Harriet Clark’s THE HILL is a brilliant, humane, and mesmerizing novel. It should win all the prizes this year. You should read it now.
Nancy Kricorian
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Novelist. Essayist. Poet. Latest novel THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-burning-heart-of-the-world-nancy-kricorian/21578284
New author newsletter about Palestinian students, with book recommendations, and a report on shenanigans at PEN America open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
Summer Trips, Books, and Controversies
An Early August Report
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Today, PEN America United released the following statement - PEN America United Stands in Solidarity with Dinaw Mengestu's Resignation, Reaffirms NOLSW Resolution on Palestine (1/2)
Israeli politicians led a mob of over 3,200 right-wing Israelis in invading the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites. Israel’s leaders want to take over the mosque compound and kick Palestinians out of their capital city of Jerusalem for good.
Israeli ministers lead mass Al-Aqsa Mosque raid
Thousands enter the Islamic holy site, raising Israeli flags, praying and erecting a tent during one of the largest incursions in recent years
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Dinaw Mengestu on why he resigned as President of PEN America lithub.com/why-pen-amer... via @literaryhub.bsky.social
Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation
On July 6, two days before the publication of its report on the cultural boycott of Israel, PEN America made a subtle but important change to its position on boycotts. The organization had develope…
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Please purchase a copy of Nadera’s beautiful zine. You will love her writing and the illustrations. You will also be helping to support her and her family in Gaza www.coastallinespress.com/p/where-shou...
1. Shaggy Scarlet Cup (Microstoma Floccosum); 2. Peanut Butter Cup (Galiella Rufa); 3. Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus Felleus) #mushrooms #fungi
A UN human rights body on Monday has called on Israeli authorities for the immediate release of Gaza paediatrician and Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, and branded his detention arbitrary.
Hairy Scarlet Cup (Microstoma floccosum) on our trail
American Yellow Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria guessowii
KNOXVILLE: “The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with ex assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay $1.9 million (after firing her for a Charlie Kirk comment) .” www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
The building targeted by U.S.-backed Israeli forces was a well-known eco-tourist bed & breakfast on the Lebanese coast run by Mona Khalil and her partner Habiba Fayed which funded their sea turtle research and conservation project. Mona was killed in the bombing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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Tehran holds back from talks to cement ceasefire due to ongoing Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
US-Iran talks postponed as Israel attacks Lebanon
Tehran holds back from talks to cement ceasefire due to ongoing Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
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Not even 24 hours and Israel already breached the memorandum of Versailles and carried out strikes in Lebanon. Iran pulled us diplomatic delegation potentially derailing crucial talks with the US. The deal may have already fallen apart. www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-halts-u...
Iran-US Negotiations Collapse Before They Begin as Lebanon Strikes Spark Diplomatic Crisis
Iran has suspended planned negotiations with the US, citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon as a breach of diplomatic agreements, leading to heightened regional tensions.
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Artists are refusing to be complicit with US empire and Israeli genocide, and it's redrawing the city's cultural geography. www.thekeymagazine.com/p/92ny-israe...
“We should be having memorials to our own lack of conscience.” New York’s 92NY Loses Ginsberg Centennial After Authors Withdraw.
Artists are refusing to be complicit with US empire and Israeli genocide, and it's redrawing the city's cultural geography.
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These are the real people of Belfast. Thousands of anti-fascists rally against the far-right at Belfast City Hall today. They sent a clear message that racism is not wanted in their city. Things you love to see ✊❤
This is a long and brilliant analysis by Asli Bali via @bostonreview.bsky.social Well worth a read. www.bostonreview.net/articles/obj...
Object Lessons
The ceasefire in the Persian Gulf is a prelude to an emerging, precarious realignment.
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Israel kidnapped Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from his post as the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital over 500 days ago. Now, it’s holding him in solitary confinement. Israel is holding Dr. Abu Safiya captive without any charges. That’s a war crime.
Israel puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya now in cell barely big enough to sit in, says son, after UN experts demanded his release in March
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The world is wide, but what use is it if my heart is narrow? ~ Armenian proverb open.substack.com/pub/nancykri...
I love how people can breezily be like “so much that divides people” like it’s a brunch menu when the division is over whether people should be dead or not
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo agoNBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Trump coming to Madison Square Garden "He's welcome to be here. What makes sports so special, especially when there’s so much that divides people, is it’s something that we have in common."
Thought this was very good on the genocidaire parade…Dan Goldman is falling all over himself to say he didn’t know he would be marching with Smotrich et al jewishcurrents.org/a-pro-israel...
A Litmus Test Backfires
The pro-Israel parade down Fifth Avenue on Sunday was a political disaster for the Jewish establishment.
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#OtD 21 May 1968 during the May uprising in France, radical workers and students formed a joint Workers-Students Action Committee to support an ongoing strike and occupation at Paris's Citroen auto plant stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9417...
Trillium in the North Woods of Central Park in New York City
