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Kara Rota

@karalearota.bsky.social

Senior literary agent at TLA (nonfiction) / book editor / writing sometimes / reading always ♏️☀️♒️🌑♍️⬆️ https://www.thompsonliterary.com https://querymanager.com/query/KaraRota https://kararota.substack.com/ https://reedsy.com/kara-rota

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Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · 10mo ago

word witchery

Happy pub week to word witch Kate Belew! Here she is talking about her new book and the spellcraft of writing on the Witch Wave with Pam Grossman. Working on this book was itself a spell and I’m very ...

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Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · 11mo ago

things that aren’t writing but feel like writing

being in a state of reception

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · last yr.

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

A blue Tesla Model 3 has been crushed by an Olmec statue. A man with long black braids leans against the hood of the car with his arms crossed, staring down the camera.

Cassidy M. Graham @cassidygraham.bsky.social · last yr.

Super excited to share this belated Valentine's Day deal! Can't wait to work with Dr. Marina Rosenthal on this important book, and big thanks to @karalearota.bsky.social and @thompsonlitagency.bsky.social! Deal of the Day!✨

Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · last yr.

I liked this one too!

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa@benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · last yr.

Nearly finished with @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social's riveting The Lamb. Queasy, ornate, paranoid, and distressing, it strikes me as an entirely new iteration of the monstrous feminine. A must-read for horror fans, imo.

Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · last yr.

Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · last yr.

Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?

Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · last yr.

Ending voting for women is a core part of the Evangelical plan for the country. They have even considered implementing “household” voting where each family only casts one vote (and we know who decides). This is the first step. (Image reposted with ALT)

Highlighted text “tens of millions of married women could not present their birth certificate as proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act, as it does not display their current legal name.”

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The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
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The vast majority of married women cannot present a valid birth certificate
While the vast majority of Americans have a birth certificate, tens of millions of married women could not present their birth certificate as proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act, as it does not display their current legal name.
A survey from the Pew Research Center found that 79 percent of American women married to men have taken their spouse's name. When women who have hyphenated their surname are also accounted for, 84 percent of American women have changed their surname.
Nationwide, approximately 69 million women could not use their birth certificate to prove their identity or citizenship status under the SAVE Act.
Additionally, 5 percent of married men have also changed their surname, accounting for approximately 4 million men nationwide who could also not present an acceptable birth certificate under the SAVE Act. The legislation does not mention the potential option for these Americans to present change-of-name documentation or a marriage certificate in combination with a birth certificate to prove their citizenship. This shows yet another area in which the legislation makes no attempts to ensure that citizens' voting rights are protected. Seemingly, the SAVE Act would rather err on the side of disenfranchisement.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last yr.

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fox Dreaming of Spring 🤍🌿🐾

a curled up fox, looking down to the right, surrounded by blackberry blossoms, a crescent moon in the right top corner. Linocut, dark blue and white lines, Maria Strutz

Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · 2y ago

Having had drain flies this fall I can tell you this really is exactly what it’s like

X-R-A-Y Literary Press@xraylitmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

we have a great story by Megan Nichols @megjnic.bsky.social !! 'House Fly' is about a couple that gets an insanely bad drain fly infestation. this story has one of the best first & last sentences that i've read in awhile. definitely do not miss it ! xraylitmag.com/house-fly-by...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

it's the first of the month & subs are open: xraylitmag.com/submissions/

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2y ago

Venus and the Moon are gorgeous tonight 😍

A not particularly clear picture of a crescent moon with a bright dot of Venus to the upper right. The sky behind is a deepening blue.

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · 2y ago

News, as they say. Granted, there’s enough news. But this one is personal. Books to be made, especially during these times. Now as an agent representing non-fiction of all kinds.

Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 2y ago

shoutout to how songs you like are a gift you can give

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 2y ago

If the trees in my yard can enter dormancy and sleep for months why can’t I?

Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 2y ago

Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · 2y ago

saw people complaining about the font choice on the new lucy dacus album cover so i looked it up and you would never ever not in a million years before seeing it guess the totally normal font and context like i thought it was going to be papyrus or something

Dirt @dirt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ranging from packing lists to unsaid romantic confessions, Notes shows the full spectrum of human experience encapsulated in one irreplaceable app. The book ships February 27th. Preorder on @metalabel.bsky.social! nightgallery.metalabel.com/notes?varian...

Notes

Notes is the first book collaboration between Dirt and Night Gallery. A tribute to the humble iPhone note, the collection features 100 phone notes from 100 creative contributors. Ranging from packing ...

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Dirt @dirt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are you in New York City on 2/27/25? Come celebrate the launch of Notes at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social's Seaport location. Tickets are $30 and include a copy of Notes, a drink and a printout of your own note. 🍷 www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/022720...

Dirt @dirt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Introducing...Notes 📱🗒️ Notes is the first book collaboration between Dirt and Night Gallery. A tribute to the humble iPhone note, the collection features 100 phone notes from 100 creative contributors.

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 2y ago

My astrological belief is that your personality is determined by the solitaire deck you always picked.

Card decks in the old Windows Solitaire game

Dirt @dirt.bsky.social · 2y ago

"She looked straight ahead. She had her headphones in. Her mouth was the color of lipstick and she made it flat and hard." New flash fiction from @karalearota.bsky.social dirt.fyi/article/2025...

Two Fairy Tales

Once upon a time.

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X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

today we have a story by Daisy Alioto @princessdaisy.bsky.social !! it's about Peggy, a woman trying to find a good man xraylitmag.com/peggy-by-dai...

PEGGY by Daisy Alioto

Peggy got down on her knees and asked God to send her a good man. She thought she had one in Jack but her friends told her that he wasn’t a good man, or if he was, he was good in the way that men are ...

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

the extraordinary again common Ron Schreiber

back down to earth

no sky visions but these clouds
red air above the Sierras
by Nevada City this pool of water
this fountain built by beavers
two bodies playing on the rocks
a muskrat swimming upstream
the extraordinary again common
learning to count:
aspen calendula eucalyptus pine

Kara Rota @karalearota.bsky.social · 2y ago

club chalamet being 58 is so all fours group chat

Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lucille Clifton, always.

“i am running into a new year” by Lucille Clifton

i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Texas--with one of the country's strictest abortion bans, highest maternal mortality rates, and the most women without health insurance--faces an "epidemic" of abandoned babies, some being found in ditches and dumpsters wapo.st/3ZXDbks

‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas.

Critics say these cases are no coincidence in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and near-bottom rankings on women’s health care.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

Elizabeth Arnold

SOLSTICE

We laugh to think the Romans lit great fires in December
to persuade the sun to come back. To persuade the sun!