Ronita Chattopadhyay
@ronita.bsky.social
Gave myself permission to be a poet; Love books, mountains and tea; working at the intersection of process documentation and qualitative research in India
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November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
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Enjoy a steep discount on all ebooks and books and book bundles now through Sunday. Get 5 books for just as little as $45 plus S/H! Where can you go wrong? elj-editions.com/black-friday...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Enjoy a steep discount on all ebooks and books and book bundles now through Sunday. Get 5 books for just as little as $45 plus S/H! Where can you go wrong? elj-editions.com/black-friday...
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here is the shorter of yesterday's 2 poems from Kara Knickerbocker
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
here is the shorter of yesterday's 2 poems from Kara Knickerbocker
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape that explores the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash.
Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag #callforsubmissions
Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag #callforsubmissions
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape that explores the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash.
Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag #callforsubmissions
Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag #callforsubmissions
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November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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If you like what @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is doing, vote for us!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If you like what @lit-namjooning.bsky.social is doing, vote for us!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Current state of my drafts folder: one paragraph I love, a page I hate, three half essays about failure, and a margin note that just says “remember to make this less depressing.” So, thriving.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Current state of my drafts folder: one paragraph I love, a page I hate, three half essays about failure, and a margin note that just says “remember to make this less depressing.” So, thriving.
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“A man can always command his time under the plea of business; a woman is not allowed any such excuse.”
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
Tenacity, the Art of Integration, and the Key to a Flexible Mind: Wisdom from the Life of Mary Somerville, for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
Inside the hallmark of a great scientist and a great human being — the ability to hold one’s opinions with firm but unfisted fingers.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“A man can always command his time under the plea of business; a woman is not allowed any such excuse.”
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
She didn’t publish her first paper until she was 46 because she had four kids & a household to run. After that, …
www.themarginalian.org/2020/10/20/m...
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I, who am perpetually making notes in the margin of my mind for some final statement, make this mark, waiting for some winter's evening.
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I, who am perpetually making notes in the margin of my mind for some final statement, make this mark, waiting for some winter's evening.
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)
@happilander.bsky.social congratulations!
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@happilander.bsky.social congratulations!
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This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
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You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!
STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!
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NOW SHIPPING!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!
STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Getting a few pre-deadline responses out today. 5 days left to submit, and we've got room in all categories - poetry, fiction, scripts, essays, and art!
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Getting a few pre-deadline responses out today. 5 days left to submit, and we've got room in all categories - poetry, fiction, scripts, essays, and art!
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We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
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Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
Dharmendra, iconic Bollywood actor and Indian cinema’s ‘He-Man,’ dies at 89
Dharmendra, a beloved star of Indian cinema, has died at 89. Known for his versatile roles in the 1970s and 1980s, he became a defining presence in Bollywood.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
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ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
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Split/Lip Press Submission Manager
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ONE TINY WEEK left for our nonfiction book submissions period--after December 1, you'll have to wait nearly an entire YEAR to send us your essay collection or your memoir! It's Dead Week! No one's really working anyway! Polish 'er up and send 'er in!
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
splitlippress.submittable.com/submit
Happy birthday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy birthday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
What I read today. Ruminations on grief and patterns of behaviours and languages and homes (and their absence) with Didion and Ernaux and more. Evocative. @atreyee.bsky.social
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
B.A.N.G.L.A
www.banglaglocal.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What I read today. Ruminations on grief and patterns of behaviours and languages and homes (and their absence) with Didion and Ernaux and more. Evocative. @atreyee.bsky.social
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
www.banglaglocal.org/web-articles...
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"Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?"
Disorder (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by Joy Division - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?"
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Social sector people discuss books - all kinds of books - on the Changemakers Book Club hosted by Gunjali Singh. In this episode Stephen Keys and I share our thoughts on Shehan Karunatilaka’s Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
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Chats with the Dead
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November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Social sector people discuss books - all kinds of books - on the Changemakers Book Club hosted by Gunjali Singh. In this episode Stephen Keys and I share our thoughts on Shehan Karunatilaka’s Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
open.spotify.com/episode/6uXd...
open.spotify.com/episode/6uXd...
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made a thing.
on sundays we nap.
on sundays we nap.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
made a thing.
on sundays we nap.
on sundays we nap.
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“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing