Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her position's power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job. https://to.pbs.org/4cHjcgx
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with LJ Pemberton / @ljabouttown.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social ;
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LA Times Book Awards ...lost to the great Megan Abbott had a blast tho !
New publisher, new cover, who dis?
See also: I’m back, baby!
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"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
My story Mama from the In Too Deep Genesis-themed anthology has been selected for The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2026 edited by Steph Cha & Megan Abbott. Two years in a row my fiction has been included. Beyond grateful.
The book is out! "Kansas City Breakdown" is now available in eBook and paperback. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...
Published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, co-written with @russellthayer10.bsky.social, cover by @frankvatel312.bsky.social
That good news I was teasing...
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.
'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
Always cool, talking with Grimdark:
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three copies of the mystery of the bitten peach by Cecilia Tan on a pretty green floral scarf
THE MYSTERY OF THE BITTEN PEACH by @ceciliatan.com comes out at the end of this month!
If you’re a reviewer that would like one of these arcs, sign up for our reviewer list via our website and I’ll share a call for them early next week
I can't alt text all of this, but it's about insider trading running rampant in the WH and friends and family
This guy says what I've been trying to say, only he's better at laying it out. I know Hegseth profited *right before* things went sideways.
Have you read our story of the week yet? Went up today. A debut author, a unique art form, and a strange unsolved mystery.
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If you havent seen this, make sure you read.
Hey, cool:
The KING OF ASHES paperback is the Barnes and Noble Thriller pick for April.....
CNF "Jakarta Jog" by Zary Fekete
“Someone is sweeping the courtyard with slow deliberate strokes. The gates are open. They seem to remain open always, as if the building itself is quietly reminding the city that prayer is never very far away.”
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@universityofiowa.bsky.social Press brought out the bitter, trenchant WORK TO DO: A Novel by JULES WERNERSBACH: #Booksky
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We talked with Ed Condran of the Downtown News about what it means for Cole's to close after 118 years, how seedy it was before Cedd Moses revamped the joint, and why it's all the landlord's fault. Plus vermin and sandwiches made with feet! www.ladowntownnews.com/business/col...
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
Also, reign?
Story I wrote standing up in a laundromat:
The Supreme Court's oral arguments on the proposal to end birthright citizenship makes CITIZENSHIP: NOTES ON AN AMERICAN MYTH by DAISY HERNÁNDEZ via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social's The Hogarth Press imprint even more important to read: #Booksky
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