Book giveaway for Hidden River by Sara Lippmann Apr 14-Apr 26, 2026 Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 14-Apr 26, 2026. Thirty-five year old Cassandra (aka Cass, Cassie, Cassidy, and Cass...

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thank you so much for reading—and for the lovely shoutout, Erika!

From the confetti poppers to the game room to the dramatic release of balloons, he flitted, snapping all the way, his a strange and frenetic mating dance, like a clown act paired with disappearance, with teleportation, he was nowhere and everywhere, which made her wait, she was always waiting, willing his return, watching him out of the narrow of her eye, acutely aware of her body in space, how she stood, hip out, clutching the long thin stem of one glass then another, stacking cubes of sushi, sliding off skewers of meat, clapping to the hora, shuffling through line dances, trussed in boas, in giveaway shades, until sure enough, he circled back.

This week's #SundaySentence comes from one of the superb stories in *3 by Sara Lippmann* ( @saralippmann.bsky.social ). www.erikadreifus.com/2026/04/sund...

AM Homes also brilliant at this

Jernigan!!!! (David Gates)

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

“Art is the business of making up stuff — go make up some stuff.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

thank you, dear Kari! 💗🙏😘

Could not be more excited to read Sara Lippmann's Hidden River, pubbing May 5th from @tortoisebooks.bsky.social. Gift yourself a presale?

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3 by Sara Lippmann — Ristretto Books “The law prohibited bathing the animal in the mother’s milk or something, which sounded like some version of ‘don’t shit where you eat.’ But it was totally worth it for the fleeting pleasure.” Three ...

this chap came out yesterday. three stories to fit in the back pocket. dig the concept? check out 3 (if you’re curious but don’t have the cash, DM and I’ll gladly mail you a copy) www.ristrettobooks.org/shop/p/3-by-...

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thanks, Patricia! 🙏💗

”Embrace the space around the work, whatever that looks like: running, glass blowing, cloud watching. Let it fill you with wonder. Allow yourself fallow periods. That’s life, too....Live yours with integrity and generosity.” More from Sara Lippmann, editor in chief of Epiphany: pw.org/AERLippmann

Slaughterhouse Rules Sara Lippmann Michigan Quarterly Review

it is a truth universally acknowledged that if you take your summer campers to a kosher chicken plant, they will write it into a story 40 years later sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/

To be a part of the @tortoisebooks.bsky.social. family is a gift. The quiet unassuming genius of @jerrybrennan.bsky.social makes him the very best of the best. So glad he’s getting attention he deeply deserves

best part of the day starts with our dedicated and mighty lil clan. see you bright and early!

Epiphany's annual breakout prize is open for submissions, we're thrilled to announce this year's judges: Cynthia Cruz in poetry and Alexandra Kleeman in prose!

If you want our judges to read the work you’re most proud of, go to the link in our bio to submit to the Breakout Prize!

10 readers. 4 literary magazines. One night for the books—both published and forthcoming. We’re very grateful to all the writers and friends who came out to our offsite reading last Friday with @creamcityreview.bsky.social, @baltimorereview.bsky.social, and Lampblack Lit!

Ungodly Hour Writing Club ONLINE WORKSHOPS & CRAFT CLASSES WRITING COLAB silent write-in with Sara Lippmann, all donations go to our scholarship fund Free, or Suggested Donation weekdays March 16 to 27th 6-7:30am Eastern

hey early birds, our last rise and write sesh @writingco-lab.bksky.social was so powerful I’m doing it again. Set your clocks. Join us! Fun start Mon. And if you’ve never tried it, now’s your time. It’s freeeeeee www.writingco-lab.com/classes/ungo...

Host with the most! Thank you so much for a wonderful, heart warming evening! xo

you give good hugs bubbelah

LOLs. So much winning. Loved seeing you, Justin—in the flesh!

Epiphany’s Breakout Prize is open, and it’s not just for students—all writers who haven’t published a full-length book can apply. Winners in each category (poetry and prose) will receive a $1,000 cash prize and publication in our next issue. Apply through the link in our bio!

true I hit the jackpot with @jerrybrennan.bsky.social for an editor

BREAKING NEWS CUBE Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times Blizzard Warnings Issued for Swath of East Coast, Including N.Y.C. The blizzard warnings are the first since 2017 for New York City, which is expected to get up to 18 inches of snow, or more.

bruh I’m so over you even as I’m under you

Thanks so much for having me, Rob!

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sara Lippmann Sara Lippmann is the author of the novel Lech and the story collections Doll Palace and Jerks . Her fiction has won the Lilith Fiction Pri...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Sara Lippmann / @saralippmann.bsky.social @tortoisebooks.bsky.social @bookshop.org ;
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Opinion | Jeffrey Epstein, the Devil’s Concierge

I wrote about one of the worst aspects of the Epstein files

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Dog snuggling lovey

introverts, on day 3 of going nowhere

Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity? None of this is supposed to be easy. Not writing, not life, not love. Louise Glück’s debut, Firstborn, was published in 1968. One poem that didn’t make the cut was “The House on Marshland.” Glück s…

“None of this was supposed to be easy. Not writing, not life, not love.” lithub.com/against-gene...

Sara Lippmann Sara Lippmann: novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, mentor, and workshop leader. Read Sara’s forthcoming HIDDEN RIVER (Tortoise Books, 2026) and a rerelease of JERKS (Tortoise Books, 2025)...

new website! thanks to the amazing and talented @bybethhahn.bsky.social 💗🙏💗🙏💗🙏💗 www.saralippmann.com