Anne Ursu
@anneursu.bsky.social
I write books, herd cats, and mostly stay under the bed. Latest release: Not Quite a Ghost. Minneapolis, always.
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If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills
For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...
wildrumpusbooks.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills
For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...
wildrumpusbooks.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
This girl was one of the St. Francis students who spoke. The school board should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take books away from her.
Minnesota: A student from St. Francis High School testified to her school board Monday about the restrictive policy that led to at least 47 books—including Beloved, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale— being banned in her district.
Read more at: pen.org/st-francis-m...
Read more at: pen.org/st-francis-m...
March 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This girl was one of the St. Francis students who spoke. The school board should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take books away from her.
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every author should sign up for this tbh
Are you a published or publishing writer/illustrator/translator? You can join Authors Against Book Bans. We share knowledge, resources, & mobilization opportunities at both the national & local levels. Don't fight for the right to read alone!
AABB Author Sign-Up Form
Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
every author should sign up for this tbh
I had the enormous pleasure of speaking at this school board meeting and hearing these kids give impassioned, insightful, and eloquent speeches against book banning. It was deeply inspiring. The school board has done them a massive disservice. pen.org/st-francis-m...
Students, Parents, Educators, and Authors Join to Fight Minnesota School District Book Ban Policy - PEN America
Parents, students, educators, authors, and free speech advocates, including PEN America, on Monday confronted the St. Francis, Minnesota, school board, demanding it reverse some of the most restrictiv...
pen.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I had the enormous pleasure of speaking at this school board meeting and hearing these kids give impassioned, insightful, and eloquent speeches against book banning. It was deeply inspiring. The school board has done them a massive disservice. pen.org/st-francis-m...
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More amazing offerings in the @kidlitforla.bsky.social wildfire relief fundraiser - a manuscript critique from the amazing @anneursu.bsky.social! www.32auctions.com/organization...
MG or YA Critique From Author Anne Ursu
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January 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
More amazing offerings in the @kidlitforla.bsky.social wildfire relief fundraiser - a manuscript critique from the amazing @anneursu.bsky.social! www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
Happy 21st birthday to this angel. My Petra baby is all grown up!
January 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Happy 21st birthday to this angel. My Petra baby is all grown up!
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Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.
January 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.
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Anyway, here’s Catman.
December 31, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Anyway, here’s Catman.
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In this post (www.lifeisasacredtext.com/gratitudes), I explain some ways you might use this tool on those days when nothing is going right, or when the pain of the world is overwhelming-- or, even better, as a daily practice.
Might help a lot, just saying.
Might help a lot, just saying.
December 30, 2024 at 9:29 PM
In this post (www.lifeisasacredtext.com/gratitudes), I explain some ways you might use this tool on those days when nothing is going right, or when the pain of the world is overwhelming-- or, even better, as a daily practice.
Might help a lot, just saying.
Might help a lot, just saying.
No, @booker.senate.gov, you think the guy using eugenicist rhetoric about my kid has some good things to say. So I’m not giving you money.
Missing in this conversation is how hateful this discussion is toward autistic people. The idea that it’s better for a kid to have polio than autism is eugenicist, but the opposition to RFK won’t even engage with it. It’s as upsetting as it is predictable.
I don’t normally stray here into politics, but this is global health and child mortality: somewhat terrified this will negatively impact not just public health in the USA, but could normalise this view further afield
December 31, 2024 at 10:58 PM
No, @booker.senate.gov, you think the guy using eugenicist rhetoric about my kid has some good things to say. So I’m not giving you money.
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A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors
Arkansas Law Criminalizing Librarians Ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.
www.huffpost.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:21 PM
A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors
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So many good books on this 1st panel of 4 that was shared on #IG! I've read most from this panel and I'm currently reading @anneursu.bsky.social's Not Quite a Ghost right now. For the other 2 I haven't read, I have one on audiobook waiting for me and one on hold at the library. Favs? #mglit #newbery
December 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
So many good books on this 1st panel of 4 that was shared on #IG! I've read most from this panel and I'm currently reading @anneursu.bsky.social's Not Quite a Ghost right now. For the other 2 I haven't read, I have one on audiobook waiting for me and one on hold at the library. Favs? #mglit #newbery
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Gingerbread man is all of us
December 23, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Gingerbread man is all of us
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Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins
December 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins
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Also download the library app Libby. You can preview about 60 pages of a book without borrowing it to see if you like it. I found many cool fantasy books there. Works with many libraries
December 23, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Also download the library app Libby. You can preview about 60 pages of a book without borrowing it to see if you like it. I found many cool fantasy books there. Works with many libraries
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Better yet, take that card and see all the stuff you can get with it! Libraries are so rad, I'm always amazed by how much you can do with a library card, or even just being in the library.
December 23, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Better yet, take that card and see all the stuff you can get with it! Libraries are so rad, I'm always amazed by how much you can do with a library card, or even just being in the library.
Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins
December 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins
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2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)
December 22, 2024 at 7:14 PM
2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)
Minnesota Senators @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov are both on here, sacrificing at-risk kids' mental health for...something I guess. What are Minnesota parents supposed to think?
Here are the democrats who voted to no longer cover gender affirming care for military kids.
SHAME ON EACH OF YOU
Bennet (D-CO) @bennet.senate.gov
Blumenthal (D-CT) @blumenthal.senate.gov
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA) @cantwell.senate.gov
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
SHAME ON EACH OF YOU
Bennet (D-CO) @bennet.senate.gov
Blumenthal (D-CT) @blumenthal.senate.gov
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA) @cantwell.senate.gov
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
December 19, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Minnesota Senators @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov are both on here, sacrificing at-risk kids' mental health for...something I guess. What are Minnesota parents supposed to think?
Anyway, here's an absurdist cat.
December 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Anyway, here's an absurdist cat.
basically, when you tell me you're not going to stand up for trans kids, immigrant kids, poor kids, disabled kids, you are telling me you don't care about children. and then I can't support you.
December 19, 2024 at 12:04 AM
basically, when you tell me you're not going to stand up for trans kids, immigrant kids, poor kids, disabled kids, you are telling me you don't care about children. and then I can't support you.