2026 Hugo Awards Presented at: LAcon V, Anaheim, California, USA, August 30, 2026 Hosts: Base design: Lodestar Award trophy design: Awards Administration: Tammy Coxen, Warren Buff, Linda Deneroff, Emily January, Ro…

Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2026 Hugo Award. #hugoaward #booksky

Congratulations!

Darn! The shortest piece I've got is 399 words long. That's 99 too many.

#writingcommunity

I've never tried to learn a language without the alphabet I'm familiar with. That's impressive!

Lol. Well played!

Which language?

Thanks, from a fellow English prof.

Can you let me know what OAH stands for? I’m clueless.

I had a professor who told me how funny Dostoevsky is in the original. It comes through in places in English. Maybe I should reread it in this translation.

True ... it's surprising to people that the big name colleges like Harvard and Yale have so few students. (I'm a professor at a mid-sized public university, proud to have taught here for more than two decades.)

A statue of Queen Victoria, memorial trees and a swimming pool: Judi Dench’s garden – in eight poignant items The storied actor has spent years campaigning to protect green spaces. She invites us into her Surrey sanctuary, where each tree represents a lost loved one

I love Judi Dench. I've only seen her on screen, never in person, but I've read her book "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent" and it was a delight. #shakespeare #judidench #booksky

The cover of Camp Olvido ... a road heading toward the horizon.

I'll be in Oxford for an event next week to celebrate the @miamioh-press.bsky.social Novella Series. Twenty years of prize-winning novellas. I'm proud my novella, Camp Olvido, appeared in this series. #booksky #writingcommunity #novella

Yes. This is his legacy ... an infamous one.

And don’t lose track of your butt.

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

An essay by one of the best if not the best American novelist today. #booksky #writingcommunity

Semicolons! You’re living on the edge!

It was identical for faculty job interviews at the Modern Language Association when I was on the job market after graduate school.

Yes! You can make discoveries while you’re writing.

Laughable

Pathetic

Thanks! When I began that story, I thought it would be about the journey south, and then I realized that I had written a complete story that ended with the decision to make the journey.

Nice! I’ve been describing the trees in the Midwest as having a green froth. Not quite in leaf yet, but soon.

Video: ‘Instructions on Not Giving Up’ On a recent episode of the “Book Review” podcast, the former poet laureate Ada Limón made the case for why poetry matters and read two poems, including this one called “Instructions on Not Giving Up.”

#PoetryMonth Ada Limon on spring green

Draw of "1 Picasso for 100 euros" in favor of Fondation Recherche Alzheimer YouTube video by 1 Picasso 100 euros

I am totally going to win a #Picasso tomorrow.

The Everglades of the West - Patagonia Stories The return of wetlands to the source of the Klamath River. Riding shotgun across Kurt Thomas’s 2,000-acre cattle ranch in Chiloquin, Oregon, feels like

This is inspiring.

At first, I thought you meant Woodrow Wilson.

Pictured Rocks is also a spectacular backpacking trip.

I backpacked there a few years ago. The sunrises over Superior were incredible.

#caturday. Hazel is relaxed.