Turning Her Real: a Poet Bridges the Distance between a Headline and a Life A poem by Caprice Garvin for an Iranian schoolgirl.

Throughout history writers have cut through the obscuring political rhetoric of their time to place a squarely at truth’s door. They draw consciousness down from the press box of the mind into the lived experience of the heart. In moments of societal crisis, we need the writer’s unswerving eye.

Grateful to George Saunders for sharing my podcast interview and my essay in @electricliterature.com on his Substack today. Vigil is riveting, funny, and unsettling in all the right ways. A novel for our time. electricliterature.com/in-vigil-rag...

In “Vigil,” Rage Is a Tool for Compassion and Liberation - Electric Literature George Saunders’s new novel examines the line between sympathy and complicity

My essay on George Saunders' VIGIL is up today at @Electricliterature.com

Saunders has long encouraged us to "revise toward kindness." But in Vigil, he asks what happens when empathy veers toward complicity?

#georgesaunders #electricliterature

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George Saunders on the Paradox of Fierce Compassion Vigil breaks new ground while remaining signature Saunders

George Saunders' new novel Vigil is out today from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social I had the pleasure of talking with George about writing, meditation and evoking fierceness and compassion in life and on the page.

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Vigil by George Saunders is out tomorrow. I will be sharing my conversation with George about writing, meditation, and fierce compassion. Stay tuned!

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@penguinrandomhouse for the advanced copy.

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Screenwriter Alan Watt on Evolving through Meditation and Writing YouTube video by Heart Haven Meditations

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Martha Cooley on Embracing Uncertainty as a Catalyst for Growth “My Little Donkey” explores freedom, possibility, and the art of getting curious.

Greatly enjoyed my interview with @marthacooley.bsky.social author of The Archivist and now My Little Donkey from @catapultbooks.bsky.social. Writers and readers, says Cooley, are “the guardians of the collective imagination.”

Random Gratitude and the Art of Savoring A pocket practice for bringing a touch of Thanksgiving to every day.

Sometimes my mind spins like an unhinged carnival ride. This pocket practice brings me back to Earth.
#thanksgiving #writingflow #mindfulness

The Wisdom of Darkness | Dr. Andrew Holecek | TEDxBoulder YouTube video by TEDx Talks

Fascinating TEDx Talk by Andrew Holecek about Dark Retreat. #tedx #darkretreat #andrewholecek #tedxboulder

I’ll be reading from my novel Dawnland at East End Books in the Boston Seaport this Saturday 1018 at 6pm alongside @hickswriter.bsky.social author of The Gospel According to Danny. Come for stories, conversation, and a bit of magic by the water!

#bostonreads #authorreading

Dr. Suzanne Mettler on Saving Democracy Before it's Too Late The divide that threatens democracy can be repaired. Rural vs. Urban shows how.

Honored to interview Dr. Suzanne Mettler about Rural vs. Urban, co-written Trevor Brown. @princetonupress.bsky.social The book unpacks the current threat to democracy and how it can be repaired. A must-read for the moment at hand.

Carrie Birde on Discovering the "Bright Wood" Within How a friendship with a Catbird inspired a literary fairy tale

I'm so happy to have "conversed" with the incomparable @tesscallahan.bsky.social in her Substack, "Writers at the Well" -- Tess is warm, welcoming, and asks deep, thought-provoking, soul-searching questions ❣️

Carrie Birde on Writing from the "Bright Wood" Within
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Novelist Paula Saunders on Starting from Here, and Writing as an Act of Compassion Podcast Episode · Writers at the Well · 08/26/2025 · 49m

Happy #PubDay, Paula Saunders! STARTING FROM HERE is out today from #penguinrandomhouse . In our interview, Saunders shares her experience of writing to illuminate her past. In addition to this podcast, her written interview is available on my Substack, “Writers at the Well.” Enjoy! #books

Heart Haven Meditations Weekly meditations to calm your mind, connect to your heart, and take refuge in love. These practices draw from neuroscience, wisdom traditions, and teachers such as Adyashanti, Tara Brach, Pema Chodr...

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access a more intimate, grounded, present experience of this wild ride we call life. These meditations draw from my 2-year training with Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield, and others. Free on Apple, Spotify, and Insight Timer. #meditation

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Askold Melnyczuk on What We Think We Should Write vs. What Wants to be Written "Most of us have a natural field of action, an arena, in which we can assert ourselves and make some difference in the world."

I hope you enjoy as much as I did my interview with @agnimagazine.bsky.social & @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social editor/author Askold Melnyczuk on The Venus of Odesa, now out from MadHat Press. #ukrainewriter #ukraine #poetry #odesa

Holly Kennedy on the Intimacy of First Person Narration Kennedy's new cross-genre novel embraces serious topics with sensitivity and grace.

Happy Pub Day, Holly Kennedy! Her new novel, The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, is a sensitive, cross-genre story about a 30-year old neurodivergent man who, in the process of fighting a murder charge, discovers unexpected truths about himself, his family, and the world. It's a beautiful read.

reader_ceygo on Instagram: "📚 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 📚 ⁣⁣𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 by @tess_callahan ⁣This is family drama at its best. Thank you so much to the auth…" 📚 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 📚 ⁣⁣𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 by @tess_callahan ⁣This is family drama at its best. Thank you so much to the author for sharing this beautiful and heartbreaking book with me . Although you could ( and maybe should but I think not ) read April & Oliver first , I’m kind of glad I read this as a standalone . I think not having that background (let’s be honest I was like 30-40% in when I even realized there was another book and only because included into the name of it on the bookmark 🤦‍♀️) it made the story more mysterious ⁣⁣𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⁣𝗚𝗥 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 4.22 ⭐️ ⁣#ComtemporaryFiction ; 327 pages⁣🐳 Keep watching for some whale watching videos … we were so close to this #humpbackwhale who spent about 45 min with us, that I couldn’t even get a good video without someone in it … I was so close that I even saw his eye 👀. #bestexperienceever 🐳 have you been whale watching or had some close encounters with whales ? ⁣⁣🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴⁣⁣⁣ #Bookreview #readerlife #readerforlife #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #igbookstagram #igbooks #readerofbooks #igreads #bookfeature #spiveys📚club #readreadread #unboxing #unboxingreels #unboxingbooks #unboxingvideo #unboxingvideos #bookmail #bookmailisthebestmail #bookmailmonday #bookmail📮 #bookmailisthebestmail📪 #whalewatching #whalewatch #whalewatching🐳

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Brooke Lea Foster "Giving voice to the concerns of women is paramount in my novels."

Novelist Brooke Lea Foster on the narratives we create in life and on the page. #books #authorinterview