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Very exciting news about Elisa Gabbert's next book forthcoming from @fsgbooks.bsky.social
TEXT: Publishers Marketplace Deal Report Category: Non-fiction: General/Other MY VOID By Elisa Gabbert Imprint: Farrar, Straus November 12, 2025 Author of THE UNREALITY OF MEMORY and ANY PERSON IS THE ONLY SELF Elisa Gabbert's MY VOID, an investigation into holes of all kinds— architectural (arches, bridges, windows, portals, drains); bodily (cavities, orifices, skulls); ecological (canyons, sinkholes, abysses); and existential (amnesia, loss, death-about how to live alongside the unknown and unknowable, to Milo Walls at Farrar, Straus, for publication in 2028, by Monika Woods at Triangle House Literary (world English). Rights: devon.mazzone@fsgbooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
Brooklynites: with SNAP benefits expiring as of today, here are two ways you can help feed neighbors: donate to CHiPS, the food pantry/ women's shelter in Park Slope: www.chipsonline.org. Or leave food in the community fridge on 6th Street between 4th and 5th avenues, next to the Postmark Cafe.
Photo of the exterior of the Postmark Cafe in Brooklyn, with a community fridge standing outside the door, covered in flyers.
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
catherinenichols.bsky.social
Lay it on me/Correction: lay it on me
isaacbutler.bsky.social Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · Aug 7
Lots of people won't read substack for very good reasons (I'm still in the process of getting off of it & just haven't had time, honestly) so... here is a screenshot w/ alt text of my new poem for your reading/sharing pleasure. Each line is taken from a different Dem fundraising email or text.
STOP 2 END By Isaac Butler Hello Isaac, nice to meet you. Isaac, I’m trans. I refuse to take the bait. What if I told you I’m a retired US Navy admiral A Retired drill instructor A Retired major general with the US navy A Retired US Marine Corps top gun pilot I retired in 2017 having earned the rank of colonel As a farmer and retired brigadier general I’m reaching out one poet, writer, dreamer to another I’m a former teacher and high school principal As a former teacher of deaf students I’m a proud veteran of our armed forces PBS alert This is how we win It starts with eight seats We’re up against deep pockets What if your local hospital closed overnight Deb is sick of the status quo Another mass shooting 60 years ago We broke quorum I have a simple question for you I’m reaching out with a humble request Lay it on me Correction: lay it on me
August 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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jaimealyse.bsky.social
Beyond thrilled to share that I'm writing my next book, AT HOME IN THE STARS. It's about the human expansion into space and space as a human environment. Think Carl Sagan meets Robert Macfarlane. 🪐✨🧑‍🚀🌱 If you want updates / news when the book is (someday) out: jaimealyse.behiiv.com
On a background image of stars and dust from the Hubble telescope, this text (a book deal announcement): "Science/Technology. Best American Science and Nature Writing series editor and author of the LA Times Book Prize finalist The Possibility of Life Jaime Green's AT HOME IN THE STARS a narrative journey into the promise and peril of our future in space and what it might mean from a scientific, philosophical, and cultural lens to expand into the cosmos, again to John Glynn at Hanover Square Press by Caroline Eisenmann at Francis Goldin Literary Agency. (World)."
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I cannot recommend @andreapitzer.bsky.social's work highly enough. Clear, motivating, and genuinely useful. If you're feeling demoralized with the state of our country, listen to her.
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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tmcallister.bsky.social
This year, I started what has been my actual dream job, teaching in an incredible MFA program at Rutgers-Camden. Last month, our funding was unilaterally pulled, threatening the MFA's very existence. Please consider signing this letter in support of saving our program
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save Full Funding for Rutgers-Camden's MFA in Creative Writing
We're writing to share an update about the MFA program at Rutgers-Camden and a related request for you, on behalf of our current students. Unfortunately, recent university-wide budget cuts have resul...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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tmcallister.bsky.social
New book is out in 3 weeks and I've got some events planned. Hope to see some of you at some of these places
Details on small book tour for IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, which, rather than me typing out every bit here I'll just redirect you to tom.mcallister.ws/events for all the info
April 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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threnody.bsky.social
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.

