Congrats on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥳 Contributor @wrefinnej.bsky.social is joining @thirtywestph.com next fall 🙌
Jennifer Wortman
@wrefinnej.bsky.social
Writer, THIS. THIS. THIS. IS. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. She/her.
I have a new book coming into the world! Many thanks to Thirty West and Josh. I’m thrilled to be in the company of so many great writers.
Thirty West Publishing@thirtywestph.com · last wk.Acquisition alert! Jennifer Wortman will be joining Thirty West next fall. A PERSON'S ESSENCE FEELS THE SMALLEST is her 2nd story collection. Welcome! @wrefinnej.bsky.social We are excited to have a year of mostly short stories: the musculature of TW.
I have a new book coming into the world! Many thanks to Thirty West and Josh. I’m thrilled to be in the company of so many great writers.
Thirty West Publishing@thirtywestph.com · last wk.Acquisition alert! Jennifer Wortman will be joining Thirty West next fall. A PERSON'S ESSENCE FEELS THE SMALLEST is her 2nd story collection. Welcome! @wrefinnej.bsky.social We are excited to have a year of mostly short stories: the musculature of TW.
YAY!!!!! I love this news.
Thirty West Publishing@thirtywestph.com · last wk.Acquisition alert! Jennifer Wortman will be joining Thirty West next fall. A PERSON'S ESSENCE FEELS THE SMALLEST is her 2nd story collection. Welcome! @wrefinnej.bsky.social We are excited to have a year of mostly short stories: the musculature of TW.
Welcome Jennifer!
Thirty West Publishing@thirtywestph.com · last wk.Acquisition alert! Jennifer Wortman will be joining Thirty West next fall. A PERSON'S ESSENCE FEELS THE SMALLEST is her 2nd story collection. Welcome! @wrefinnej.bsky.social We are excited to have a year of mostly short stories: the musculature of TW.
Acquisition alert! Jennifer Wortman will be joining Thirty West next fall. A PERSON'S ESSENCE FEELS THE SMALLEST is her 2nd story collection. Welcome! @wrefinnej.bsky.social We are excited to have a year of mostly short stories: the musculature of TW.
Wrote about the claim that paying attention to Israel's genocide more than other atrocities is somehow suspicious or antisemitic. It is not. Israel receives more American military aid than any other nation, and has a unique place in american identity. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/whatabouti...
Whataboutism In Defense of Genocide Is Bad
It ignores Israel’s unique place in American foreign policy and American identity.
everythingishorrible.net
Next sub call coming in ~48 hours (Wed, 9/2, 9pm central time), from our friends and yours, @lexirosenwrites.bsky.social! *full sub call language in alt text and replies*
Ashon had to have emergency surgery. He's going to be OK, but he's still hospitalized and won't be able to teach this semester as planned—or walk Speckles. The love between Ashon and this dog is so precious. It would mean a lot to be able to tell him that Speckles will be attended to while he heals.
Donate to Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care, organized by Ashon Crawley
your favorite internet dog niece, speckles, needs longterm b… Ashon Crawley needs your support for Your favorite internet dog niece needs longterm care
gofundme.com
I talked with @bcmerchant.bsky.social about AI in the workplace, Google’s decision to ruin its search engine, robotaxis getting people arrested, Flock cameras getting destroyed, the movement against data centers, and what it means to build power against the tech industry.
The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted
“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back,” says Brian Merchant.
truthout.org
Everything I write is nonfiction except for my nonfiction.
Kicking off our book discussion group with Deliver Thy Pigs by @joeyhedger.bsky.social! Signify thy interest by completing this form : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deliver Thy Pigs Book Club
Please complete this form if you are interested in participating in a group reading of Deliver Thy Pigs by Joey Hedger. Copies of the book are readily available online but we can also send you an epub...
docs.google.com
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoWho would be into an actual Malarkey book club, where we talk online about one of our books? Can get you free ebook or deeply discounted print copy.
I spy with my little eye ... my new story in the summer issue of Colorado Review!
"Explain Yourselves" by @wrefinnej.bsky.social is one of my favorite short stories, like in the sense I am reminded of its characters and situations several times in a month.
“you look tired” yeah I haven’t slept well since I was like 10 years old
If you're pre-ordering books during Bookshop's free shipping sale or during the Barnes & Noble 25% off sale, my first full-length short story collection comes out on September 8th. You can pre-order here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-arts... or here: bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing—Raymond Williams
Sending love to everyone for whom today is hard. 💜
It’s buy one get one + 4 zines free weekend at the malarkey site. Excludes preorder titles because they don’t exist in physical form yet, but we currently have a lot of backlist titles in stock. A curated sale, meaning I’ll pick a free book that pairs well with your order. malarkeybooks.com/store
Bookstore — Malarkey
You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.
malarkeybooks.com
"The Grief Shop is nothing less than a triumph over the worst in and of us", says @wrefinnej.bsky.social in their new interview with @alessandrostardust.bsky.social for @bombmag.bsky.social bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
@alessandrostardust.bsky.social, interviewed by writer @wrefinnej.bsky.social, discusses their short story collection, “The Grief Shop” (@sevenstories.bsky.social, 2026), about numbness, labor, survival, and the radical act of imagining a better world.
BOMB Magazine | Alex DiFrancesco by Jennifer Wortman
Short stories on numbness, labor, and survival—and the radical act of imagining a better world.
bit.ly
ANNOUNCEMENT: The workers of Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com are forming a union. Please read our mission statement below. 👇 #DHWU
And so we have a cover. Thank you so much @alkratz.bsky.social for sharing your oil pastel for the cover and thank you Silverbacked Punk for publishing Song from the Blimp Ruins, which will be available on June 8. ❤️
A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1
Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs
UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.
capitalandmain.com
A huge welcome to the newest member of the SLP family, Haitian-born psychiatrist and writer Jonas Attilus and WHAT THE GROUND COULDN'T SHAKE, his memoir of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the collective trauma and displacement that followed survivors through the aftermath. Coming in August 2027!
