👏 Don’t miss it: Former Flash Editor @eshanisurya.bsky.social's piece WRITING THE JOY OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AS A FORM OF RESISTANCE was published in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! buff.ly/eDpBqo1
Eshani Surya
@eshanisurya.bsky.social
debut novel RAVISHING 💄💉 ✨ out now from Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic | disabled & chronically ill | philly-based | surya means sun ☀️ | eshani.surya@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/eshanisurya
new substack post 🫶 on befriending professional jealousy and the such eshani.substack.com/p/what-a-nat...
Our virtual Literary Thursdays series brings you live conversations with amazing writers. Learn More about our May guests: Hilary Jacobs Hendel, Rob Kutner, Eshani Surya, and Michael Kimmel! www.queenslibrary.org/calendar?sea... #AANHPIHeritageMonth #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth
The Fifth Circuit has ordered a halt to the mailing of abortion pills, cutting off the primary way that thousands of women have obtained safe abortions in the years since Dobbs and raising grave public health risks. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/w...
Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Abortion Pills by Mail
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however many seats you think you need in Nov, add one because this dude is not just a Republican he is maga base
Sam@samd.bsky.social · 3mo agoso cool how this guy got severe brain damage and it turned him MAGA
Philly's self-employment taxes are brutal, and got worse this year when the Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT) became newly applicable to individuals and gig workers making less than $100K. Help bring legislation to exempt freelancers like me from this tax: liftphilly.org/petition/
Sign the Petition, Request a Hearing — LIFT Philly
Nearly 75,000 Philadelphia independent workers are being taxed out of the city they built. Sign the petition to fix the BIRT tax for good.
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Rodney Taylor is a disabled double amputee who’s been held in an ICE camp for over a year. He’s being denied access to his new prosthetic legs. Placed in solitary. His fiancé says he was even denied access to food on April 7 & was disciplined for having a disability Make noise for Rodney:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
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Join Broad Street Review for the 2026 BSR Book Week Panel! We'll have @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social, @eshanisurya.bsky.social, Nathaniel Popkin, and Ken Jaworowski. BSR associate editor Kyle V. Hiller will moderate the Zoom conversation on May 20pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-b...
The 2026 BSR Book Week panel
Join us for the 2026 BSR Book Week author panel, featuring four exciting Philly novelists.
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In addition to the story, you can also find links to work by Ross in @theoffingmag.bsky.social and @brightwalldarkroom.com, and find out why Ross thinks you should read work by @carsonfaust.bsky.social and @eshanisurya.bsky.social
Today we’re featuring editor Mialise Carney's interview with @eshanisurya.bsky.social about her new novel Ravishing and writing invisible illness, the beauty industry, and making the familiar strange. www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...
An Interview with Eshani Surya
Eshani Surya’s debut novel, Ravishing, follows estranged siblings Kashmira and Nikhil as theyfall into the clutches of a dystopian beauty industry after the abandonment of their abusive father.Specula...
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New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...
Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages
A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI
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The Split Lip FAM is PROLIFIC. Check out the great news from @sean-carlson.bsky.social @the-big-quiet.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social @bettysueblue.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social @ilanaslightly.bsky.social @arahko.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social @eshanisurya.bsky.social & more!
Split Lip Magazine@splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 5mo agoWinter was a fruitful season for the SLM FAM! ❄️ Check out the latest FAM roundup: buff.ly/jQZgRVt
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
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Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn St. Paul, Minnesota, Hennepin County deputies brutally assaulted peaceful anti-ICE protesters.
i just love spelling things for people, like yes I did just say “t as in tungsten”
Glad to be back in Philly next week for Track Changes, a lit reading + listening party + conversation series hosted by @alinapleskova.bsky.social. The February edition is going speculative, surreal, and body-horrific as @eshanisurya.bsky.social and I discuss our favorite albums and our new books.
coming up on 2/3— one week from today 💿🎶 so excited to feature @eshanisurya.bsky.social & @kristinaten.bsky.social on the February edition of Track Changes along with their terrific books. 🎟️: feb-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com
This was such a beautiful essay by @eshanisurya.bsky.social 😍
Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago"Support disabled writers by reading them, publishing them, paying them, caring for and with them, and centering them," @eshanisurya.bsky.social writes. Want more Eshani? Read her debut novel "Ravishing" (Roxane Gay Books, 2025). chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/23/w...
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
I wrote about resisting MAHA and wellness culture with chronic illness rep in my book!!! Thanks @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for publishing!!
Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago"Support disabled writers by reading them, publishing them, paying them, caring for and with them, and centering them," @eshanisurya.bsky.social writes. Want more Eshani? Read her debut novel "Ravishing" (Roxane Gay Books, 2025). chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/23/w...
extremely proud day because I smelled gas and when the gas company guy came he 1. confirmed we have a small leak and 2. was impressed with my nose
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Kristina Ten@kristinaten.bsky.social · 7mo agoPhilly! Join me and @eshanisurya.bsky.social for a listening party, and discover what emo girls grow up to be. We’ll read from our new debuts, too. February 3 at Pen & Pencil Club, with the lovely @alinapleskova.bsky.social. rsvp: feb-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com
get ready to hear me talk some christina aguilera x trauma x changing faces
alina pleskova@alinapleskova.bsky.social · 7mo ago💀💉 going speculative / surreal / body horror mode for the February edition of Track Changes, featuring @eshanisurya.bsky.social & @kristinaten.bsky.social 👁️🔪 come out Feb 3 for readings, conversation, & tunes! 🎟️ 🎟️ info & tickets: feb-2026-track-changes.eventbrite.com
Oh hey I’m in Glamour making book recs alongside @wordsiren.bsky.social @ellaceron.bsky.social @eshanisurya.bsky.social and more! Everyone preorder @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com please. www.glamour.com/story/best-b...
The Best Books for Book Clubs in 2026
Consider this your book club syllabus.
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