Penina Roth
@peninaroth.bsky.social
Curator of Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
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Only a few spots left so grab yours now if you want to join my workshop and write some stories where Dorothy never left Kansas, but also Kansas got a little weird
Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks
Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.
writingworkshops.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Only a few spots left so grab yours now if you want to join my workshop and write some stories where Dorothy never left Kansas, but also Kansas got a little weird
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If you haven’t watched my new comedy special yet, this weekend is a nice time to give it a shot! You can watch it with your parents if you have cool parents, and you can watch it with your kids if you have cool kids!
My new standup special Positive Reinforcement premieres TONIGHT at 8pm eastern time on Blonde Medicine’s YouTube channel. I’m really proud of this hour and grateful to all the people who helped make the special happen.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you haven’t watched my new comedy special yet, this weekend is a nice time to give it a shot! You can watch it with your parents if you have cool parents, and you can watch it with your kids if you have cool kids!
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
@angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights
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@megancummins.bsky.social explores why writers write about writers and how an artist’s relationship to creation can change over time.
How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?
The work of writing—or, at least, my writing—often feels unstructured, additional, shoved like packing peanuts around the non-negotiables: my day job, my family, my doctor appointments, trying to s…
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August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@megancummins.bsky.social explores why writers write about writers and how an artist’s relationship to creation can change over time.
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Author Alejandro Varela tackles polyamory, conformity, heartbreak and more in "Middle Spoon."
Alejandro Varela on heartbreak, new book 'Middle Spoon' and polyamory
Author Alejandro Varela tackles polyamory, conformity, heartbreak and more in "Middle Spoon."
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October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Author Alejandro Varela tackles polyamory, conformity, heartbreak and more in "Middle Spoon."
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I was so happy for @laurenleblanc.bsky.social to review THE WILDERNESS, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social's thrilling new novel about what it means to be a friend. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/a...
Angela Flournoy’s new novel shines its light on the power of friendship - The Boston Globe
Friendship isn’t typically included in the conventional American dream of a home and 2.5 kids, and yet for many of us it’s a port in the chaos of modern life.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was so happy for @laurenleblanc.bsky.social to review THE WILDERNESS, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social's thrilling new novel about what it means to be a friend. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/a...
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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"I don’t listen to music when I write, because I need total silence to hear my own thoughts, but playlists are still an essential part of my writing process"
Nikkitha Bakshani shared a playlist for her debut novel Ghost Chilli at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/23/n...
Nikkitha Bakshani shared a playlist for her debut novel Ghost Chilli at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/23/n...
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"I don’t listen to music when I write, because I need total silence to hear my own thoughts, but playlists are still an essential part of my writing process"
Nikkitha Bakshani shared a playlist for her debut novel Ghost Chilli at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/23/n...
Nikkitha Bakshani shared a playlist for her debut novel Ghost Chilli at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/23/n...
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This is a very fun list to be on. ❤️🔥 people.com/31-books-tha...
31 Books That Made TIME's 100 Best Books of the Year and PEOPLE's Book Picks — Did Your Favorite Hit the List?
From the new Taylor Jenkins Reid to Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir, a dishy Gwyneth Paltrow biography and much more, here are the books critics loved this year
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is a very fun list to be on. ❤️🔥 people.com/31-books-tha...
We had a blast at November's Franklin Park Reading Series event! Huge thanks to our phenomenal readers, Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green, and lots of ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Save the date for our Season Finale on December 8!
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We had a blast at November's Franklin Park Reading Series event! Huge thanks to our phenomenal readers, Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green, and lots of ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Save the date for our Season Finale on December 8!
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TINY THREADS came out last year by @delreybooks.bsky.social. I'm very proud of the dark thriller about a young woman who takes a fashion job in Vernon, California where she starts seeing disturbing things. To mark my horror debut, here's some fave reviews:
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Fates and Furies
In Tiny Threads, Lilliam Rivera uncovers the horror of adult life.
www.altaonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TINY THREADS came out last year by @delreybooks.bsky.social. I'm very proud of the dark thriller about a young woman who takes a fashion job in Vernon, California where she starts seeing disturbing things. To mark my horror debut, here's some fave reviews:
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
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'I Want to Burn This Place Down' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Come and meet @jfkane.bsky.social at the Coffee House Club in New York TONIGHT: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-mar...
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Come and meet @jfkane.bsky.social at the Coffee House Club in New York TONIGHT: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-mar...
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“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
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Q&A with Laura Venita Green about her new novel, SISTER CREATURES.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Q&A with Laura Venita Green about her new novel, SISTER CREATURES.
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In this excerpt from “The Wanderer’s Curse,” Jennifer Hope Choi (@missjenchoi) learns of yeokmasal—the wanderer’s curse—and wonders whether she’s fated for the same insatiable longing for elsewhere that afflicts her mother.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this excerpt from “The Wanderer’s Curse,” Jennifer Hope Choi (@missjenchoi) learns of yeokmasal—the wanderer’s curse—and wonders whether she’s fated for the same insatiable longing for elsewhere that afflicts her mother.
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TONIGHT, 8PM: Can't wait to host celebrated authors Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission, drink specials, raffle! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TONIGHT, 8PM: Can't wait to host celebrated authors Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission, drink specials, raffle! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
MONDAY at FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES: We're honored to host lit superstar Brandon Taylor! Get set with this eye-opening interview at @newyorker.com:
“Painting and novels to my mind are basically wed. You can’t take them apart from each other.” Brandon Taylor discusses his new novel, “Minor Black Figures,” which follows a young painter in the years after the supposed racial reckoning of 2020.
Brandon Taylor on the Quandary of Black Art
The author discusses his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures,” and the discourse around racial subjectivity.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
MONDAY at FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES: We're honored to host lit superstar Brandon Taylor! Get set with this eye-opening interview at @newyorker.com:
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Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
Reality is twisted and sanity jumbled in Sam Munson's surreal psychological novel, The Sofa. Reviewed by Nick Rees Gardner.
independentbookreview.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
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🌀THE SOFA is coming Nov. 11 🌀
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
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“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🌀THE SOFA is coming Nov. 11 🌀
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
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QUITE A LINE-UP
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
QUITE A LINE-UP
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Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders joins The Epilogue... podcast to talk about characters, protagonists and antagonists, and writing your way through troubling times.
The Epilogue Interview: Charlie Jane Anders
storystreetwriters.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders joins The Epilogue... podcast to talk about characters, protagonists and antagonists, and writing your way through troubling times.
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MONDAY!!!! NYC!!!
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
MONDAY!!!! NYC!!!
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK