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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 23h

Oh. My. Goodness. So excited for this.

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce our #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair keynote speaker, Baltimore’s own John Waters! Read more about the filmmaker, actor, author, and Charm City legend on our website. A heartfelt thanks to our premier sponsor, @jhu.edu, for making this address possible.

#AWP26 Keynote Address by John Waters, Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

View the full line-up of amazing featured events from the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair literary partners!

conference.awpwriter.org

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 23h

Save the date! I am so excited to join @penparentis.bsky.social on November 11 for their virtual literary salon. I'll be in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, and David Ebenbach, on the topic of artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial...

PEN PARENTIS LITERARY SALONARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEHELEN PHILLIPSSCOTT ELLIOTT ANCA L. SZILAGYIDAVID EBENBACHNovember 11, 2025 7 pm ETONLINE RSVP penparentis.orgThis event is funded in part by public funds from the New York Council on the Arts and Sponspored by the DeGroot Foundation and Poets & Writers

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I'll try BARON WENCKHEIM'S HOMECOMING...

Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

I did not enjoy SATANTANGO. Recommend another Krasznahorkai to me?

#translationthurs

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

Me, a mother, sternly: Brush your teeth.
Child, a child, testily: Don't complain at me!
Me, a writer, lovingly: The word is nag.

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps you would like a copy of DREAMS UNDER GLASS but your local bookshop doesn't have it & you don't wish to pay for shipping. Good news: shipping is free at Bookshop today! bookshop.org/p/books/drea...

Dreams Under Glass

Check out Dreams Under Glass - <p>As the economy collapses around her in 2008 New York City, recent art school graduate Binnie takes a job as a paralegal to pay the bills. As her art projects languish...

bookshop.org

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

"I cannot tell you how good it feels to make sure you’re working at your intellectual edge for at least a good portion of the day!"

YES! Started reading a big chonker of a history of the Habsburg Empire this morning and it felt *great.*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

I am increasingly convinced that the feeling of being unable to focus, procrastinating and being addicted to scrolling are often actually the feeling of being desperate to learn something new and difficult. To let your brain chew solid food.

open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

are you asking enough of your brain?

scrolling addiction is actually a sign you're desperate to learn new things

open.substack.com

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

Me, a mother, sternly: Brush your teeth.
Child, a child, testily: Don't complain at me!
Me, a writer, lovingly: The word is nag.

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

"in the wet of wintertime wildlife comes
to the houses our secrets remain our own"

-Andra Schwarz, IN THE MORNING WE ARE GLASS, translated by Caroline Wilcox Reul (Zephyr Press)

#poetry #womenintranslation

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

I know you are aching to know, but where is your first novel? I don't see it on Bookshop! Good news: Chicago's own The Book Cellar has DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR in stock: www.bookcellarinc.com/daughters-air

Daughters of the Air | The Book Cellar

www.bookcellarinc.com

Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps you would like a copy of DREAMS UNDER GLASS but your local bookshop doesn't have it & you don't wish to pay for shipping. Good news: shipping is free at Bookshop today! bookshop.org/p/books/drea...

Dreams Under Glass

Check out Dreams Under Glass - <p>As the economy collapses around her in 2008 New York City, recent art school graduate Binnie takes a job as a paralegal to pay the bills. As her art projects languish...

bookshop.org

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 2d

Three cheers for @wendyjfox.bsky.social & @electricliterature.com for championing small press books! Adding GREAT DISASTERS by @grady-chambers.bsky.social ( @tinhouse.bsky.social ) to my to-read list of books set in Chicago at the turn of the 21st century.

Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 2d

Need more small presses in your literary diet? Oh do we have the list for you!

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

buff.ly

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

What about the pumpkin’s history makes the Pumpkin Spice Latte unsavory for Anca L. Szilágyi? What does it mean, symbolically, when Cinderella is to turn into a pumpkin at midnight? What did the pumpkin mean for artists, pilgrims, folklore?

A broad history of the gourd of the moment.

All in the Pumpkins

On autumn’s humble and heroic gourd

orionmagazine.org

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 4d

The type of regime that uses military-style raids to tear children out of bed in the middle of the night is an authoritarian one. This is a manufactured crisis and an escalation in force and violence that is traumatizing families. Terrifying scenes in Chicago due to ICE.

'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics

Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid.

time.com

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d

Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes as she confronted them at a hospital. blockclubchi.co/3Wkje5V

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Josh Boldt @joshaboldt.bsky.social · 7d

This makes so much sense to me. Exactly the thoughts I have been having while querying. HT @gwenda.bsky.social

nathanbransford.com/blog/2025/09...

A publishing submission Bill of Rights

A modest proposal. The submission process in the publishing industry these days is increasingly broken. Many literary agents have long had a “no response means no” policy on query letters, but now the...

nathanbransford.com

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 7d

Missing my 4 pm pickle today. I'm not strictly fasting but

Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

I have developed a solid practice of snacking on a garlic dill pickle around 4 pm most days.

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 7d

"No matter how orange, it will rarely taste of pumpkin, because pumpkin is not the point. Sure, there’s pumpkin puree — or more frequently, “pumpkin powder”" -- this reminds me of the "fresh pumpkin latte" I used to give a big nope to...

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 7d

I joke about my "annual pumpkin spice regret" but the pumpkin spice latte & pumpkin spice froyo I had yesterday were both quite good. (And I love pumpkin bread year-round.)

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 8d

Anthropic settlement explainer:
--look up to see if your work was included (easy)
--file a claim if it was (easy)

--Amount will likely be 1.5K (3K per book, split w/publisher)
--Money comes between now and 2027 (in separate tranches)

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

Fellow authors, check to see if your book is eligible for a claim in the Anthropic settlement: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup?fbcli...

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

Enjoy!

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

I have developed a solid practice of snacking on a garlic dill pickle around 4 pm most days.

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 8d

I've folder on my computer with nice emails I've received over the years which comes in handy at low points. Also just remembering moments when fellow writers have taken the time tell me something kind about my work, which is also a reminder to scatter kindnesses about as much as possible.

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