Dinah Lenney
@dinahlenney.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, actor, warbler, editor of #Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image forthcoming from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social, lover of dogs, birds, photos, dinner on a sheetpan, jigsaw puzzles, and the emdash—
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
Dear @nytimes.com, one of the largest peaceful protests in this country's history, and it winds up on page 22 in the Sunday paper? Gave you the benefit of the doubt yesterday, figured maybe you'd cover it today, but no. What's going on there? What kind of reporting is this?
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dear @nytimes.com, one of the largest peaceful protests in this country's history, and it winds up on page 22 in the Sunday paper? Gave you the benefit of the doubt yesterday, figured maybe you'd cover it today, but no. What's going on there? What kind of reporting is this?
Thank you, Jeremy Kauffman—
August 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thank you, Jeremy Kauffman—
“Overpromise, underdeliver, change the subject.”
The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
Opinion | The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President
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July 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Overpromise, underdeliver, change the subject.”
The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
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Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
So, basically, we have reality TV to blame for all of this, talk about trickle down…
Almost half of the country’s health insurance now rests in the hands of a man who once sold miracle pills — with zero proof they worked — on daytime TV.
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So, basically, we have reality TV to blame for all of this, talk about trickle down…
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This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳
March 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳
"We enter into parallel worlds that give us the chance to explore “what if” scenarios: What would I do in that situation? How are my values similar or different?" @mojojohanna.bsky.social about the work she does @learcenter.bsky.social
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Daily Inspiration: Meet Johanna Blakley
Today we’d like to introduce you to Johanna Blakley Hi Johanna, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to spee...
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February 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"We enter into parallel worlds that give us the chance to explore “what if” scenarios: What would I do in that situation? How are my values similar or different?" @mojojohanna.bsky.social about the work she does @learcenter.bsky.social
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Just leaving these here, just in case you want to put the dates in your calendar—
February 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just leaving these here, just in case you want to put the dates in your calendar—
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Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them.
Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.
Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.
February 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them.
Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.
Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.
"...how could childhood be the center? You had to be grown up longer than you got to be a child. This did not feel fair." Naomi Shihab Nye in #snapshotsthebook. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
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Goodbye to Everything and Everybody, by Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye recalls the “precious tender threadbare glory of each day” she experienced as a child who was not in a hurry to grow up.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"...how could childhood be the center? You had to be grown up longer than you got to be a child. This did not feel fair." Naomi Shihab Nye in #snapshotsthebook. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
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www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/g...
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A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!
February 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!
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I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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Sometimes a moment has you pass through a portal. Coming out as trans was a long process for me, but it was also something that happened on one particular day. For the new @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @dinahlenney.bsky.social anthology SNAPSHOTS, I wrote about it. Thank you, Dinah & Lit Hub.
@alexmlwrites.bsky.social on walking the world in a shifting body and gender.
Snapshot of a Self: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Walking the World in a Shifting Body and Gender
After you stepped over a threshold on the other side of the world, triggering the ding of the barber’s unseen bell. After you watched her rope your long hair into a braid and you didn’t cry; loop h…
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February 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sometimes a moment has you pass through a portal. Coming out as trans was a long process for me, but it was also something that happened on one particular day. For the new @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @dinahlenney.bsky.social anthology SNAPSHOTS, I wrote about it. Thank you, Dinah & Lit Hub.
Here’s a beauty…
Excerpt from Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image edited by @dinahlenney.bsky.social. Check out this one by @alexmlwrites.bsky.social.
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Snapshot of a Self: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Walking the World in a Shifting Body and Gender
After you stepped over a threshold on the other side of the world, triggering the ding of the barber’s unseen bell. After you watched her rope your long hair into a braid and you didn’t cry; loop h…
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February 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here’s a beauty…
February 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook !@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
'Finita': An essay about my grandmother Josefina. I used to love her most of all
'Finita': An essay about my grandmother Josefina. I used to love her most of all
I am not close with my father’s side of the family.
This is only true in the present tense. In the past, I would have been lying. But the past is...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook !@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social
Today is pub day! These 36 essays spread out on the big kitchen table altogether finally in #snapshotsthebook — thanks all you writers for your words and photos, and to @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social for putting the album together— wait till you see, everybody, and I hope you like it!
February 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today is pub day! These 36 essays spread out on the big kitchen table altogether finally in #snapshotsthebook — thanks all you writers for your words and photos, and to @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social for putting the album together— wait till you see, everybody, and I hope you like it!
For your final prompt (number 30) choose from the following titles, and write: On Chutzpah; On Nudity; On Looking Up; On Geraniums… (h/t @aimeeliu.bsky.social )
February 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For your final prompt (number 30) choose from the following titles, and write: On Chutzpah; On Nudity; On Looking Up; On Geraniums… (h/t @aimeeliu.bsky.social )
With the wise and wonderful @aimeeliu.bsky.social—on chutzpah (and those other things, too)...
Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
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Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
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Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
The story behind Lenney's new ekphrastic anthology 'Snapshots'
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February 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
With the wise and wonderful @aimeeliu.bsky.social—on chutzpah (and those other things, too)...
Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
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Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
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Prompt number 29: So much to do— how will you ever get it all done? When will you ever get it all done? What if you do and what if you don’t?
February 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Prompt number 29: So much to do— how will you ever get it all done? When will you ever get it all done? What if you do and what if you don’t?
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The first look at Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image is up over at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which has an essay by @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...
Torn Self-Portrait with Striped Shirt | Los Angeles Review of Books
LARB presents an excerpt by Wayne Koestenbaum from the anthology “Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image,” edited by Dinah Lenney.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The first look at Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image is up over at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which has an essay by @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...