Frances Evangelista
@nonsuchbook.bsky.social
Print junkie. Librarian. Educator. Podcaster. https://onebrightbook.com/
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Later this month, I'll be moderating a @bookcritics.bsky.social panel on literary podcasts, featuring people from Otherppl, @bythebywater.bsky.social, Limousine, One Bright Book, and Reading Writers! Register here... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Literary podcasts have established themselves as a place for insightful conversations about books and reading. For this virtual event, representatives of five bookish podcasts will discuss the ways in...
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
Starting My Dreadful Body by Egana Djabbarova, translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Hayden.
And a Q&A with Lisa @lizoksbooks.bsky.social about her translating the novel: puncturedlines.com/2026/07/15/c...
Creating a Vivid World: A Q&A with Lisa C. Hayden, the translator of Egana Djabbarova’s My Dreadful Body
The publication of Egana Djabbarova’s My Dreadful Body by New Vessel Press earlier this year is an important contribution to feminist russophone literature available to readers in English translati…
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Shakespeare in the ruins at Barboursville Winery tonight. Much Ado About Nothing. Wine. Everything summer should be.
Wherever I go, there is at least one of these places. Quite a few around here actually.
From the library. I’ve read Mitford material in various forms but not a graphic novel. Giving this a try.
On the blog this week, WOMEN WRITERS IN TRANSLATION - some book recommendations for #WITMonth. Featuring books by Alba de Céspedes (tr. Ann Goldstein), Magda Szabó (tr. Len Rix), Vigdis Hjorth (tr. Charlotte Barslund) & more! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/w...
Women Writers in Translation – some book recommendations for #WITMonth
As many of you know, August is #WITMonth (Women in Translation), a celebration of books by women writers, initially written in languages other than English (and then translated for English-speaking…
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Tell us about the best book you've read this summer
Holding a 1961 edition of a book in my hands, looking at this list, and thinking of the books that slip quietly away.
Love that my grandparents inscribed every book they ever gave one another. Such a love affair.
Naya Rivera's Expressive Moment in Glee
Alt: Woman fanning herself
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CelticStoic(Dan) 🏴@celticstoic.bsky.social · last wk.#MelvilleMonday All over him, Hawthorne's melancholy rests like an Indian Summer, which though bathing a whole country in one softness, still reveals the distinctive hue of every towering hill, and each far-winding vale. - Herman Melville, c. 1850
A second wave of blooms are emerging in the yard, I have not slept less than eight hours in over a month, staying up into the wee hours regularly, watched The Sheep Detectives three times, finishing whole books in a day, hanging with friends. This is the good life.
Donations that use code “READY” will all be doubled today. Find a teacher in your community that needs help. Or help my kids clear out their overdue library books. Only $173 left on my project with doubling. www.donorschoose.org/project/my-d...
My Dog Ate My Library Book!, a project from Ms. Evangelista
Help me give my students a second chance on lost and overdue books. My baby brother put my library book in the bath! I left it on the metro! My teacher took my library book and won't give it ba...
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DonorsChoose@donorschoose.bsky.social · last wk.Back-to-school season is quickly approaching, so let’s make sure every student has the supplies they need! When you donate to a project, use code “READY” and your donation will be doubled, while funds last! 📗 📝 💙 Create opportunities and support a classroom today: https://bit.ly/4wrNyw7
I’m going to reread this now. And watch the 1979 movie again. And set a reminder for the Netflix 6 part adaptation coming August 13. Yes, I am a fan. Exciting times.
Unusually quiet here tonight. I believe everyone is done with me for the day. Starting The Small Room by May Sarton.
Tarot! is an absolutely fabulous show at the Morgan Library in NYC. If you're into tarot and can't make the show, the book is also great... 🖤 bookshop.org/a/1095/97819... #tarot #themorganlibrary #affiliatelink
Tarot!: Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions
This major new volume explores the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its contemporary relevance as an enduring source of inspiration for modern artists.Published with Morgan Library & Muse...
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"Riley has a formidable talent...for rendering the way a person's particular compound of vanities, insecurities, and sadism is revealed through speech." Damn straight. Hermione Hoby on Gwendoline Riley in @bookforum.bsky.social
Grammar of Discontent
Gwendoline Riley breaks free of her phantoms – Hermione Hoby
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Barnes & Noble is having a Criterion sale again. And I could buy that Wes Anderson Archive I’ve been eyeing for a while. At 50% off.
There’s a pattern developing to some of my summer days. It’s all good.
So excited to share that WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (translated by Jacob Rogers) just earned a 💫 STARRED REVIEW 💫 from Kirkus! The book comes out on October 6, 2026! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
WHAT REMAINS | Kirkus Reviews
During the Franco era in Spain, 50,000 Galicians were forced to leave their homes to make way for a dam. The generational toll taken by this forced relocation is explored in a thoughtful debut novel.
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