Miriam Gershow
@miriamgershow.bsky.social
Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
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My gratitude is so deep this morning.
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No. What people on the left need to see is journalists informing the public rather than performing press release as a service.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
No. What people on the left need to see is journalists informing the public rather than performing press release as a service.
Me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting when we were sharing skillsets: I mean I'm a fiction writer so 🤷♀️
Also me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting: Romance writers are shipping out whistle kits by the thousands
Also me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting: Romance writers are shipping out whistle kits by the thousands
I want to leave you with this, from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com:
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting when we were sharing skillsets: I mean I'm a fiction writer so 🤷♀️
Also me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting: Romance writers are shipping out whistle kits by the thousands
Also me at last night's neighborhood defense meeting: Romance writers are shipping out whistle kits by the thousands
The bushes were people is a delight that keeps on delighting.
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The bushes were people is a delight that keeps on delighting.
The funniest thing about the “but I don’t speak Spanish!” outrage is no one is no one forced you be monolingual! You have free will! a solution is at hand!
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The funniest thing about the “but I don’t speak Spanish!” outrage is no one is no one forced you be monolingual! You have free will! a solution is at hand!
Okay now what do we have to look forward to?
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Okay now what do we have to look forward to?
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People keep complaining about the red hats because they’re not “real” protest but that lady has raised and donated over $600,000 to her neighbors in MN *and* is the the daughter of a refugee from Egypt. Y’all gotta sit with those impulses and then calm tf down and think about WHY you feel dismissive
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
People keep complaining about the red hats because they’re not “real” protest but that lady has raised and donated over $600,000 to her neighbors in MN *and* is the the daughter of a refugee from Egypt. Y’all gotta sit with those impulses and then calm tf down and think about WHY you feel dismissive
Hours later, I keep thinking this: I choose the side of joy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Hours later, I keep thinking this: I choose the side of joy.
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And while everyone is feeling good about Benito giving a Grammy to someone who is not Liam Ramos: Congress can pass a personal bill to grant citizenship to Liam Ramos, his family and Kilmer Abrego Garcia.
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
And while everyone is feeling good about Benito giving a Grammy to someone who is not Liam Ramos: Congress can pass a personal bill to grant citizenship to Liam Ramos, his family and Kilmer Abrego Garcia.
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My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My ideal version of America is what I saw Bad Bunny encapsulate: multicultural, multigenerational, queer, empathetic, and full of raucous love.
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Listen, if Bad Bunny did in fact give his Grammy to Liam, then it is easily the best thing I’ve ever seen on television.
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Listen, if Bad Bunny did in fact give his Grammy to Liam, then it is easily the best thing I’ve ever seen on television.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
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Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
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I loved this novel by @miriamgershow.bsky.social. The characters are so vivid, and I grew to care deeply for them.
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Team USA skier: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Team USA skier: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.
Don't worry, babe, we've got our stockpile of twist ties and bag closures for the apocalypse.
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Don't worry, babe, we've got our stockpile of twist ties and bag closures for the apocalypse.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Hideous licensing agreement from Red Ogre Review, but what really jumps out at me is the moral rights waiver
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I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
Wine moms for Bad Bunny in a dress.
Wine moms for immigrants.
Wine moms for fuck ICE.
Wine moms for the hockey gays.
Wine moms for defending our neighbors.
Wine moms for fucking bitches.
Wine moms for immigrants.
Wine moms for fuck ICE.
Wine moms for the hockey gays.
Wine moms for defending our neighbors.
Wine moms for fucking bitches.
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Wine moms for Bad Bunny in a dress.
Wine moms for immigrants.
Wine moms for fuck ICE.
Wine moms for the hockey gays.
Wine moms for defending our neighbors.
Wine moms for fucking bitches.
Wine moms for immigrants.
Wine moms for fuck ICE.
Wine moms for the hockey gays.
Wine moms for defending our neighbors.
Wine moms for fucking bitches.
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A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
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This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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Man I Do Not want to move to video based social media tho.
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Man I Do Not want to move to video based social media tho.
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Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.