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Emily Tarr

@emilytarr.bsky.social

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Lots of books, tennis, and a little dog too Cercador Prize (2025) Chair 👩🏻‍⚖️ @thankyoubooks.bsky.social 📍 Birmingham, AL

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · 8d

Cercador Prize longlist… 🥁🥁🥁

I love this list and I love chairing this committee 🪑 can’t wait to get reading!! 🛝

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Kristen Iskandrian @kristeniskandrian.bsky.social · 28d

"insane in retrospect but we're doing it" sums up @thankyoubooks.bsky.social very nicely 🧚

Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 28d

here are the tour cards for my US stops! seems uh sort of insane in retrospect but we’re doing it

tour dates: brooklyn, DC, st. paul, new orleans, oxford, jackson

tour dates: birmingham, atlanta, gainesville, st. pete’s, savannah, iowa city, chicago, minneapolis

tour dates: st. louis, salt lake city, san francisco, portland, austin, charleston, seattle, miami, key west

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Sep 2

A few of my favorite books to celebrate Women in Translation month in the Cercador newsletter! 💛

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Kristen Iskandrian @kristeniskandrian.bsky.social · Aug 26

@thankyoubooks.bsky.social all the way tf locked in for @tricialockwood.bsky.social !!!!

Preorder here:

thankyoubookshop.com/item/ZoOPMvN...

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Thank You Books @thankyoubooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Tomorrow night at 6:30 pm! Maria Zoccola presents HELEN OF TROY, 1993, in conversation with @alinaetc.bsky.social 🧡

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Aug 17

I love Terry Gross she is a top ten person

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Aug 17

Best week ever in Cincinnati 🎾 I love u tennis

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 19

Emotional abt this half snail half Winston drawing from our buddies at Recluse Books in Fort Worth, TX

Support independent bookstores 🥹

reclusebooks.com

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · Jul 13

Jannik Sinner after beating Alcaraz to win Wimbledon

"How was it having to avoid a champagne cork?"

Jannik: "Only here at Wimbledon." 😭😭😭😭 🍾

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Jul 13

July Fields, 1959
by painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt

Painting of a fence line in a golden field with many wild flowers created in a semi abstract style

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 13

Sunday again

Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 12

Yes my bracket was shot to hell after day ONE of Wimbledon, but I stand by these semifinals picks

Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 12

Winston’s first swim🥹

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 12

Locking my doors locking my windows

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Watching Fedal Wimbledon 08 clips in a hotel bed. Do not call my iPhone do NOT text my iPhone

Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Fever dream coupla days

Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank u Arthur 🙏🏻

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · Jul 1

Rinderknech after beating Zverev at Wimbledon 👅

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · Jul 2

21 years ago, ‘BEFORE SUNSET’ released in theaters.

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jul 2

CHEERS to @tricialockwood.bsky.social (in convo w/ @kristeniskandrian.bsky.social) at @thankyoubooks.bsky.social, 3 months from today!!!! 🥂

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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

With Monfils beating #18 Humbert, there are now *THIRTEEN* men's seeds out in the first round, which equals an all-time Grand Slam record. #Wimbledon

Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

With #3 Zverev crashing out to Rinderknech, there are now *TWELVE* men's seeds out in the first round already.

Per the ITF, that's a #Wimbledon record.

The men's record at any Slam is 13 (2004 AO), which is still possible to reach or pass here since many men aren't done yet.

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · Jun 28

Alexandra Eala after losing to Joint in Eastbourne

*talking through tears*

“It’s my 1st WTA final. It’s a big deal for me. For my country too because it’s historic. It’s the first time any Filipino has done anything. That’s why I’m so emotional. But it’s only the first.” 🥹

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Kristen Iskandrian @kristeniskandrian.bsky.social · Jun 24

market terms for when a book’s so good you know it’ll do numbers but also when a book’s so bad you know it’ll do numbers…same term with a different prefix maybe…

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Emily Tarr @emilytarr.bsky.social · Jun 26

My camera roll is @thankyoubooks.bsky.social and Cincinnati Open spectator style inspo (I do not have tickets)