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Claudia Rowe @claudiarowe.bsky.social · 1d

What a journey. From a Seattle courtroom to the National Book Awards! An honor I would not have dared to imagine. Thank you, literary agent superstar @stephanierostan.bsky.social.
www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature

www.nationalbook.org

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty happy about this @claudiarowe.bsky.social

(!!!)

Cover of Claudia Rowe’s WARDS OF THE STATE book with National Book Awards Finalist burst.

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 6d

If your editor adds that, quit.

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 9d

People think smoking looks cool, but they’re really just hurting themselves

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 10d

Damnit A. Bartlett Giamatti, you got me again.

Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 18d

@sjeffgreenstein.bsky.social that Brian May of the stereoscopic images is THE Brian May from Queen. Not only does he have a PhD in Astrophysics, he’s also a huge fan of/advocate for stereo photography. He’s done a bunch of books.

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 20d

If you think the world is all bad, meet some middle school teachers.

Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 26d

Saw a Curtis Sliwa for Mayor lawn sign planted in a road median in the Bronx.

Sign said “Fighting for Queens”

Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nice to see the announcement up for @nickgreene.bsky.social ‘s delightful new book!

Deal announcement screenshot, text reads:

Author of HOW TO WATCH BASKETBALL LIKE A GENIUS Nick Greene's HOW TO WATCH SOCCER LIKE A GENIUS, an investigation of the world's most popular sport, drawing on interviews with a wide-ranging cast of experts, including art historians, landscape designers, translators, architects, and neuroscientists, to reveal the truth and beauty of the game, to Jamison Stoltz at Abrams Press, by William LoTurco at LoTurco Literary (world English).
Rights: rights@loturcoliterary.com

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Nick Greene @nickgreene.bsky.social · Aug 11

‘HOW TO WATCH SOCCER LIKE A GENIUS’

ON SALE MAY 2026

www.abramsbooks.com/product/how-...

Cover for 'How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius'

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Aug 21

GTFOH

Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Maybe Eric Adams has made mistakes—he’s human”

Photo of Eric Adams with campaign email saying he’s made mistakes—he’s human

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Aug 8

Amazing.

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Aug 8

Extraordinary.

radams @radamssmash.bsky.social · Aug 8

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

A shitty map created by ChatGPT5. it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · Jul 29

The paperback version of my book - with a bit of updating - is on pre-order now in the US:

bookshop.org/p/books/carm...

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It

How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It

bookshop.org

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · Jul 24

When I started out in journalism, I was a big believer in the liberal idea of progress. I thought things were getting better in the world - because they were. What I now recognise is that things get better because people work to improve them. Once that work stops, things get worse

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jul 22

LGM

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Derek Mong @derekmong.bsky.social · Jul 22

@affisher.bsky.social makes her television debut talking about Pioneer Summer. And she bloody killed it! Watch below.

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"Pioneer Summer" Translator Anne O. Fisher Shares Story Behind Gay Romance Novel

Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova’s star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and c

katu.com

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just because it was accurate doesn’t mean it wasn’t still terrible.

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is incredible. Spotted in the Bronx.

Bus shelter poster saying “don’t rank Cuomo”

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jun 25

I don’t think anyone’s ever been more of a winner with 11% of the vote than Brad Lander.

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Annie Fisher @affisher.bsky.social · Jun 22

Thank you to @sophianguyen.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com for her excellent interview with #pioneersummer coauthors Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova!

“Then the book went out into the big world,” Malisova said, “and we discovered things were really way worse than we thought.”

Two friends wrote a gay romance — and had to flee Russia

“Pioneer Summer,” by Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova, which sparked a backlash amid a government crackdown, is now available in English

www.washingtonpost.com

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jun 20

You love to see it

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · Jun 18

News headline reading “How Much Cocaine Is In Nantucket’s Sewage? The Town Is About To Find Out” and an aerial photo of a wastewater treatment plant.