Penina Roth
@peninaroth.bsky.social
Curator of Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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TONIGHT, 8PM: Can't wait to host celebrated authors Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission, drink specials, raffle! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
We had a blast at November's Franklin Park Reading Series event! Huge thanks to our phenomenal readers, Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green, and lots of ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Save the date for our Season Finale on December 8!
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We had a blast at November's Franklin Park Reading Series event! Huge thanks to our phenomenal readers, Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green, and lots of ❤️to our amazing audience! 📆Save the date for our Season Finale on December 8!
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TINY THREADS came out last year by @delreybooks.bsky.social. I'm very proud of the dark thriller about a young woman who takes a fashion job in Vernon, California where she starts seeing disturbing things. To mark my horror debut, here's some fave reviews:
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Fates and Furies
In Tiny Threads, Lilliam Rivera uncovers the horror of adult life.
www.altaonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TINY THREADS came out last year by @delreybooks.bsky.social. I'm very proud of the dark thriller about a young woman who takes a fashion job in Vernon, California where she starts seeing disturbing things. To mark my horror debut, here's some fave reviews:
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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'I Want to Burn This Place Down' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
time.com/collections/...
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Come and meet @jfkane.bsky.social at the Coffee House Club in New York TONIGHT: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-mar...
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Come and meet @jfkane.bsky.social at the Coffee House Club in New York TONIGHT: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-mar...
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“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
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Q&A with Laura Venita Green about her new novel, SISTER CREATURES.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Q&A with Laura Venita Green about her new novel, SISTER CREATURES.
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tinyurl.com/mryzjesh
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In this excerpt from “The Wanderer’s Curse,” Jennifer Hope Choi (@missjenchoi) learns of yeokmasal—the wanderer’s curse—and wonders whether she’s fated for the same insatiable longing for elsewhere that afflicts her mother.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this excerpt from “The Wanderer’s Curse,” Jennifer Hope Choi (@missjenchoi) learns of yeokmasal—the wanderer’s curse—and wonders whether she’s fated for the same insatiable longing for elsewhere that afflicts her mother.
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TONIGHT, 8PM: Can't wait to host celebrated authors Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission, drink specials, raffle! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TONIGHT, 8PM: Can't wait to host celebrated authors Brandon Taylor, @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission, drink specials, raffle! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
MONDAY at FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES: We're honored to host lit superstar Brandon Taylor! Get set with this eye-opening interview at @newyorker.com:
“Painting and novels to my mind are basically wed. You can’t take them apart from each other.” Brandon Taylor discusses his new novel, “Minor Black Figures,” which follows a young painter in the years after the supposed racial reckoning of 2020.
Brandon Taylor on the Quandary of Black Art
The author discusses his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures,” and the discourse around racial subjectivity.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
MONDAY at FRANKLIN PARK READING SERIES: We're honored to host lit superstar Brandon Taylor! Get set with this eye-opening interview at @newyorker.com:
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Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
Reality is twisted and sanity jumbled in Sam Munson's surreal psychological novel, The Sofa. Reviewed by Nick Rees Gardner.
independentbookreview.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Book Review: The Sofa by Sam Munson - Independent Book Review
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🌀THE SOFA is coming Nov. 11 🌀
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
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“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🌀THE SOFA is coming Nov. 11 🌀
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
“ A masterpiece. The Sofa moves with the inevitability and elegance of a recurring nightmare. When you look closely at the clear prose you notice alien scales beneath."
—Michael Clune, author of Pan
🔗 twodollarradio.com/products/the...
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QUITE A LINE-UP
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
QUITE A LINE-UP
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Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders joins The Epilogue... podcast to talk about characters, protagonists and antagonists, and writing your way through troubling times.
The Epilogue Interview: Charlie Jane Anders
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August 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders joins The Epilogue... podcast to talk about characters, protagonists and antagonists, and writing your way through troubling times.
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MONDAY!!!! NYC!!!
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
MONDAY!!!! NYC!!!
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK
Thrilled to see one of Monday's Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Sam Munson, and his amazing @twodollarradio.bsky.social novel The Sofa on @reactorsff.bsky.social's great roundup of November horror releases!
October may have ended, but the horror books shall continue until scares improves. From a Filipino Gothic to Appalachian folklore, here's all the new horror books of November 2025!
All the New Horror Books Arriving in November 2025 - Reactor
This November, explore the surreal horror found in a sofa, check into a haunted and hungry house, and face down a giant salamander the drives people mad…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Thrilled to see one of Monday's Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Sam Munson, and his amazing @twodollarradio.bsky.social novel The Sofa on @reactorsff.bsky.social's great roundup of November horror releases!
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So excited to be teaching a course this winter, online, on hybrid storytelling at Poetry School London. The course is part memoir, part fable, and part poetry. See below.
Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…
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Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
poetryschool.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So excited to be teaching a course this winter, online, on hybrid storytelling at Poetry School London. The course is part memoir, part fable, and part poetry. See below.
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This is an amazing lineup! Hoping to make this one.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to present lit luminary Brandon Taylor, along with stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! www.facebook.com/share/1AJ1Ay... #FreeAdmission
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is an amazing lineup! Hoping to make this one.
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East Coast peeps! I am coming to you!
MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.
11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA
11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC
11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards
11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!
MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.
11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA
11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC
11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards
11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
East Coast peeps! I am coming to you!
MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.
11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA
11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC
11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards
11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!
MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn.
11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA
11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC
11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards
11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!
Check out this great recap of October's Franklin Park Reading Series event with @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani--big thanks to writer Khaholi Bailey & Zona Motel! shorturl.at/gdbAW 📆Next event Nov. 10!
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Check out this great recap of October's Franklin Park Reading Series event with @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani--big thanks to writer Khaholi Bailey & Zona Motel! shorturl.at/gdbAW 📆Next event Nov. 10!
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I have a new column on translated books up at @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Watchlist: October 2025 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll is back with new autumn reads for your TBR list: fiction from Cuba, nonfiction from China, poetry from Uruguay, and much more.
wordswithoutborders.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have a new column on translated books up at @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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"I like to think I’m directing a story, just on paper and I sadly don’t have a multi-million dollar budget."
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"I like to think I’m directing a story, just on paper and I sadly don’t have a multi-million dollar budget."
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
@jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to present lit luminary Brandon Taylor, along with stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! www.facebook.com/share/1AJ1Ay... #FreeAdmission
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to present lit luminary Brandon Taylor, along with stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! www.facebook.com/share/1AJ1Ay... #FreeAdmission
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"Betts started writing every day and reading anything he could get his hands on. Books transformed him, he says, revealing that other ways of living were possible."
A smuggled book changed his life. Now he’s built 500 prison libraries.
Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer and founder of Freedom Reads.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Betts started writing every day and reading anything he could get his hands on. Books transformed him, he says, revealing that other ways of living were possible."
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“Del Toro loves monsters—misunderstood, sympathetic monsters—and Shelley’s Creature is the primogenitor of this tradition.” @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social praises Guillermo Del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein.
Guillermo del Toro’s New Frankenstein Adaptation is Life-Giving
One of the most recognizable words in our modern culture is “Frankenstein.” But in Guillermo del Toro’s magnificent new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, another name…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Del Toro loves monsters—misunderstood, sympathetic monsters—and Shelley’s Creature is the primogenitor of this tradition.” @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social praises Guillermo Del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein.