Miriam Gershow
@miriamgershow.bsky.social
Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
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Wrangling โ100 Notable Small Press Books 2025โ into existence. #100smallpress
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Wrangling โ100 Notable Small Press Books 2025โ into existence. #100smallpress
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Miriam Gershow
@miriamgershow.bsky.social
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My teen saw this photo and said, "That's tuff. Wow. So tuff." This is like Kirkus star level of teen validation.
Grateful for this interview in @wirobooks.bsky.social. John Loonam was a great reader/question asker. @regalhouse.bsky.social
An Interview with Miriam Gershow. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @regalhouse.bsky.social @miriamgershow.bsky.social #booksky
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Grateful for this interview in @wirobooks.bsky.social. John Loonam was a great reader/question asker. @regalhouse.bsky.social
Books make great gifts! ๐๐๐
Just gave myself a little present: ordered new books from @mbsycamore.bsky.social, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, and @jasondiamond.bsky.social. And maybe a few others, too. ๐
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Books make great gifts! ๐๐๐
Thank you, Kalen!! ๐
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thank you, Kalen!! ๐
Squeee! Thank you for the nomination, @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. Such great company to be in!
๐ข Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Squeee! Thank you for the nomination, @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. Such great company to be in!
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Letโs honor Aliceโs memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to meโsuch was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to meโsuch was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Letโs honor Aliceโs memory by using that power and community.
It's not fair that Gen Z is going to save us all from the fucked up world we've made for them, but Gen Z is going to save us all.
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
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14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's not fair that Gen Z is going to save us all from the fucked up world we've made for them, but Gen Z is going to save us all.
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
โIf my voice makes you uncomfortable, goodโฆ
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, youโre not protecting the truth, youโre protecting the predator.โ
Sound up! ๐ฅ๐
1/2
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This is me at 15. Iโm a child.
Iโm a CHILD.
Iโm a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. Iโm a child.
Iโm a CHILD.
Iโm a CHILD.
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I donโt want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I donโt want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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I just donโt see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just donโt see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
Iโve heard itโs unreadable.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Iโve heard itโs unreadable.
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
Hahah. R1 flagship state school. Same diff really.
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hahah. R1 flagship state school. Same diff really.
And not the university that wooed them based on the sports team and the promise to nab a job after.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And not the university that wooed them based on the sports team and the promise to nab a job after.
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The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
Good lord, the horrific pedophile is guessing at the end of each sentence how to punctuate. Spaces? Periods? Combo of spaces and periods?
I'm not saying he'd have been a better person if he'd learned to write a sentence. But he wouldn't have been worse.
I'm not saying he'd have been a better person if he'd learned to write a sentence. But he wouldn't have been worse.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good lord, the horrific pedophile is guessing at the end of each sentence how to punctuate. Spaces? Periods? Combo of spaces and periods?
I'm not saying he'd have been a better person if he'd learned to write a sentence. But he wouldn't have been worse.
I'm not saying he'd have been a better person if he'd learned to write a sentence. But he wouldn't have been worse.
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โThis could take down Democrats, too.โ
You promise?
You promise?
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
โThis could take down Democrats, too.โ
You promise?
You promise?
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This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Weโre seeing increased and aggressive ICE activity across the Portland metro region โ including around sensitive locations like schools.
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Cesar Chavez School and George Middle School have implemented the PPS's โsecure the perimeterโ protocol amid reports of ICE activity in the neighborhood.
PPS Secures North Portland Schools Amid Reports of ICE Activity
Joanna Hou
www.wweek.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Weโre seeing increased and aggressive ICE activity across the Portland metro region โ including around sensitive locations like schools.
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
Save the PIRC hotline on your phone and call/text if you witness ICE activity: 888-622-1510
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
Where is this? A house where AI lives??
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Where is this? A house where AI lives??
That seems like a lot of effort!
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
That seems like a lot of effort!
The way Kirkus did not name my book a best of 2025 after also not reviewing it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The way Kirkus did not name my book a best of 2025 after also not reviewing it.