Amber Sparks
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
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THANK YOU, @andizeisler.bsky.social
Last week, the New York Times’ “Interesting Times” podcast asked, “Did women ruin the workplace?” The headline changed twice — but the real issue wasn’t the wording. It was the premise.
Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did
When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.
www.salon.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
THANK YOU, @andizeisler.bsky.social
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Need a dose of humor to kick off the week? Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @writersdigest.bsky.social on her love of dark humor! buff.ly/N4yiQuO
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Need a dose of humor to kick off the week? Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @writersdigest.bsky.social on her love of dark humor! buff.ly/N4yiQuO
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Finally picked up this hugely anticipated debut novel from THE @ambersparks.bsky.social!
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Finally picked up this hugely anticipated debut novel from THE @ambersparks.bsky.social!
I genuinely love when you’re in a liminal space, like an airport, and then you have to pass through a liminal space in the liminal space, like a weird hallway under construction - that’s the feeling I’m always looking for in my writing
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I genuinely love when you’re in a liminal space, like an airport, and then you have to pass through a liminal space in the liminal space, like a weird hallway under construction - that’s the feeling I’m always looking for in my writing
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‘Ambition is a punishing sphere for women’: author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation
‘Ambition is a punishing sphere for women’: author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation
What do Swift and Plath have in common, and should Kamala Harris have spoken out about her political ambitions? The Argonauts author turns her lens on poetry, pop and patriarchy
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Do they know about France
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now. Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now.
https://cnn.it/4oExxPp
https://cnn.it/4oExxPp
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Do they know about France
Happy fifth anniversary to all who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Happy fifth anniversary to all who celebrate
I love when you’re boarding a plane and they get to like, boarding group 6 and it becomes a free for all because they’re like whatever, the rest of you losers can board or not, we don’t care
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love when you’re boarding a plane and they get to like, boarding group 6 and it becomes a free for all because they’re like whatever, the rest of you losers can board or not, we don’t care
I’m putting together a playlist for November, tell me your favorite liminal, haunted, unsettling, otherworldly November song
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I’m putting together a playlist for November, tell me your favorite liminal, haunted, unsettling, otherworldly November song
America, a country where most people can’t afford groceries but a literal Bond villain can just keep failing up right into being a trillionaire
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
America, a country where most people can’t afford groceries but a literal Bond villain can just keep failing up right into being a trillionaire
I am so fucking tired of getting AI pitch scam emails for my book, AI sucks so hard and this is just another way it’s making life worse for writers
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am so fucking tired of getting AI pitch scam emails for my book, AI sucks so hard and this is just another way it’s making life worse for writers
This looks incredible!
Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond | ASU Events
In this workshop, our speakers will use speculative thinking, literary criticism, and fiction writing to explore what resistance looks like in both our real world and in the imagined worlds that refle...
asuevents.asu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This looks incredible!
These people will never understand that most voters aren’t voting with some grand political strategy in mind. They just want to afford housing and groceries and have a nice mayor who seems like he actually likes other humans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These people will never understand that most voters aren’t voting with some grand political strategy in mind. They just want to afford housing and groceries and have a nice mayor who seems like he actually likes other humans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Amazing to think that if you actually care about helping people they might be inspired to go vote for you
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Amazing to think that if you actually care about helping people they might be inspired to go vote for you
Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his first line, I’m dead
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his first line, I’m dead
Only one thing could make this night even better
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Only one thing could make this night even better
Had the depressing thought for the first time today that as AI makes people dumber, there will be less and less daylight between humans and AI, it’s just a race to the slop bottom
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Had the depressing thought for the first time today that as AI makes people dumber, there will be less and less daylight between humans and AI, it’s just a race to the slop bottom
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People of Minneapolis and Saint Paul!
Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
William Alexander and Amber Sparks
Finding Family in Speculative Fiction Saturday, November 8, 20252:30pm, Veterans Gallery (located upstairs from the Book Fair) ★ This event is ASL interpreted! Two lauded masters in their respective f...
twincitiesbookfestival.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
People of Minneapolis and Saint Paul!
Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
I love this - I think this is why so many writers love baseball.
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I love this - I think this is why so many writers love baseball.
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I hope this has some impact. It's shameful the way MAGA / GOP use art at cross purposes from what its creators meant (and without consent, often breaking the law). www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I hope this has some impact. It's shameful the way MAGA / GOP use art at cross purposes from what its creators meant (and without consent, often breaking the law). www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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On November 17 and 24, @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I will be on TCM talking about films featured in our book. More details to come.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
On November 17 and 24, @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I will be on TCM talking about films featured in our book. More details to come.
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New novel from @ambersparks.bsky.social is just so good. I held it to be my Halloween read. I'm about halfway through this morning and can't put it down. Fern & Alice are kind of a minor miracle. Anyway, my #sundaysentence this week: "The misery of the dead attracts more dead."
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New novel from @ambersparks.bsky.social is just so good. I held it to be my Halloween read. I'm about halfway through this morning and can't put it down. Fern & Alice are kind of a minor miracle. Anyway, my #sundaysentence this week: "The misery of the dead attracts more dead."
Jfc I hope this series killed the whole idea that baseball is boring because WHEW
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Jfc I hope this series killed the whole idea that baseball is boring because WHEW