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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 17d

When we were leaving the game yesterday some Vikings fans asked us if the Wolves won.

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills

For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills

For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...

wildrumpusbooks.com

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Mar 25

This girl was one of the St. Francis students who spoke. The school board should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take books away from her.

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Mar 25

Minnesota: A student from St. Francis High School testified to her school board Monday about the restrictive policy that led to at least 47 books—including Beloved, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale— being banned in her district.

Read more at: pen.org/st-francis-m...

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Mar 25

every author should sign up for this tbh

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Mar 25

Are you a published or publishing writer/illustrator/translator? You can join Authors Against Book Bans. We share knowledge, resources, & mobilization opportunities at both the national & local levels. Don't fight for the right to read alone!

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Mar 25

one would think that if you're using a platform that a journalist can "scheme his way on," that still looks bad for you

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Mar 25

I had the enormous pleasure of speaking at this school board meeting and hearing these kids give impassioned, insightful, and eloquent speeches against book banning. It was deeply inspiring. The school board has done them a massive disservice. pen.org/st-francis-m...

Students, Parents, Educators, and Authors Join to Fight Minnesota School District Book Ban Policy - PEN America

Parents, students, educators, authors, and free speech advocates, including PEN America, on Monday confronted the St. Francis, Minnesota, school board, demanding it reverse some of the most restrictiv...

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Mar 25

thank you Katie!

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · Jan 21

More amazing offerings in the @kidlitforla.bsky.social wildfire relief fundraiser - a manuscript critique from the amazing @anneursu.bsky.social! www.32auctions.com/organization...

MG or YA Critique From Author Anne Ursu

Auction item 'MG or YA Critique From Author Anne Ursu' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · Jan 20

Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Jan 3

In this, he and Petra are one.

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Jan 2

It’s about a year old. She just does not age.

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy 21st birthday to this angel. My Petra baby is all grown up!

Close up of sleeping orange kitty with paws tucked underneath her chin. She doesn’t look a day over 18.

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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · Jan 2

Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.

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WWPunctuate @willpunctuate.bsky.social · Jan 1

Yes

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Jan 1

❤️❤️

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Jan 1

What

Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Dec 31

Anyway, here’s Catman.

Close up on the head of a fluffy black cat with a game box behind him with a picture of Harley Quinn and the title PANIC IN GOTHAM

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Dec 31

One of the fun things about contemporary campaigns is people out of your state want your money but won’t let you contact them.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Dec 30

In this post (www.lifeisasacredtext.com/gratitudes), I explain some ways you might use this tool on those days when nothing is going right, or when the pain of the world is overwhelming-- or, even better, as a daily practice.

Might help a lot, just saying.

A circular diagram divided into eight segments, each colored in a light tone of beige, pale green, and taupe. The central section of the diagram has the word "GRATITUDE."The labels on the segments are: Work - Family- Personal work / SpiritualityFun / Joy / Creativity - Friends / Community - Home space(s) --Activism / Giving back- FREE SPACE)

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Dec 31

No, @booker.senate.gov, you think the guy using eugenicist rhetoric about my kid has some good things to say. So I’m not giving you money.

Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Dec 13

Missing in this conversation is how hateful this discussion is toward autistic people. The idea that it’s better for a kid to have polio than autism is eugenicist, but the opposition to RFK won’t even engage with it. It’s as upsetting as it is predictable.

Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · Dec 13

I don’t normally stray here into politics, but this is global health and child mortality: somewhat terrified this will negatively impact not just public health in the USA, but could normalise this view further afield

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 23

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors

Arkansas Law Criminalizing Librarians Ruled Unconstitutional

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

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Colleen Heidrich @mrscheidrich.bsky.social · Dec 23

So many good books on this 1st panel of 4 that was shared on #IG! I've read most from this panel and I'm currently reading @anneursu.bsky.social's Not Quite a Ghost right now. For the other 2 I haven't read, I have one on audiobook waiting for me and one on hold at the library. Favs? #mglit #newbery

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Dec 24

Thank you! I hope you like it!

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