S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*

short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵

legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
threnody.bsky.social emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Feb 28
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.

no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.

please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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elongreen.bsky.social
A month out from 3/11 pub day. If you’re looking for a book about New York City, the art world, and state-sanctioned violence, smash that preorder button. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
February 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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shimmer.bsky.social
While preordering BUZZ KILL, you'll want to get HARD GIRLS as well so you're all ready to read the sequel when it arrives.
January 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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jaimealyse.bsky.social
Big Q: What’s a science book that changed how you think about the world?
December 3, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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elongreen.bsky.social
Forgot to mention: goodreads folks, my publisher is giving away 10 copies of THE MAN NOBODY KILLED. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael …
The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the…
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November 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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epochliterary.com
Happy New Year! We are OPEN for electronic submissions, through January. Send us your fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and translations. We pay between $100 and $500 depending on length. epoch.submittable.com/submit
The bird of thanks, appreciating your submission
January 1, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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jaimealyse.bsky.social
Heyyyyy the ebook of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE is $3.99 today only, across retailers! It's a best book of the year according to the Washington Post, Esquire, Scientific American, and my mom <3
December 15, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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This is beyond heartbreaking news. Obituary and funeral details are here:
December 10, 2023 at 11:54 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I wrote about Jezebel and the terrifying state of women’s media.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/rip-jezebe...
Spanfeller added, “Unfortunately, our business model and the audiences we serve across our network did not align with Jezebel's.” In other words: Women are tricky! But my from my view, if you’re unable to sell ads on a beloved 16-year-old feminist website with great name recognition during a time when women’s rights are under an unprecedented threat, that says a whole lot more about your business acumen than it does about the quality and importance of the site’s journalism. Women’s voices have always been considered niche, disposable, fringe, despite us making up more than half the population. Our needs represent the majority, but that isn’t reflected in current media ownership and leadership. And that’s why we find ourselves falling through a glass pothole. We are worse off now than when Jezebel was founded in 2007.
November 9, 2023 at 10:22 PM
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Unpaywalled link.

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Review | ‘1984’ gets a new life, and a fresh perspective, in ‘Julia’
Sandra Newman’s novel reimagines George Orwell’s classic from the point of view of Winston’s lover.
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October 24, 2023 at 1:02 PM
catherinenichols.bsky.social
After reporting on the Armenian genocide, Zabel Yesayan wrote My Soul in Exile (1922), an enigmatic, joyful book about art and love. Sally Foreman and Catherine Nichols discuss it: lithub.com/sally-forema...
Sally Foreman on Zabel Yesayan
Welcome to Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books. Combining literary analysis with an in-depth look at historical context, host Catherine Nichols chooses one book for each year of the 20th century, and…
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October 17, 2023 at 1:11 PM
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November 21! Catch me and the great Zoe Kazan in conversation to celebrate the paperback release of THE METHOD! Admission is free but reservations are strongly encouraged:

www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
October 16, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Dearth of sarcasm alert, very happy about this www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/10/0...
A new cohort of contributors to The Washington Post’s Book World
This group of contributors will continue the ongoing revitalization of the section, writing reviews and essays about current events and politics, history, literature, the arts, pop culture and more.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2023 at 11:57 PM
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greatplacebooks.bsky.social
Folks, we've got LOSING MUSIC author @johncotter.bsky.social teaching memoir! Register today!
greatplacebooks.com/memoir
September 12, 2023 at 5:26 PM
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jaimealyse.bsky.social
attn audiobook freaks, THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE is on big sale today: $2.99 as Audible's Daily Deal, and $12.99 at Libro.fm if you prefer to get your books from there. I recorded it myself and am pretty damn proud of the result. www.audible.com/pd/The-Possi... libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The Possibility of Life
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. “Every page of this book makes our shared universe feel larger and more interesting than ever before, a true gift of fascinating science and engrossing st...
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September 8, 2023 at 2:40 PM