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In her article with Washington Independent Review of Books, Charlotte Taylor Fryar considers the paradox of D.C. centered around the river. She discusses the beauty of the ecological community along the river coupled with its ties to the outrage of American racism. Read the article at link in bio!
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Book Review: "Planning Miracles: How to Prevent Future Pandemics" by Jon Cohen 📖
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“Viruses do not care about borders…But humans, when it comes to protecting their own communities from pandemics, care about them too much.”
#Covid19 #pandemic #superbug
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Announcing Our 2026 Washington Writers Conference Keynote Speakers: Aran and Margot Lee Shetterly! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @aranshetterly.bsky.social @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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So HAPPY for @keithdonohue.bsky.social's take on @ambersparks.bsky.social's new HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE. "a run-down apartment in a converted sanitorium. A handful of zany tenants...the adjacent graveyard." Yes! @wirobooks.bsky.social
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Happy People Don’t Live Here: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
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November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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A gripping #truecrime narrative recounted by a master storyteller.
A review of Gilbert King's Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida
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Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida | Washington Independent Review of Books
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Cathy Alter's questions about Lab Dog in @wirobooks.bsky.social were the best--including who would play me in the movie version. Ha! She writes, "Think Travels with Hammy but with heartbreaking glimpses through laboratory doors." 💙📚 #animalresearch, #dogs, #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This review! “Happy people really don’t live here. Sorrow floats above them like the cemetery ghosts, unmoored and occasionally angry, everything framed within a madcap murder mystery…Sparks is a clever writer who has, by melding conventions from several genres, created a perfect hybrid”
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Don't miss the Super Early Bird Rate for the @wirobooks.bsky.social Conference!
(I'm volunteering again on the planning committee and will be on a panel, too! Hope to see you there!)
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Announcing: Viva la Book Review! A brand new nonprofit begun by publishing industry professionals passionate about revitalizing the book review. Learn more about us, and follow us across social media, here: https://vivalabookreview.org/
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM