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Karen Palmer @karenpalmer.bsky.social · 19d

LA friends. I'll be reading from She's Under Here and discussing the book with the magnificent @samydunn.bsky.social at Diesel Bookstore on Sunday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. Please come—I'd love to say hi. (p.s. A reservation helps the store plan.)

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Karen Palmer with Samantha Dunn, discusses and signs "She's Under Here".

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Same. And I want it right now.

Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 19

#BookSky

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Jul 16

This article from Persuasion on Substack stopped me in my tracks today: “Is America Still a Free Country?”

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Jul 12

“Ginsberg: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.
Twitter: Hold my beer.”

I have real work to do yet here I am, immersed in this addictive crack thing of a novel by @marksarvas.bsky.social
#amreading

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · Jul 7

Mexico sent more than thoughts and prayers.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 7

Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Jun 29

Me!

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Jun 3

This is pretty astounding. 79% of Republicans are happy with the way America is right now, 4% of Democrats are.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · May 18

Maybe only journalists will get this, but damn I still laughing…

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · May 10

One guy…who is enabled by countless others in order to make all of this possible.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · May 2

Is our creative class disappearing?
What does it mean to be "problematized"?
Matthew Specktor and Meghan Daum are two of America's most exciting writers at the intersection of cultural criticism and personal narrative. Experience them both on this episode of BOOKISH—

Bookish with Meghan Daum and Matthew Specktor

YouTube video by Southern California News Group

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Apr 18

Surreal.

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Connecticut doctor born in Pennsylvania told to leave the U.S. by Homeland Security

A Connecticut physician is seeking an immigration attorney after Homeland Security ordered her out of the country via email. Dr. Lisa Anderson was born in Pennsylvania.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Apr 12

Literally was just going to type the same thing when I saw your post… yes, so good.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Apr 11

“Slouching toward tyranny” is a phrase. I read the other day, and it seems to be more and more accurate…

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is really scary and bad

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · Apr 7

The White Lotus season 4 should be set among the crisis PR staff at White Lotus headquarters, just dealing with everyone constantly dying at all their properties

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Apr 6

If my husband is actually being paid by George Soros as MAGA contends the protesters are, we might actually be able to afford groceries now that the tariffs have kicked in…

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 26

“Your failures and fears are portals. Step through.” Spent some time with the luminous Lidia Yuknavitch— enjoy our conversation here:

Bookish with Lidia Yuknavitch and 4th annual Noteworthy authors of 2024

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 25

For all who celebrate…😂
A More Realistic AWP Schedule www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-m...

A More Realistic AWP Schedule

8:00 AM to 5:30 PM - Daily Meditation Room For People Who Have Been Submitting to the New Yorker and Poetry for Years Without an Acceptance 9:00 AM...

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 17

“I have chosen to spend my life creating literature as resistance.”
Lidia Yuknavitch does indeed.
Read our conversation: www.ocregister.com/2025/03/14/w...

Why ‘Chronology of Water’ author Lidia Yuknavitch revisits the past in ‘Reading the Waves’

While Kristen Stewarts turns ‘The Chronology of Water’ into a movie, its author revisits her past in a new memoir, ‘Reading the Waves.’

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 16

No surprise that the Democratic Party approval ratings are in the toilet right now.

Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 14

“The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” —Albert Einstein

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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · Mar 13

I thought austerity plans were for when a country is in a recession or depression, not to put us in one.

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 10

And how are you enjoying your dystopia?

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager

THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

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Samantha Dunn @samydunn.bsky.social · Mar 4

Crystal clear.

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