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Megha Majumdar @meghamaj.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hooray! So happy it's in your hands!

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · Jul 23

The best nonfiction book I've read in a looooooong time. Book awards were invented for books like this. Scholars, take note...this is a book that unites academia and storytelling in the most thoughtful and rigorous way! Great editing from @katekilla.bsky.social and h/t @bostonglobe.com

Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · Jul 23

What is left out of our understanding of Britain's most iconic writers? Our friend @kerriarsenault.bsky.social reviewed THE TREMBLING HAND for the @bostonglobe.com books section -- the review is up now and will appear in the print section on Sunday. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/a...

A lock of hair, a baby rattle — and a history of slavery - The Boston Globe

In her powerful, revelatory new book, Mathelinda Nabugodi performs what she calls “an act of historical recovery,” reexamining British Romanticism’s beloved literary superstars through the debris they...

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Megha Majumdar @meghamaj.bsky.social · Jul 22

Another starred review! Big thanks to the anonymous Publishers Weekly reviewer who read with such attention and thoughtfulness. “Majumdar proves once again that she is a master of the moral dilemma.”

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Jessica Francis Kane @jfkane.bsky.social · Jul 18

New book trend: the unboxing still life. #booksky

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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · Jul 18

We interrupt all this dire news to announce that I HAVE A COVER OF MY NEW BOOK. It will pub in March 2026 with the @uminnpress.bsky.social . So happy to work with this great press again. And you will be happy to know that the title is not misleading--there are REAL GHOSTS in this book.

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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social · Jul 17

I just read and highly recommend Beings by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social! Ilana Masad brilliantly weaves together three stories from the early 1960s to present day about people surviving at the margins of society, alien sightings, and memory. Out in September. islandbooks.com/book/9781639...

Galley of Beings on the front counter at Island Books. The cover shows a flying saucer hovering over trees and a car.

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Megha Majumdar @meghamaj.bsky.social · Jul 17

Can't wait to put it in your hands ❤️❤️

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Megha Majumdar @meghamaj.bsky.social · Jul 17

First review is in and it's a starred Kirkus! Thank you to the anonymous reviewer for reading with such care and generosity, and bringing so much to the pages

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Jul 15

Some personal news…

@roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are relaunching @therumpus.net!!! And I’m excited to be joining their team as poetry editor! 🤓 WEEEEE!!! You can submit your poetry for consideration here: therumpus.submittable.com/submit

The Rumpus Submission Manager

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Founded in 2009 and independent from the star...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · Jul 15

I don’t have a fancy tour card because it took forever for a lot of my events to be announced, but me and THE PAYBACK will be at:

7/15, Skylight Books, LA w/Rufi Thorpe

8/11, Franklin Park, Brooklyn, NY

8/23, San Diego Book Festival

9/6, National Book Festival, Washington DC

9/21 (secret)

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Stephen Sparks @ssparks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Rob's right: this is a sharp and thoughtful book. I'm excited to talk with Ben about it when he visits Point Reyes on August 9. ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0...

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Lauren Markham @laurenmarkham.bsky.social · Jul 15

A MAP OF FUTURE RUINS is a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and I couldn’t be happier about it 🧡

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Joseph Lee @josephvlee.bsky.social · Jul 15

My book, Nothing More of This Land, is out today! It’s an exploration of Indigenous identity from my Wampanoag homelands on Martha’s Vineyard to Indigenous land around the world. Get yours at your favorite bookstore or via the link in my bio!! 🌊🐋

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nicole brinkley | bookseller @nebrinkley.bsky.social · Jul 10

hello, deeply organized and events-minded people who love independent bookstores! NAIBA is hiring a new executive director, filling the VERY BIG shoes that will be left behind by our darling eileen dengler. take a peek and see if you want to apply: www.naiba.com/news/naiba-e...

NAIBA: Executive Director - New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's my birthday which means everyone who likes me should pre-order my novel, BEINGS, and everyone who doesn't like me should please just not tell me that they don't like me so I can have one day where I don't have to be anxious about that

www.bloomsbury.com/us/beings-97...