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Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷
@jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
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American & British reader/writer living in🇨🇭with a stash of builders tea and a stack of old New Yorker mags. Smith College alum ♾️.
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Me, age 3, on the back porch of my grandparents’ house.

Won’t you be my Valentine?! ♥️

#booksky #5amwritersclub
Little girl in a pinafore and sneakers on a porch couch.
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
A recent photo of the frozen Delaware Bay, at Sunset Beach, Cape May Point, NJ. I grew up a quarter mile from here.

I wish you strength drawn from sustaining memories & friendships.

Bon dimanche and best wishes for the words unlocking whole harbors 🔥🧊

#5amwritwersclub #booksky
#amediting
A terrain of ice and sky
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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kieranstories.bsky.social
NOW is the time to get Keshed. Love the design of this book, looks so cool in person.
Keshed by Stu Hennigan.
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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thebookerprizes.com
“There are almost certainly stories we’re missing out on by only reading English-language fiction… The more translated fiction we read, the more our view of the world expands.”
The art of translation and why it matters | The Booker Prizes
As Tomb of Sand wins the 2022 International Booker Prize, readers and translators tell Sarah Shaffi how translated literature can help us learn more about ourselves and each other
thebookerprizes.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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nigelstewartbooks.bsky.social
Post a tree you photographed.
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
‘The responsibilities of citizenship are so deep, and so demanding. That is what is meant by ‘pursuit of happiness’ - not objects in a marketplace of things, but lifelong learning in the marketplace of ideas.’

-Ken Burns

observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Ken Burns: ‘Things don’t work out for tyrants in the end’
On a short, freezing walk through New York’s streets, the film-maker discusses the power of narrative, the importance of facts and his own history of telling America’s story to itself
observer.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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stuhennigan.bsky.social
Sold 67 so far, which is fuckin unbelievable, but room for a few more.....
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
‘America’s radicals developed a distinctive language of freedom, as far away as possible from the white man’s freedom to dominate others... These… traditions have not vanished, and they have been enriched and reinvented by successive waves of immigration.’

♥️

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Another Country: Visions of America
Is America a dream or a nightmare, a democratic paradise or a bastion of white supremacy and religious intolerance? Is...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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susanlleary.bsky.social
Will be reading from MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.org) as part of the SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO with this stellar line-up of poets on February 22nd! Join us, friends! 💙⬇️
ignatius2u.bsky.social Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · 5d
I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO on Feb. 22nd on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Teresa Scollon, @susanlleary.bsky.social, Tim Moder, Grayson Thompson & Denton Loving. Register for Zoom here: tinyurl.com/c65uwak3 — Website update coming soon! Hope to see you, good world— 👏🌈
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
I’ve been getting up too late to qualify for #5amwritersclub , but #amediting every day. :)

Trying to fit the story that wants to exist into the frame of what I can do, y’know?
Shadow of one house with chimney stacks against the side of a different sunlit house.
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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xanbrooks.bsky.social
The full transcript of Adam Shatz’s LRB winter lecture is lengthy, knotty & worth every second. What America means, in theory & in practice - & specifically what it means now www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Another Country: Visions of America
Is America a dream or a nightmare, a democratic paradise or a bastion of white supremacy and religious intolerance? Is...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
Brief, thoughtful, beautifully done.
paulscraton.bsky.social Paul Scraton @paulscraton.bsky.social · 8d
"We failed to protect our winters, and now we don’t know how to handle it when it makes a ghostly return..."

Our latest newsletter from The Winding Trail went out into the world this morning.

the-winding-trail.com/2026/02/06/p...
Postcard 03: Protect our winters
The coldest winter in sixteen years reminds us of what has been lost…
the-winding-trail.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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paulscraton.bsky.social
Want to write something for is and read with us at our event later this month? There’s still time to submit…
ajbwells.bsky.social Alexander Wells @ajbwells.bsky.social · 23d
WE WANT YOUR PROSE—submit now to read at our Feb 21 Lettrétage event about Christa Wolf (and her post-Wall writing e.g. One Day A Year). Send us some short prose in any language about the day, the daily, the recurring date, everyday politics. We will print a zine!

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February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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billjonesjr.bsky.social
"Tell me about how you
feel about what happened today. I don't want to fight about it."

#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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kitdewaal.com
I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.

Link below.

Please share far and wide :)
Get Involved — Bookbanks
www.bookbanks.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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thorntonforreal.bsky.social
Winter workshops get me thru the dark days. Inexpensive, on a Saturday, and run by Steve Edwards? Registered.
the-big-quiet.bsky.social Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 7d
One month from today!

