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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · Jul 11

Right on time, here are my six favorite books of 2025...so far.

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The New Dork Review Best Books of 2025...So Far

Here are the six best books of the year so far, says me.

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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Healthcare is a human right

Pass it on

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 11h

Tomorrow night (10/9)! Writers on Writing with Sarah Ruhl and @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social happens in-person at the Newberry Library (or livestreamed) -- either way, it's FREE to attend. Grab your spot for this illuminating conversation.

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#writingcommunity

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 11h

Absolute 🔥🔥🔥

#fdt

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago I just love you so fucking much.

That's it. That's the post.

Goodnight friends. Stay safe.

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thomas Pynchon Day to all who celebrate!

Here's a post about SHADOW TICKET, with a very amateurish review of One Battle After Another...

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Thomas Pynchon Is Having A Moment. Let's Have One with Him

Our boy Tommy has gifted us one last crazy caper

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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"Pynchon delights in verbal acrobatics—from simple turns-of-phrases to full Jazz-age song parodies."

@gregzimmerman.bsky.social's review of “Shadow Ticket” by Thomas Pynchon (@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social) is out now.
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One Last Pynchonian Caper: On "Shadow Ticket" - Chicago Review of Books

Thomas Pynchon would prefer not to be introduced. Which is fine, because by now, on the occasion of the publication of his ninth novel, Shadow Ticket, the 88-year-old famously reclusive writer needs n...

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Pynchon Is Having A Moment. Let's Have One with Him

Our boy Tommy has gifted us one last crazy caper

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

Haha. “Please don’t die. I’ll be in a lot of trouble.”

I’ve done some hot/humid races, but never that bad. Kudos to you!

Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

Shout out to the old guy at the coworking space who is here almost every afternoon doing nothing but watching YouTube (or maybe TikTok) videos with sound full up on his phone.

Retirement seems nice. Zero effs given.

Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

OH that's brutal! That would've been a DNS (did not start) for me I think lol. And yes of course it's always perfect conditions the next day.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

PSA:

If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

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Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 2d

The @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social announced its 2025 awards shortlist, which includes Tal Rosenberg's feature on the L in trouble

The L in Crisis

With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming, the L is in trouble. Here’s why our train is worth saving.

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

Actually this isn’t too bad. Looks much better now than last week when it saying 78 and storms.

Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 2d

I really need to find myself a hobby that the payoff of four months of work isn't dependent on THE WEATHER ON ONE DAY. 😅😂😭

#chicagomarathon

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. One Battle After Another is very good.

#moviereviews

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 3d

We know it's Sunday, but make tomorrow a "Monday Funday!" 😎

Sign up for @bcdreyer.social's four-session, online class and learn about "America's Copy Editor's" capacious bag of copyediting tricks (like why "copy editor" is two words, but "copyediting" is one word 😅).

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A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago

Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round…

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 3d

This week is Banned Books Week. One easy thing to do to help fight back is donate to Unite Against Book Bans.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s the first day of Banned Books Week! Take a look at the thread and see if there’s something you can do to protect our freedom to read!

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 9d

Banned Books Week starts on Sunday, October 5—there are a ton of ways to support!

Find ways to get involved here: www.ala.org/bbooks/banne...

(If you're overwhelmed, even just checking out, buying, or elevating a banned book is helpful! Talking about them w/ the ppl in your life is an action!)

A graphic that reads BANNED BOOKS WEEK, Oct 5 - 11, 2025.

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. ala.org/bbooks

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d

Okay this is hilarious.

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Taylor Swift 10, Purdue 0: Can the Boilermakers break the 'curse' vs. Illinois?

Purdue is 4-11 in its first game after a Taylor Swift album drops -- and 0-10 when that game falls within seven days of a release.

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d

Gonna be a character-builder 😢

Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Chicago Marathon 10-Day Forecast Day!

/looks at forecast

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d

I got to do this race several times during the summer I worked on the Brewers' grounds crew. No, I did not get to win (the winner is chosen beforehand, so yes, it's fixed!) And I can confirm the costumes are bulky and awkward and really effing hot!

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How Milwaukee’s silly sausages became one of the most beloved spectacles in baseball | CNN

The Milwaukee Brewers are deadly serious about their baseball this season.

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 6d

Book 59: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

"At once sweeping and intimate, Buckeye is about how life even in small town America is not insulated from the effects of massive world events..."

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Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan: A Sweeping but Intimate 20th Century Epic

Two couples, both alike in dignity...

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Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 6d

The terrific @bookriot.bsky.social newsletter informed me that tomorrow is Book Riot's 14th anniversary. Wow. I'm so old. Here was one of the first posts I did for them back in 2011 -- look how cute. 😅

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George Orwell's 1984 vs. Real 1984: Which Was More Gnarly?

George Orwell's 1984, first published in 1949, paints a grim picture of a terrifying dystopia. However, (with tongue firmly implanted in cheek), I'd argue

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · 7d

The 2025 CHIRBy Shortlists from @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social are out! What a great collection of Chicago books and writing.

Time to get to reading (if you haven't already) these great nominees! The winners are announced December 11.

#books
#booksky

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Announcing the 2025 Chicago Review of Books Awards Shortlist - Chicago Review of Books

The Chicago Review of Books is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Chicago Review of Books (CHIRBy) Awards! This year we’re celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the awards! For a decade, th...

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