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Emma Barry

@authoremmabarry.bsky.social

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Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://linktr.ee/authoremmabarry

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 15d

So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.

a screenshot from Publishers Marketplace reading, “Author of BAD REPUTATION and CHICK MAGNET, Emma Barry’s YOU, ME, & THE CONSPIRACY, pitched as an academic adventure romance a la National Treasure with more spice, in which two history professors uncover a revolutionary conspiracy and secret society that they must expose—or risk becoming its latest victims all while fighting their growing attraction to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Atria, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall of 2026, by Sarah Younger at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world).”

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 12h

this actually makes a lot of sense to me.

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 13h

YUP. that's my observation too.

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 13h

there are so many "I'm an iconoclast" types in history!

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 13h

I dunno, other than 2 years on Capitol Hill, I've spent my entire adult life in university classrooms, and I've never experienced a dearth of conservative points of view.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 13h

economics and philosophy departments, IMHO, are filled with conservatives. and I know lots of "socially liberal, economically conservative" types in the sciences and engineering. and a film professor once threw a copy of the constitution in my face (literally) during a class fight about abortion.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 15h

lack of a backbone, lol.

they should get middle school teachers to moderate these things. they know how to control a room.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 15h

I absolutely understand...but the summary also doesn't capture the full banana pants of it. I don't really like Spanberger (I would've preferred a less centrist candidate), but I have no idea how she maintained her composure.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h

the debate moderators made absolutely no attempt to rein her in or enforce the rules, and as a result, no one learned anything about either candidate. except that one of them is very shouty and completely outside the mainstream.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h

I don't know that I recommend watching a decent sized clip, but just as with Trump, only hearing 10 seconds of it (or reading a summary) glosses over how absolutely bizarre it was. I have never seen anyone be as deeply weird in a political debate Earle-Sears was.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 18h

I will never stop marveling at how excreble American journalism has become. There is just an absolute unwillingness to describe things accurately. If we can't call a spade a spade, I don't know how we fix things or even have a country.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 18h

I only watched about 5 minutes of last night's VA gubernatorial debate, but all the coverage I've read comes nowhere close to capturing how unhinged one of the candidate's performances was.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d

(I deleted this to correct a typo.)

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d

I made a scrambled egg for breakfast, and it looked so *weird.* And I stared at it and stared at it, trying to figure out why, and eventually it dawned on me: my chickens are molting, and so this was a grocery store egg. That was why the yoke was so pale.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d

CUTE

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d

I used to order from Boden a lot, but I stopped because it felt as if the quality declined while the prices stayed the same. the patterns are always super cute, though!

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d

It really is perfect for the character

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d

Mostly the clothes are forgettable. But this dress is great

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d

Alas, I am not.

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d

I love Catherine's dress in season 5 of Slow Horses. Does anyone have a lead on the brand?

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!!

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3d

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 3d

happy happy release day, Charlotte. how autumnal is this cover???

Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 3d

My new book, Dealing With A Desperate Demon, is out today! Cheery curvy bookseller, grumpy curvy demon, dating lessons, a beauty and the beast style curse, lots of horniness. Perfect to curl up to for spooky season! You can grab it these places!

read.macmillan.com/lp/dealing-w...

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 3d

happy release day!!!

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 3d

cool; thank you!

Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 3d

this looks great. thank you!