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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 19h

A book worth banning is a book worth reading.
#BannedBooksWeek

New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Today is the 2nd anniversary of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel.
In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 1d

In @literaryhub.bsky.social, @devintoshea.bsky.social describes how movies are popularizing the classic #Pynchon theme: "The war between the powerful and the powerless."
lithub.com/thomas-pynch...

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 1d

For 2 days, @bookshop.org has an "anti-prime sale" with free shipping.`
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Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Ideas for observing #BannedBooksWeek:
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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 2d

For #BannedBooksWeek an interactive map from @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social showing where the problem is worst:
littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...

Book Ban Map - Little Free Library

Find the areas hit hardest by book bans and the nearest Little Free Library book-sharing box locations! We developed this map in collaboration with PEN America and the American Library Association’s… ...

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 2d

For #BannedBooksWeek, @bookshop.org is offering discounts on selected banned books.
bookshop.org/info/banned-...

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Just arrived: first package of ARCs for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin!

Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.

How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?

#novel #judaism #israel #palestine

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Here it is!

Our Monday newsletter formally announced our next book, due in May:
PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin.

We think it'll be the most provocative novel of the spring. Read the newsletter to find out why:
newdoorbooks.net/so/17Pc2UIcj...

#novel #judaism #israel #Palestine

New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 12d

#Chicago folks: Great lineup for Sunday Salon Chicago on (you guessed it) SUNDAY at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, including our own @janicemdeal.bsky.social. 7 PM, free!
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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 20d

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 19d

@publisherswkly.bsky.social summarizes the critical court cases on #bookbanning.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Books on Trial: 8 Freedom to Read Cases to Watch

These legal cases may determine which titles are available in public schools and libraries for years to come.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 21d

Next week, the great and talented students at the Rutgers-Camden MFA program are doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. I'll be there too. Come on out and hear from the future of Philly's lit scene. Also have some tots.

Flyer for the event with all the readers listed + location (530 South St). Doors at 6, event at 7. 21+ only. Sept 24.

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Virginia Woolf fans, already celebrating the 100th birthday of MRS. D., will appreciate this new scholarly edition, inexpensive at full price and currently on sale.
www.nyrb.com/products/mrs...

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf's most famous novel, now in a new edition that reflects the author's own revisions to the work. This is the definitive edition of one of the most important novels of the twentieth centu...

www.nyrb.com

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · 25d

#Chicago area folks:
Coming on 9/28, Sunday Salon Chicago at @roscoebooks.bsky.social.
Our author @janicemdeal.bsky.social will be part of a great lineup!
www.sundaysalon-chicago.com
#fiction #poetry #memoir

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our book STRANGE ATTRACTORS by @janicemdeal.bsky.social is featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's Regional Spotlight for the Great Lakes area. This is the linked-story collection that's been compared to Sherwood Anderson, Chekhov, & Flannery O'Connor. Its sequel, THE BLUE DOOR, is available now.

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FairDistrictsPA.com @fairdistrictspa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Do Americans think gerrymandering is fair?
No. Most recognize it as cheating.
That's true in both parties, in all states, across the US. And increasingly true among younger voters.
Majorities think all gerrymandering should be illegal.
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Large majorities of Americans say gerrymandering is a major problem, unfair, and should be illegal | YouGov

Less Republicans than Democrats oppose gerrymandering, though Democrats are more willing to use tit-for-tat gerrymandering in response to Republican partisan gerrymandering.

today.yougov.com

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Merilyn Jackson @merilynjj.bsky.social · Aug 29

More Than Just a Walk. A review of “The Blue Door" My guy, @AJSabatini reviews Janet Deal's book pubbed by @newdoorbooks.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe... #Writingcommunity #Books

More Than Just a Walk. A review of “The Blue Door"

Written by Arthur J. Sabatini

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · Aug 28

Closing out August of Afterimages with an indie press book review!

Arthur J. Sabatini reviews THE BLUE DOOR by Janice Deal, out now through @newdoorbooks.bsky.social

Read it soon and consider purchasing a copy 💙📘

open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

More Than Just a Walk. A review of “The Blue Door"

Written by Arthur J. Sabatini

open.substack.com

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yeah, well, we knew this, but now the media are catching up.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Indie Presses Provide a Haven for Midlist Authors

More and more marquee names at major publishers are choosing to work with smaller, independent houses.

www.publishersweekly.com

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Afterimages litmag/newsletter from 30 West reviews THE BLUE DOOR by @janicemdeal.bsky.social, calling it "both realistic and a quasi-allegory of wandering through borderline states of mind and experience."
thirtywest.substack.com/p/more-than-...

Screenshot of the web page for the Afterimages review

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really loved Tom’s book, IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, and we had a great chat about it earlier this summer. Excited the convo is out and for you all to read it (and his book!)!

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really enjoyed this conversation with @aaronburch.bsky.social about IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, nostalgia, making discoveries about yourself through the memoir writing process, and a lot of other stuff
www.craftliterary.com/2025/08/27/c...

Conversations Between Friends: Tom McAllister and Aaron Burch - CRAFT

Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible is exactly what its subtitle promises: “42 Years in 42 Essays.” Of course, what makes it literary; what makes it a hypnotic, engaging, magical read; what makes ...

www.craftliterary.com

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our latest newsletter just went out, with penetrating remarks on the climate crisis by Nathaniel Popkin, marking the 5th anniversary of his book TO REACH THE SPRING.
newdoorbooks.net/so/7ePZYrLf_...
#climatecrisis

New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

"For many, walking is not only an artistic practice, but also a deeply political act."
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

Politics of Walking: Grief, Solidarity, and Resistance

The recent protests in Serbia and Greece in part started as the expression of collected grief over, oddly for both, railway disasters. The resulting marches not only represented deep discontent with t...

walklistencreate.org

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New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

@solarshades.club connects #climate denial to the surge of reality denial we are all experiencing.
www.solarshades.club/p/how-climat...

How Climate Broke Reality

We can't agree on what's true. Is it because the truth about the planet is too inconvenient?

www.solarshades.club

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