Alison Cerri
@alisoncerri.bsky.social
Brooklyn-based book publicist. Reader, runner, dog mom. opinions are my own ✨
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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In 2025, we recommend 1,069 books. These are the 10 that rose to the very top. @berkleypub.bsky.social @berkleypub.bsky.social @delreybooks.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social @randomhouse.bsky.social bookpage.com/best-books
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In 2025, we recommend 1,069 books. These are the 10 that rose to the very top. @berkleypub.bsky.social @berkleypub.bsky.social @delreybooks.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social @randomhouse.bsky.social bookpage.com/best-books
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Happy ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME day! Let's stay here forever 💙
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happy ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME day! Let's stay here forever 💙
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Zohran Mamdani will become the next mayor of New York City. (NBC News)
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Zohran Mamdani will become the next mayor of New York City. (NBC News)
went to vote early for the Halloween sticker. Got it AND a temporary tattoo version of the sticker. I love New York City
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
went to vote early for the Halloween sticker. Got it AND a temporary tattoo version of the sticker. I love New York City
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!
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✨ I curated an event in honor of a new Octavia Butler biography w/ author Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi on 09/30 at the Center for Bklyn History at 6:30 pm.
There will be convo AND stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association! ✨
RSVP here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
There will be convo AND stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association! ✨
RSVP here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
CBH Talk | Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi Discuss “Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler” | Brooklyn Public Library
Susana M. Morris’s new book, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, is a magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongsi...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
✨ I curated an event in honor of a new Octavia Butler biography w/ author Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi on 09/30 at the Center for Bklyn History at 6:30 pm.
There will be convo AND stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association! ✨
RSVP here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
There will be convo AND stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association! ✨
RSVP here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
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@ninawest.bsky.social on literature, the necessity of Drag Queen Story Hour, and why reading is fundamental.
Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters
In the world of drag, reading is fundamental. It’s one of those great lessons from the documentary classic Paris Is Burning, and reading has also found its way into our lexicon thanks to the pop cu…
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September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@ninawest.bsky.social on literature, the necessity of Drag Queen Story Hour, and why reading is fundamental.
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National epics aren't written so often these days, but Georgian author Nino Haratischwili has made them her stock-in-trade. This weekend's WSJ Fiction Chronicle leads with her big, operatic, immersive latest, 'The Lack of Light,' a story of friendship in a broken country. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Fiction: ‘The Lack of Light’ by Nino Haratischwili
Plus Angela Flournoy’s “The Wilderness.”
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September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
National epics aren't written so often these days, but Georgian author Nino Haratischwili has made them her stock-in-trade. This weekend's WSJ Fiction Chronicle leads with her big, operatic, immersive latest, 'The Lack of Light,' a story of friendship in a broken country. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
“Elena Ferrante fans, this bestselling European author might become your next obsession”—THE LACK OF LIGHT by Nino Haratischwili is one of People’s best books of September
PEOPLE’s Best Books of September 2025: Powerful Memoirs from Charlie Sheen, Emma Heming Willis and More
See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of September 2025, including new memoirs, novels and more.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Elena Ferrante fans, this bestselling European author might become your next obsession”—THE LACK OF LIGHT by Nino Haratischwili is one of People’s best books of September
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Nino Haratischwili and Morgan Leigh Davies discuss her new novel “The Lack of Light,” nostalgia for hard times, and post-Soviet corruption.
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The Sadomasochistic Chain of Post-Soviet Society - Electric Literature
Nino Haratischwili discusses nostalgia and the chaos of 1990s Georgia in her epic novel “The Lack of Light”
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September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Nino Haratischwili and Morgan Leigh Davies discuss her new novel “The Lack of Light,” nostalgia for hard times, and post-Soviet corruption.
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For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
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In a frankly wild turn of events, Dilemmas of Working Women has been selected as the September title for Dakota Johnson(!)'s TeaTime Book Club!
I was asked to write a few messages that will be posted in the Book Club's Insta channel throughout the month. Join up!
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I was asked to write a few messages that will be posted in the Book Club's Insta channel throughout the month. Join up!
www.instagram.com/p/DOERxI3icX...
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In a frankly wild turn of events, Dilemmas of Working Women has been selected as the September title for Dakota Johnson(!)'s TeaTime Book Club!
I was asked to write a few messages that will be posted in the Book Club's Insta channel throughout the month. Join up!
www.instagram.com/p/DOERxI3icX...
I was asked to write a few messages that will be posted in the Book Club's Insta channel throughout the month. Join up!
www.instagram.com/p/DOERxI3icX...
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For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about Fumio Yamamoto's first book to be translated into English, "The Dilemmas of Working Women," which is delightful and also extremely unfortunately relevant to our end-stage capitalism days (gift link):
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Review | A witty Japanese bestseller considers how our work defines us
“The Dilemmas of Working Women,” by Fumio Yamamoto, explores how our identities are shaped by our jobs, or lack thereof.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about Fumio Yamamoto's first book to be translated into English, "The Dilemmas of Working Women," which is delightful and also extremely unfortunately relevant to our end-stage capitalism days (gift link):
wapo.st/4n9rOQG
wapo.st/4n9rOQG
“‘Positive Obsession’ reissues Butler’s clarion call for us to join her in building a better world. Morris, in turn, delivers the invitation with the requisite care and clarity we need to see Butler’s enduring vision with fresh eyes and renewed resolve.” #OctaviaButler
‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler
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August 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“‘Positive Obsession’ reissues Butler’s clarion call for us to join her in building a better world. Morris, in turn, delivers the invitation with the requisite care and clarity we need to see Butler’s enduring vision with fresh eyes and renewed resolve.” #OctaviaButler
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🔮 Reactor Magazine has seen it...you will be watching John Wick and debating the merits of dark academia...this very weekend... 🔮
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: What Octavia Butler, John Wick, and Hermit Crabs Have in Common - Reactor
There are only two weekends remaining before, somehow, September returns. Some people may feel this is an appropriate time to urge everyone to make the most of it! Get outside! Do things!—well, that f...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🔮 Reactor Magazine has seen it...you will be watching John Wick and debating the merits of dark academia...this very weekend... 🔮
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Your attention, please. Your attention, please. This is NOT a drill. I repeat, this is NOT a drill.
Happening TODAY on IG live! Spread the word!
Happening TODAY on IG live! Spread the word!
August 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Your attention, please. Your attention, please. This is NOT a drill. I repeat, this is NOT a drill.
Happening TODAY on IG live! Spread the word!
Happening TODAY on IG live! Spread the word!
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This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)
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It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.
POSITIVE OBSESSION is in NBC News today! Such a lovely piece about Susana Morris’s biography of Octavia Butler and highlighting the #OctaviaKnew trend. The book is on sale 8/19 💫
Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, years after her death
A new biography reveals the innermost thoughts of the groundbreaking novelist whose work in the 1980s and ’90s predicted our lives right now.
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August 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
POSITIVE OBSESSION is in NBC News today! Such a lovely piece about Susana Morris’s biography of Octavia Butler and highlighting the #OctaviaKnew trend. The book is on sale 8/19 💫