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Catherine Lacey @catherinelacey.bsky.social · Oct 6
In late May I lost my wallet, felt indignant and weird for a day, then I decided that this indignant and weird feeling was a good place from which to write a story. It's also about living abroad, but being unavoidably estadounidense. Here it is—
“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey
Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.
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harikunzru.bsky.social
They revoked Wole Soyinka’s US visa? I keep typing reactions and deleting them. Another new low.
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Writers, please sign on. www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
"lydiakiesling [via IG]: I have written for the NYT in various sections since 2014 and it was one of the most exciting moments of my professional life when I first had a byline with the magazine. Since then the paper has supplied the majority of my freelance income, because they are one of the few places that has money to spend and a single long magazine piece there can pay $10,000--almost unheard of anywhere else. In our denuded national media landscape something like 8 percent of American journalists are employed there. I say all this only to convey that, although I know it's craven, I wrestled with severing the connection to a financial lifeline that is known as "the paper of record" and also employs people I care about and respect across its many sections. But I can't pretend not to see the way the paper has played the role of stenographer for the IDF, or used language to emphasize the humanity of Israeli civilians while turning murdered Palestinians into faceless groups, or allowed Bret Stephens to treat genocide like a matter of personal sentiment. Freelancers are important for maintaining this storied institution. I'm not so naive to imagine even 300 people will make a difference, but we won't know if we don't try. If you're a writer, learn more and sign on at the link in my stories. I sign in remembrance of the many murdered Palestinian journalists and novelists and poets who will never again have the choice." "No Opinion I REFUSE TO WRITE FOR THE OPINION SECTION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES UNTIL THESE DEMANDS ARE MET." with a red arrow "THE NYT MUST: Conduct a review of anti-Palestinian bias in the newsroom and produce new editorial standards for Palestine coverage. Retract the widely debunked investigation "Screams Without Words." Publish an editorial calling for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel." "Join the Boycott GENOCIDE IS NOT A MATTER OF OPINION. See the list of 300+ initiating signatories, read our statement, and join us at: boycottdivestunsubscribe.com"
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I’m sad this letter was necessary, but I am proud to have signed it. You can add your signature too if you agree with the hopes and values described here.

www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
No Opinion — The New York Times: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe
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October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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lancerichardson.bsky.social
Love this scene in Mulholland Dr.
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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eadeeva.bsky.social
Hace unos días tuve la suerte de poder hablar un buen rato con @catherinelacey.bsky.social sobre literatura y sobre la vida.

El resultado lo tenéis en @voguespain.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

www.vogue.es/articulos/ca...
Catherine Lacey, escritora: “Creo que hay algo maravilloso en estar enamorada de una persona cuya lengua materna no es la tuya propia”
La autora estadounidense triunfaba el pasado año con ‘Biografía de X’ y prepara el lanzamiento en castellano de ‘The Möbius Book’
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October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
In late May I lost my wallet, felt indignant and weird for a day, then I decided that this indignant and weird feeling was a good place from which to write a story. It's also about living abroad, but being unavoidably estadounidense. Here it is—
“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey
Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.
www.newyorker.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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newyorker.com
“Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.” Read a short story by Catherine Lacey.
“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey
Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.
www.newyorker.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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badhorse.bsky.social
President Trump wants to kill American citizens the right way.

By Ezra Klein
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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nuriamolines.bsky.social
La alegría que me da estar nominada con compañeras tan queridas y talentosas ❤️, y más con «Biografía de X» de @catherinelacey.bsky.social (ed. @alfaguara.bsky.social).
acetraductores.bsky.social ACE Traductores @acetraductores.bsky.social · Sep 29
En la víspera del #DíaInternacionaldelaTraducción anunciamos los nombres de las finalistas del #PremioEstherBenítez de traducción en su edición número veinte:
1/8
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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harikunzru.bsky.social
If you are involved in the arts in any way, you should know about Fall of Freedom. Let’s do something about this, together www.falloffreedom.com
FALL OF FREEDOM Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, t...
www.falloffreedom.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Jeff called me “Mordant AF” 🤗
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Sep 8
Loving Catherine Lacey's The Möebius Book so far. She's such a fine writer and mordant af.
The Moebius Book, Catherine Lacey, light blue hardcover
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
If you like extremely overlooked works of mid century literature and podcasts oh boy have I got a link for you—
thepointmag.bsky.social The Point Magazine @thepointmag.bsky.social · Sep 4
On today’s new episode of Selected Novels, Zach Fine and Jess Swoboda talk to @catherinelacey.bsky.social about Evan S. Connell’s “Mrs. Bridge”—at once a comic satire and a tender, sympathetic treatment of the mid-century American housewife, written in a style all its own.
Selected Novels | Catherine Lacey on Evan S. Connell - The Point Podcast
On this episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to Catherine Lacey about Evan S. Connell’s Mrs. Bridge.Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Submissions are open for the 2026 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, judged by @catherinelacey.bsky.social! Head to hubcity.submittable.com/submit for guidelines and to submit your manuscripts!
September 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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For all you horrors who have been waiting, “Here Where We Live is Our Country” has a pub date! April 7, 2026

Preorder here bookshop.org/p/books/here...

Preorders mean everything, so get one for all your friends. Haters, get some and have a book burning
Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
The Story of the Jewish Bund
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August 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Muchísimas gracias por leerla y gracias a la traductora de mis respuestas!
aferrando.bsky.social Amparo Ferrando @aferrando.bsky.social · Aug 4
Toda la entrevista es oro. En preguntas de @anatxuz.bsky.social y respuestas de @catherinelacey.bsky.social No tiene desperdicio.
August 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Not to brag but a three year old I have only met twice took a blurry picture of nothing with her mom’s phone and told her mom to send it to me.
August 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
What a relief it is to be translated into Spanish much more coherent than I can actually speak.
August 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
12 years earlier.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens ...
theonion.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Did someone turn The Möbius Book into a Möbius strip....????!!!!
audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social Audreys Books 📚 Edmonton @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social · Jul 28
#yeg #booksky come on by and see the amazing installation of 'The Mobius Book, Stripped' by our resident #bookartist Winston @blackriders.com .
@catherinelacey.bsky.social we hope you like this take on your great book! Thanks to Raincoast for supplying books for this project. #bookart #mobiusbook
A typrwriter, a very long mobius strip made from the pages of 'The Mobius Book' by Catherine Lacey, accompanied by book covers.
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
So, Bookforum reviewer’s are having AI write their stuff now? (“Critic” has conflated a central character with a character who appears on one single page.) I wanted to read this review but this glaring error in the second paragraph stopped me.
July 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
catherinelacey.bsky.social
Well, I loved this book so much it made me start a Substack book club to try to get more people to read it. First meeting is August 2. :) :) :) Join us, or just go read it on your own.
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*The Irregular Book Club*
First read: SAD TIGER by Niege Sinno
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July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I need everyone to stop what they’re doing and read this book; I started it last night and finished it this morning, breaking only to sleep.
The cover of Sad Tiger by Niege Sinno. A pink drawing of a tiger and a woman on a yellow background.
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This line is, however, an idea posited by a dying animal speaking telepathically.
benjaminsamuel.wtf Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.wtf · Jul 2
"Men were created in order to destroy everything, and women were created so there would be one thing they couldn’t destroy." — @catherinelacey.bsky.social‬'s The Möbius Book

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July 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM