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Rebecca Hussey

@ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social

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Mostly bookish. NBCC Board Member/VP Membership and Tech. Books newsletter: Reading Indie on Substack. Co-host of One Bright Book podcast. #KateBriggs24 #AContinuation25 she/her You'll find me on my ebike.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

The new One Bright Book episode is out! After careful thought, we decided not to break up over what happened…

One Bright Book @onebrightbook.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 39 is live, and it might be one of our best!
We discuss Leonora Carrington's singular THE STONE DOOR--and never has our love for each other been more tested!
onebrightbook.com/2025/10/03/e...

Episode 39: The Stone Door

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we wil…

onebrightbook.com

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 48m

I can see why!!

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 6h

So good! I can’t wait to read the new one.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 10h

To have Olga Ravn say to you, “If you ever need a witch…”!!!!!

David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 9d

Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House

Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 2d

Train reading.

TO SAVE AND DESTROY, by Viet Than Nguyen.

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

I think it depends on the book — this one was very different from The Hearing Trumpet, for example.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Kim!!

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

The new One Bright Book episode is out! After careful thought, we decided not to break up over what happened…

One Bright Book @onebrightbook.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 39 is live, and it might be one of our best!
We discuss Leonora Carrington's singular THE STONE DOOR--and never has our love for each other been more tested!
onebrightbook.com/2025/10/03/e...

Episode 39: The Stone Door

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we wil…

onebrightbook.com

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One Bright Book @onebrightbook.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 39 is live, and it might be one of our best!
We discuss Leonora Carrington's singular THE STONE DOOR--and never has our love for each other been more tested!
onebrightbook.com/2025/10/03/e...

Episode 39: The Stone Door

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we wil…

onebrightbook.com

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

Too bad it’s a podcast and no one will be able to witness it!

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

Podcast episode on this book coming tomorrow!

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 5d

THE STONE DOOR episode comes out tomorrow on One Bright Book! This is an unusual episode for us — strange alliances, strong feelings, disagreements, rude gestures. You’ll want to listen. @onebrightbook.bsky.social @nonsuchbook.bsky.social @ds228.bsky.social

One Bright Book @onebrightbook.bsky.social · 7d

Just another day or so until our latest episode drops... Hang in there! You got this!

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Tom Broderick @trumbullbrod.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, yes, YES! Yes to all of this. 👏

Fantastic partner content from @ctmirror.org
ctmirror.org/2025/10/02/e...

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously

E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 6d

So sorry! I hope you feel better soon!

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 8d

Yes! I loved it.

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 9d

This conversation will be great! It’s free — just register.

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 9d

Join us on October 7 as we talk with Gwendolyn Harper translator of the late Pedro Lemebel’s “A Last Supper of Queer Apostles,” winner of the 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize!

Attendance is free, but registration is required. Register at tinyurl.com/2025translation

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · 9d

A new piece from @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social! “How does one write a novel about things that are not there? About the missing, the lost, the absent? Or is this the only kind of writing there is? … Issa Quincy’s debut novel, Absence, takes up these questions.” www.full-stop.net/2025/09/17/r...

Absence — Issa Quincy

How does one write a novel about things that are not there? About the missing, the lost, the absent? Or is this the only kind of writing there is?

www.full-stop.net

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for reading and sharing!

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 9d

This machine fights fascists.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 9d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 9d

Just reread this one, and yep, still brilliant.

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 10d

I think you will find our episode helpful, even if that is immodest to say!

Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 10d

We had fun with this one!

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 10d

We’re recording this morning — quick, someone explain what THE STONE DOOR is all about, please!?

Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 11d

Thinking about our @onebrightbook.bsky.social conversation tomorrow about The Stone Door. And I’ve called up a reinforcement. Namely, Anna Watz.

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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social · 14d

This is going to be an interesting conversation. Chatting on Sunday with @ds228.bsky.social and @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social. Coming to you sometime next week. Have you read it? How did it strike you? Would love to hear from the #NYRBWomen25 folks who just read it.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 15d

Currently reading

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 16d

NBCC Vice President/Technology and Co-Vice President/Membership Rebecca Hussey reviewed Issa Quincy's novel "Absence" for Full Stop:

Absence — Issa Quincy

How does one write a novel about things that are not there? About the missing, the lost, the absent? Or is this the only kind of writing there is?

buff.ly

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