raw bulletins addressing dark times
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