Lauren Francis-Sharma
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
Author of Feb ‘25 release “Casualties of Truth,” “Til the Well Runs Dry” and “Book of the Little Axe.” Asst Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.
In Paris bookstore and American dude walks in w dad & points to a book by a HS mate (a woman, I know btw). Store owner had to convince him to buy!
A friend of mine, after seeing a stranger post about my book, commented that he needed a new read. I’m not an auto buy, friend?! It’s rough out here!
A friend of mine, after seeing a stranger post about my book, commented that he needed a new read. I’m not an auto buy, friend?! It’s rough out here!
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In Paris bookstore and American dude walks in w dad & points to a book by a HS mate (a woman, I know btw). Store owner had to convince him to buy!
A friend of mine, after seeing a stranger post about my book, commented that he needed a new read. I’m not an auto buy, friend?! It’s rough out here!
A friend of mine, after seeing a stranger post about my book, commented that he needed a new read. I’m not an auto buy, friend?! It’s rough out here!
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
The pain of wearing a hole in the crotch of your favorite jeans cannot be explained. And no patch can ever make them new again. 😩
May 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The pain of wearing a hole in the crotch of your favorite jeans cannot be explained. And no patch can ever make them new again. 😩
Wrote a whole book on my time in South Africa just at the end of Apartheid and I can assure you that even when they could easily have been targets of persecution, Afrikaners were not. Ramaphosa laughed because it’s all so absurd. #casualtiesoftruth
May 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Wrote a whole book on my time in South Africa just at the end of Apartheid and I can assure you that even when they could easily have been targets of persecution, Afrikaners were not. Ramaphosa laughed because it’s all so absurd. #casualtiesoftruth
Something is in the water today. And I have time.
April 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Something is in the water today. And I have time.
I always say you don’t get extra credit for getting the details right in a historical fiction novel. Almost at the end of my draft, about to send it to my agent, when I accidentally run across mention of an ancient looking bookstore I mention in my manuscript. Opened in 2005! 😆
April 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I always say you don’t get extra credit for getting the details right in a historical fiction novel. Almost at the end of my draft, about to send it to my agent, when I accidentally run across mention of an ancient looking bookstore I mention in my manuscript. Opened in 2005! 😆
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Washington Writers Conference Panel in the Spotlight: “Telling the Untold Tale: Finding Your Niche in Historical Fiction.” @louisbayard.bsky.social @aaronhamburger.bsky.social @timwendel.bsky.social @laurenfsharma.bsky.social @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky
April 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Washington Writers Conference Panel in the Spotlight: “Telling the Untold Tale: Finding Your Niche in Historical Fiction.” @louisbayard.bsky.social @aaronhamburger.bsky.social @timwendel.bsky.social @laurenfsharma.bsky.social @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky
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No food or supplies have entered Gaza in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees says, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave.
Gaza enters longest stretch without aid as Israel continues airstrikes
“This is Abdullah, 14 years old, and this is Najwa, just two years old,” one man said in anguish as he introduced his dead relatives. “The world celebrates the birthdays of its children, and we celebrate their deaths.”
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March 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
No food or supplies have entered Gaza in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees says, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave.
Just left a message thanking his staff for all this incredible research.
Call Corey Booker’s office and thank him for standing up for Democratic principles! The Congressional Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Ask for Corey Booker!
April 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Just left a message thanking his staff for all this incredible research.
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Senator Booker is so amazing that even Corey Booker is trending! Maybe that's @bsky.app's idea of an April Fool's joke, but show some respect and spell it right! #CoryBooker
April 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Senator Booker is so amazing that even Corey Booker is trending! Maybe that's @bsky.app's idea of an April Fool's joke, but show some respect and spell it right! #CoryBooker
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🙌 @mprnews.org talks to @laurenfsharma.bsky.social CASUALTIES OF TRUTH www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
This author witnessed South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Years later, she wrote about it
Novelist Lauren Francis-Sharma witnessed South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings as a young law intern. Now she’s written a thriller about what she saw.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🙌 @mprnews.org talks to @laurenfsharma.bsky.social CASUALTIES OF TRUTH www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...
In their minds, South Africa is Haiti. They want to make them an example. #casualtiesoftruth
March 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
In their minds, South Africa is Haiti. They want to make them an example. #casualtiesoftruth
Clearly, the FB algorithm doesn’t want me to talk politics but tomorrow nite, I’m talking about it all at Capitol View Branch for DC Reads. I asked to do this in SE bc the conversations around literature and politics should not be centered in NW. Tell friends, bring friends. Community is necessary.
March 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Clearly, the FB algorithm doesn’t want me to talk politics but tomorrow nite, I’m talking about it all at Capitol View Branch for DC Reads. I asked to do this in SE bc the conversations around literature and politics should not be centered in NW. Tell friends, bring friends. Community is necessary.
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The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from nearby farms and ranchers. Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food has been canceled.
This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.
This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from nearby farms and ranchers. Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food has been canceled.
This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.
This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.
Wow!! So thrilled!!
Find the striking first lines from two recent novels in our latest installment of Page One: Casualties of Truth (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025) by @laurenfsharma.bsky.social and Optional Practical Training (Graywolf Press, 2025) by @shubhasunder.bsky.social. at.pw.org/PageOne2025xMarchApril
March 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Wow!! So thrilled!!
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I'm seeing SO MANY posts without alt text, all of a sudden.
Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.
Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.
March 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm seeing SO MANY posts without alt text, all of a sudden.
Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.
Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.
Thank you, Canada. The pain you’re inflicting is what the moment demands.
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you, Canada. The pain you’re inflicting is what the moment demands.
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
I can’t help but think we might not be here if we hadn’t put so much emphasis on STEM three decades ago. Now, we’re contending with heartless, soulless bot-humans who haven’t read a book outside of the “bro curriculum” since elementary school
March 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I can’t help but think we might not be here if we hadn’t put so much emphasis on STEM three decades ago. Now, we’re contending with heartless, soulless bot-humans who haven’t read a book outside of the “bro curriculum” since elementary school
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SUPPORT THE ARTS
Baltimore Center Stage refuses to comply with federal anti-DEI guidelines for funding
Baltimore Center Stage refuses to comply with federal anti-DEI guidelines for funding
Baltimore Center Stage, the state theater of Maryland, is refusing to comply with the National Endowment for the Arts’ new anti-DEI guidelines for grant funding.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
SUPPORT THE ARTS
Didn’t watch the clown show last night but am hearing whispers that some Dem voters are upset that Dems in congress stayed seated for the whole speech. Seriously?
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Didn’t watch the clown show last night but am hearing whispers that some Dem voters are upset that Dems in congress stayed seated for the whole speech. Seriously?
Not sure I could love Vermont more.
March 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Not sure I could love Vermont more.
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🎉 @laurenfsharma.bsky.social + @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social SRO crowd at Center for Fiction last night. #casualtiesoftruth 🔥🔥🔥
February 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎉 @laurenfsharma.bsky.social + @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social SRO crowd at Center for Fiction last night. #casualtiesoftruth 🔥🔥🔥
I just heard they opened up a few more seats! Hope to see you later!
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February 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I just heard they opened up a few more seats! Hope to see you later!
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