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standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog
Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!
standardebooks.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
60 books read in 2025 plus 5 audiobook "re-reads". Avg rating 4.12 (exact same as last year!). 34 women authors, 27 men plus 4 compilations. 34 ebooks, 26 print. All 5⭐ titles and authors listed in alt text
Top 5
1. I Who Have Never Known Men
2. James
3. Pick a Color
4. Playground
5. Boy Parts
📚💙
Top 5
1. I Who Have Never Known Men
2. James
3. Pick a Color
4. Playground
5. Boy Parts
📚💙
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
60 books read in 2025 plus 5 audiobook "re-reads". Avg rating 4.12 (exact same as last year!). 34 women authors, 27 men plus 4 compilations. 34 ebooks, 26 print. All 5⭐ titles and authors listed in alt text
Top 5
1. I Who Have Never Known Men
2. James
3. Pick a Color
4. Playground
5. Boy Parts
📚💙
Top 5
1. I Who Have Never Known Men
2. James
3. Pick a Color
4. Playground
5. Boy Parts
📚💙
December was an ok reading month. I finished off a couple short story collections I'd been working on for some time, loved Playground by Richard Powers, and then worked through a bunch of short classics while waiting on a library hold that still hasn't arrived. 📚
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
December was an ok reading month. I finished off a couple short story collections I'd been working on for some time, loved Playground by Richard Powers, and then worked through a bunch of short classics while waiting on a library hold that still hasn't arrived. 📚
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And finally, the FICTION ranking includes 270 magazines - and this is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And finally, the FICTION ranking includes 270 magazines - and this is the top 20:
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“Was this what people were asking for when they complained about being ghosted—an explicit jilting, rich in memorable detail?” New fiction from Nell Zink. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lsI6d_
“The Welfare State,” by Nell Zink
Julia had longed to be an educated mother like Vroni, but there was never a serviceable father in view, so she had limited herself to being educated.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Was this what people were asking for when they complained about being ghosted—an explicit jilting, rich in memorable detail?” New fiction from Nell Zink. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lsI6d_
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A thread about THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, on sale today for $2.99: bsky.app/profile/sara...
National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A thread about THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, on sale today for $2.99: bsky.app/profile/sara...
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A Christmas game of charades where everyone is acting like a jackass.
Three Words, Five Syllables: Lorrie Moore Classic - Electric Literature
“Charades” by Lorrie Moore, recommended by Susan Minot
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December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A Christmas game of charades where everyone is acting like a jackass.
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"In this tug of war between tongue and tail, what got bruised, and what wavered, was the spine..."
Read Geetanjali Shree's story (translated by Daisy Rockwell) "And I Saw Myself Running" in the Fall 2025 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/3MFC5Xy
Read Geetanjali Shree's story (translated by Daisy Rockwell) "And I Saw Myself Running" in the Fall 2025 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/3MFC5Xy
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"In this tug of war between tongue and tail, what got bruised, and what wavered, was the spine..."
Read Geetanjali Shree's story (translated by Daisy Rockwell) "And I Saw Myself Running" in the Fall 2025 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/3MFC5Xy
Read Geetanjali Shree's story (translated by Daisy Rockwell) "And I Saw Myself Running" in the Fall 2025 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/3MFC5Xy
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
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Now THEY KNEW is $2.99! This deal lasts today and today only. Find it on Bookshop, Kindle, or any ebook vendor along with HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT which is also $2.99 today. These books on Trump, Epstein, and transnational crime give the backstory to today's news:
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
bookshop.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Now THEY KNEW is $2.99! This deal lasts today and today only. Find it on Bookshop, Kindle, or any ebook vendor along with HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT which is also $2.99 today. These books on Trump, Epstein, and transnational crime give the backstory to today's news:
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
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"When I heard the clear jangling of chains, I knew—without looking—that Lonny was unlocking the swinging gate."
Read Eddie Chuculate's story, "Winter, 1979," from the Winter 2004-05 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/4oQIkWU
Read Eddie Chuculate's story, "Winter, 1979," from the Winter 2004-05 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/4oQIkWU
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"When I heard the clear jangling of chains, I knew—without looking—that Lonny was unlocking the swinging gate."
Read Eddie Chuculate's story, "Winter, 1979," from the Winter 2004-05 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/4oQIkWU
Read Eddie Chuculate's story, "Winter, 1979," from the Winter 2004-05 issue of Ploughshares, free this week! https://bit.ly/4oQIkWU
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“It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?” Read a new short story from Joan Silber. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_pKdGr
“Safety,” by Joan Silber
It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?” Read a new short story from Joan Silber. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_pKdGr
A great reading month.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A great reading month.
