Anita Felicelli
@anitafelicelli.bsky.social
author of the short story collection HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS and other works of fiction. books editor at Alta Journal, critic, essayer.
next week! this will be a fun conversation about a lovely, atmospheric novel—join us.
Thrilled to launch IF THE OWL CALLS with @anitafelicelli.bsky.social on Nov 19 at 5:30 p.m. PT—hosted by @bettybooks.bsky.social on Zoom!
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us!
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite #AnitaFelicelli #BettyBooks
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us!
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite #AnitaFelicelli #BettyBooks
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
next week! this will be a fun conversation about a lovely, atmospheric novel—join us.
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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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On this week's Selected Shorts episode, It’s About Time, actors Stockard Channing and @vangsness.bsky.social perform stories by Helen Phillips and @anitafelicelli.bsky.social about how time controls our past, present, and future. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4hUNIpi
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On this week's Selected Shorts episode, It’s About Time, actors Stockard Channing and @vangsness.bsky.social perform stories by Helen Phillips and @anitafelicelli.bsky.social about how time controls our past, present, and future. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4hUNIpi
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continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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For @altajournal.bsky.social I reviewed Julian NoiseCat's WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT, which is fascinating and moving and intellectually rigorous:
www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...
www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...
Coyote’s Descendants
Julian Brave NoiseCat’s memoir, We Survived the Night, makes use of numerous genres to tell the stories of his family.
www.altaonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For @altajournal.bsky.social I reviewed Julian NoiseCat's WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT, which is fascinating and moving and intellectually rigorous:
www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...
www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...
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Thrilled to launch IF THE OWL CALLS with @anitafelicelli.bsky.social on Nov 19 at 5:30 p.m. PT—hosted by @bettybooks.bsky.social on Zoom!
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us! Register here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us! Register here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite
October 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thrilled to launch IF THE OWL CALLS with @anitafelicelli.bsky.social on Nov 19 at 5:30 p.m. PT—hosted by @bettybooks.bsky.social on Zoom!
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us! Register here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite
We’ll talk writing, memory, and the stories behind the book. Hope you’ll join us! Register here: bit.ly/42aTqwG
#IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #SharonWhite
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Incredibly grateful for this wonderful review of BEINGS by @hspartington.bsky.social at @altajournal.bsky.social. Such a joy and privilege to be read so lovingly <3.
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Out of the Archives
In her sophomore novel, Beings, Ilana Masad weaves three compelling narratives about trust and belief.
www.altaonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Incredibly grateful for this wonderful review of BEINGS by @hspartington.bsky.social at @altajournal.bsky.social. Such a joy and privilege to be read so lovingly <3.
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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Announcing the virtual book launch of our next title, If the Owl Calls: A Novel by @sharonw.bsky.social! ✨
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Announcing the virtual book launch of our next title, If the Owl Calls: A Novel by @sharonw.bsky.social! ✨
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
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Such a thrill to present Scott Anderson with the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction last night in New York.
You can read about all the winners here.
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
You can read about all the winners here.
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Such a thrill to present Scott Anderson with the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction last night in New York.
You can read about all the winners here.
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
You can read about all the winners here.
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
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I was honored to have the opportunity to review McNamara at War, the new biography by Philip and William Taubman, for Alta Journal @altajournal.bsky.social. Thanks go to @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
The Price of Loyalty
McNamara at War, a new biography of Robert McNamara, reexamines his culpability in Vietnam.
www.altaonline.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I was honored to have the opportunity to review McNamara at War, the new biography by Philip and William Taubman, for Alta Journal @altajournal.bsky.social. Thanks go to @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
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I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
loved the prismatic novel The Wilderness. here's a profile I wrote about author Angela Flournoy in connection with the book. www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
Why Angela Flournoy Writes About Friendship and Grief
Angela Flournoy discusses how her second novel, The Wilderness, came to be.
www.altaonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
loved the prismatic novel The Wilderness. here's a profile I wrote about author Angela Flournoy in connection with the book. www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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Greg Grandin on 3 notable things about Spanish American independence: It brought about an already socialized community of nations. Its leaders understood their movement as atonement for conquest. They broke free from one empire to confront a new one.
“A Second Enlightenment”: Greg Grandin on Latin America, the United States, and the Creation of Social-Democratic Modernity
“My books try to explain a tension.”
buff.ly
September 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Greg Grandin on 3 notable things about Spanish American independence: It brought about an already socialized community of nations. Its leaders understood their movement as atonement for conquest. They broke free from one empire to confront a new one.
