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Emma Barry
@authoremmabarry.bsky.social
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Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://linktr.ee/authoremmabarry
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 14d
So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.
a screenshot from Publishers Marketplace reading, “Author of BAD REPUTATION and CHICK MAGNET, Emma Barry’s YOU, ME, & THE CONSPIRACY, pitched as an academic adventure romance a la National Treasure with more spice, in which two history professors uncover a revolutionary conspiracy and secret society that they must expose—or risk becoming its latest victims all while fighting their growing attraction to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Atria, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall of 2026, by Sarah Younger at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world).”
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 4h
I used to order from Boden a lot, but I stopped because it felt as if the quality declined while the prices stayed the same. the patterns are always super cute, though!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h
It really is perfect for the character
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h
Mostly the clothes are forgettable. But this dress is great
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h
Alas, I am not.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 16h
I love Catherine's dress in season 5 of Slow Horses. Does anyone have a lead on the brand?
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d
She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
happy happy release day, Charlotte. how autumnal is this cover???
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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 1d
My new book, Dealing With A Desperate Demon, is out today! Cheery curvy bookseller, grumpy curvy demon, dating lessons, a beauty and the beast style curse, lots of horniness. Perfect to curl up to for spooky season! You can grab it these places!

read.macmillan.com/lp/dealing-w...
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
happy release day!!!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
cool; thank you!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
this looks great. thank you!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
I haven't! I'd heard of it but assumed it was like Nextdoor (derogatory). it's legit?
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
I'm in Hampton Roads. the Daily Press, the metro area newspaper, is terrible. I'd wondered if the Richmond paper was any good, but now I'm intrigued by The Mercury. mostly, I'm looking for good coverage of state politics.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
I'm a sustaining member of my local NPR/PBS station, but while they do some local news gathering, it's not enough to replace the WaPo, sadly.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 1d
Virginia friends, my WaPo subscription is ending (and obvs I'm not renewing it). My local paper is terrible; is there a better outlet I could subscribe to for VA news?
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
the end of an era!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
it's so sad. I used to love the Post so much, and I've had a digital subscription for like a decade+. but no more.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
is Robin Givhan still there? if so, she's the last one standing.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
he's basically one of the only legacy journalists/columnists who were still there. the writing was on the wall.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
wow. my subscription ends in a week or so, and honestly, even setting aside WHY I canceled, literally nobody whose work I like is still there. why on earth would I ever consider staying?
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
I have seen this Hope/Crosby road to film!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
I have a distinct memory of sitting in the microfiche/microfilm room at the New York Public Library, and some (clearly lost) tourists came in and snapped pictures of the researchers. we must have looked like medieval monks making illuminated manuscripts or something.
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
you are absolutely not the only one!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
I'm sending good thoughts!
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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 2d
yup, agreed.