maureen mcquerry
@maureenmcquerry.bsky.social
writer/educator/poet/champion of wonder, award winning books for children and adults, #kidlit, PB, MG, YA, adult, www.maureenmcquerry.com #SCBWI
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"Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand." ~ Thomas Merton
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand." ~ Thomas Merton
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:
(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.
Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.
Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:
(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.
Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.
Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
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“The return to anywhere you last visited as a child is difficult, especially when it’s a door. Your heart beats harder when you knock.”
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“The return to anywhere you last visited as a child is difficult, especially when it’s a door. Your heart beats harder when you knock.”
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Been wrong before but demolishing part of the White House while prices rise, the government is shut down, and health premiums are about to go through the roof? Might break through
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Been wrong before but demolishing part of the White House while prices rise, the government is shut down, and health premiums are about to go through the roof? Might break through
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The magic in a book is its ability to transport people out of their current lives for a while. Making the sum of the book and the experience it gives, greater than the writing inside it. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Author #Writing #Writer ~ #BookSky #AuthorSky
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The magic in a book is its ability to transport people out of their current lives for a while. Making the sum of the book and the experience it gives, greater than the writing inside it. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Author #Writing #Writer ~ #BookSky #AuthorSky
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University presidents it’s time for a united front. I mean, it’s past time. What are you going to do.
October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
University presidents it’s time for a united front. I mean, it’s past time. What are you going to do.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation
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Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations.
When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th.
kenyonreview.org/submit/
When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th.
kenyonreview.org/submit/
September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations.
When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th.
kenyonreview.org/submit/
When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th.
kenyonreview.org/submit/
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The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations
The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
wapo.st
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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A few clients are announcing projects in new genres, new categories…
Remember, writer friends. You can jump around.
The oft said advice of “branding” doesn’t mean you need to stay in one lane.
It just means when you’re in a new genre or category, it still feels like a book from YOU. ❤️
Remember, writer friends. You can jump around.
The oft said advice of “branding” doesn’t mean you need to stay in one lane.
It just means when you’re in a new genre or category, it still feels like a book from YOU. ❤️
July 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A few clients are announcing projects in new genres, new categories…
Remember, writer friends. You can jump around.
The oft said advice of “branding” doesn’t mean you need to stay in one lane.
It just means when you’re in a new genre or category, it still feels like a book from YOU. ❤️
Remember, writer friends. You can jump around.
The oft said advice of “branding” doesn’t mean you need to stay in one lane.
It just means when you’re in a new genre or category, it still feels like a book from YOU. ❤️
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Good morning Bluesky
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
W.B. Yeats
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
W.B. Yeats
May 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Good morning Bluesky
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
W.B. Yeats
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
W.B. Yeats
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THIS THIS THIS
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
THIS THIS THIS
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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Not so long ago, the only verse novels available were by Ellen Hopkins and Francesca Lia Block. Now their works are joined by countless diverse titles that center young people’s coming-of-age in the accessible format.
9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for National Poetry Month and beyond.
www.slj.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not so long ago, the only verse novels available were by Ellen Hopkins and Francesca Lia Block. Now their works are joined by countless diverse titles that center young people’s coming-of-age in the accessible format.
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
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I love how tender this is.
By Ada Limón.
By Ada Limón.
February 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I love how tender this is.
By Ada Limón.
By Ada Limón.