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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 10h

ONE WEEK AWAY—MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: We pushed this month’s reading off a week to the Third Monday, an exception to our usual Second Monday schedule. Can’t wait to host @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani!

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

“The Keaton aesthetic (let’s call it that) was sourced, at least in the beginning, from Goodwill stores…” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/s...

Diane Keaton Was the Definition of a Style Icon

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 13d

What a great crew! See y'all in Brooklyn.

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social · 4d

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Jan 11

“What set this book apart is that I cared enough about it to really see it through.”

@karissachen.bsky.social discusses the publication of her novel Homeseeking for The Rumpus original column The First Book.

Read the full interview at https://buff.ly/40uBwnS

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Sep 12

“Little Movements” author Lauren Morrow on how choreography and her own dance training shaped her approach to fiction.

The Unpredictable Choreography of Marriage, Identity, and Ambition - Electric Literature

Lauren Morrow’s “Little Movements” follows a Black choreographer who leaves her life behind to pursue her dreams

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...

The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise

The road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. For years we’ve been told that the censorious Left is a serious threat to free speech. If Simon & Schuster cancels one book because the pu…

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Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social · 26d

We had the incomparable @jasondiamond.bsky.social on the podcast to discuss his writing career and his debut novel, KAPLAN'S PLOT!

Listen below!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/31i6...

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New Adult Book Prize @newadultprize.bsky.social · Aug 28

Joining our wonderful shortlist is Ghost Chilli by Nikkitha Bakshani (Fleet) 🌶️🏙️

Find out more about the shortlist 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a... #NewAdultPrize

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 3d

MONDAY, OCT. 20, 8PM: Can't wait for this Franklin Park Reading Series event w/@jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani! *Please note: It's on the Third Monday, a rare exception to our Second Monday schedule.

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katie yee @emergencychampagne.bsky.social · 3d

over the moon to be this year’s @barnesandnoble.com discover award winner!

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Katie Yee Wins the 2025 Discover Prize | Kirkus Reviews

The Barnes & Noble award for debut fiction went to ‘Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar.’

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 10d

Last month I talked about animated literary adaptations, and now I've published the text online... tobiascarroll.substack.com/p/animation-...

Animation, Adaptation, and the Fantastic

Sometimes a live-action literary adaptations isn't the way to go

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 7d

My very first gift guide appearance, if you wanna stuff a stocking or two... Along with @thedennemichele.bsky.social.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Fresh insights on race and gender, sex and power, and love and loss will give readers plenty to chew on.

Both/And

Edited by Denne Michele Norris (HarperOne) $27.99

In this stunning anthology, Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature, brings together 17 essays on trans life in America, by writers such as Akwaeke Emezi and Raquel Willis. Across the collection, the complex and multifaceted experiences of trans people of color are rendered vividly, and the pieces urge political action in the present while offering a beacon of hope for a more just future.

Want to Burn This Place Down

Maris Kreizman (Ecco) $26.99

“In a country plagued by problems in which individual grit is not nearly enough to prevail over rotten systems,” Lit Hub columnist Kreizman writes, “working hard begins to feel more like a Sisyphean task than a practical solution.” Tempering her anger with wryness and lots of Xennial nostalgia, Kreizman bucks the stereotypical trend of growing more conservative with age with this fierce and witty collection.

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 13d

I have a new rundown of recent books in translation up at @wwborders.bsky.social!

The Watchlist: September 2025 - Words Without Borders

This International Translation Day, Tobias Carroll recommends poetry by Afghan women, fiction from Croatia and Mozambique, and more.

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 11d

Recommended some October books at InsideHook... www.insidehook.com/books/books-...

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This October

Including an Anthony Bourdain anthology and an ode to running

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brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 13d

▶️NOW PLAYING

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote about @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's stellar new novel and about reading widely, and I managed to call two different writers "friends of the newsletter" because I'm tired. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

The Maris Review, vol 74

What I read this week Beings by Ilana Masad I was just the right age in 1987, when Whitley Streiber's Communion was published, to spend sleepless nights worrying if the space alien depicted on the...

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 10d

Can't wait!!! it will be epic!👍

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 10d

I am not sure if everyone gets how special this night will be

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 12d

“Everyone needs an excuse to gather, a structured place to connect to both new and familiar faces offline."

Readings Might Be Turning Into America’s New Favorite Pastime - Electric Literature

Many people arrive looking to meet someone and enjoy a shared cultural experience

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 13d

Going to go ahead and say this is the Brooklyn social event of the fall.

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to seeing you! 😀

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 13d

My paperback of my tenth (!) book is out today so I wrote about all the lives of a book. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/paperback-...

Paperback Writer

A Reason to See You Again is out today!

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13d

From roles in “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks,” and “Palm Royale,” Carol Burnett is having something of a late-career resurgence. But the 92-year-old comedy legend has already influenced generations of performers. Rachel Syme Profiles the icon.

Carol Burnett Plays On

The ninety-two-year-old comedy legend has influenced generations of performers. In a string of recent TV roles, she has been co-starring with some of her closest comedic heirs.

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