Martha Anne Toll
@marthaannetoll.bsky.social
Novelist: DUET FOR ONE is out! So is THREE MUSES. Literary and cultural critic. Board member PEN/Faulkner Foundation, member National Book Critics Circle.
www.marthaannetoll.com
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https://marthaannetoll.substack.com
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November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Absolutely thrilled about this. I love your work.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Absolutely thrilled about this. I love your work.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"I’m a huge believer in pollination across disciplines; we have so much to learn from one another."
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
What's shimmering
Connecting paint and Beethoven and jellyfish and sunsets
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November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"I’m a huge believer in pollination across disciplines; we have so much to learn from one another."
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
So excited to read alongside pianist Stephanie Ben-Salem. Join us!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So excited to read alongside pianist Stephanie Ben-Salem. Join us!
#author #events #thingstodoinphilly
#author #events #thingstodoinphilly
The joys of an artists residency. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The joys of an artists residency. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Every millennium or so, you get a review that makes you weep with gratitude because you’ve been read in a way you could only dream about. In that light, I’m so excited to share Tara Van De Mark’s review of DUET FOR ONE in the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every millennium or so, you get a review that makes you weep with gratitude because you’ve been read in a way you could only dream about. In that light, I’m so excited to share Tara Van De Mark’s review of DUET FOR ONE in the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social.
pghrev.com/when-music-b...
#bookreview
pghrev.com/when-music-b...
#bookreview
A wowza review🙏
Metamorphoses and river otters
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Delighted by this review in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE! “Toll, a classically trained violist and professional writer, brings a union of knowledge and skill. The result is a novel that captures the experience of music.” pghrev.com/when-music-b...
When Music Becomes Memory - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Martha Anne Toll’s second novel, Duet for One, starts graveside with Victor and adult son Adam, mourning the loss of wife, mother and formidable pianist Adele
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Delighted by this review in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE! “Toll, a classically trained violist and professional writer, brings a union of knowledge and skill. The result is a novel that captures the experience of music.” pghrev.com/when-music-b...
Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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"We writers live for these things: the surprise appearance of a new idea, or a new character, or a new way to think about something. You can’t ask for this kind of inspiration, but on rare occasions it can happen."
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Two racoons walk into a picture frame
When your writing residency inspires
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October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"We writers live for these things: the surprise appearance of a new idea, or a new character, or a new way to think about something. You can’t ask for this kind of inspiration, but on rare occasions it can happen."
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A fact-packed, oddly flat portrayal of the singular diva. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @marthaannetoll.bsky.social #booksky
Maria La Divina: A Novel of Maria Callas | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A fact-packed, oddly flat portrayal of the singular diva. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @marthaannetoll.bsky.social #booksky
"It’s rainy and foggy here in Puget Sound. The soft steady beat lends rhythm to my cozy work space. The setting is stunning."
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Swimming with jelly fish
When you hang out with 90 shrinks from around the world
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October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"It’s rainy and foggy here in Puget Sound. The soft steady beat lends rhythm to my cozy work space. The setting is stunning."
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HAPPY PRIDE ORLANDO!!! And shoutout to everyone who attended No Kings right before. Our biggest pride yet. We proudly believe in justice for the LGBTQ+ & Immigrant community. No to authoritarians scapegoating our people in order to consolidate power and make money. No ICE in the sunshine state 🙅🏾♂️
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
HAPPY PRIDE ORLANDO!!! And shoutout to everyone who attended No Kings right before. Our biggest pride yet. We proudly believe in justice for the LGBTQ+ & Immigrant community. No to authoritarians scapegoating our people in order to consolidate power and make money. No ICE in the sunshine state 🙅🏾♂️
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Over 7 million people went to No Kings today.
Most states don’t have 7 million people in them.
Most states don’t have 7 million people in them.
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Over 7 million people went to No Kings today.
Most states don’t have 7 million people in them.
Most states don’t have 7 million people in them.
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Be there…👇
Any Questions?! 😎✨
Any Questions?! 😎✨
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Be there…👇
Any Questions?! 😎✨
Any Questions?! 😎✨
"We had a welcome discussion about our collective and individual grief. Many of us share a dire sense of loss for the country we love, while also navigating personal loss."
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Launching the Big Idea
When your fiction brain plays tricks
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October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"We had a welcome discussion about our collective and individual grief. Many of us share a dire sense of loss for the country we love, while also navigating personal loss."
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/launching-...
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Please join me this Saturday (10AM-12PM) at 1377 R Street NW. We’ll have a painterly prompt, snacks, and a quiet space to write. You don’t have to be a writer to write!
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@theinnerlooplit.bsky.social
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Come write with me
Let's talk about John Maynard Keynes
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October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Please join me this Saturday (10AM-12PM) at 1377 R Street NW. We’ll have a painterly prompt, snacks, and a quiet space to write. You don’t have to be a writer to write!
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/come-write...
@theinnerlooplit.bsky.social
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@theinnerlooplit.bsky.social
Join us at the kickoff to PEN/Faulkner's new series THE BIG IDEA with a discussion about how music can both heal mourners and capture the profoundness of grief.
Doors at 5:45. RSVP required.
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Doors at 5:45. RSVP required.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us at the kickoff to PEN/Faulkner's new series THE BIG IDEA with a discussion about how music can both heal mourners and capture the profoundness of grief.
Doors at 5:45. RSVP required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-id...
Doors at 5:45. RSVP required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-id...
Friends, please share widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Gm...
TELL REPUBLICANS: SAVE HEALTH CARE
YouTube video by Ways and Means Committee
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September 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Friends, please share widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Gm...
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Orwellian danger!
With the media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey’s indictment, Trump signed a little-noticed national security Memorandum 7 identifying “anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as indicators of radical left violence. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
With the media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey’s indictment, Trump signed a little-noticed national security Memorandum 7 identifying “anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as indicators of radical left violence. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
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September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Orwellian danger!
With the media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey’s indictment, Trump signed a little-noticed national security Memorandum 7 identifying “anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as indicators of radical left violence. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
With the media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey’s indictment, Trump signed a little-noticed national security Memorandum 7 identifying “anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as indicators of radical left violence. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...