I'll be offering a special afternoon workshop with 27 Powers entitled "Writing as Belonging."

We will begin the work of transforming our writing practices from siloed solitudes into acts of situated belonging—to ourselves, to the art form, to each other, to the world.
Steve Edwards - Writing As Belonging
A Generative Workshop on Solitude, Connection, and Creative Community
27powers.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
Bookshop love.

The indie sellers in northeast US do a glorious job of carrying pre-loved books. I’ve already picked up several Steinbeck novels and one more Toni Morrison.

May the words be with you this weekend. #booksky
Bookshelves. Books. ♥️
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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melostrom.bsky.social
Mocha & I are spending our morning with the latest beautiful issue of the Blue Earth Review. I’m so happy it includes my CNF flash “Good and Plenty.”💚🐶📚
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
GM :)

Swirls of ice in a frozen river, adding to the eddying of edits?!

Been up since 5h but trying to stay quiet and not wake others (grrr…).

Very best wishes for your words ♥️

#5amwritersclub #amediting 🫂
February 7, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨

After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com

Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
Front cover of book is an abstract painting of ocean blue paint over white canvas. The title is in blocky font with pale navy blue letters. JENNY WONG LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA STORIES & SMALL FICTIONS Back cover of book with the following blurbs: "Quiet, contemplative, transformative, Light Chemical Sea, will send you on a meditative journey through wavelengths of sound, of light, of love, of loss, on pathways of auroras, of highways, of elements, of life. Jenny Wong's singular voice will whisper, will call, will summon you to be present in the warp and weft of her words." -MELISSA LLANES BROWNLEE, AUTHOR OF BITTER OVER SWEET "Jenny Wong is an alchemist turning moments of being into illumination of character. Wong is drawn to those on the periphery, people who don't quite fit in. In small flashes of brilliance she highlights the elements of their lives as they find solace in nature or catch glimpses of their true selves." -DEBBIE ROBSON, AUTHOR OF A GLIMPSE AND THE HERMITAGE "The obscure and almost-absurd become visible and believable under the skillful care of writer Jenny Wong in the compelling Light Chemical Sea, a collection of stories and small fictions. In three parts, she delivers us into the essence of light, dips us full-bodied into the effervescent chemicals we are made of, and then returns us to the sea where life as we know it really begins. The words, beyond language-rich, flawlessly represent images we want to hold under a microscope to try to assess the ways she gives them voice. It's a magic only a few can master. Make no mistake, this is the work of a sterling storyteller who weaves mystery with mundane to concoct a world view that draws us not only into her personal reflections of such basic natural forces (light, chemical, and sea), but leads us, sometimes unknowingly, into a labyrinth of cues and clues towards to the majesty of life we all belong to." —KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ, AUTHOR OF DOWN RIVER WITH LI PO Description: Jenny Wong peeks into the lives of characters caught in lighthouses, subways, shorelines, Walmart aisles, and airports. With a talent for lingering and looking, with the elemental precision of a poet, her small mosaics imbue the quotidian with quiet wonder. The international traveler, the preteen chemistry student, and the perimenopausal millennial who spends her days in the sun are trail guides for landscapes saturated with solitude and vastness, the whispers of ancestors and the ironies of aging. Light Chemical Sea reports back from the transpacific diaspora, glimpsing into the liminal pause between what happened and what happens next.
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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dauntbookspub.bsky.social
The most wonderful review by Neil Bartlett for @theguardian.com's BOTD on Madeleine Dunnigan's '[It will] speak to anyone who can remember how glorious – and dangerous – it once felt to find yourself in possession of a fully functioning heart.' Out THURSDAY! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan review – sex and teenage secrets
Queer self-discovery drives this powerful coming-of-age debut set in a bohemian 1970s school
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
I lay quiet in the early morning hours where we’re staying in Pennsylvania with friends, trying not to wake my husband.

Yesterday I took this photo of the frozen Susquehanna River here.

Now back to editing while hoping you capture what we most need in words.

#amediting #5amwritersclub
Swirls of white in the darkest blue of a frozen river.
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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lalahaenzy.com
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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justinhayneswriter.com
Taking a break from #5amwriterslcub today for a small celebration! 🥳

Many thanks to @penamerica and its judges for shortlisting Ibis for the PEN Open Book Award!

Both honored and grateful! ☺️💚

Happy Friday, all!

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #Debutnovelist #OpenBookAward
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM