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Dana Cann

@danacann.bsky.social

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Author of the novel Ghosts of Bergen County (Tin House). Words in The Sun, Gettysburg Review, Massachusetts Review, Five South, LitHub, elsewhere. Forthcoming from Colorado Review and Doric Literary.

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 1d

I'm reeeeeally supposed to be grading... so put together this @bookshop.org list of these fave recent indie press short story collections:

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recent fave indie press short story collections

Bookshop.org Custom Wishlist

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Gwen E. Kirby @gwenekirby.bsky.social · 5d

Pull up a chair cuz it's chili night at The Los Angeles Review! Thanks so much for publishing my flash fiction! #flashfiction

Chili Night by Gwen E. Kirby - The Los Angeles Review

Her husband Kevin had made a pot of inedible chili and Megan was livid. She had told him not to deviate from the recipe she’d perfected: chili powder and chili flakes, diced bell peppers, ground beef seared in a hot pan, black beans made in the pressure cooker, not taken from a can. There was […]

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 8d

That’s my understanding, and that settlement website looks straight out of 1998

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 10d

Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology

Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 9d

An Animated Introduction to the Magical Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges for the first time is like discovering a new letter in the alphabet, or a new note in the musical scale,' writes the BBC's Jane Ciabattari. Borges' essay-like works of fiction are 'f...

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 12d

If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:

Politico: Democrats are demanding Republicans negotiate a bipartisan stopgap spending measure. Among their asks is for the GOP to extend certain Affordable Care Act subsidies, which were expanded by Congress in 2021 and are due to sunset at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed Democrats for making “unserious and ridiculous” demands, foreshadowing what is likely to be the go-to talking point should neither side blink ahead of the Tuesday night deadline.

“He read all the shit they’re asking for, and he said, ‘on second thought, go fuck yourself,’” the White House official said.

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 13d

This is strange to hear as someone who flew into LaGuardia probably a hundred times from 2000-2013

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 13d

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 14d

Noooo!!!

Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 16d

Rapture—we’re doing this again?

Cars and planes crashing, people ascending during the rapture

Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 17d

I really liked Delinquents, which I bought at the grand opening of @litbox.bsky.social

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 19d

Going hard for that Nobel Peace Prize while proving again he doesn’t know what seeking asylum means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump threatens war against Venezuela

We want Venezuela to immediately accept all of the prisoners, and people from mental institutions, which includes the Worst in the World Insane Asylums, that Venezuelan “Leadership” has forced into the United States of America. Thousands of people have been badly hurt, and even killed, by these “Monsters.” GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19d

Healthcare is a human right—no exceptions. Every other developed nation provides some form of universal healthcare. It's unacceptable that the U.S. does not.

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 19d

Happy birthday, Tommy!

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 20d

Disney suspending the Star Wars franchise for the way they portray the Empire

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21d

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 21d

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21d

OH MY GOD

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 21d

The OG Antifa

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23d

It is absolutely insane to me that we're having a debate over whether or not the rightwing deploys violent rhetoric within days of a Fox News personality calling for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. There is no excuse for this obliviousness. It's unacceptable.

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 23d

Please include me? How do I get in?

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Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 23d

Same. I rewatched it earlier this year. Butch Cassidy doesn’t hold up nearly as well.

Dana Cann @danacann.bsky.social · 23d

Such a great story!