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Sequoia Nagamatsu
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Prof & Writer - How High We Go in the Dark, a National Bestseller and NYT Editors’ Choice & Where We Go When All We Were is Gone. Minneapolis by way of the SF Bay Area and Hawai’i http://SequoiaNagamatsu.com - Star Trek 💫 and wristwatch ⌚️ obsessed.
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Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:

* 50k is just traditionally published books
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Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
sequoian.bsky.social
Twin Cities folks! Reminder that its one of the big book events of the year tomorrow and this conversation in particular looks like fire 🔥 . . . already armed with both of these books for some fresh author ink.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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senthorun.bsky.social
If you blame migrants collectively for the horrible actions of a few but do not hold white people collectively responsible when white people commit heinous crimes, that's racism. Just saying.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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ursulakleguin.com
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.

The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared Pechaček; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🌟 Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 🌟 Remember You Will Die traces the lives of artists, activists, scientists, and more as they intersect with the existence of a yearning AI. Eden Robins weaves a polyphonic narrative that is intergenerational, art-filled, and subversive.
A photograph of Eden Robins' novel Remember You Will Die, which rests on a black metal shelf next to a small glass vase full of greenery: red berries, green and white flowers, and a shaggy sprig of foliage. “Profoundly mistrustful of her own legacy, Dante Pellegrino would have hated this belated obituary. But then again, such remembrances are not for the dead at all. They are for the living—the living now and the living to come. Remember us, we whisper into the ears of the future. Our mistakes have made you possible.” from Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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🌟 Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 🌟 Nghi Vo’s latest novel, The City in Glass, is a story about deeply understanding and loving a place, and about the difficult, necessary, meaningful work required to rebuild when one’s world is irrevocably broken.
A copy of The City in Glass by Nghi Vo sits on a black shelf next to a small vase holding four brightly colored flowers. One of them is an orange very close to the orange of the flames on the book cover, which depicts an archway with two statues, behind which a city is in flames. “She had been given nothing. She had taken it, and it was hers to neglect and destroy if she so chose. Her family had learned that much from watching the humans that swarmed the world, that love could be a destructive thing. The angels understood love as destruction. She had chosen a different way to love Azril, and this destruction had nothing to do with her.” from The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
September 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me) introduces his second novel, Rakesfall, which is is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
Vajra Chandrasekera reads from Rakesfall
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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October 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
sequoian.bsky.social
When a faculty member at another institution mentions that one of your short stories was important to them when they were an undergraduate . . . guess I'm gonna turn into dust now?
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I cannot tell you how much the “Thank you for your attention to this matter” thing drives me around the freaking bend.
September 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
sequoian.bsky.social
Doing laps in the Mall of America with the seniors with zero crowds is actually kind of lovely 😂
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
sequoian.bsky.social
Really fascinated at how much the evolution of criticism and how much the communities in which a writer rises (not to mention privilege and certain "badges" for entry in certain spheres) influences how much we see certain writers as SFF or something else, which is of course not just an either/or.
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Sep 14
SFF writers! What writer outside your genre was a big influence on your work?
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
sequoian.bsky.social
Schedule today of this 40-something writer/professor: Writing + morning coffee —> Reading Tin House workshop stories -> Downton Abbey movie (we’ve been rewatching the series in prep) —> MFA mentee zoom —> Department service prep —> Prob workshop stories —> MN Lake exercise + reading
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 13
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes place in 1930 and is much better than the last Downton movie. Creator Julian Fellowes cuts back on the convoluted plotting and zeroes in on emotional dynamics.
After 6 seasons and 3 movies, 'Downton Abbey' bids farewell (or does it?)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes place in 1930 and is much better than the last Downton movie. Creator Julian Fellowes cuts back on the convoluted plotting and zeroes in on emotional dynamics.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Books by @sentencebender.bsky.social , @tochitruestory.bsky.social , @nnedi.bsky.social, @saadzhossain.bsky.social , and @sequoian.bsky.social (whose book on this list is AMAZING!)

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Now What? 8 Books Marrying Climate Fiction with Technology
Thinking about climate change leads to thinking about the technology needed to counter it. These eight books explore the possibilities.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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lillydancyger.bsky.social
If we lived in a world that made any sense, this would be the definitive end of ChatGPT and everything like it
wheystandard.bsky.social Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · Aug 26
Holy fucking shit
Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him "[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.
August 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
sequoian.bsky.social
I guess it's #nationaldogday, so here are just a few shots of Fenris. He had a rough start as a puppy (abandoned in the snow in South Dakota and some of his litter mates didn't make it) + lots of training/classes during Covid lockdown (and prob some abandonment issues since he was a Covid puppy).
August 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Delighted to reveal the cover for my forthcoming book from @jacklegpress.bsky.social with huge thanks to amazing editor @fulmerford.com
The cover for Every Galaxy a Circle by Chloe N. Clark. The cover features abstract planets in waves of pinks, purples, and greens
August 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I understand an argument has been made about why to stay on the former Twitter. Here is my counterargument: It's a miserable fucking place run by a fascist catering to fascists, and I've been much happier not being on it, so there
August 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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One of the #AWP26 hotels has a paranormal/ghosty reputation! Bonus imo. www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne... + there are ghost tours at the hotel . . . yes.
The Lord Baltimore Hotel: A historic charm with a paranormal reputation
The Lord Baltimore Hotel is known for its historic charm, however, it has a reputation as one of the most haunted hotels in the country.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Looks like I'll definitely be at #AWP26 in Baltimore in March! Three panels accepted, one that I'll be moderating (Speculating the Machine), with some of my favorite writers. Keep us on your radar if you're going to AWP and want to talk dystopias, AI, & teaching genre fiction!
August 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
sequoian.bsky.social
I'm really just looking out my window and not spying on people at my Little Free Library. The one symptom of having an LFL is that you suddenly seem like a creeper every time you glance outside 😂 . . . on the plus side? I live in a neighborhood of avid readers.
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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"It is okay to decide not to write about something. You are not more brave for suffering." ~ Carmen Maria Machado
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM