Maud Newton
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Dog person, cat person, native plant restoration person. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her. https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
This is fairly emblematic of the thinking of the sector of Trump apologists who argue that the culture itself *forced* conservatives to hold their noses and watch Trump deliver the crackdown McCarthy started.
Opinion | The Cerebral, Bach-Loving Patrician Who Wrote Trump’s Playbook
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This is not only the oldest surviving ice cream shop in NYC, it's also the best ice cream I've ever eaten. Around here, summer 2025 is known as hot fudge sundae summer.
An Ice-Cream Parlor Where Time Stands Still (Published 2021)
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me, starting Lonesome Dove on wednesday: can’t wait to settle in and slowly read this gigantic book all summer long me, emerging 96 hours later, wild-eyed, weeping, twigs in my hair: hey cowboy you ever think about how everyone you’ve ever met carries with them some enormous unspeakable loss
Helena Fitzgerald@hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · last yr.ok I’m finally reading Lonesome Dove, why did none of you tell me how great this book is (literally all of you told me)
“He moved me around like a rag doll, twisted me like a flex toy. I handled him like I was taking revenge on everyone who’d ever wronged me.” —excerpt from “Conversations You Have at Twenty” by Maud Newton Join us in celebrating Narrative Prize winner Maud Newton’s @maudnewton.bsky.social birthday!
Conversations You Have at Twenty | Narrative Magazine
Conversations You Have at Twenty by Maud Newton — Jake and I w...
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I'm looking forward to talking with Lee Hawkins, author of I AM NOBODY'S SLAVE: HOW UNCOVERING MY FAMILY'S HISTORY SET ME FREE, for the @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social festival! Tuesday 6/3, 6:30 pm, South St Seaport. Would love to see you fellow family historians! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/resear...
"Adult children seem increasingly likely to publicly, even righteously, cut off contact with a parent, sometimes citing emotional, physical or sexual abuse they experienced in childhood... This cultural shift has contributed to a new, nearly impossible standard for parenting." Yeah how unreasonable.
Opinion | There’s a Link Between Therapy Culture and Childlessness
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Are you struggling with your novel? It's okay. It happens to ALL of us. My 3-week course, Getting Your Novel Unstuck, returns next month. It's designed to get your novel draft moving again with a fresh charge of energy and a solid plan to carry you forward to the end. cariluna.com/getting-your...
Getting Your Novel Unstuck – Cari Luna
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Unboxing FINISHED COPIES of Misbehaving at the Crossroads! I can’t believe it’s here! PS Shameless plug: Have you pre-ordered your copy? 😊
I recently read @iamlisako.bsky.social's MEMORY PIECE. A good companion read to PARABLE OF THE SOWER, with Y2K era art, tech, and activism storylines that extend to the future. Recommended.
Last year I removed the rest of the English ivy and Japanese honeysuckle from this slope in front of my house to plant natives. The ivy roots were intense. The slope is kinda treacherous when wet.
NYC park and nature lovers: you can submit written testimony here for the city budget hearing on parks, to ask the mayor to restore funding for our wild and green spaces. There's a script if you're pressed for time. www.ny4p.org/general/test...
NY4P | Testify at the May 13 Executive Budget Hearing
Testify at the 5/13 NYC Parks Executive Budget Hearing with the Play Fair coalition.
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Hey NYC, get ready to Get Lit! @lailalalami.com will be joining @allofitwnyc.bsky.social and @nypl.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 6, for a fantastic book club event celebrating The Dream Hotel. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/42OHGiY
Ordinarily I would be anxiously ruminating over X but am distracted by the implosion of Y.
I've been reading "Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation" by @maudnewton.bsky.social & listening to @adeemtheartist.bsky.social's "Heritage of Arrogance" on repeat this week. Powerful stuff.
It’s hard to keep up with all the evil stuff this administration is doing, but if I stay online and keep doomscrolling, I just might do it.
Some other native plants that survived last summer's drought and the winter road salt in my NYC roadside tree bed: New England aster, wild columbine, and I think smooth blue aster.
Maud Newton@maudnewton.bsky.social · last yr.The chokecherry I planted by the curb last fall has officially survived last summer's drought and the winter onslaught of road salt. Finally, a solid NYC hellstrip planting.
I cannot believe discourse has fallen so low that I am almost tempted to quote David Brooks with approval.
WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
Spring restoration efforts are picking up in the wild spaces of NYC parks, if you're looking for a way to feel grounded and connected, and to tend something meaningful. www.nycgovparks.org/events/volun...
"On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof... a transceiver that communicates with Elon Musk’s vast and private Starlink satellite network."
The chokecherry I planted by the curb last fall has officially survived last summer's drought and the winter onslaught of road salt. Finally, a solid NYC hellstrip planting.
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Seeing the authoritarian principles of my conservative Christian childhood imposed on our society is something I've always feared, but the years of worrying don't lessen the blow of watching it happen.
If you need a little respite, @orionmagazine.bsky.social is having its coolest virtual event maybe ever on April 16, feat. @lutimestwo.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and @amyray.bsky.social (of Indigo Girls fame)! Register here, it's gonna be a fun time: orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...
Orion, Radiolab, and Lambda Literary Present Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity - Orion Magazine
Join Orion magazine, Radiolab, and Lambda Literary to celebrate the launch of Orion’s spring 2025 issue, Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity.
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If you're in the NYC/NJ/Brooklyn area, I'm going to be in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson to celebrate ZEAL's release on Saturday, April 26th 💗 Register here! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-free-b...
