Clearly she had it coming…

Karen Palmer with Samantha Dunn, discusses and signs "She's Under Here".

LA friends. I'll be reading from She's Under Here and discussing the book with the magnificent @samydunn.bsky.social at Diesel Bookstore on Sunday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. Please come—I'd love to say hi. (p.s. A reservation helps the store plan.)

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Same. And I want it right now.

This article from Persuasion on Substack stopped me in my tracks today: “Is America Still a Free Country?”

“Ginsberg: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.
Twitter: Hold my beer.”

I have real work to do yet here I am, immersed in this addictive crack thing of a novel by @marksarvas.bsky.social
#amreading

Mexico sent more than thoughts and prayers.

Me!

This is pretty astounding. 79% of Republicans are happy with the way America is right now, 4% of Democrats are.

Maybe only journalists will get this, but damn I still laughing…

One guy…who is enabled by countless others in order to make all of this possible.

Bookish with Meghan Daum and Matthew Specktor YouTube video by Southern California News Group

Is our creative class disappearing?
What does it mean to be "problematized"?
Matthew Specktor and Meghan Daum are two of America's most exciting writers at the intersection of cultural criticism and personal narrative. Experience them both on this episode of BOOKISH—

Connecticut doctor born in Pennsylvania told to leave the U.S. by Homeland Security A Connecticut physician is seeking an immigration attorney after Homeland Security ordered her out of the country via email. Dr. Lisa Anderson was born in Pennsylvania.

Surreal.

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Literally was just going to type the same thing when I saw your post… yes, so good.

“Slouching toward tyranny” is a phrase. I read the other day, and it seems to be more and more accurate…

The White Lotus season 4 should be set among the crisis PR staff at White Lotus headquarters, just dealing with everyone constantly dying at all their properties

If my husband is actually being paid by George Soros as MAGA contends the protesters are, we might actually be able to afford groceries now that the tariffs have kicked in…

Bookish with Lidia Yuknavitch and 4th annual Noteworthy authors of 2024 YouTube video by Southern California News Group

“Your failures and fears are portals. Step through.” Spent some time with the luminous Lidia Yuknavitch— enjoy our conversation here:

A More Realistic AWP Schedule 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM - Daily Meditation Room For People Who Have Been Submitting to the New Yorker and Poetry for Years Without an Acceptance 9:00 AM...

For all who celebrate…😂
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Why ‘Chronology of Water’ author Lidia Yuknavitch revisits the past in ‘Reading the Waves’ While Kristen Stewarts turns ‘The Chronology of Water’ into a movie, its author revisits her past in a new memoir, ‘Reading the Waves.’

“I have chosen to spend my life creating literature as resistance.”
Lidia Yuknavitch does indeed.
Read our conversation: www.ocregister.com/2025/03/14/w...

No surprise that the Democratic Party approval ratings are in the toilet right now.

Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions.

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“The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” —Albert Einstein

I thought austerity plans were for when a country is in a recession or depression, not to put us in one.

And how are you enjoying your dystopia?

Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

Crystal clear.

Per Heather Cox Richardson: Martin Matishak of The Record, a cybersecurity news publication, broke the story that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stop all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

Gee. I wonder why…

It’s astonishing.

So this is where we are.

White House Correspondents’ Association cedes control of pool reports to Trump administration The move breaks from decades of cooperation between the White House and the journalists who cover the president.

“White House Correspondents’ Association sees control of pool reports to Kremlin.”
There, I fixed it.
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