Emma Barry
@authoremmabarry.bsky.social
Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://linktr.ee/authoremmabarry
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Emma Barry
@authoremmabarry.bsky.social
· Sep 25
So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.
The only thing I have to add to the JCO discourse is that while the woman can be a mess, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" absolutely rivets students. I do love teaching it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The only thing I have to add to the JCO discourse is that while the woman can be a mess, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" absolutely rivets students. I do love teaching it.
I watched this while knitting this weekend, and it was unexpectedly hilarious and also kind of touching and a lot relevant.
Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal. n.pr/43Qlg1W
'Death by Lightning' unfolds like an 1880s 'West Wing'
Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I watched this while knitting this weekend, and it was unexpectedly hilarious and also kind of touching and a lot relevant.
And Warner's is here www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
And Warner's is here www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...
I'm certain that this time, Lucy really is going to let Charlie Brown kick that football. /sarcasm
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm certain that this time, Lucy really is going to let Charlie Brown kick that football. /sarcasm
Does anyone have a recommendation for a book of sock knitting patterns?
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Does anyone have a recommendation for a book of sock knitting patterns?
Am now rereading Frankenstein: "and if my incantations were always unsuccessful, I attributed the failure to my own inexperience and mistake than to a want of skill or fidelity in my instructors." Ah, what a critique of AI "learning."
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Am now rereading Frankenstein: "and if my incantations were always unsuccessful, I attributed the failure to my own inexperience and mistake than to a want of skill or fidelity in my instructors." Ah, what a critique of AI "learning."
Frankenstein was a truly beautiful film. Make cinema a visual medium again!
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Frankenstein was a truly beautiful film. Make cinema a visual medium again!
Politicians are happy to speak for "soccer moms" or wine moms or whatever we're calling them these days.
Which is why we--because I am one!--need to speak for ourselves.
Which is why we--because I am one!--need to speak for ourselves.
Suburban moms protesting peacefully and being arrested outside Broadview.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Politicians are happy to speak for "soccer moms" or wine moms or whatever we're calling them these days.
Which is why we--because I am one!--need to speak for ourselves.
Which is why we--because I am one!--need to speak for ourselves.
I LOVE this idea. Some of my books' theme songs:
You, Me, & the Conspiracy - "House of the Rising Sun," Lauren O'Connell
Bold Moves - "Let You Break My Heart Again," Laufey
Bad Reputation - "Cut to the Feeling," Carly Rae Jepsen
Funny Guy - "Steamroller," Phoebe Bridgers
You, Me, & the Conspiracy - "House of the Rising Sun," Lauren O'Connell
Bold Moves - "Let You Break My Heart Again," Laufey
Bad Reputation - "Cut to the Feeling," Carly Rae Jepsen
Funny Guy - "Steamroller," Phoebe Bridgers
I am so glad to hear I am not the only writer who has opening tv show credits playing in their brain as they write. Here are the theme songs for my other books:
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I LOVE this idea. Some of my books' theme songs:
You, Me, & the Conspiracy - "House of the Rising Sun," Lauren O'Connell
Bold Moves - "Let You Break My Heart Again," Laufey
Bad Reputation - "Cut to the Feeling," Carly Rae Jepsen
Funny Guy - "Steamroller," Phoebe Bridgers
You, Me, & the Conspiracy - "House of the Rising Sun," Lauren O'Connell
Bold Moves - "Let You Break My Heart Again," Laufey
Bad Reputation - "Cut to the Feeling," Carly Rae Jepsen
Funny Guy - "Steamroller," Phoebe Bridgers
I have some books on sale that I should probably plug, huh? First up, in North America, you can grab the ebook of Bold Moves--my super angsty, super spicy chess romance is about secrets, second-chances, and shooting a television show--for $2.49 at Amazon all this month.
Bold Moves: A Novel
www.amazon.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I have some books on sale that I should probably plug, huh? First up, in North America, you can grab the ebook of Bold Moves--my super angsty, super spicy chess romance is about secrets, second-chances, and shooting a television show--for $2.49 at Amazon all this month.
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this airport restriction thing baffles me from a political POV. can someone explain to me what play they think they're making?
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
this airport restriction thing baffles me from a political POV. can someone explain to me what play they think they're making?
There's so much work to do, but it feels less impossible this morning. Let's have more days like this, please.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
There's so much work to do, but it feels less impossible this morning. Let's have more days like this, please.
Love you, Virginia
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Love you, Virginia
I finished my freaking dev edit.
I'm on page 307 of 381 of my dev edit. The book is SO much stronger than when I started almost three weeks ago, but gosh darn am I exhausted.
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I finished my freaking dev edit.
I was voter 514 at my precinct, and they said turn out seemed high for a state race!
let's get this done, Virginia friends.
Voting concludes Tuesday in Virginia's gubernatorial race. Follow the live results. n.pr/47mHjj1
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was voter 514 at my precinct, and they said turn out seemed high for a state race!
let's get this done, Virginia friends.
Voting concludes Tuesday in Virginia's gubernatorial race. Follow the live results. n.pr/47mHjj1
Virginia governor race: Live 2025 election results
View live results for Virginia's governor race.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
let's get this done, Virginia friends.
My institution's new video hosting software is called--no joke--Panopto.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My institution's new video hosting software is called--no joke--Panopto.
Virginia peeps, this couldn't be more important for us.
Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Virginia peeps, this couldn't be more important for us.
I'm on page 307 of 381 of my dev edit. The book is SO much stronger than when I started almost three weeks ago, but gosh darn am I exhausted.
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm on page 307 of 381 of my dev edit. The book is SO much stronger than when I started almost three weeks ago, but gosh darn am I exhausted.
co sign. I'm not really a spooky season person, but I have come to LOVE Halloween: adorable kids, free candy, chatting with your neighbors, building community. it's the best.
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
co sign. I'm not really a spooky season person, but I have come to LOVE Halloween: adorable kids, free candy, chatting with your neighbors, building community. it's the best.
In class today, I showed my students four short, unidentified excerpts from novels, and we talked about which one was the "best" and what it means for prose to be "good." I'm actually curious if you all will agree with them. so here goes:
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In class today, I showed my students four short, unidentified excerpts from novels, and we talked about which one was the "best" and what it means for prose to be "good." I'm actually curious if you all will agree with them. so here goes:
Preparing for class today, I cannot believe how similar JD Vance's rhetoric this week is to the Mr. Lindner scenes in A Raisin in the Sun. Like...it's spot on.
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Preparing for class today, I cannot believe how similar JD Vance's rhetoric this week is to the Mr. Lindner scenes in A Raisin in the Sun. Like...it's spot on.
sincerely, this is wonderful.
“The [MFA] has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) regarding two monumental stoneware vessels in the MFA’s collection that were made by the enslaved potter and poet…”
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Resolves Ownership of Works by Enslaved Artist David Drake
BOSTON (October 29, 2025)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also k
www.mfa.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
sincerely, this is wonderful.
it is wet on my face. why is that?
Rescuers have saved a pet dog that fell off an oceanside bluff in San Francisco and spent more than 20 minutes clinging to a narrow ledge.
A San Francisco dog wags its tail and kisses rescuers after it's plucked from the side of a cliff
Rescuers have saved a pet dog that fell off an oceanside bluff in San Francisco and spent more than 20 minutes clinging to a narrow ledge.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
it is wet on my face. why is that?