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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
This week’s most interesting individuals.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This week’s most interesting individuals.
that’s some seriously messed up pre-awards opposition research. we all have deeply shameful things in our past that should remain forever buried and not brought back to life through unnatural, ungodly means.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
that’s some seriously messed up pre-awards opposition research. we all have deeply shameful things in our past that should remain forever buried and not brought back to life through unnatural, ungodly means.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the wealthy industrialist here to take over the family coal and copper mine.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the wealthy industrialist here to take over the family coal and copper mine.
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Novel in a Year: Revise & Launch - Abby Geni (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - @fulmerford.com (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - Sheree L. Greer (online)
Short Story Collection in a Year - Cyn Vargas (online)
Novel in a Year: Young Adult/Middle Grade - @jamesklise.bsky.social (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - @fulmerford.com (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - Sheree L. Greer (online)
Short Story Collection in a Year - Cyn Vargas (online)
Novel in a Year: Young Adult/Middle Grade - @jamesklise.bsky.social (online)
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Novel in a Year: Revise & Launch - Abby Geni (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - @fulmerford.com (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - Sheree L. Greer (online)
Short Story Collection in a Year - Cyn Vargas (online)
Novel in a Year: Young Adult/Middle Grade - @jamesklise.bsky.social (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - @fulmerford.com (online)
Novel in a Year: First Draft - Sheree L. Greer (online)
Short Story Collection in a Year - Cyn Vargas (online)
Novel in a Year: Young Adult/Middle Grade - @jamesklise.bsky.social (online)
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From LOLITA itself: "An expression of pain flitted across Lo’s face... I asked her what was the matter. “Nothing, you brute,”... This was an orphan. This was a lone child, an absolute waif, with whom a heavy-limbed, foul-smelling adult had had strenuous intercourse three times that very morning."
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J [jeevacation@gmail.com] 11/25/2018 11:56:06 PM
Elisa New
Re: invitation
count how many times you say I or me?
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM Lisa New [redacted portion, probably email address]
> wrote:
Jeffrey,
How's this
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:05 AM J <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
Needs edit. Start with id like you to join clinton ..eyc
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:52 AM Lisa New [Redacted strip, probably email address]
Dear Jeffrey,
Here is an invitation you can forward. Fingers crossed.
wrote:
I'm going upstairs to hunt for my copy of Lolita, or will get on my kindle and reread on our way to Australia. I may have lent it to one of my kids. I would recommend reading My Antonia by Cather next time you're on a long plane trip. The prose is gorgeous, and the book has-- come to think of it-- similar themes to Lolita in that it's about a man whose whole life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl.
Thank you for this help with Serena. I'm so sorry about what happened with WA. I will keep the "bootleg" episode and hope to release someday. It's so good, and he was so kind to read the poem with me and you were so kind to make it happen.
Lisa
Elisa New
Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature
Director, Poetry in America
Harvard University
148 Barker Center 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138
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November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From LOLITA itself: "An expression of pain flitted across Lo’s face... I asked her what was the matter. “Nothing, you brute,”... This was an orphan. This was a lone child, an absolute waif, with whom a heavy-limbed, foul-smelling adult had had strenuous intercourse three times that very morning."
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a faithful rendering of everyone’s favorite creation myth.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a faithful rendering of everyone’s favorite creation myth.
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Don't miss your chance to join us at the 2025 CHIRBy awards!! We’ll be celebrating the best in Chicago literature, journalism, and leadership and tickets are almost sold out… Grab yours today at the link below (and did we mention they're FREE??):
www.storystudiochicago.org/chirby-awards/
www.storystudiochicago.org/chirby-awards/
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Don't miss your chance to join us at the 2025 CHIRBy awards!! We’ll be celebrating the best in Chicago literature, journalism, and leadership and tickets are almost sold out… Grab yours today at the link below (and did we mention they're FREE??):
www.storystudiochicago.org/chirby-awards/
www.storystudiochicago.org/chirby-awards/
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It’s that time again. Time for my monthly interview column YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR. This time I chat with the fantastic @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about one of her favorites: Samuel Beckett. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about art, online discourse, & more.
Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: Cynthia Pelayo on Samuel Beckett - Shortwave Publishing
Back during the height of the pandemic, when the HWA held a virtual version of their annual StokerCon, Cynthia Pelayo was one of the first authors who really welcomed me to the fold, who made me feel ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s that time again. Time for my monthly interview column YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR. This time I chat with the fantastic @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social about one of her favorites: Samuel Beckett. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about art, online discourse, & more.
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the pigeon who is ready to hear your confession.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is the pigeon who is ready to hear your confession.
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gothic architecture is canonically the stupidest fucking shit i love it so much
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
gothic architecture is canonically the stupidest fucking shit i love it so much
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there's a priest who's job, twice a day, is to lift a floor stone in the nave and check the water level with a Holy Dipstick and communicate if the sluice needs adjusting
again, i am not exaggerating
again, i am not exaggerating
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
there's a priest who's job, twice a day, is to lift a floor stone in the nave and check the water level with a Holy Dipstick and communicate if the sluice needs adjusting
again, i am not exaggerating
again, i am not exaggerating
my favorite part of the new Frankenstein is when the monster turns to Victor and says, “The real monster is late capitalism.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
my favorite part of the new Frankenstein is when the monster turns to Victor and says, “The real monster is late capitalism.”
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The short amount of time (and no cost) it takes to apply for our online Book In A Year program belies the plethora of benefits. Make this week the week you change your writing life!
Apply by Nov. 14: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writersofbluesky
Apply by Nov. 14: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writersofbluesky
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The short amount of time (and no cost) it takes to apply for our online Book In A Year program belies the plethora of benefits. Make this week the week you change your writing life!
Apply by Nov. 14: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writersofbluesky
Apply by Nov. 14: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writersofbluesky
Once, as a grad student in Las Vegas, I sat in the back of a Subaru sandwiched between Edmund White & Joyce Carol Oates & her enormous visor & she was TERRIFYING (complimentary)
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Once, as a grad student in Las Vegas, I sat in the back of a Subaru sandwiched between Edmund White & Joyce Carol Oates & her enormous visor & she was TERRIFYING (complimentary)
“Did Women Ruin the Workplace?”
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“Did Women Ruin the Workplace?”
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Their final assignment, a paper entitled What’s Wrong With Our Professor, must cite at least 4 scholarly sources, including two peer-reviewed medical journals
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Their final assignment, a paper entitled What’s Wrong With Our Professor, must cite at least 4 scholarly sources, including two peer-reviewed medical journals
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A class called The Trouble with Nostalgia where we read/watch/listen to things I liked as a teen and the students roast me until I'm in tears
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A class called The Trouble with Nostalgia where we read/watch/listen to things I liked as a teen and the students roast me until I'm in tears
I'm teaching a First-Draft Novel-in-a-Year class for StoryStudio in 2026, with particular attention paid to (1) structure & accountability + (2) fun, playful ways to get it all done. Applications are open (spread the word if you can!):
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago
This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm teaching a First-Draft Novel-in-a-Year class for StoryStudio in 2026, with particular attention paid to (1) structure & accountability + (2) fun, playful ways to get it all done. Applications are open (spread the word if you can!):
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
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This is out in January and still would be grateful if anyone wants to pitch a review or interview for it!
I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is out in January and still would be grateful if anyone wants to pitch a review or interview for it!
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today’s #lunchbagdoodle is a caucus.
every midwesterner for the next six months as soon as they come home and find all their flannels and blankets
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
every midwesterner for the next six months as soon as they come home and find all their flannels and blankets