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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 22m

You're very kind, Beth. Your words about the novel felt powerful to me, too. 😊

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 3h

I had made myself a note (so many notes!) to circle back around to the wonderful @bethcastrodale.bsky.social in November to see if she'd had time to read my debut novel Sunshine Girl. She beat me to the punch with this amazing review! Thank you, thank you, Beth.

smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/

From Beth Castrodale's review of my debut novel Sunshine Girl in Small Press Picks.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 3h

Nine minutes to save the republic.

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671K views · 31K reactions | 9 minutes 5 seconds to save us all You’re a republican. That is fine. You’re a democrat. That is fine, too But: If you are a patriot, a person of faith, not a socio...

9 minutes 5 seconds to save us all You’re a republican. That is fine. You’re a democrat. That is fine, too But: If you are a patriot, a person of faith, not a sociopath then you absolutely...

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Also, Survival Tips by @miriamgershow.bsky.social

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

And another thing. It's just really shitty that we can't properly mourn the passing of Jane Goodall because the firehose of idiocy and obfuscation coming from the regime is blotting out the story of her wondrous and planet-preserving spirit.

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Order order order. Save.

Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:

Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow
Girl on Girl, Emily Costa
My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew
Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber
Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney
The Nothing, Lauren Davis
Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young
Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie
Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel
Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund
This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon
Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins
Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner
Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Portlanders love to party.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi went full attack dog on Schiff and others in today's DOJ oversight hearing because she is mired in such deep illegal doo-doo she can only obfuscate, insult people, and call them names. We need to keep up the pressure on all sides.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Now is good. I mean, if now is what she wants.

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Daniel A. Olivas @danielolivas.bsky.social · 2d

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall: These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between.

Many thanks to Wendy J. Fox for including my new book, Waiting for Godínez. Check out all the great titles!
electricliterature.com/15-small-pre... #newbooks

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

electricliterature.com

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 1d

Dear leader found a couple of hardcore bulldog blonds and he isn't afraid to use them.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 2d

Or you want to make breakfast and forgot to unload the dishwasher.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

There it is

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Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com · 2d

The people who support book bans also harass the librarians who support literacy. Nearly 7,000 books were banned from school libraries during the 2024-2025 school year!

Stop book bans
#BannedBooksWeek

We must not let them decide what we can read. Because if they decide our books, they decide our words, our thoughts, our lives. - from Literati Bookstore

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 3d

My mom sewed for me and my sisters, and for her nine grandchildren. She died of Alzheimer's disease in 2013. After my first grandson was born, I started sewing for my own grandkids. Mom was a perfectionist at the craft. I am not. But sewing still gives me joy, and simple peace, in these times.

Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com · 3d

My sewing story began with my grandmother & continues with my granddaughter. Even as JoAnn Fabrics closes its doors, the tradition of sewing lives on in families, communities, and a new generation of makers.

lindaksienkiewicz.com/from-treadle...

#mondayblogs
#garmentsewing
#sewing
#sewsky

From Treadle to Kenmore: A Family Sewing Legacy That Outlasts JoAnn Fabrics - Linda K Sienkiewicz

Four generations of sewing: from a Singer treadle to a 1976 Kenmore passed to my granddaughter. A family legacy outlasting JoAnn Fabrics.

lindaksienkiewicz.com

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 3d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 3d

Trump-appointed judge does the right thing. There's your headline, MSM.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 3d

Well ...

String of Correctly Spelled Texts from Trump Fuels Speculation That he is Dead

The texts were the work of someone with at least a seventh-grade education.

open.substack.com

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 4d

Really pretty over the "find common ground" and "come together" folks.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 4d

"We return to the thing that defines us, the thing we love beyond our ability to describe it." We do what we are made to do. Thank you, @bethkephart.bsky.social. And thank you, Vincent Van Gogh.

Beth Kephart @bethkephart.bsky.social · 4d

Art, writing, ambition, hope, frustration, and art again. My thoughts on Vincent Van Gogh. #VincentVanGogh #ambition #art #writingcommunity thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/ambition-i...

Ambition is a Multitudinous Word

thoughts on Vincent Van Gogh and the dilemma of us makers

thehushandthehowl.substack.com

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 4d

Get thee behind me with your balderdash, Stephen.

"The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts.”
— U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut, a Trump appointee, in her decision to grant a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from deploying troops in Portland

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 4d

Fifty-seven more sleeps before #100smallpress drops Dec. 1 on LitHub! I read some marvelous books for this project, spearheaded by @miriamgershow.bsky.social. Looking forward to the full list!

The #100notablesmallpressbooks list is coming Dec. 1, 2025.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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