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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Jun 6

Loved my conversation with Rebecca Makkai. booth.butler.edu/2025/06/06/a...

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · May 26

The collection is a cherished gift from a fave lit mag 😉

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · May 26

Grateful for this new practice—and Maureen

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · May 9

How wonderful! Congratulations!!!

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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · Apr 30

Not many people know that AA Milne had a much smaller brother called AAA Milne

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks to @memoirland.bsky.social for boosting this great memoir!

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · May 2

I feel like if you have any interest at all in reading/writing, Matt Bell’s newsletter should be a must-read. I have learned so much from each one!

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · May 2

This month's craft essay at No Failure, Only Practice is about the tactics I use when I'm reading as a book reviewer, and how those practices feed me as a fiction writer. Hopefully they're useful to you too!

#50: Write Better Fiction by Reading like a Book Reviewer

Hello friends!

mattbell.substack.com

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · Apr 26

I will never understand people who come in swinging to defend the indefensible actions of large corporations. They don’t care about you.

Anyway, Happy Independent Bookstore day!

Show your local indie some love—or find one to love on @bookshop.org or @libro.fm

Mine is @thelynxbooks.bsky.social

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Apr 14

Love this “book by the cover” piece in Lit Mag News—especially since one of the mags it highlights is my beloved @boothajournal.bsky.social litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-you-...

Q: Can you judge a lit mag by its cover?

"How much can a writer know about a lit mag, based on its cover?"

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Apr 9

Great to see this stunner by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social, (1st featured in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social), now brought to you by @short-reads.org www.short-reads.org/still/?ref=s...

Still

by Casey Mulligan Walsh | Knowing yet not knowing.

www.short-reads.org

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 28

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 23

For sure!

Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 23

I really wish Submittable gave editors & readers a way to bypass the cover letter. #litmags

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 17

We’ve Got War To Cover, the new memoir up at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social & featured at @memoirland.bsky.social is such a stunning piece of writing splitlipthemag.com/memoir/0325/...

We’ve got war to cover — Split Lip Magazine

2002— The Anna Nicole Show premieres. 7.6 million people watch. A record. Two million keep watching. Anna Nicole Smith is E!’s biggest hit.

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 8

New obsession. Love this take on repairing worn clothing which is also a kind of middle finger to consumer culture

Psaki Bombs of Sanity @mampdx.bsky.social · Jan 18

@therealhoarse.bsky.social I found an inspiring book on Creative Mending by Hikaru Noguchi. Am adding fancy mending to my post-retirement project list.

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 6

Really enjoyed the new interview of @marthasjones.bsky.social by Let’s Talk Memoir host @ronitplank.bsky.social

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 4

Always a good move

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Heather Lanier @heatherklanier.bsky.social · Mar 3

Happy Annual "OMG I Don't Think I Watched Any New Movies This Year" Day!... to all who celebrate.

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Mar 1

Can’t wait! Think it’s going to help all of us. And the pup!

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is a great idea, so thanks for posting. Our pup has both medical and behavioral concerns and whenever we hire pet sitters I feel like we throw a lot of info at them!

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · Feb 27

REGARDING MY DELAY

I’ve been trying
on coffins

and can’t
find one

with a big
enough dance floor.

—Andrea Cohen
@fourwaybooks.bsky.social

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · Feb 24

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks for the rec!

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Feb 15

Gorgeous love story “This is the secret of patriarchy. The boys are supposed to save us. The boys are supposed to be our great loves. Be we knew better.” substack.com/inbox/post/1... #BrookeHartman

Inbox | Substack

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Susan Lerner @susanlitelerner.bsky.social · Feb 15

Can I just say how much I enjoy @beckyltuch.bsky.social ‘s Lit Mag News. Love this take on Narrative… litmagnews.substack.com/p/q-can-we-t...

Q: Can we talk about Narrative Magazine?

"I know this magazine has taken a lot of heat over the years."

litmagnews.substack.com

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