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The only reason to hire a critic, instead of giving a megaphone to the crowd, is that creative work—books most of all—isn’t processed as a collective. People make sense of art as individuals, and their experiences of the work differ individually, too. @nathanheller.bsky.social, @newyorker.com, 2017
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The only reason to hire a critic, instead of giving a megaphone to the crowd, is that creative work—books most of all—isn’t processed as a collective. People make sense of art as individuals, and their experiences of the work differ individually, too. @nathanheller.bsky.social, @newyorker.com, 2017
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Nice evening to drift around North Beach and Chinatown and drop by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, where copies of Daydreamers are on the shelf.
September 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Nice evening to drift around North Beach and Chinatown and drop by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, where copies of Daydreamers are on the shelf.
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My book came out 6 years ago -- thank you WTAW Press for taking a chance on this collection. It made my world so much bigger and helped me meet so many wonderful people and find community. Huge hugs to all my readers -- forever grateful.
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My book came out 6 years ago -- thank you WTAW Press for taking a chance on this collection. It made my world so much bigger and helped me meet so many wonderful people and find community. Huge hugs to all my readers -- forever grateful.
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Excited for tomorrow’s award ceremony for the Northern California Book Awards! My memoir The Translator’s Daughter is a finalist in creative nonfiction. The event is free and open to the public—come celebrate with us at @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social in the Koret Auditorium at 2pm
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Excited for tomorrow’s award ceremony for the Northern California Book Awards! My memoir The Translator’s Daughter is a finalist in creative nonfiction. The event is free and open to the public—come celebrate with us at @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social in the Koret Auditorium at 2pm
Looking forward to being a part of The Future of California, a @litquake.org
event in Berkeley this weekend 9/7 with Susanna Kwan, @annaleen.bsky.social, @sherijoseph.bsky.social @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and Zoe Young www.eventbrite.com/e/how-they-d...
event in Berkeley this weekend 9/7 with Susanna Kwan, @annaleen.bsky.social, @sherijoseph.bsky.social @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and Zoe Young www.eventbrite.com/e/how-they-d...
How They Did It: Imagining a Future California
Litquake and LitCamp gaze beyond the horizon, bringing together five talented authors whose fiction imagines a California of the future
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September 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Looking forward to being a part of The Future of California, a @litquake.org
event in Berkeley this weekend 9/7 with Susanna Kwan, @annaleen.bsky.social, @sherijoseph.bsky.social @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and Zoe Young www.eventbrite.com/e/how-they-d...
event in Berkeley this weekend 9/7 with Susanna Kwan, @annaleen.bsky.social, @sherijoseph.bsky.social @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and Zoe Young www.eventbrite.com/e/how-they-d...
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🧵 In the wake of numerous reports of interactions with AI chatbots that resulted in deadly consequences, the Center for Democracy & Technology's Dr. Michal Luria says AI firms should stop designing products that pretend to be human.
AI Chatbots Are Emotionally Deceptive by Design | TechPolicy.Press
Chatbots should stop pretending to be human, writes the Center for Democracy & Technology's Dr. Michal Luria.
www.techpolicy.press
August 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🧵 In the wake of numerous reports of interactions with AI chatbots that resulted in deadly consequences, the Center for Democracy & Technology's Dr. Michal Luria says AI firms should stop designing products that pretend to be human.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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This superb interview from @lulugn.bsky.social w/Arundhati Roy emphasizes, with clarity & restraint, how the personal is always political. A quarter century after I read “The God of Small Things” as a South Asian teenager, awed by her gifts, Roy remains an inspiration to me. overcast.fm/+ABOPVmwsQ1c
Arundhati Roy Knows Where America Is Headed — The Interview
The acclaimed writer has a new memoir, and a warning.
overcast.fm
August 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This superb interview from @lulugn.bsky.social w/Arundhati Roy emphasizes, with clarity & restraint, how the personal is always political. A quarter century after I read “The God of Small Things” as a South Asian teenager, awed by her gifts, Roy remains an inspiration to me. overcast.fm/+ABOPVmwsQ1c
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In a sane world this would be the number one political priority www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In a sane world this would be the number one political priority www.theguardian.com/environment/...
brilliant essay by Lauren LeBlanc.
Consider this my belated letter to the editor. I wrote about the legacy of Katrina, the use of criticism, Robert Polidori's images of my destroyed New Orleans neighborhood, and John Updike's review in the New York Review of Books for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social.
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/what-...
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/what-...
What John Updike Got Wrong about Katrina
oxfordamerican.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
brilliant essay by Lauren LeBlanc.
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