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Kristen Martin
@kwistent.bsky.social
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Author of THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW, out now from Bold Type / critic with words in NYRB, NYT Mag, WaPo, The New Republic, and elsewhere / member Freelance Solidarity Project and National Book Critics Circle / Philly / kristenmartin.net
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · Nov 9
Hi new pals! I am a cultural critic based in Philadelphia, and my first book, THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW: THE DARK HISTORY OF AMERICAN ORPHANHOOD, comes out the day after the inauguration (gulp). bookshop.org/p/books/the-... (1/2)
The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood a book by Kristen Martin
The real history of being an orphan in America is nothing like the myth, and nothing like the American dream. The orphan story has been mythologized: Step one: While a child is still too young to fo...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 5h
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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Anne Elizabeth Moore @anneelizabethmoore.bsky.social · 7h
Every royalty statement from my publisher is a new chance to thank you from the bottom of my heart for buying up every copy of BODY HORROR we have been able to print over the last—OMG—eight years. Free shipping today on bookshop dot org, plus the book is a buck fifty off! <3 <3 <3
Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes
Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes
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Alana Semuels @alanasemuels.bsky.social · 14h
Anti-abortion communities are using private and public money to install baby boxes—devices where people can anonymously surrender infants—in fire stations and hospitals. In June 2020 there were just 29 of these devices in the U.S., now there are more than 350. My story:
time.com/7299476/baby...
Why Baby Boxes Are Suddenly Everywhere
Devices to help parents anonymously surrender an infant are spreading across the U.S., stirring emotions and debate.
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 7h
Really glad to this story, Alana! One small point—as a I wrote in a piece for TIME Made by History earlier this year, there were organizations in the U.S., such as the NYC Foundling Hospital, that supported legal anon infant relinquishment in the 19th and 20th centuries: time.com/7280998/deva...
The Devastating History of Baby Relinquishment
Positioning baby drop boxes as a solution to unwanted pregnancy ignores important historical lessons.
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 1d
@bookshop.org has free shipping today and tomorrow for Anti-Prime Days—as good a time as ever to order my book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood
The Dark History of American Orphanhood
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 3d
It’s always good to have this on hand
Jim Kenney @JimFKenney So sad sometimes. 8:42 PM • 2/25/14
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 3d
(reading this/gift link): wapo.st/46EGqSw
This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire
Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm-shifting portfolio with huge influence.
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 3d
There are many other things that make David Ellison contemptible, but why does he still have the "flip" hairstyle of 10-year-old boys circa 1998?
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 5d
I told a group of college seniors about the garlic mayo book and they were all disgusted
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 7d
sooooo good
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 7d
Anyway @rvoronacote.bsky.social did it best years ago: bookshop.org/p/books/too-...
Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today
How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 7d
I started wading through publicist pitches and catalogs etc for 2026 book releases today, and discovered that there are two novels coming out with the same Anthony Frederick Sandys painting used in the cover art. This is the 2026 blob cover: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 7d
Me to my dog when she wants to double back on a walk www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqjh...
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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 8d
This is a great companion piece/explainer for the Klein–Coates discussion from the weekend (which is also worth your time).
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8d
I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 8d
A blog about being burnt out on reading and finding my way back americanorphan.substack.com/p/what-im-no...
What I'm (Not) Reading
On crawling out of a reading slump
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10d
For those who were directly targeted by Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric, bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech signal the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in an essay for The New York Times Magazine.
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 12d
So absurd!!
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 12d
One of the most insane-making feelings of the past year has been wondering if I have *harmed* my career by accomplishing what should be a huge achievement—publishing a book
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 12d
Required reading for anyone who has written a book, wants to write one, or cares about reading, frankly!
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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 13d
👀 what did I miss
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 14d
This is tomorrow (tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow)
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 16d
Philly folks! Join me and Jiordan Castle for a convo about my book THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW this Thursday at the Penn Bookstore!
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 16d
Philly folks! Join me and Jiordan Castle for a convo about my book THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW this Thursday at the Penn Bookstore!
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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 16d
My book comes out tomorrow and I gotta say I've been slaying it on the memes over on Instagram (if you're interested in following me there) but I just have to share my two faves from today
The famous X-Files "I want to believe" poster with a flying saucer hovering above some trees and the text beneath reads "I WANT TO BE" Image from the film Love Lies Bleeding where Kristen Stewart is kneeling on the lap of Katy O'Brian, who is also kneeling; their heads are bent towards each other. Above Stewart's head is the caption "The urge to write sexy queer yearning"; on O'Brian's legs is the caption "The urge to write Serious Literature"; in the space between the two women is the caption "BEINGS"
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