Amy Goldschlager
@amygoldschlager.bsky.social
Editor, proofreader, and book/audiobook reviewer. Murder Banana and Friend of DeSoto. Go Spiderwolves and All Guesses Are Wrong!
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These 20 Fantasy Books Will Instantly Transport You
Nothing sweeps you off your feel like a novel about an imaginary world—preferably one with a few piratess or dragons or powerful yet unappreciated sorcerers.
www.oprahdaily.com
Best-of lists are polarizing and reductive. These are 20 books/omnibus editions that I like. It’s curation, not dictation. www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen...
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Don't miss BBB's last 2025 reading--esp. not with these authors on hand (+ Barrow's has WARM drinks, too)! 🍹☕🎙️
Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Don't miss BBB's last 2025 reading--esp. not with these authors on hand (+ Barrow's has WARM drinks, too)! 🍹☕🎙️
Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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Join @csecooney.bsky.social @kradec.bsky.social #GeorgiaDay and #JamiletteCintron for sips and stories on 12/16 at 7pm! ( @amygoldschlager.bsky.social emcees!)
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I just donated to Twisted Spine Books and I think you should, too, if you’ve got a little to spare: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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Donate to Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts, organized by Lauren Komer
On Thursday, October 30th, the remnants of Hurricane Melissa hit NYC, … Lauren Komer needs your support for Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts
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November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I just donated to Twisted Spine Books and I think you should, too, if you’ve got a little to spare: www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...
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#HorrorCommunity
It was a wonderful reading! Thanks to all of our authors and the very responsive audience! (And, of course, Barrow’s Intense!)
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It was a wonderful reading! Thanks to all of our authors and the very responsive audience! (And, of course, Barrow’s Intense!)
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I'm reading TONIGHT at the Brooklyn Books & Booze reading series! Come get your one-night-only "Space Trucker Juice" (named after my novel SPACE TRUCKER JESS.) I'll have books for sale and I'll be reading a new short story. Excited!!
@amygoldschlager.bsky.social @randeedawn.com
@amygoldschlager.bsky.social @randeedawn.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm reading TONIGHT at the Brooklyn Books & Booze reading series! Come get your one-night-only "Space Trucker Juice" (named after my novel SPACE TRUCKER JESS.) I'll have books for sale and I'll be reading a new short story. Excited!!
@amygoldschlager.bsky.social @randeedawn.com
@amygoldschlager.bsky.social @randeedawn.com
My interview with @matthewkressel.net about his fabulous book SPACE TRUCKER JESS is now available in print and online from the October issue of The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2025/10/book...
MATTHEW KRESSEL with Amy Goldschlager | The Brooklyn Rail
Matthew Kressel is a writer, podcaster, digital artist, and programmer whose latest novel is Space Trucker Jess, set in the same Terra Diaspora universe portrayed in several previously published short...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My interview with @matthewkressel.net about his fabulous book SPACE TRUCKER JESS is now available in print and online from the October issue of The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2025/10/book...
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I sure wish I could be there, but the wonderful @amygoldschlager.bsky.social will keep the ship righted and sailing in my absence! Be sure to check this one out!
Mark your calendars! The next BBB at Barrows happens OCT. 17 @ 7pm -- back to a normal Tuesday schedule! Join us for sips, stories, & a salon-like atmosphere with readings from @matthewkressel.net @cwroseauthor.bsky.social @crissachappell.bsky.social & #PaulaBomer! 📚🎙️🧉
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September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I sure wish I could be there, but the wonderful @amygoldschlager.bsky.social will keep the ship righted and sailing in my absence! Be sure to check this one out!
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Join us Wed, Aug 13th, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with Cassandra Khaw & Debra K. Every. Guest hosts: Amy Goldschlager & Mercurio D. Rivera. Come one, come all! @datlow.bsky.social @amygoldschlager.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join us Wed, Aug 13th, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, with Cassandra Khaw & Debra K. Every. Guest hosts: Amy Goldschlager & Mercurio D. Rivera. Come one, come all! @datlow.bsky.social @amygoldschlager.bsky.social @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social
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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
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Is higher education Hell? Read my interview with @rfkuang.bsky.social about her new novel KATABASIS and decide for yourself: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Is higher education Hell? Read my interview with @rfkuang.bsky.social about her new novel KATABASIS and decide for yourself: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Stories, sips and salon-like atmosphere -- that's BBB's next reading THIS TUESDAY 5/20 @ 7pm at Barrow's in #IndustryCity! Come hear tales from @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @matociquala.bsky.social
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
& @randeedawn.com !
It's FREE! 📚👀🎙️🍸
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@scottlynch78.bsky.social
& @randeedawn.com !
It's FREE! 📚👀🎙️🍸
More info at BrooklynBooksBooze.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Stories, sips and salon-like atmosphere -- that's BBB's next reading THIS TUESDAY 5/20 @ 7pm at Barrow's in #IndustryCity! Come hear tales from @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @matociquala.bsky.social
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
& @randeedawn.com !
It's FREE! 📚👀🎙️🍸
More info at BrooklynBooksBooze.com
@scottlynch78.bsky.social
& @randeedawn.com !
It's FREE! 📚👀🎙️🍸
More info at BrooklynBooksBooze.com
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Gorgeous photo from The Color Nature Library: CATS by Peggy Wratten, 1977. I can't find the photographer's name, unfortunately. None is noted anywhere in the book.
April 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Gorgeous photo from The Color Nature Library: CATS by Peggy Wratten, 1977. I can't find the photographer's name, unfortunately. None is noted anywhere in the book.
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Happy Tuesday
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy Tuesday
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April 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
My interview with @siripettersen.bsky.social, a self-proclaimed death-metal, parental-advisory type plotter of fantasy novels: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
Siri Pettersen: Fantasy Is More Than ‘Escapism’ | Kirkus Reviews
Norway’s ‘Fantasy Queen’ discusses the trilogy-in-progress that has made her an international sensation.
www.kirkusreviews.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My interview with @siripettersen.bsky.social, a self-proclaimed death-metal, parental-advisory type plotter of fantasy novels: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Gen A.I. ys counterfeit writinge
March 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gen A.I. ys counterfeit writinge
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
Pm Private GIF
ALT: Pm Private GIF
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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never surrender
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
never surrender
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You win, Corks & Curds.
March 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You win, Corks & Curds.
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This lawsuit is BONKERS.
He notably didn’t sue the paper because the stories were true!
He notably didn’t sue the paper because the stories were true!
President Trump is suing the Pulitzer Board because it awarded its prize to the Washington Post and the New York Times for their reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Today a Florida judge denied Pulitzer's bid to pause the lawsuit. Here's @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's take.
March 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This lawsuit is BONKERS.
He notably didn’t sue the paper because the stories were true!
He notably didn’t sue the paper because the stories were true!
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I have a hard time being protected from antisemitism by people who cosplay as Nazis .
a man says frankly it sounds made up while talking to another man
ALT: a man says frankly it sounds made up while talking to another man
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March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have a hard time being protected from antisemitism by people who cosplay as Nazis .