The article title, "A Clanker of a Creator: Anthropic's Frankensteinian Fair Use," accompanied by The Practical Writer logo and Jay Baron Nicorvo's author photo.

Jay Baron Nicorvo unpacks the ruling of fair use in the Anthropic copyright settlement regarding its AI model. “Our written language is our humanity writ large…gathered on pages tucked between the covers of our books…. It is where, and how, our humanity is best expressed.” at.pw.org/ClankerCreator

In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History They were “Damned Old Fools on Books.” That’s what the Philadelphia bibliophile William Carl Bolivar told Arturo Schomburg, his younger counterpart in New York, as the two men exchanged book lists,…

“The homes of Schomburg, Dorsey, and other collectors were important sites of Black intellectual culture: salon-like spaces for the bookish crowd. Until now, however, it has been hard to picture them.” How Arturo Schomburg built a library and made history.
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Very excited for this 🖤

Love this excellent @largeheartedboy.bsky.social playlist by @zachpowers.bsky.social for his incredible new novel The Migraine Diaries (@jacklegpress.bsky.social)! Can't wait to host Zach on May 11 at Franklin Park!

We had a blast at the Franklin Park Reading Series New Fiction Showcase! Huge thanks to our outstanding readers Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi, and ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is May 11!

ACID GREEN VELVET: A Twist on the Gothic Western Witty follow-up to The Orange East Creep

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Grace Krilanovich's ACID GREEN VELVET (@twodollarradio.bsky.social); it's a great novel for people who like "twisted Gothic Westerns that merge social criticism with nihilism": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/acid-green...

You can read the story here: www.keyschool.org/uploaded/Com...

It's an adaptation of the title story of an amazing collection by Manuel Gonzales!

I wish I was not teaching and could go to this! It is a LINE UP

Thanks for spreading the word, Cat! We’ll miss you! 😍

Had the extreme pleasure of interviewing author Hannah Lillith Assadi for the Skylight Books podcast

Take a listen here!

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The cover of Down Time

Adam Straus on "Down Time": “A devoted chronicler of the overeducated and underachieving, Martin is interested in those for whom the world is wide open but who invariably fall short of their promise.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/down-time-andrew...

Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellaro Scodallero’s mesmerizing and challenging debut novel (after the story collection Some of Them Will Carry Me) focuses on a film s...

'An arresting work by a writer unbound by constraints of the expected.' @publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews RUINS, CHILD by Giada Scodellaro, which publishes March 2026: www.publishersweekly.com/9780811240215

MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a new fiction showcase featuring superstars Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi! Drink specials, book raffle! www.facebook.com/share/1FQph9... 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights #free

“Lange embraces mess and complexity as she probes the contradictions inherent in the systems that define modern life…”

Excerpt from the review of “Day Care,” by Nora Lange, new from @‌twodollarradio.bsky.social.

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May 4: We’re launching a new backyard reading series at #crownheights bar the Crown Inn! Cofounded by Franklin Park Reading Series curator @peninaroth.bsky.social, Crown Inn owner Zhenya Kampanets, and author @khaholi.bsky.social, we’ll host Emerging Writers readings and Poetry Nights, May-Oct.

One week away! Monday, April 13, 8pm: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a new fiction showcase featuring Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, Giada Scodellaro, and Deena ElGenaidi! #Free At 618 St. Johns Place. #crownheights

The Profession That Does Not Exist | Baffler Symposium A partial history of the hidden labor that makes possible the poems, stories, essays, and books you read.

This week @thebaffler.com asks whether you can still make it financially today as a writer—citing our Authors Guild income survey.

(The answer is yes… but at what cost??)

Overlaid on a light blue background are images of the book covers for X IS WHERE I AM, WHO KILLED BAMBI, THE DOG MEOWS, THE CAT BARKS, NOTHING AT ALL, AND METADOGGOZ. To the left of black text that reads: The March Watchlist, by Tobias Carroll, Fiction from Indonesia, Spain and Sweden, a dystopian graphic novel and collection of poetic essays translated from French.

@tobiascarroll.bsky.social is back with another Watchlist! This March he recommends fiction from Indonesia, Spain, and Sweden, plus a dystopian graphic novel and collection of poetic essays from French. Scroll to learn more!

A Refugee’s Search for Home in Paradiso 17 Hannah Lillith Assadi’s Paradiso 17 tells the life story of a Palestinian man forever in search of home.

NBCC Co-Vice President/Events Lauren LeBlanc reviewed Hannah Lillith Assadi's "Paradiso 17" for Alta:

What Is 'Good' Muslim Representation in Fiction? And Who Gets to Decide? (Exclusive) "As a Muslim American myself, I know that our identities can be complicated," writes author Deena ElGenaidi, whose new book 'Dust Settles North' features Egyptian American characters

For People Magazine, I wrote about what makes for “good” representation and the often complicated nature of Muslim identity

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Out now ✨ Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellaro, the winner of the 2024 Novel Prize.

‘A gorgeous work of collective witness set against an urban landscape… a surrealist, cinematic telling with an eye towards the future.’ – Electric Literature

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Next sneak peek! You already know who it is 👀 Nora Lange!
"Day Care" will be gracing our minds this April!

✨you can PRE-ORDER this book now on our website!✨

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DOWN TIME is a terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of EARLY WORK and COOL FOR AMERICA. bit.ly/4ljVz1r

Relief in the Surreal: Hannah Lillith Assadi’s “Paradiso 17” Gives her Father a Homecoming in Palestine “Paradiso 17,” Hannah Lillith Assadi's latest work, recounts the refugee story of a Palestinian man. A figure deeply inspired by her father, Sufien begins the novel on his death bed in Arizona. The re...

Novelist Hannah Lillith Assadi discusses her newest book, "Paradiso 17", Palestine and her father's long search for recognition after Israel displaced his family in the Nakba, in an interview with Sophie Hollin.

Monday, April 13, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts a new fiction showcase featuring acclaimed authors Hannah Lillith Assadi, Nora Lange, Andrew Martin, @giadascodellaro.bsky.social, and @deenaelg.bsky.social! www.facebook.com/share/14YBdR... #free #crownheights

Anna Kovatcheva’s She Made Herself a Monster and the Ambiguous Fantastic - Reactor Anna Kovatcheva's new gothic novel features a vampire hunter, but… is it really a vampire story?

"Does a novel need to actually have fantastical elements to be considered a fantasy novel?"

@tobiascarroll.bsky.social considers Anna Kovatcheva's She Made Herself a Monster as a story more fantasy or horror than the sum of its parts. Read the review:

Love these covers!

BOOKS LOOK LIKE CANDY EAT THEM EAT THEM ALL

Remote 6-Week Workshop: Leah Umansky: How to Live a Creative Life - Poets House Participants will journal, write poems, and think about what the creative life can look like. There is no one way to live a creative life!

I'm teaching a course on 'creativity' this June at @poetshouse.bsky.social online! Won't you join me? Anyone can be creative; it's also an antidote for these dark times!

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