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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

hannah's writing is a gift and a joy and if you've ever thought 'wow, what an incredibly weird time for health and america right now' then you should read this

Hannah Matthews @hannahmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

some news

(let’s talk about death and bodies and sickness and isolation and t1d but make it fun and sexy and weird and juicy and queer and…honestly…a WILD ride)

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 13d

Pour one out for one of the best Bluesky posts of all time

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Aug 14

Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Jun 25

cuomo conceding overlayed with the drewjanda tweet: "The haters said I couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Jun 25

absolutely nuts to feel joyous about a political moment, for the first time in years and years 😭

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 25

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

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Max Read @maxread.info · Jun 16

not to expose myself as insufficiently cynical but I’m actually kind of shocked at how bad this is across multiple levels—as a piece of analysis, as a piece of rhetoric, and as a deployment of the NYT’s outsized power in this specific instance

Opinion | Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · Jun 16

Wow, NYTimes be like, “Andrew Cuomo is our problematic fave."

The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jun 16

NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · Jun 2

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · May 6

Our power grows!!

Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social · May 6

We’ve been sitting on this news for a minute and are so delighted to FINALLY share that the brilliant Lucy Cleland has joined The Frances Goldin Agency as VP and Senior Agent! We are enormously lucky to have her on the team 🎉

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New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join us at the Poetry Project tomorrow April 23 at 8pm to celebrate LOVE IS A DANGEROUS WORD by Essex Hemphill (1957–1995). John Keene, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Pamela Sneed, and more will be reading. Come at 7:30 to toast to Hemphill before the reading!
🥂
RSVP: www.poetryproject.org/events/love-...

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Apr 17

a true honor to help bring Essex Hemphill's work back into print -- thanks to @summ.bsky.social for capturing the labor of love that went into its publication

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A Classic Collection of Black Gay Poetry Returns to Shelves

Poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s 1992 collection

www.publishersweekly.com

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · Apr 3

one thing I always wanted for my complicated birth country with a blood-drenched history was for it to also be a bankrupted casino

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New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social · Mar 18

"He was a lyric poet to his core, and a political poet who knew that the most devastating critique could hinge on many of poetry’s numerous resources, any of which he wielded when needed."

Read John Keene in praise of Essex Hemphill over at LitHub.

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John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life

Throughout Essex Hemphill’s poetry, what we registered was his attentiveness to craft as well as statement, to the possibilities of performance, of form, of the line, and to the expressive content,…

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Jstheater @jstheater.bsky.social · Feb 26

Very excited to share that this beautiful little volume of poems by the late, visionary Essex Hemphill, which I co-edited with the brilliant Robert Reid-Pharr & for which he wrote the introduction & I the afterword, will be out next week (March 5) from New Directions!
www.ndbooks.com/book/love-is...

Love Is a Dangerous Word: Selected Poems

For three decades, the legacy of the revered writer, editor, performer, and activist Essex Hemphill has been lovingly sustained through xeroxed copies of his few published works. They are as potent no...

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Feb 19

especially these days, it's been such a delight escaping into @liaholland.bsky.social's music festival mystery -- both a love letter to and pointed commentary on the intoxicating raves, community, secrets and chaos of the festival world. Very excited to be working together!!

Lia Holland @liaholland.bsky.social · Feb 19

I’m thrilled to be taking the next step toward putting my fiction out in the world by signing with @jwongbaxter.bsky.social of @goldinagency.bsky.social.

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Feb 12

Happy #MSWL day! Working with a decent amount of nonfiction now, so would love voice-driven upmarket fiction to balance it out. Always enjoy a splash of genre and weirdness with a heart (MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES; THE WEDDING PEOPLE, etc.) Full wishlist:

www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ja...

Jade Wong-Baxter – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

www.manuscriptwishlist.com

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Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social · Feb 10

Did you guys know that Kendrick is the first Pulitzer winner to perform at a Superbowl halftime show?

Next year book Barbara Kingsolver, you cowards.

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Feb 7

hire @marinafang.bsky.social for her brilliant reporting work, strong convictions, and the fact that now feels like a particularly dumb time to be laying off journalists given literally everything around us

Marina Fang @marinafang.bsky.social · Feb 7

I wrote a long goodbye email because I’ve earned that right. Debated whether to get spicy and say the part below, but I am a big believer in calling things what they are.

Please support journalists. You’ll miss journalism when it’s gone.

This should have ended differently: I and everyone else this week could be leaving here because we wanted to, not because of business decisions we had nothing to do with. Please do right by everyone who's still here.

I'll admit I'm really fucking scared about the future — for myself, sure, but more importantly, for our industry and our country. For a decade, I've been so proud to work at a place that calls things exactly what they are, when other outlets haven't (and still don't). I've also been incensed by the way media executives have devalued our work and have run great news outlets into the ground, putting profits over people, forcing talented journalists out of this industry, and doing our readers — the American public — a great disservice. For those of you still here, I know you'll keep fighting the good fight, and I will forever be rooting for you.

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Feb 6

phewww this take

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Shenanigans @shenanigans.bsky.social · Jan 30

Sorry I'm just in a really bad place right now (United States)

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Jan 30

the things we could do with all the time and freedom afforded by not having to stress about blurb outreach...!!

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore

In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Jan 17

I mean HAPPY Friday everyone

Charlotte Klein @charlottetklein.bsky.social · Jan 17

News: Pamela Paul is out at New York Times Opinion
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Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section

A surprise departure that appears to be part of a shake-up.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Jan 16

nearly texted my dad condolences on the Talking Heads guy passing away, only to realize that I've spent my entire life thinking David Lynch and David Byrne were the same man. and now I have to apologize to dads everywhere

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Jade Wong-Baxter @jwongbaxter.bsky.social · Dec 19

responses to this official holiday card have ranged from "this is incredible!" to "what is happening", which seems correct. anyway happy holidays from the magical mystery FGLA team ✨

Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social · Dec 19

to the extent it's possible to have TOO good of a time designing an agency holiday card, that's... absolutely what happened at @goldinagency.bsky.social this year

this image is a retro-looking holiday card which includes slightly silly tarot cards for each agency member

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