blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.
We've had a day to pull a few things together, so here's a thread some more targeted info opposing the potential national book ban just proposed in the House of Representatives.
Image showing Mayor Mamdani looking frustrated, with a text overlaid that reads “NYC Public Library Action Network” at the top, and in large bold letters text that reads “Mayor Mamdani did not honor his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget” and then in smaller font below, there is text that reads “visit NYCPLAN.ORG for more information”
While a candidate, @mayor.nyc.gov pledged to commit 0.5% of the city’s budget to public libraries.
Unfortunately, Mayor Mamdani has broken this promise in his preliminary FY27 budget, released yesterday, where he allocated 0.39% to libraries.
This amount is well below the promised 0.5%
I would not be a journalist without WaPo - their arts coverage, their local influence, their internships - starting as a teenager when they had a program for kids to write about high school theatre. Heartbroken for their staff, readers, the whole news ecosystem.
serious aaWOOOOgah is right
Thanks to Taylor and Travis for getting engaged today to help promote my piece about how wedding is a performance!
For @literaryhub.bsky.social, I wrote about Jens Lekman as a wedding singer and becoming a character in your own story.
Writing someone else’s autofiction: how novelist David Levithan fictionalized musician Jens Lekman’s side hustle as a… wedding singer.
I have been looking for a jacket like this!
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear
A cool, new feature we just launched (for members): You can search years of PM Job Board listings to see the posted salary information.
www.publishersmarketplace.com/jobs/salary....
This spring I wrote about my kid's baffling inner life, the malleability of the self, and one weird old chicken.
stillalivemag.com/articles/spi...
For Romper I wrote about my goth child and finding humanity in the monsters and bad guys of children’s media. www.romper.com/entertainmen...
For work @publisherslunch.bsky.social, I've reported on burnout, unions, low morale, lower pay, and that time PRH tried to buy S&S. Proud of the work, hopeful for the future.
I called Courtney Summers "a master of the bitch" and I stand by it electricliterature.com/this-book-an...
"I was introduced to real life pain through imaginary people." Remember Lurlene McDaniel? I do! lithub.com/rereading-th...
For The Washington Post, I wrote about parenthood and the pandemic and the myth of protection and my boobs. www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/20...
Feels like a good day to populate this place with some of my writing (not all from this year)...
