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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Q from @wirobooks.bsky.social: Feeling subversive this banned books week? A: You bet, & not just this week, either!
Then make it a DIY personal protest: choose your faves from the oft-banned books, read in public, & watch 'em squirm!
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Feeling Subversive? | Washington Independent Review of Books

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 8d

It's an extra-special treat when @wirobooks.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @hsmithwrites.bsky.social gives herself permission to write a review, & she let fly with her latest, on Ken Follett's CIRCLE OF DAYS--700 pages "on a Post-It Note."
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Circle of Days: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 23d

Current situation. We chatted with the gentleman holding the flag, not so much the National Guardsmen (who are still here—thought that time limit was up?) Here on a legislative visit.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 25d

Boy howdy, do we all need something to look forward to. And the answer--of course-- is BOOKS! Once again, your peeps at @wirobooks.bsky.social have you covered. Take a look at our round-up of titles coming out this fall & find your new fave.
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Sneak Preview: Fall 2025 | Washington Independent Review of Books

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 28d

I know @zachpowers.bsky.social already did the big reveal of his mention in this week’s @newyorker.com (Alexandra Schwartz’s article on Patricia Lockwood), but it was still cool to come home from vacation and stumble upon it in the wild! I felt the glow.

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Blue Eyes White Macron @antitractionist.bsky.social · Sep 1

this is the guy that the modern right wing considers one of their finest intellectuals

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Sep 1

area man incapable of separating the Roma vs the Romanians

Curtis Yarvin being incapable of understanding that the Roma are not Romanians

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Aug 29

Anytime these yahoos question the value of vaccines, tell them to go into any older cemetery and do a quick survey of the percentage of graves of children age five and under. Then tell them to kindly piss off.

Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mainstream media might be giving up on delivering solid book reviews, but we never will! (For as long as the lights stay on.) @wirobooks.bsky.social has got you covered. Bookmark us and visit every morning to start the day off right--because happiness is finding a good book (& a good book review)!

Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

We agree that quality book reviews matter! If you do, too -- and if you'd rather not let BookTok or the influencer du jour tell you what to read -- we hope you'll consider supporting us! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/donate

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

"For those of us who believe that attention to and investment in public health is a crucial element of a thriving community," the dismantling of so much of what Anthony Fauci achieved in his 50 years of government service is criminal malfeasance.

Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

ICYMI: A useful reminder that it’s critical to have the right person on the job. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/o... @jbywrites.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social #booksky #fauci

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Aug 14

I love listening to @ashdashlee.bsky.social preach her love and righteous rage on the #onemillionrising #nokings trainings in strategic non-cooperation. It’s mainlining optimistic action. #indivisible

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tennis pavilion went in the last time. Now the no-roses Rose Garden Patio--complete with community-pool-quality umbrellas on the four-tops--and ground breaking soon on the vast ballroom ('cause no one's gonna stop him). Bets on when he opens the White House Club, and what the buy-in's gonna be?

A photograph of the completely paved-over former Rose Garden, sprinkled with tables, each with four chairs, and each topped with a closed yellow-and-white-striped umbrella, as though we were at a community swimming pool, backed with a new 88-foot-tall flagpole topped with an American flag.

Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 31

Learning all about the tactics of noncooperation in small and large ways on the second #OneMillionRising call. It’s one way to beat back the darkness. @ashdashlee.bsky.social

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hey, folks! Join the cool kids and get your pre-order in for @writesloud.bsky.social’s debut collection, FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT, from @stanchion.bsky.social. (The pennant is the extra-cool touch—you know you want one.)

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 22

After letting the inaugural winner of the Kimbilio National Fiction Prize sit in my TBR for far too long, I just consumed @mshatter.bsky.social’s MALAWI’S SISTERS. It’s a powerful, affecting story of the fallout from the shooting death of a young Black woman; Malawi & her family will stay with you.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just listened to @mollyjongfast.bsky.social's HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER. I kept wanting to tell Jong-Fast, "It's dementia! That means she won't remember! Stop being frustrated! (I mean, about about the memory stuff.)" @wirobooks.bsky.social
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How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir | Washington Independent Review of Books

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 21

Why did I love this? "Maybe it’s the juxtaposition of memoir as academic dissertation with memoir as blunt 'can we talk?' observations...Perhaps it’s just that she really knows how to frame and tell a story." My review of @melissafebos.bsky.social THE DRY SEASON in @wirobooks.bsky.social.

Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

There’s nothing dry about the author’s latest offering, and fans are in for a treat. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @aaknopf.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social @melissafebos.bsky.social #Booksky

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 12

The love/hate—that is what we are here for!

Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social · Jul 12

Grateful for my writer friends like @jbywrites.bsky.social @carriecallaghan.bsky.social @mshatter.bsky.social @alicestephens.bsky.social @cabockwrites.bsky.social for showing up and holding me accountable. And also, screw you for holding me accountable!

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 4

It's an extra-crappy day under the 47 administration, as ICE becomes better funded than 99% of the world's militaries. We all need to find some joy. I recommend listening to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social read her best-selling memoir NOT MY TYPE. She shines--& unlike spineless Rs, refuses to back down.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

And do you know who is huge into wind energy? Midwest red farm states. It’s like the Rs aren’t thinking *any* of this through.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Jul 1

NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.

And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.

"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.

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A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators

"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hey, @kateshaw.bsky.social, @leahlitman.bsky.social, & @profmmurray.bsky.social, I think Barrett was assigned the injunction opinion because she took heat from 47’s Mob for those earlier opinions. She had to prove she was true gangster with a bullet to the rule of law. @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jun 15

Excellent Warren Zevon reference (“The Envoy”), @radiofreetom.bsky.social on with @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.com podcast. It’s a shame this administration has zero actual credibility out in the real world; Zevon would NOT have been able to come up with anything more ridiculous.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · Jun 14

Little Belfast, Maine turned out about 1,000 people today to say #NoKings and I was proud to join them. #NoFauxKings

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · May 21

Not sure how comfy I feel parking in a lot that has about 25 of these SUVs surrounding me. I don’t have my birth certificate with me, so if I disappear, check El Salvador.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · May 16

OMG. I just saw the fully dystopian ad featuring everyone’s least favorite Kidnapper/Trafficker Barbie, Kristie Noem, posing with CECOT prisoners as though she were mistress of her own dungeon, with a cameo from her overlord. It is horrific, and made with your tax dollars.

Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · May 15

Folks! I'll be interviewing Jeffery Deaver, author of the Colton Shaw series (from which the CBS show "Tracker" is adapted) starting at 2:15 on Saturday at everyone's favorite book festival. Join us & come with questions. Plus, visit us at the @wirobooks.bsky.social booth--we've got swag!

Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · May 14

Get Ready for the Fun, FREE Gaithersburg Book Festival! It happens all day Saturday, May 18th, in Gaithersburg, MD! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/get... @judashman.bsky.social #BookSky

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