The Literate Lizard
@theliteratelizard.bsky.social
An online-only & very woke bookstore in Arizona. Over 20 years in the book biz. We cater to the liberal point of view. Post as DebtorsPrison on Daily Kos. Books, politics, world travel, history. Support is appreciated: https://theliteratelizard.com
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Trump and his oligarchic cronies think we're just going to shrink away in the face of his onslaught of destructive executive orders and outright illegal acts
HELL NO! We're here to RESIST, with dozens of 20% discounted books for adults and kids to help fight back. theliteratelizard.com/resist-2025
HELL NO! We're here to RESIST, with dozens of 20% discounted books for adults and kids to help fight back. theliteratelizard.com/resist-2025
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The first time I searched Trump, there were over 900 records found.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The first time I searched Trump, there were over 900 records found.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
I also confirmed there are now 332.
On this #Caturday, with Trump's deadly attacks on Nigeria, Alfie takes another look at A Particular Kind of Black Man, by Nigerian-American author @topefolarin.bsky.social (who hasn't yet posted here.) Details of the book in alt-text. Buy here: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781501...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On this #Caturday, with Trump's deadly attacks on Nigeria, Alfie takes another look at A Particular Kind of Black Man, by Nigerian-American author @topefolarin.bsky.social (who hasn't yet posted here.) Details of the book in alt-text. Buy here: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781501...
#BookSky
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This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
Maybe you didn't get as many books as you were hoping to get for Christmas, but that's why The Literate Lizard Online Bookstore's 20% off Holiday Sale lasts until December 31st!
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Get yourself some more books at a great price, over 200 choices in all: theliteratelizard.com/holiday-book...
December 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Maybe you didn't get as many books as you were hoping to get for Christmas, but that's why The Literate Lizard Online Bookstore's 20% off Holiday Sale lasts until December 31st!
Get yourself some more books at a great price, over 200 choices in all: theliteratelizard.com/holiday-book...
Get yourself some more books at a great price, over 200 choices in all: theliteratelizard.com/holiday-book...
Ah, the days of having a real president and a real government.
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Ah, the days of having a real president and a real government.
The Literate Lizard Online Bookstore wishes a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. We hope you received many books as gifts, but if you need more...we're here!
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December 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's not too late to give the gift of books with a Literate Lizard E-Gift Card! You pick the amount, you customize your message, we email it to your recipient. Nearly every book in print, gifts, plus many 20% off promotions! Don't buy from the billionaire bozo! theliteratelizard.com/egift-card/l...
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Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
'Complete nut!' Alan Dershowitz smears 'redeemed' Epstein survivor in Newsmax meltdown
Attorney Alan Dershowitz lashed out at Jeffrey Epstein survivor Maria Farmer after news reports said she had been "redeemed" because documents released by the Department of Justice proved she had repo...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
I'm glad the corrupt Justice department officials implementing this illegal cover-up of Trump's crimes are so inept. On the other hand, these are the people who are supposed to be protecting us from crime and terrorism. I look forward to the post-Trump return of honor and professionalism.
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm glad the corrupt Justice department officials implementing this illegal cover-up of Trump's crimes are so inept. On the other hand, these are the people who are supposed to be protecting us from crime and terrorism. I look forward to the post-Trump return of honor and professionalism.
You cannot shut down the will of the people, Bari Weiss.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You cannot shut down the will of the people, Bari Weiss.
We're in the publishing doldrums now, but after the new year the hot new releases will start up again. Here are eight nonfiction titles to look forward to. Titles and authors in alt-text, links to preorder these books in our linked article on @dailykos.com: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
#Booksky
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December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We're in the publishing doldrums now, but after the new year the hot new releases will start up again. Here are eight nonfiction titles to look forward to. Titles and authors in alt-text, links to preorder these books in our linked article on @dailykos.com: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
#Booksky
#Booksky
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As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves
There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves
I can hardly wait until Trump's name gets pried off the wall of the Kennedy Center.
Jacqueline Onassis with Leonard Bernstein at the opening of the Kennedy Center, 1972.
