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Amber Sparks
@ambersparks.bsky.social
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Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 22d
ICYMI: I wrote a story about nostalgia and parties and the gorgeous wild unseriousness of this life and how sad and good it all is, and it has (almost) nothing to do with politics at all and I do really hope you read it because I wrote it for you ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/your-life-...
The further back you go, the people are less people and more ghosts, just smudges of smoke in the corners. This is what it's like to be haunted, you think. This is what it's like: everyone you loved a long time ago, gathered in your childhood basement forever.
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 2m
THAT director aside, Diane Keaton’s performance in Annie Hall opened spaces for women in film: what romantic leads could look like, dress like, sound like; that there could be a place for an oddball who wasn’t a screwball. That’s all her - Keaton was such a brilliant actress and icon, truly
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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 5h
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 1d
Delighted to talk with @thecorlew.bsky.social for @lazyandentitled.bsky.social about spooky month. Shout outs to current reads by @ambersparks.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social and past reads by @fulmerford.com and @sgj.bsky.social
scary stories with the lights on with Chloe N. Clark
Podcast Episode · The Lazy & Entitled Podcast · 09/10/2025 · 36m
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Kurt Baumeister @kurtbaumeister.bsky.social · 22h
Thanks to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social! Please check out my interview with @ambersparks.bsky.social which ran initially at The Brooklyn Rail. Boom.

www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/09/a...
Afternoon Bites: Amber Sparks on Writing, Kirkus Prize Winner, California Books, and More
In our afternoon reading; an interview with Amber Sparks, an essay by Sasha Frere-Jones, and more.
www.vol1brooklyn.com
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Exactly! That’s the magic right there
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Oh that sounds AWESOME - I can’t wait!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Oooh
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Perfection
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
He really does, and he’s so sympathetic and funny and prickly and wonderful
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Literally perfect casting
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
And I’m still so glad Martin Landau won that Oscar, his Bela was just insanely good
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Lord yes
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Loved it!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Honestly Tim Burton’s masterpiece, I could write a book about this film I love it so much
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Lol that should def say VA
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Introduced the 10 year old to one of our all-time faves tonight
Still from Tim Burton’s Ed Wood
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
I ALMOST feel bad for the pitcher
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
♥️♥️♥️
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Awesome!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
I wiiiiiish - maybe next year!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
♥️♥️♥️
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
I can’t wait!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Oh awesome! I’ll stop by!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
Oh YAY!
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 2d
I can’t wait!
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