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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · 14d

A favorite line from @jenniferfawcett.bsky.social's brand new book, *Keep This for Me*: "When did all their tiny movements get so layered with meaning? It was exhausting."

#favoritelinefridays #keepthisforme #thrillerbooks @atriabooks.bsky.social

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Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 15d

Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH!
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Tommy Orange

Illuminating the richness and complexity of contemporary, urban Native Peoples’ lives.

www.macfound.org

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · 18d

New blog post up today, a review of @jenniferfawcett.bsky.social's new thriller, #KeepThisForMe --out this week. As a child of the Great Lakes, I was totally into the Lake Ontario beach town setting.
www.cherylwalsh.net/blog
#bookreviews #thrillerbooks @atriabooks.bsky.social

Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · 22d

New specs!

#newglasses

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Kent Priore @kentpriore.bsky.social · Sep 21

Come check out booth #223 at the Brooklyn Book Festival!

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Sep 12

Favorite lines from T. S. Eliot's poem "East Coker": "Do not let me hear / Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, / Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, / Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God."

#tseliot #eastcoker #favoritelinefridays #poetry

Black and white photo of two pairs of clasped hands, wrinkled and gnarled, next to each other from across a table, not touching.

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Matthew Freeman, Poet @freemanpoet.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm sort of pinching myself here. I got a book signing in November at Barnes and Noble. SO very excited! Dopamine and the Devil, out now with Coffeetown Press. Thanks always to my wonderful friends!

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Sep 5

In celebration of UNEQUAL TEMPERAMENT's second birthday, here is one of my own lines for #favoritelinefridays.

#unequaltemperament #debutnovel #WomensFiction #americanbuffalobooks #harpsichord #meteorology #booksky #writingcommunity

"There was something comforting about handling a machine.... The inexplicable could be explained, the right decision implicit in the conditions. Incorrect decisions were measurable. And if something went wrong, there would be a solution. Or at least a clear reason for scrapping the heap." Unequal Temperament, Cheryl Walsh

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy birthday to UNEQUAL TEMPERAMENT, launched into the world two years ago today! To celebrate, I'm giving away a few copies--DM if you're interested.
#unequaltemperament #bookbirthday #debutnovel #harpsichord #meteorology #WomensFiction @buffalo-books.bsky.social

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 29

A favorite line from Jim Harrison's wonderful novel *Returning to Earth*: "I awoke delighted with life on earth despite its desperately compromised nature."

#jimharrison #favoritelinefridays

Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today I made guacamole with garlic chive blossoms and it was fantastic!

#backyardherbs #guacamole

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 22

A favorite line from Linda Pastan's poem "Cosmology": "Someone has spilled the moon / all over the trees."
#favoritelinefridays #LindaPastan #poetry @wwnorton.com

Photo of pine trees against a dark sky with the tips illuminated by moonlight.

Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 13

Oh, they are! However, when you cook them the purple speckles disappear and they just look like wax beans, though they are flatter than the typical wax bean, more like a runner bean in shape. Very tasty, though!

Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 11

Dragon tongue! I don't grow green beans because I can't see them to harvest. So I grow purple or speckled beans instead. Dragon tongue is a very tasty variety. Stringless, bush habit.

#gardenbounty

large metal bowl full of dragon tongue beans: purple speckled wax beans.

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Aug 9

I just learned that an old and dear friend of Bru's, the best man/emcee at our wedding, Neil Hornick, passed away last spring. Such regret that we have been so out of touch that I didn't know until now. We cherish his memory. Long live the Phantom Captain!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...

Neil Hornick as the Phantom Captain, holding the book "The Best Man's Duties," with Bruce Hart, the groom.

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · Jul 26

Great news! Court overturns massive #coal mine approval on climate grounds stopping 876 megatonnes of #carbondioxide for selling and burning overseas. #climate #auspol #nswpol
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Court overturns massive coal mine approval on climate grounds

The NSW Court of Appeal found the planning authority must consider climate change impacts even if the coal is being exported to burn overseas.

www.smh.com.au

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 25

This line from Anne Enright's novel *The Wren, the Wren* made me laugh out loud: "I never tell my mother anything. I am not that stupid."
#favoritelinefridays #anneenright #thewrenthewren

Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you, @patricklatour.ca. For reading and for letting me know it touched you. And I agree that life is better with a grain of silver. We have silver all around us on our walls--deep joy!

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 24

First new blogpost in a while: Welcome to the Darkroom.
www.cherylwalsh.net/blog
#filmphotography #darkroom #cognitivedecline #grief
Photo of John Pochee and Bernie McGann © Bruce Hart. All rights reserved.

John Pochee playing drums and Bernie McGann wiping his forehead during a performance at a jazz club.

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Jul 23

I've got 3 extra copies of YEAR OF THE BUFFALO, would love them to be in the hands of a reader rather than in my way on my desk. hmu and I'll send you one.

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 11

A favorite line (of many) from Charlotte Wood's novel *Stone Yard Devotional*: "The subtlety of the lilting chant belies the blunt instrument of the words themselves."
#favoritelinefridays #charlottewood #stoneyarddevotional #booksky @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 10

If you don't have time to get to your local independent bookstore this week, Bookshop has free shipping through July 12. Check out my five-star recommendations.
bookshop.org/lists/cheryl...

Cheryl's Five-Star Reviews

I often review books on Goodreads, and I'm working on gathering all my five-star reviews here. This list is always growing!

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Cheryl Walsh @cherylwalsh.bsky.social · Jul 10

Another five-star review. #StoneYardDevotional is an intriguing exploration of grief, spirituality, and forgiveness during a time of isolation and covid lockdowns in Australia. What does is take to be a good person in times of environmental and personal crisis?
#charlottewood #yournextread #booksky

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Native American Rights Fund @nativerights.bsky.social · Jul 3

Did you know 85 percent of Western voters support creating new national parks, national monuments, and national wildlife refuges and Tribally protected areas for historic sites or areas of outdoor recreation? Learn more: buff.ly/N83RiEc

2024 Poll Results - Colorado College

Indian Peaks Sunset, Colorado

www.coloradocollege.edu

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy July 4th— the first year I’ve thought more about the list of grievances than the famous opening paragraphs. But both parts are essential.

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