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Barbara Lacewell
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Storyteller, avid reader, student, coffee enthusiast, casual chess player. Burning Cold-Narrative Magazine.2022
If you missed this yesterday, Saunders gives an introduction and a live reading of Vigil. A real treat! 📚💙
#BookSky #BookTalk
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A clip from George Saunders’s live video. He reads the first 1000 words of Vigil.
#GeorgeSaunders #Writers #BookCommunity #Storytelling #Fiction
Tenth of December
A recording from George Saunders's live video
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December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
apnews.com/article/nobe... master of absurdist excess László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
Hungarian master of absurdist excess László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for work that upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
George Saunders Is Publishing a New Novel Early Next Year - Vulture - goo.gl/alerts/Tbw5Ha #GoogleAlerts
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George Saunders Is Publishing a New Novel Early Next Year
Vigil is about an oil-company CEO who’s traveling to the afterlife and answering for his misdeeds.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just read Dachau by Achy Obejas. Terrific story! #ShortStories #LitMag #Writers #BookLovers #LiteraryFiction
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
One of them is plotting something… but which one?
#Cats #CatsOfBluesky #WritingCommunity
#WritersLife
February 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wilkes University Presents Annual Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series (All events are free and open to the public) news.wilkes.edu/2025/02/18/w...
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Wilkes University Presents Annual Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series
Hosted by the Wilkes University English Department, the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series features a variety of authors, poets, directors and other accomplished writers annually. Guest spea...
news.wilkes.edu
February 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Marilynne Robinson to deliver 2024 Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture news.ucsc.edu/2024/11/mari... via @ucsc
Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Marilynne Robinson to deliver 2024 Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson, renowned for her deeply reflective explorations of faith, humanity, and the divine, will deliver this year’s Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture on Dec. 3 a...
news.ucsc.edu
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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"Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction."
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Percival Everett's 'James' wins National Book Award for fiction
Everett's latest novel retells the story of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, Huck’s enslaved companion.
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November 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Check out Off Campus Writers’ Workshop—founded in 1946! A fantastic place to hone your craft and connect with fellow writers.
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November 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Hello, Bluesky. Happy to be here.
November 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM