Annie Fisher
@affisher.bsky.social
Resident wound care expert, chauffeur, cat feeder. Married to the inimitable Derek Mong. Translator of Olena Stiazhkina, AIex Averbuch, Ilf and Petrov, Ksenia Buksha, Ilya Danishevsky, Shura Burtin, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky... read more at anneofisher.com
Thank you, #1 fan! 😘
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thank you, #1 fan! 😘
Reposted by Annie Fisher
And you can find one of our new poets, @bjsoloy.bsky.social, here on BlueSky
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And you can find one of our new poets, @bjsoloy.bsky.social, here on BlueSky
Also may be the only time we are both in the same Top 10 list as Joy Harjo! ❤️
June 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Also may be the only time we are both in the same Top 10 list as Joy Harjo! ❤️
It was totally worth it! Thank you so much to @bdralyuk.bsky.social, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Magic City books for hosting us and bringing poetry & queer lit to the OK top 10!!! 😍
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It was totally worth it! Thank you so much to @bdralyuk.bsky.social, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Magic City books for hosting us and bringing poetry & queer lit to the OK top 10!!! 😍
And also, don't miss Ed Nawotka's related Publishers Weekly piece:
Russia Arrests Publishers, Accuses Them of Distributing ‘LGBT Propaganda’
Russian authorities have put two current and one former employee of Eksmo—Russia’s largest publishing house—under house arrest, accusing them of distributing “LGBT propaganda.
www.publishersweekly.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And also, don't miss Ed Nawotka's related Publishers Weekly piece:
And all my love and thanks to the best partner I could ever ask for, @derekmong.bsky.social, for his support during my work on this important and moving (and hilarious, and occasionally harrowing) project. Thank you all! Please also check out Brendan Dowling's interview:
Kateryna Sylvanova And Elena Malisova On The Rapturous Romance At The Heart Of Their Novel - Public Libraries Online
Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova’s Pioneer Summer is a decade-spanning, deeply felt romance set in an unlikely location, a Soviet-era summer camp. In 1986, Yurka is a rebellious, sharp-witted six...
publiclibrariesonline.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And all my love and thanks to the best partner I could ever ask for, @derekmong.bsky.social, for his support during my work on this important and moving (and hilarious, and occasionally harrowing) project. Thank you all! Please also check out Brendan Dowling's interview:
Much gratitude to @alexfineillos.bsky.social for his superb cover, and a deep bow of gratitude to @edoballerini.bsky.social for his gorgeous performance of the audiobook! Special thanks to friend and fellow translator Brad Damare for his help and consultation.
June 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Much gratitude to @alexfineillos.bsky.social for his superb cover, and a deep bow of gratitude to @edoballerini.bsky.social for his gorgeous performance of the audiobook! Special thanks to friend and fellow translator Brad Damare for his help and consultation.
Hoping the publishers and personnel who were arrested are soon released and all charges dropped... but not holding my breath. (PS. For an excellent analysis of how the RF ended up the way it is, read #sofioksanen's Same River Twice: Putin's War On Women.)
Police Arrest Publishing House Staff Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Books - The Moscow Times
Law enforcement authorities searched the offices of Russia’s largest book publisher and arrested several employees over alleged LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism,” Russian media and rights groups rep...
www.themoscowtimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hoping the publishers and personnel who were arrested are soon released and all charges dropped... but not holding my breath. (PS. For an excellent analysis of how the RF ended up the way it is, read #sofioksanen's Same River Twice: Putin's War On Women.)