Bluesky pals, if you are in and around Brooklyn this Thursday I would love to see you at Books Are Magic that evening! I will be in conversation with @mahernandez.bsky.social to discuss the new translation of his book THE PAIN OF OTHERS, a splendid autofictional meditation on crime & memory:
Had a dream that my face came off and I was carrying it around, worried I would drop it.
Same with those boxes of brown sugar. The companies want them as hard as a rock after one use.
So excited about this!
Had a dream that my face came off and I was carrying it around, worried I would drop it.
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
Sometimes dictating it helps? Or writing it on your phone. Into a note or an email you send yourself.
This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.
This painting, titled "L'escalier" (The Staircase), was created by French painter Marc Chalmé, known for his mastery of shadow and light, often compared to Vermeer. His work captures "still light" in landscapes, still lifes, and scenes like this.
Love this anecdote from Ada Limón
oh, i love this
clutching my own memorised poems like talismans, blessings
hoping someone out there does the same with poems i've written
there is magic in the world, and some of it is built on love, willpower, and poetry
Love this anecdote from Ada Limón
“Everybody’s using AI for everything nowadays, and if you don’t, you’re a misfit outsider who should be stoned to death in the town square, and then resurrected virtually from your data so you can be stoned to death in the virtual town square, for infinity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...
Workers on their Way Home, 1913-1914 by Edvard Munch
anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is
NEW: In the middle of the night, the House tried to pass a bill that would have given President Trump and Stephen Miller the power to spy on Americans without a warrant for years to come.
It failed due to pressure from the public — but they plan to vote again in just 2 weeks.
If you want to get your mind off the madness, here's a fun little podcast I did for "Moses and the Doctor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3kI...
Pope Leo XIV
Authors: what's YOUR pretentious goal for your current WIP?
Bringing the Flatiron Building’s Showpiece Door Back to Life www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/r...
Gifted article
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If you’re a Star Wars fan, this is an awesome watch.
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If you’re a Star Wars fan, this is an awesome watch.
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Excited
Concentration camps exist to support and expand the power of an authoritarian regime. They make everyone afraid of being treated like the current targets of the regime. Like state torture programs, concentration camps accelerate the process of dehumanizing groups of people in the public imagination.
A graphic of the article headline, with the logo for People at the top followed by the headline, "EXCLUSIVE: singer Gaelynn Lea as people assume she must be miserable because of her disability: 'I have an awesome life'. Then there is a picture of of Gaelynn Lea playing her violin on a stage at the bottom of the graphic
Woo-hoo!!! 🥳 Thank you SO MUCH to People Magazine for writing about my memoir, the perception of disability, and my music! I am so excited that the book is finally out in the world... Thank you to the many lovely people who are helping to spread the word! ❤️
Read it here: people.com/singer-gaely...
Excited to read this. #poetry
A screenshot of the linked pdf showing the hardcover bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction, with an arrow pointing to an image of my book cover
THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME DEBUTED AT #9 ON THE INDIE BESTSELLER LIST!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!
What I love most about this is that it means people are supporting indie bookstores ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
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