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MoCo Underground Writers Showcase

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MoCo Underground is a free, bimonthly get-together in Sandy Spring, MD, where awesome writers can share their work with a live audience. More info: https://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/program-guide/moco-underground-writers-showcases

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Project Gutenberg@gutenberg.org · 4mo ago

Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day! Celebrate with a treat from a Black-owned indie bookstore. Brittany Allen lithub.com/today-is-the... #books #literature #blacklivesmatter #NationalBlackBookstoreDay

Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day!

The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), a group launched last Juneteenth by Kevin Johnson of Sacramento’s Underground Books, has announced a new holiday: National Black Bookstore…

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Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to be invited back to be a speed dating editor at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference! Last time, I not only gave feedback but I bought a story I'd later publish and nominate for best of the net, and I acquired a manuscript! That book will be published this fall. Good things happen here!

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Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A top U.S. general said Thursday that armed troops shouldn’t be “anywhere near” polling sites during elections while testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee panel. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Air Force General: Armed troops shouldn’t be ‘anywhere near’ polling sites

Initially noncommittal on questions of how voters' rights will be protected if troops are ordered to poll sites, Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot eventually said he sees no reason why armed military ...

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MoCo Underground Writers Showcase@mocounderground.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is today, 2-4 at Sandy Spring Museum! ci.ovationtix.com/36765/produc...

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Julia Tagliere@juliatagliere.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Leading a generative writing workshop today & there are still some spots available: Who gets to tell our nation’s stories? How do We the People respond to our founders’ blind spots? What do those foundational words, “All men are created equal” really mean? ci.ovationtix.com/36765/produc...

Hannah Grieco@writesloud.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This Wednesday! Our first book club meeting with The Writer's Center! Link to register in the comments. Free, on Zoom. Hear Alina Stefanescu read and ask her all your poetry questions! ❤

A flyer showing a photo of Alina Stefanescu, with long beautiful light borwn hair and a tan long-sleeved shirt. Also her book cover of My Heresies, and info about The Writer's Center Poetry Book Club. March 11th at 7PM online. Clickable link in the comments.
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Missed me at AWP? Or just wanna get the same deal on offer @ the bookfair? Fair enough! Buy any 2 books or magazine issues, get any 1 free! Just put 3 things in your cart & use coupon code AWPBOGO today! I'll ship everything to you tomorrow. Deal? Rad. 🖤🤍 stanchionzine.com/shop

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

It was going on one, two in the morning, and we were shooting what I felt was an important scene for me, when he makes an attempt to be quote-unquote straight, in a suit, and at the end of it he gets emotional and locks himself in the other room. And I felt like, I’m not getting what I want—I’m not happy with it. Mike was happy with it. He called me the next day and said, “I know you weren’t happy with the scene last night. Believe me, we wouldn’t have gone home if I had felt we weren’t getting it.” And then he sort of became my psychiatrist and said, “You find it difficult to be happy, don’t you? You find it difficult to enjoy things.” And I said, “Well, sometimes. Last night was about feeling too tired and not feeling I was reaching what I needed to reach for the scene.” He talked to me then about when he was making, I don’t know whether it was Virginia Woolf or The Graduate. He said, “I didn’t enjoy it for a second. I was worried about so many things.” And then he said, “You know, this is never going to happen again quite this way. You should try to allow yourself to enjoy this more. Take a minute a day, and then add a minute the next day, and another minute. Pretty soon, you’ll have hours of happiness.”
Jessica Smith@thedaybooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This. I’m not sure how to describe what felt different and special about this year’s AWP. I don’t think I’ve had this pleasant an AWP experience since 2015 in LA. I felt like we had built/were building a beautiful life in community and we got to enjoy its spoils this year.

Amish Trivedi@amishtrivedi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Gotta be honest: This has been my favorite AWP. So many dear ones, so warm and friendly. I love Baltimore. Some good panels, great readings. 11/10.