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I can hardly wait until Trump's name gets pried off the wall of the Kennedy Center.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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(Not too late to buy YOURSELF some 20% off holiday promo books: theliteratelizard.com/holiday-book...)
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Sci-fi author Bruce Sterling shares his sci-fi take on this fascinating (and a little spooky) article about aeonophiles by @karenlloyd.bsky.social.
She has a recent book on her discoveries: Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Order now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780691...
She has a recent book on her discoveries: Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Order now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780691...
They're not "waiting to return to the surface," they're waiting for the planet to be blasted into pebbles to that they can reach another star-system #panspermia #intraterrestrials #aeonophiles
https://aeon.co/essays/the-discovery-of-aeonophiles-expands-our-definition-of-life
https://aeon.co/essays/the-discovery-of-aeonophiles-expands-our-definition-of-life
The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life
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December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sci-fi author Bruce Sterling shares his sci-fi take on this fascinating (and a little spooky) article about aeonophiles by @karenlloyd.bsky.social.
She has a recent book on her discoveries: Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Order now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780691...
She has a recent book on her discoveries: Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Order now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780691...
One of the benefits of traveling the globe is developing understanding and empathy for others. Thanks to travel guidebook maestro @ricksteves.bsky.social for this wonderful gesture.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One of the benefits of traveling the globe is developing understanding and empathy for others. Thanks to travel guidebook maestro @ricksteves.bsky.social for this wonderful gesture.
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Hilarious! Just when we thought Trump could not sink any lower by naming the Kennedy Center after himself, we find a "new" center's website URL is owned by a comedian who grabbed it before they did! Merry Christmas, indeed ..😂
The ‘TrumpKennedyCenter.org’ website is taken. This comedian owns it.
The creator of satirical domains bought the site this summer and is plotting its content, even if some things are “hard to parody.”
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December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hilarious! Just when we thought Trump could not sink any lower by naming the Kennedy Center after himself, we find a "new" center's website URL is owned by a comedian who grabbed it before they did! Merry Christmas, indeed ..😂
I just stumbled upon the fact that @thedianerichards.bsky.social is on Bluesky, with almost no followers! She is an amazing writer (her Ella: A Novel was one of our featured books when it came out theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...), and is director of the Harlem Writers Guild. Follow her!
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I just stumbled upon the fact that @thedianerichards.bsky.social is on Bluesky, with almost no followers! She is an amazing writer (her Ella: A Novel was one of our featured books when it came out theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...), and is director of the Harlem Writers Guild. Follow her!
The Literate Lizard is now offering a 20% discount on all of Barack Obama's 2025 book picks. You can find the list here: theliteratelizard.com/list/20-bara...
Barack Obama posted his annual book list on Instagram today: "As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. See the lists here: www.instagram.com/p/DSaxSRjjxd...
Come buy from us!
Come buy from us!
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Literate Lizard is now offering a 20% discount on all of Barack Obama's 2025 book picks. You can find the list here: theliteratelizard.com/list/20-bara...
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Kerry Kennedy — Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s daughter and RFK Jr.’s sister — says she’s going to grab a pickax as soon as Trump’s term is over and take his name off the Kennedy Center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Kerry Kennedy — Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s daughter and RFK Jr.’s sister — says she’s going to grab a pickax as soon as Trump’s term is over and take his name off the Kennedy Center.
Barack Obama posted his annual book list on Instagram today: "As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. See the lists here: www.instagram.com/p/DSaxSRjjxd...
Come buy from us!
Come buy from us!
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Barack Obama posted his annual book list on Instagram today: "As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. See the lists here: www.instagram.com/p/DSaxSRjjxd...
Come buy from us!
Come buy from us!
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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Congratulations to all of the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards nominees! With a list that includes biography, poetry, translation, science writing, and more, this year’s longlist has something for every reader. Join us in celebrating this year’s nominees, see here: pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations to all of the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards nominees! With a list that includes biography, poetry, translation, science writing, and more, this year’s longlist has something for every reader. Join us in celebrating this year’s nominees, see here: pen.org/announcing-t...