Another book I read too late to blurb, but can't stop thinking about is Tracy Lynne Oliver's Magician. Actual magic—the most singular & hair-raising voice, and a journey into some truly terrifying and also luminous spaces.
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c.
@gavingrant.bsky.social
Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Very late to the party, as I've often been this year, but the stories in Sydney Rende's collection I Could Be Famous is hilarious, uncomfortable, & deeply rewarding. I kept reading bits out loud last night to my husband & if I were still teaching at Smith, a story by Rende would be essential.
Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 7mo ago“Imagine the worst breakup you ever went through, and then imagine if all of its mundane details, its outsized emotions, mattered just as much to millions of strangers as they did to you.”
Small biz owner? Please sign: "concerned about Amazon's outsized control of our economy, negative impacts to communities, & harmful treatment of small businesses, I signed on to Small Business Rising's TAKE AMAZON TO TRIAL letter to the FTC & states." www.smallbusinessrising.net/amazon-lawsu...
Take Action — Small Business Rising
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Glad I got these in time for the inaugural Dark Summer Book Fest in Framingham this Saturday, where I'll be moderating a panel with Kelly Link, Robert Mgrdich Apelian, Daniel José Older, Sacha Lamb, and Liz Gotauco: framinghamlibrary.org/news-events/...
Dark Summer Book Fest | Events & Program Series | Framingham Public Library
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New screenprint from Mary Tremonte! This is an image from our ongoing Community Supported Art subscription service- and you can still sign up for this year's package! Find the print here: justseeds.org/product/buil... and the CSA here: justseeds.org/project/csa/
Stocktaking day! 5 yrs ago, none of this existed - even after 8 titles, I stacked all boxes at home - under beds, along the walls, taking up a whole room at one point! Now it’s all in a warehouse - it’s not exactly glamorous but it is my very own publishing dream come true: 16 titles, 16 pallets!
Our kids love both these songs, so after I shared the quote post with @jinglesboiler.bsky.social, he made a mashup of "Washington" by @bradneely.bsky.social and "Get Him Back" as performed by Olivia: theinfringements.bandcamp.com/track/georgi... Hope you like it, @kellylink.bsky.social!
Georgie Got Back, by The Infringements
track by The Infringements
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Will Not Standstil@kellylink.bsky.social · last mo.washington washington six feet tall weighs a fucking ton (please, someone, make a mashup)
I'm sure this has been done a million times, but I'm currently putting off opening my novel for the day and this thought wouldn't leave me alone until I did it @gavingrant.bsky.social
Hey nerds, I'm applying for this cohort specifically to think about network things, do you want to join me?
mandy brown@aworkinglibrary.com · 2w agoVery excited to be opening the sf work/shop for this fall. Applications are open now: everythingchanges.us/workshop/sf
"Move over, Christopher Nolan-there's a new adaptation of Homer's epic poem headed our way." Wow! 🤩🤩 What a review in Kirkus for my translation of THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS by Nicolás Schuff & Mariana Ruiz Johnson, forthcoming from @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #comics #graphicnovel #kidlit #booksky
I don't have a @macrumors.bsky.social forum account but I just used Bogdanw's script to make a ton of pdfs and I am throwing out a thank you to them for helping Markusjd in 2023 and me today.
Batch covert Numbers to PDF
Here is a simpler version: - open Script Editor(/Applications/Utilities/Script Editor) - copy-paste the code tell application "Finder" set theFiles to choose file with prompt "Please select the N...
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As always--and yes I know pre-orders are important for every book but for a short story collection where all the time people say, THEY DON'T SELL!!!!!, it's especially important--you can pre-order it from Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
Black Arts: Stories
The very first story collection from the critically acclaimed, visionary author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the CrossroadsOver three genre-busting novels, Megan Gidding...
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"This morning, Democrats in Congress are hosting a Medicare for All shadow hearing — a walk-through of what it will look like in the Capitol when we finally have the votes to pass guaranteed health care." (on fb but here's a yt link) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASV9...
Universal Healthcare: Now is the Time for Medicare for All
YouTube video by US Progressives
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25 years ago Kelly & I published our first season's titles — all 2 of them: first collections from Kelly (Stranger Things Happen; art: Shelley Jackson) & Ray Vukcevich (Meet Me in the Moon Room; art Rafał Olbinski). Buy either this month, we'll send you both: smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journa...
The L7 documentary Pretend We're Dead is up for free on YouTube and other spots (Tubi, Roku channel, etc). A great watch and a good way to celebrate an excellent band. youtu.be/vAC9wJ8s2UY?...
L7 Pretend We're Dead 2016 Documentary
YouTube video by Gretchen's Fun Shop
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After reading about this in April I switched from Paxil (paroxetine) to fluvoxamine. I definitely sleep more. Simple stuff still knocks me down but maybe I recover faster? Would recommend trying for anyone with Long Covid, CFS, etc.
Longtail News@longtail-news.bsky.social · 2w agoFeed: "Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily" Published on Sunday, July 19, 2026
I am excited to have a new piece, “What do I need," in the zine of Sunday Salon! The issue theme is Entropy. I’m a fan of the guest editor, Callum Angus. The show I refer to -- “Don’t mind if I do” by Finnegan Shannon--just closed at the Smith College Museum of Art. sundaysalon.com/2026/06/what...
What Do I Need | Sunday Salon
What Do I Need By Susan Stinson I slept better last night, despite the unfortunate incident that had me mopping the floor and taking a bath at 4:45 am. My neck is getting stiffer…
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What happens when you move 1,000 trees around the city? 🌳 Space is not an issue, nor is technology. Our streets have the potential to be much more than just a means of transportation. They can be vibrant spaces for ourselves, our community, and the planet. Project by Arcadia, Friesland, NL
Just signed this petition to support clemency for Ernest Suggs, an innocent man on Florida's death row. The victim's own daughter believes he didn't do it. Add your name here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fl... @uscedp.bsky.social @fadp.bsky.social
Florida: Don't Execute Ernest Suggs, An Innocent Man on Death Row
Ernest Suggs was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his friend Pauline Casey. He has been on death row in Florida for more than 30 years. He has always maintained his innocence, and th...
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The great @jrobertlennon.com brings the fire and the fury in this piece about discovering that a story his lit mag published was plagiarized with the assistance of generative AI www.epochliterary.com/blog/on-ai-i...
On AI, in EPOCH and Elsewhere — EPOCH
Human beings are made to be moved. We respond to patterns. AI generates patterns. When there is nothing of substance there, we use our imagination to fill in whatever will give us what we need. It’s n...
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This was the first book of @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social’s I read & I love it SO much, highly highly recommend!
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c.@gavingrant.bsky.social · 3w agoBookfinity (Goodreads-ish but Ingram instead of Am*zon) is running a giveaway for 5 copies of IN OTHER LANDS which come with a themed signed bookplate from none other than the fabulous @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social herself! bookfinity.com/giveaways/48...
We're a quarter of a century on from the establishment of the Scottish Parliament but and the moment of nation building which formed around it. These included the formation of a more official and institutionalised version of Scotland's past it would be useful to revisit🧵
Visual pollution isn't just about aesthetics. Grenoble, France, is showing how reducing advertising can also create greener, calmer and more people-friendly streets. reasonstobecheerful.world/grenoble-bea...
Bookfinity (Goodreads-ish but Ingram instead of Am*zon) is running a giveaway for 5 copies of IN OTHER LANDS which come with a themed signed bookplate from none other than the fabulous @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social herself! bookfinity.com/giveaways/48...
Your writing can be weirder aka less able to be indistinguishable from generative AI
In case you didn’t know, a thing you can do is subscribe to Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet plus a chocolate bar, and then some days you will open your mailbox and there will be a lot of good writing and also a chocolate bar waiting for you. smallbeerpress.com/shopping/sub...
