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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 1d

When I grow up I want to be
David Byrne at 73
#davidbyrne

J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 13d

So thrilled to have my debut collection published by this OUTSTANDING press @driftwood I have so much respect for!!
#poetry #debut #collection

Driftwood Press @driftwoodpress.bsky.social · 17d

Driftwood Press is proud to announce the title of the winner of our Editor's Choice Poetry Contest Winner, I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side by J Brooke! Keep an eye out for a cover reveal down the line. Poetry collection submissions are always open too! #bookannouncement

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 18d

#firstamendment #jimmy

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing writer (and buddy) @terielamstories.bsky.social covered this WONDERFUL new book for us @therumpus.net @tinhouse.bsky.social

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 19d

"Moore’s tales are transcendent in many ways—filled with wisdom, soul, and blues."

Teri Elam reviews Carrie R. Moore’s Make Your Way Home (@tinhouse.bsky.social).

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 22d

@indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social @melissaetheridge.bsky.social @amyray.bsky.social #LyrusHung @lucywr.bsky.social #emilysailers

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 26d

EASILY the most unusual genesis of a book we have reviewed! Celia Bell triumphs in this analysis!! @therumpus.net

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 27d

“What, it asks, can an artist do to push her work through a hostile system and retain her vision?”

Celia Bell reviews Helen DeWitt’s Your Name Here (@deepvellum.bsky.social).

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · 28d

A book I LOVED reading!

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Aug 30

"I am interested in the gaze of female desire. I want that gaze to be complex and vital, because it is. I want it to deconstruct and disrupt."

@riggstah.bsky.social interviews Nini Berndt about There Are Reasons for This (@tinhouse.bsky.social).

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 31

Congrats!

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 14

Love this

J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 8

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

How something can simultaneously seem futuristic and anachronistic

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

EXTREMELY happy to help spread the word about this beautiful book, sensitive translation, illuminating review! @therumpus.net #OtherPress

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Aug 5

“Life’s forward movement hovers over the novel like a storm cloud that never quite breaks.”

Hilary Malamud reviews Nanae Aoyama’s A Perfect Day to Be Alone (Other Press).

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Writer with skills gives life meaning.

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Aug 2

Excellent reminder

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

Some days?

J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 27

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 21

Welcome to Bluesky! I’m a fan and follower of @foglifterpress.bsky.social

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 19

Awaiting campfire and marshmallows

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

HEY check out this new piece @electricliterature.com by AMAZINGLY agile writer/editor @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social ! electricliterature.com/these-carson...

These Carson McCullers Stories Are Haunted By Mothers Who Can’t Be Their Authentic Selves - Electric Literature

Women, men, and children alike are confined and defined by the artifice of the “tradwife”

electricliterature.com

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

CEO of Paramount Pictures

J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 14

Yes! Submit anything of course @therumpus.net but submit book reviews to criticism with gusto fervor and frequency if you want to make one particular editor (who shall remain nameless but their name rhymes with “hey book!”) really happy — J Brooke

Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · Jul 8

FYI, @therumpus.net is open for submissions in a whole bunch of categories. Essays, fiction, poetry, comics, criticism, interviews! therumpus.submittable.com/submit

The Rumpus Submission Manager

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Founded in 2009 and independent from the star...

therumpus.submittable.com

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 8

I read this on the treadmill this morning — what an amazing piece…

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 8

No self-respecting east coaster eats dinner before 7pm… @therumpus.net live @gregmania.bsky.social is the perfect 6PM tonight

The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Jul 8

Tonight on Instagram Live!

Greg Mania @gregmania.bsky.social · Jul 3

in some much-needed good news, my july desk belongs to @kashana.bsky.social, who’s so funny i once almost choked on a grape reading one of her jokes. join us for a well-earned serotonin boost this tues, 7/8 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT, live on the @therumpus.net IG 🎉

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 5

Squash needs tat

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J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social · Jul 5

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