Aggeliki Pelekidis
@aggeliki.bsky.social
UNLUCKY MEL, a feminist revenge narrative, comedy, and campus novel. Gold medal winner IPPY award. Short story/CNF writer (McSweeneys, MQR, Confrontation, etc), pet mom, foodie, gardener. PhD in Eng/CW. Assoc Dir of FYW at BU. https://angiepelekidis.com/
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Aggeliki Pelekidis
@aggeliki.bsky.social
· May 27
My debut novel, Unlucky Mel, has won an IPPY Gold Medal for Best First Book, Fiction! Annually since 1996, Independent Publisher Book Awards selects books published by independent presses to receive a gold, silver, or bronze medal. Thanks to Cornell University Press for publishing my novel!
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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I had so much fun chatting with Jamey, the host of the One Drink Book Club! And the drink assigned to my novel Unlucky Mel was an Unlucky Martini, which only had two olives instead of three! It was a vodka martini to fit a particular scene later in the book!
onedrinkbookclub.com/episode/one-...
onedrinkbookclub.com/episode/one-...
One Drink Book Club | Unlucky Mel by Aggeliki Pelekidis | One Drink Book Club
In this episode of the One Drink Book Club, Jamey discusses Unlucky Mel with author Aggeliki Pelekidis. The book follows Melody Hollings, a creative writing...
onedrinkbookclub.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I had so much fun chatting with Jamey, the host of the One Drink Book Club! And the drink assigned to my novel Unlucky Mel was an Unlucky Martini, which only had two olives instead of three! It was a vodka martini to fit a particular scene later in the book!
onedrinkbookclub.com/episode/one-...
onedrinkbookclub.com/episode/one-...
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I got a lot of death threats after I confronted Nancy Mace at a tech conference in DC and I guess it's nice to know that most of them were probably just from her and her bot army? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Nancy Mace ran bot army, had staff run fake accounts boosting her, report claims
South Carolina congresswoman previously accused four men of sexual misconduct in committee hearing
www.independent.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I got a lot of death threats after I confronted Nancy Mace at a tech conference in DC and I guess it's nice to know that most of them were probably just from her and her bot army? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
My debut novel, Unlucky Mel, has won an IPPY Gold Medal for Best First Book, Fiction! Annually since 1996, Independent Publisher Book Awards selects books published by independent presses to receive a gold, silver, or bronze medal. Thanks to Cornell University Press for publishing my novel!
May 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My debut novel, Unlucky Mel, has won an IPPY Gold Medal for Best First Book, Fiction! Annually since 1996, Independent Publisher Book Awards selects books published by independent presses to receive a gold, silver, or bronze medal. Thanks to Cornell University Press for publishing my novel!
Thrilled to be participating in the Distinguished Writers Series at @binghamtonu.bsky.social! Especially alongside such amazing writers! Looking forward to hearing them read from their works!
May 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thrilled to be participating in the Distinguished Writers Series at @binghamtonu.bsky.social! Especially alongside such amazing writers! Looking forward to hearing them read from their works!
How do people with allergies do it? One day of being on an allergy med (b/c I’m stuffed up with a cold) and I will never do it again. My IQ dropped by at least 30 points. My body aged into the 100s. My mental health plummeted. Motivation to do anything like move, breath, exist became nil.
May 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How do people with allergies do it? One day of being on an allergy med (b/c I’m stuffed up with a cold) and I will never do it again. My IQ dropped by at least 30 points. My body aged into the 100s. My mental health plummeted. Motivation to do anything like move, breath, exist became nil.
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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
www.npr.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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🚨 CALL YOUR REP TODAY. The cuts to Medicaid spell euthanasia to thousands of nursing home patients.
May 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🚨 CALL YOUR REP TODAY. The cuts to Medicaid spell euthanasia to thousands of nursing home patients.
Why tax billionaires when we can ask grandma and grandpa to work until they drop? And let’s not pay workers fair wages throughout their careers so they can afford to retire. Let’s just keep concentrating wealth at the top.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
‘Ludicrous and unfair’: older workers react to pressure to delay retirement
IMF is urging countries globally to act to ease stress on public finances, sparking mainly outrage but also support
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Why tax billionaires when we can ask grandma and grandpa to work until they drop? And let’s not pay workers fair wages throughout their careers so they can afford to retire. Let’s just keep concentrating wealth at the top.
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www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
‘Ludicrous and unfair’: older workers react to pressure to delay retirement
IMF is urging countries globally to act to ease stress on public finances, sparking mainly outrage but also support
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
The 70's is definitely not the new 50's. Nice try. Don't believe it, I'm living it.
I’d read somewhere that dancing improves mood and realized I couldn’t remember the last time I danced. Maybe at a wedding a few years ago. But yesterday as I cleaned, I played an eclectic mix of music and moved! We’re talking hip hop, 90s pop, disco, and more. Did I feel better after? Sure did!
May 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’d read somewhere that dancing improves mood and realized I couldn’t remember the last time I danced. Maybe at a wedding a few years ago. But yesterday as I cleaned, I played an eclectic mix of music and moved! We’re talking hip hop, 90s pop, disco, and more. Did I feel better after? Sure did!
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Thanks, Gabino. THE EL is on its way. Preorder for an August arrival or NetGalley now. Happy #FridayReads!
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May 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanks, Gabino. THE EL is on its way. Preorder for an August arrival or NetGalley now. Happy #FridayReads!
theodorevanalst.com
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Everyone should check out my Weird Western novella, THe Woodcutters. If you like historical horror, give it a shot.
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Everyone should check out my Weird Western novella, THe Woodcutters. If you like historical horror, give it a shot.
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the comeback baby, the first barrio noir, the novel that gave me a career in France, the little book that could!
www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
May 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the comeback baby, the first barrio noir, the novel that gave me a career in France, the little book that could!
www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
Excited to give @jamiattenberg.bsky.social #1000wordsofsummer a shot! I could use some extra focus as I work on rewriting this novel MS I’ve had kicking around for a while. Anyone else doing this?
May 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Excited to give @jamiattenberg.bsky.social #1000wordsofsummer a shot! I could use some extra focus as I work on rewriting this novel MS I’ve had kicking around for a while. Anyone else doing this?
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research
D: I just read them to you!
R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
One of my favorite photos of our barn.
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One of my favorite photos of our barn.
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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Little known fact that Grover Cleveland used to ride around the world in the Statue of Liberty and have sensitive national security discussions inside it, before taking possession of it himself after he left office.
May 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Little known fact that Grover Cleveland used to ride around the world in the Statue of Liberty and have sensitive national security discussions inside it, before taking possession of it himself after he left office.
Local and Ithaca friends, if you’re looking for something to do tomorrow, I’ll be participating in a panel with several wonderful writers (Roohi Choudhry Jennifer Savran Kelly and K.E. Semmel). Details: Friday 5/9 from 5:30-6:20 at Buffalo Street Books! Hope to see some familiar faces there!
May 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Local and Ithaca friends, if you’re looking for something to do tomorrow, I’ll be participating in a panel with several wonderful writers (Roohi Choudhry Jennifer Savran Kelly and K.E. Semmel). Details: Friday 5/9 from 5:30-6:20 at Buffalo Street Books! Hope to see some familiar faces there!