If anyone else wants to share similarly excellent short stories, I'm here for it.
A short story that a friend is obsessed with: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bear...
Bears Discover Fire - Lightspeed Magazine
I was driving with my brother, the preacher, and my nephew, the preacher’s son, on I-65 just north of Bowling Green when we got a flat. It was Sunday night and we had been to visit Mother at the Home....
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If anyone else wants to share similarly excellent short stories, I'm here for it.
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Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
It’s Time to Reconsider the Best-Of List - Dame Magazine
The piles of books and galleys that clutter my apartment are overwhelming. This is not a humble brag—more of a cry for help. I’m a culture writer and critic who is deeply entrenched in the book world....
www.damemagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
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You, too, can mainline Hush before the final episode drops this week!
I've been mainlining @leahsottile.bsky.social's Hush podcast lately, and it's such good reporting and a completely gripping story: www.opb.org/show/hush/
It also unexpectedly really makes me miss being a journalist.
It also unexpectedly really makes me miss being a journalist.
OPB: Hush
Hush
www.opb.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You, too, can mainline Hush before the final episode drops this week!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
made this for your sharing convenience
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In this week's episode of Hush, @leahsottile.bsky.social and I turn the power of investigative journalism on the Oregon Medical Examiner's office and all the people who have pushed a hit and run theory to explain Sarah Zuber's death.
We reveal shocking new details that undercut the theory entirely.
We reveal shocking new details that undercut the theory entirely.
‘Hush’ Episode 6: Persons unknown
The Hush team digs into the medical examiner's conclusions to uncover never before known details about Sarah Zuber's death investigation.
www.opb.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In this week's episode of Hush, @leahsottile.bsky.social and I turn the power of investigative journalism on the Oregon Medical Examiner's office and all the people who have pushed a hit and run theory to explain Sarah Zuber's death.
We reveal shocking new details that undercut the theory entirely.
We reveal shocking new details that undercut the theory entirely.
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And there are many other reasons I don't use LLMs. They're not reliable, they are built on theft, their creation incurs environmental costs & direct harm to people. The broader societal push to use AI for everything is destructive in countless ways & has horrifying political ramifications.
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And there are many other reasons I don't use LLMs. They're not reliable, they are built on theft, their creation incurs environmental costs & direct harm to people. The broader societal push to use AI for everything is destructive in countless ways & has horrifying political ramifications.
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“I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.” New short fiction by Lauren Groff: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/mother-of-men-fiction-lauren-groff
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I saw someone coming toward me through the twilight on the road ahead, a skinny man in a glowing white shirt, and dread rushed into me.” New short fiction by Lauren Groff: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/mother-of-men-fiction-lauren-groff
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Four episodes out, four to go. You know how at the end of each episode I ask you to rate and review, or tell a friend about the show? Yeah, I actually really mean that. If you like Hush, if you want it to stick around, now’s the time to share!
In the first days after Sarah Zuber died, investigators turned their attention to the men in her life: her father, and her boyfriend. That's the focus of this week's episode of Hush.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 4: Boogeyman
Podcast Episode · Hush · 10/29/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Four episodes out, four to go. You know how at the end of each episode I ask you to rate and review, or tell a friend about the show? Yeah, I actually really mean that. If you like Hush, if you want it to stick around, now’s the time to share!
I appreciate all of Leah's work (check out Bundyville if you haven't) and I'm particularly invested in this second season of Hush so if you're looking for a quality podcast check it out.
In the first days after Sarah Zuber died, investigators turned their attention to the men in her life: her father, and her boyfriend. That's the focus of this week's episode of Hush.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 4: Boogeyman
Podcast Episode · Hush · 10/29/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I appreciate all of Leah's work (check out Bundyville if you haven't) and I'm particularly invested in this second season of Hush so if you're looking for a quality podcast check it out.
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My man, the stated policy of your administration is that Canada should become an American state, but Canadians running an accurate ad is a threat to American sovereignty?
Bessent: "I've read that Ontario is spending up to $75 million on these advertisements and it's propaganda coming across our border to decry the tariffs. The premiere of Ontario seems to have come off the rails a little ... this is interference in US sovereign matters."
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My man, the stated policy of your administration is that Canada should become an American state, but Canadians running an accurate ad is a threat to American sovereignty?