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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 5d

Last month I talked about animated literary adaptations, and now I've published the text online... tobiascarroll.substack.com/p/animation-...

Animation, Adaptation, and the Fantastic

Sometimes a live-action literary adaptations isn't the way to go

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

My very first gift guide appearance, if you wanna stuff a stocking or two... Along with @thedennemichele.bsky.social.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Fresh insights on race and gender, sex and power, and love and loss will give readers plenty to chew on.

Both/And

Edited by Denne Michele Norris (HarperOne) $27.99

In this stunning anthology, Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature, brings together 17 essays on trans life in America, by writers such as Akwaeke Emezi and Raquel Willis. Across the collection, the complex and multifaceted experiences of trans people of color are rendered vividly, and the pieces urge political action in the present while offering a beacon of hope for a more just future.

Want to Burn This Place Down

Maris Kreizman (Ecco) $26.99

“In a country plagued by problems in which individual grit is not nearly enough to prevail over rotten systems,” Lit Hub columnist Kreizman writes, “working hard begins to feel more like a Sisyphean task than a practical solution.” Tempering her anger with wryness and lots of Xennial nostalgia, Kreizman bucks the stereotypical trend of growing more conservative with age with this fierce and witty collection.

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 8d

I have a new rundown of recent books in translation up at @wwborders.bsky.social!

The Watchlist: September 2025 - Words Without Borders

This International Translation Day, Tobias Carroll recommends poetry by Afghan women, fiction from Croatia and Mozambique, and more.

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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 6d

Recommended some October books at InsideHook... www.insidehook.com/books/books-...

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This October

Including an Anthony Bourdain anthology and an ode to running

www.insidehook.com

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brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 8d

▶️NOW PLAYING

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote about @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's stellar new novel and about reading widely, and I managed to call two different writers "friends of the newsletter" because I'm tired. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

The Maris Review, vol 74

What I read this week Beings by Ilana Masad I was just the right age in 1987, when Whitley Streiber's Communion was published, to spend sleepless nights worrying if the space alien depicted on the...

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 5d

Can't wait!!! it will be epic!👍

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 5d

I am not sure if everyone gets how special this night will be

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 8d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 7d

“Everyone needs an excuse to gather, a structured place to connect to both new and familiar faces offline."

Readings Might Be Turning Into America’s New Favorite Pastime - Electric Literature

Many people arrive looking to meet someone and enjoy a shared cultural experience

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 8d

Going to go ahead and say this is the Brooklyn social event of the fall.

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 8d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to seeing you! 😀

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 8d

My paperback of my tenth (!) book is out today so I wrote about all the lives of a book. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/paperback-...

Paperback Writer

A Reason to See You Again is out today!

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 8d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

From roles in “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks,” and “Palm Royale,” Carol Burnett is having something of a late-career resurgence. But the 92-year-old comedy legend has already influenced generations of performers. Rachel Syme Profiles the icon.

Carol Burnett Plays On

The ninety-two-year-old comedy legend has influenced generations of performers. In a string of recent TV roles, she has been co-starring with some of her closest comedic heirs.

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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 15d

"My debut novel, LITTLE MOVEMENTS, is about dance, which means it’s inevitably about music"

Lauren Morrow shared a playlist for her debut novel Little Movements at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/23/l...

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 13d

This is today!! RSVP for free to get the Zoom link 😊

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Sharing some upcoming events ✨

Thur 9/25 @ 6 pm ET: A virtual @aaww-nyc.bsky.social event with @deliacai.bsky.social!

RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-in...

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 19d

We can’t wait for Festival Day THIS SUNDAY at Borough Hall and surrounding areas! 8 stages and 250 publishers. You won’t want to miss our incredible panels and events running from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

Visit our website for more info on the #BKBF25 weekend!

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Festival Day - Brooklyn Book Festival

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All Of It, with Alison Stewart @allofitwnyc.bsky.social · 19d

Today: Sterlin Harjo on his new Tulsa noir show; Angela Flournoy's new novel; Making sense of estate management; High School speech and debate documentary

Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 20d

We had an amazing time at Franklin Park's @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookend Event, cohosted by Franklin Park Reading Series & World Trans Forum! Huge thanks to mesmerizing readers Amie Barrodale @zefrrr.bsky.social Chet'la Sebree @emializh.bsky.social & ❤️to our incredible audience! 📆Next event 10/20.

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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 20d

"...there are songs to which I return when I am working (often instrumental or with few lyrics) and songs that get to the ache of how I felt when writing some of the poems in this manuscript."

Chet’la Sebree shared a playlist for her poetry collection Blue Opening at Largehearted Boy.

Chet’la Sebree’s Book Notes music playlist for her poetry collection Blue Opening – Largehearted Boy

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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social · 20d

Eve Babitz knows how to end male loneliness.

"Not taking dance lessons is a common mistake
among men. They fail to realize that dancing is one of the few things
a man can learn when he’s young that will come in handy later. Men
who know how to dance—even a few basic steps—will never end up
sad and alone, with nobody to play with, because women will always
be looking for that rare man who can dance. They’ll take him to night
clubs and parties and on cruises, and they’ll go all mushy after a
simple waltz." from "Gotta Dance," Collected in I Used to Be Charming

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Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · 20d

Poet Evie Shockley joins Franny Choi, Chet’la Sebree, and Rob Arnold for “What the Poem Makes Possible” at the Brooklyn Book Festival. This event will be on September 21 at 10am at Center Stage!

For more info, head to brooklynbookfestival.org/event/what-t...

#evieshockley #brooklynbookfestival

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 23d

TONIGHT, 7PM, at Franklin Park: @bkbookfest.bsky.social Bookend Event with Amie Barrodale, Zefyr Lisowski, Chet’la Sebree, and Emily Zhou! 🍹Happy Hour🍺until 8pm, book raffle. #FreeAdmission!

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 26d

MONDAY, 7PM: Excited for our @bkbookfest.bsky.social ⭐Bookend Event⭐, cohosted by the Franklin Park Reading Series & World Trans Forum! Readings + panel w/Amie Barrodale, @zefrrr.bsky.social, Chet'la Sebree, and @emializh.bsky.social, 🍻happy hour🍷 until 8pm +📚raffle! tinyurl.com/3cdj3ure #Free #BKBF

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 26d

Huge congrats to Franklin Park Reading Series superstars @angelaflournoy.bsky.social and Karen Russell and all the nominees for the National Book Award for Fiction!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 26d

This year’s National Book Awards longlist for Fiction includes five books by writers who have published short fiction in The New Yorker. See the nominees.

The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 26d

MONDAY, 7PM: Excited for our @bkbookfest.bsky.social ⭐Bookend Event⭐, cohosted by the Franklin Park Reading Series & World Trans Forum! Readings + panel w/Amie Barrodale, @zefrrr.bsky.social, Chet'la Sebree, and @emializh.bsky.social, 🍻happy hour🍷 until 8pm +📚raffle! tinyurl.com/3cdj3ure #Free #BKBF

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