Jessica Francis Kane
@jfkane.bsky.social
Novels (Rules for Visiting, The Report). Story collections (This Close, Bending Heaven). New novel, FONSECA, out now from Penguin Press!
Pinned
The snow in New York right now looks like the Upside Down.
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The snow in New York right now looks like the Upside Down.
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Graywolf Press will be closed for the Day of Truth and Freedom general strike on 1/23. More information about how you can stand with us:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Graywolf Press will be closed for the Day of Truth and Freedom general strike on 1/23. More information about how you can stand with us:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
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"for over half a century, it has more clearly than perhaps any other state embodied the civic ideal that Trump seems intent on overturning."
Trump’s Fight With Minnesota Is About More Than Immigration
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January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"for over half a century, it has more clearly than perhaps any other state embodied the civic ideal that Trump seems intent on overturning."
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Some Danes, offended by Trump’s claims on Greenland, are boycotting U.S. goods. A Facebook group that offers tips on avoiding or replacing everything from Kellogg’s Corn Flakes to HP printers has gathered nearly 100,000 members.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cATmoM
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cATmoM
Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump
The U.S., once Denmark’s closest ally, is threatening to steal Greenland and attacking the country’s wind-power industry. Is this a permanent breakup?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Some Danes, offended by Trump’s claims on Greenland, are boycotting U.S. goods. A Facebook group that offers tips on avoiding or replacing everything from Kellogg’s Corn Flakes to HP printers has gathered nearly 100,000 members.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cATmoM
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cATmoM
Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, Minnesota. Make it stop. He has to be stopped.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Greenland, Venezuela, Iran, Minnesota. Make it stop. He has to be stopped.
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The beautiful Huron.
the wild & scenic Rogue 💙
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The beautiful Huron.
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If a British publisher would care to pick this up I, for one, would be delighted. What with Penelope Fitzgerald being one of Britain’s greatest ever novelists and all.
Just a small, literary PSA: If you are a #PenelopeFitzgerald fan hesitant about reading my new novel FONSECA because you love her work so much, please know that I've heard from many such readers who ended up really liking the book! #Booksky
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
If a British publisher would care to pick this up I, for one, would be delighted. What with Penelope Fitzgerald being one of Britain’s greatest ever novelists and all.
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Seeing how strong and close-knit Minneapolis communities are together in the face of all this, it seems clear a great deal of our problems in this nation are because MAGA won’t assimilate into American society
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Seeing how strong and close-knit Minneapolis communities are together in the face of all this, it seems clear a great deal of our problems in this nation are because MAGA won’t assimilate into American society
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Just a small, literary PSA: If you are a #PenelopeFitzgerald fan hesitant about reading my new novel FONSECA because you love her work so much, please know that I've heard from many such readers who ended up really liking the book! #Booksky
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Just a small, literary PSA: If you are a #PenelopeFitzgerald fan hesitant about reading my new novel FONSECA because you love her work so much, please know that I've heard from many such readers who ended up really liking the book! #Booksky
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
Just a small, literary PSA: If you are a #PenelopeFitzgerald fan hesitant about reading my new novel FONSECA because you love her work so much, please know that I've heard from many such readers who ended up really liking the book! #Booksky
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Just a small, literary PSA: If you are a #PenelopeFitzgerald fan hesitant about reading my new novel FONSECA because you love her work so much, please know that I've heard from many such readers who ended up really liking the book! #Booksky
Thank you so much!
I've been really looking forward to this novel by @jfkane.bsky.social and it did not disappoint! What a wonderful read. 100 options for my #sundaysentence this week, but let's go with this: "In all his 6 years, he had never entered a house that did not have someone making or about to make tea."
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Just finished this quietly extraordinary novel of biographical imagination set in Mexico--it's about Penelope Fitzgerald, & a little bit about Jo & Edward Hopper--by @jfkane.bsky.social.
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Thank you!
Take me with you?
The advantage of moving ever deeper into a shadowy and all-encompassing silence is that I can't hear anything, but I can keep sending out flares. Ideal, really.
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Take me with you?
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I’m pretty sure that every time a Penelope Fitzgerald fan takes a chance on reading FONSECA an angel gets her wings.
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’m pretty sure that every time a Penelope Fitzgerald fan takes a chance on reading FONSECA an angel gets her wings.
I’m pretty sure that every time a Penelope Fitzgerald fan takes a chance on reading FONSECA an angel gets her wings.
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’m pretty sure that every time a Penelope Fitzgerald fan takes a chance on reading FONSECA an angel gets her wings.
Unsung Heroes of Motherhood www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uns...
Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
Our 3rd most-read article of 2025.
- - -Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor w...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Unsung Heroes of Motherhood www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uns...
I am trying grayscale on my phone to reduce the amount of time I spend on my phone and I must say that three days in it appears to be working.
December 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am trying grayscale on my phone to reduce the amount of time I spend on my phone and I must say that three days in it appears to be working.
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Delighted to see FONSECA on the @biblioracle.bsky.social’s year end list! He says the book will fill you with emotional warmth and he is never wrong.
Biblioracle: Our 2025 Biblioracle Book Awards in fiction
When I tallied the contenders for my fiction Biblioracle Book of the Year Awards, I counted 32 contenders. Here are 10.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Delighted to see FONSECA on the @biblioracle.bsky.social’s year end list! He says the book will fill you with emotional warmth and he is never wrong.
Clicked on one cat bed ad and now it’s cushions and cat accessories everywhere I look.
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Clicked on one cat bed ad and now it’s cushions and cat accessories everywhere I look.
Delighted to see FONSECA on the @biblioracle.bsky.social’s year end list! He says the book will fill you with emotional warmth and he is never wrong.
Biblioracle: Our 2025 Biblioracle Book Awards in fiction
When I tallied the contenders for my fiction Biblioracle Book of the Year Awards, I counted 32 contenders. Here are 10.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Delighted to see FONSECA on the @biblioracle.bsky.social’s year end list! He says the book will fill you with emotional warmth and he is never wrong.
Beautiful! I can’t wait.
Book merch alert! The Manderley Press Tote Bag is in production and we expect stock early in the new year. Does this mean we are no longer a fledgling indie press but a fully formed publishing enterprise?!?
manderleypress.com
manderleypress.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Beautiful! I can’t wait.
I love the season of Advent.
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I love the season of Advent.