Lisa Mc
@tryingtoread.bsky.social
Literary Allusion Curator and Personal Reader
Supporting Libraries, Librarians, Public schools, & Teachers
I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Supporting Libraries, Librarians, Public schools, & Teachers
I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
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“I will do it tomorrow,” said Toad. “Today I will take life easy.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“I will do it tomorrow,” said Toad. “Today I will take life easy.”
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Never forget how MTG harassed David Hogg.
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Never forget how MTG harassed David Hogg.
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“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.” T Stoppard- R and G are Dead, also beautiful.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.” T Stoppard- R and G are Dead, also beautiful.
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It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
Set aside some space to read this novel: once you start, you won't stop. My running list of beautiful sentences to quote here became too long; I just couldn't choose one, but you will enjoy all of them.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
It's trans awareness week and you might not know this but hi I am nonbinary and hi I have a nonbinary main character in my new novel, BEINGS <3
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
Beings: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Set aside some space to read this novel: once you start, you won't stop. My running list of beautiful sentences to quote here became too long; I just couldn't choose one, but you will enjoy all of them.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
Thank you, @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.
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The very idea that Larry Summers is disgraced enough to step back from "public life" but not from teaching is sending me through the roof today. Get that predator OUT.
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The very idea that Larry Summers is disgraced enough to step back from "public life" but not from teaching is sending me through the roof today. Get that predator OUT.
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all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
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“Let them eat an AI video of people eating cake.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Let them eat an AI video of people eating cake.”
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Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is Just to Say
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
I have ruined
the workplace
with my very presence
and which
you were probably
using
for bro time
Forgive me
it’s like a
Montessori preschool
in here now
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I’m sure it will be a great comfort to see this lady’s face when you’re told your flight was canceled.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’m sure it will be a great comfort to see this lady’s face when you’re told your flight was canceled.
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Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
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don't let Trump's Mar-A-Lago party sully the Gatsby centennial
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
don't let Trump's Mar-A-Lago party sully the Gatsby centennial
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Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Toad put his head very close to the ground and shouted, “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
A Kavanaugh stop?
According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...
Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
www.ncronline.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A Kavanaugh stop?
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The irony that MAGA hated America being the world’s police, but opted instead to be the world’s villain.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The irony that MAGA hated America being the world’s police, but opted instead to be the world’s villain.