Ashley Honeysett
@ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social
2024 Miami University Press Novella Prize Winner. She/her. Evanston, IL, USA. ashleyhoney.substack.com
30 arrests reported in Trump's deportation campaign in Chicago — but feds won't provide full tally chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
30 arrests reported in Trump's deportation campaign in Chicago — but feds won't provide full tally
Some of those arrested have violent criminal histories, including men convicted of murder and sexually abusing a child. Others were previously deported. But the full scale of the operation remains unc...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
30 arrests reported in Trump's deportation campaign in Chicago — but feds won't provide full tally chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leads Elgin raid; 1 U.S. citizen among 6 detained chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leads Elgin raid; 1 U.S. citizen among 6 detained
Low-flying helicopters, bright lights and smoke bombs were used in a raid Tuesday. Joe Botello, 37, and five roommates were led out of a home in the 900 block of Chippewa Drive. Kristi Noem was among ...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem leads Elgin raid; 1 U.S. citizen among 6 detained chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
This is my newsletter where I recommend books. This week it's just a haunting excerpt from Self-Portrait in Green by Marie N'Diaye. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/self-portr...
April 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is my newsletter where I recommend books. This week it's just a haunting excerpt from Self-Portrait in Green by Marie N'Diaye. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/self-portr...
Reposted by Ashley Honeysett
Calling all #novella fans! @ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social and other novella authors will read and discuss the form at the "For the Love of the Novella" #AWP25 panel Saturday, March 29 at 9AM. Don't miss!
March 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Calling all #novella fans! @ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social and other novella authors will read and discuss the form at the "For the Love of the Novella" #AWP25 panel Saturday, March 29 at 9AM. Don't miss!
How much time in my life have I spent staring in the direction I'm expecting the bus or train to come from?
March 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
How much time in my life have I spent staring in the direction I'm expecting the bus or train to come from?
Do you like descriptions of bugs? Are there any memorable ones from books you've read? ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/books-with...
March 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Do you like descriptions of bugs? Are there any memorable ones from books you've read? ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/books-with...
A friend sent me a reel on Instagram and after I viewed it and chose my emoji response, I got a little automated message that said "Did this conversation support your business goals?"
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A friend sent me a reel on Instagram and after I viewed it and chose my emoji response, I got a little automated message that said "Did this conversation support your business goals?"
Reposted by Ashley Honeysett
FICTIONS has been named as a 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist! We are so pleased to announce that FICTIONS by @ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social has been recognized in this way.
March 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
FICTIONS has been named as a 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist! We are so pleased to announce that FICTIONS by @ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social has been recognized in this way.
Reposted by Ashley Honeysett
preorders are on sale for $18 for spring break. Normally $21. The other Malarkey titles are on sale too. Shipping is the same no matter how many books you get :)
The Barre Incidents is available for preorder w/ @malarkeybooks.bsky.social !! Cosmic Horror with Dark Fantasy. It's got romance under the shadow of grief, and a haunted-town love letter to books like The Mothman Prophecies. The cover is by the amazing Matthew Revert and preorder link in comments
March 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
preorders are on sale for $18 for spring break. Normally $21. The other Malarkey titles are on sale too. Shipping is the same no matter how many books you get :)
I served three years with AmeriCorps. Corps members are serving your community right now. #AmeriCorpsWeek
March 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I served three years with AmeriCorps. Corps members are serving your community right now. #AmeriCorpsWeek
Here's a petition you can sign with the League of American Bicyclists voicing your opposition to federal bike lane funding cuts. www.votervoice.net/Shares/BYyQC...
Action Center | League of American Bicyclists
The League of American Bicyclists is proud to support actions at the federal, state, and local level to build a Bicycle Friendly America for Everyone. In our Action Center you…
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March 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here's a petition you can sign with the League of American Bicyclists voicing your opposition to federal bike lane funding cuts. www.votervoice.net/Shares/BYyQC...
New Substack post about awards.
ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/im-a-final...
ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/im-a-final...
I'm a winner!
actually a finalist
ashleyhoney.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New Substack post about awards.
ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/im-a-final...
ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/im-a-final...
I'm really pleased to be in the company of the other writers and publishers who are finalists for the Foreword INDIES prize in literary fiction. #finalist #literary www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
March 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm really pleased to be in the company of the other writers and publishers who are finalists for the Foreword INDIES prize in literary fiction. #finalist #literary www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...
Check out Local Woman by Jzl Jmz. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/local-woma...
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out Local Woman by Jzl Jmz. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/local-woma...
I recommend Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/joseph-ant...
Thanks @jenstjude.bsky.social! Join Authors Against Book Bans! @authorsabb.bsky.social
Thanks @jenstjude.bsky.social! Join Authors Against Book Bans! @authorsabb.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I recommend Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/joseph-ant...
Thanks @jenstjude.bsky.social! Join Authors Against Book Bans! @authorsabb.bsky.social
Thanks @jenstjude.bsky.social! Join Authors Against Book Bans! @authorsabb.bsky.social
The Endangered Species Act webpage has been archived and will not continue to be updated.
Project 2025 is coming for marine mammals
How to defend the MMPA and ESA this week
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Endangered Species Act webpage has been archived and will not continue to be updated.
Rushdie was the target of a campaign, which deliberately vilified The Satanic Verses and its author, and which had a lot in common with current book ban efforts in the US. I wish this article had said that, rather than simply saying many people found it offensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Is Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
The man, Hadi Matar, faces up to 32 years in prison. Prosecutors said he rushed onstage at an arts conference and stabbed the famed author about 15 times.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Rushdie was the target of a campaign, which deliberately vilified The Satanic Verses and its author, and which had a lot in common with current book ban efforts in the US. I wish this article had said that, rather than simply saying many people found it offensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
Three newsletters I've read recently that have helped me make sense of what's happening in our government and given me concrete actions to take.
February 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Three newsletters I've read recently that have helped me make sense of what's happening in our government and given me concrete actions to take.
Reposted by Ashley Honeysett
“NPR attended an NEA workshop Tuesday afternoon for arts groups planning to apply for grants. Questions were not taken in the session, but had to be sent in advance. No mention was made of the new restrictions.”
Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.
Artists protest new NEA restrictions
Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.
www.npr.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“NPR attended an NEA workshop Tuesday afternoon for arts groups planning to apply for grants. Questions were not taken in the session, but had to be sent in advance. No mention was made of the new restrictions.”
This article lithub.com/why-do-ameri... says less than 1% of new books published in the US are works in translation, and 40% of those are from Western Europe. Read a Japanese novella today!
#booksky #writersofbluesky #bookpost #translation #japanesefiction
#booksky #writersofbluesky #bookpost #translation #japanesefiction
“You have plenty of money, and you’re not much of a person.”
Snow Country, by Yasunari Kawabata
ashleyhoney.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This article lithub.com/why-do-ameri... says less than 1% of new books published in the US are works in translation, and 40% of those are from Western Europe. Read a Japanese novella today!
#booksky #writersofbluesky #bookpost #translation #japanesefiction
#booksky #writersofbluesky #bookpost #translation #japanesefiction
I recommend Some Beheadings by Aditi Machado. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/some-behea...
February 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I recommend Some Beheadings by Aditi Machado. ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/some-behea...
A lovestruck woman who refuses to die! ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/majnun-and... #booksky #bookpost #writersofbluesky
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A lovestruck woman who refuses to die! ashleyhoney.substack.com/p/majnun-and... #booksky #bookpost #writersofbluesky
Let me never experience a personal tragedy that this president can twist to fit his political narrative.
January 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Let me never experience a personal tragedy that this president can twist to fit his political narrative.
Ana Teresa Fernández, No puedo pasar (Performance Documentation at Tijuana / San Diego Border), 2005. At the National Museum of Mexican Art here in Chicago.
January 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ana Teresa Fernández, No puedo pasar (Performance Documentation at Tijuana / San Diego Border), 2005. At the National Museum of Mexican Art here in Chicago.