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Izzy Wasserstein
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Professor, writer of speculative fiction and poetry. Queer & trans. THESE FRAGILE GRACES, THIS FUGITIVE HEART is out now!. All views my own. she/her. 🌈🚀
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My short story "The Rise and Fall of Storm Bluff, Kansas" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, out from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social on December 2nd. Preorder the collection now at www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...!
Poster advertising WE WILL RISE AGAIN (edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older). "In this guide for imagining a better tomorrow...Izzy Wasserstein's "The Rise and Fall of Storm Bluff, Kansas" ... "a short story exploring anarchism, setbacks in movement organizing, and the importance of building a flexible, responsive community. Available or pre-order now. Releases 12/2/2025."
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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DeFeNsE wInS cHaMpIoNsHiPs
Final score of the 8th seed NBA West play-in game: Grizzlies 120, Mavericks 106
April 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Voters: this shit is terrible. What is Democratic leadership going to do about it?

Schumer and company:
Screencap from The Simpsons. Ned Flanders' parents look despondent. Their dialog reads: "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas."
April 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I'm delighted to be part of this amazing event in ABQ on April 4th! We'll have a great lineup, snacks, drinks, and a Q&A. It's going to be a great evening and if you're in the area, I hope you'll join us!
Poster for reading: Friday, April 4, 2205 Poetry & Fiction Reading at the Soft Corners Studio Center! 3pm to 4pm: Coffee & chocolate, wine & cheese, social hour 4pm to 7pm: Readings, Sustenance Breaks, Book Signing, Q&A Q&A moderated by Dr. Michelle P. Baca Books available - for sale, and to be signed by authors Featuring Sarah E. Azizi, Marisa P. Clarke, Daniel Mueller, Izzy Wasserstein Questions? info@softcornersabq.com 310 Washington St SE softcornersabq.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
A young man being interviewed says "I live in constant fear of the Western descent towards fascism. But I digress. The club is bumping. The ladies look good. The alcohol is flowing. There is much pain in the world but not in this room."
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Um, what?
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December 19, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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I'm so excited to be part of this project! It's beyond a delight to share a TOC with @hernibsen.bsky.social and so many other cool writers!

www.randomhousebooks.com/books/760753/
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August 9, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Hahahahahaha

*Deep breath*

BWAHAHAHAHA
Black text on white background: “There’s a shift in the race going on right now,” Trump campaign pollster John McLaughlin said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics.” He said Trump “will win on the issues” but also seemed to acknowledge that attention had shifted far away from any policy contrast.
August 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Tonight I'll be giving a brief reading and be in conversation with the brilliant @lpkindred.bsky.social at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego at 7 pm.

It's a celebration of the release of THESE FRAGILE GRACES, THIS FUGITIVE HEART! Hope to see you there!
Flyer for Izzy Wasserstein in conversation with LP Kindred at Mysterious Galaxy, March 19, 7 pm. Signed/Personalized books available.
March 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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There's truly a breathtaking combination of evil and stupid at work here.

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Text: “You want to be gay? Fine be gay. Just don’t do it around children,” the statement said. “Stop putting books in libraries about sexualization, indoctrination and grooming of children. Children need to learn mathematics, science, developing their people skills, getting fit, while protecting their innocence. Not learning the ideologies that the radical left loves to push on children. I am against all drag shows around children, pride flags in classrooms, teachers with pronouns, people wanting to ‘change’ genders, and people that can’t even define what a woman is. If genitals don’t define gender, how does removing them affirm it. I only fear God.”
February 8, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Book tour? Book tour!
An image with purple and yellow text, announcing readings in Lawrence, KS on 2/10, at ICFA on 3/16, Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego on 3/19, a virtual event at Texas A&M on 3/21, Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo, CA on 3/23, SF in SF on 3/24, LA Public Library (West Valley) on 3/30, and at Washburn University on 9/28.
February 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Not only is the internet self-aware, it's becoming existential.
An image of an email subject line: "You sent an email--what's next?"
February 3, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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"bigoted views"

Fixed that for you.
Headline: "Johnson’s strident LGBTQ views put advocates on alert"
November 5, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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Ahhhh! It exists!!!
The ARC of THESE FRAGILE GRACES, THIS FUGITIVE HEART. A face in shades of purple and pink with static and distortion faces the reader. The details of their face aren't visible. The title is in yellow and IZZY WASSERSTEIN is in pink.
October 31, 2023 at 12:34 AM
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I watched Sleepaway Camp, a film that may be even more inept than it is offensive, and while it is very much not worth your time, it does include the greatest fake mustache I've ever witnessed.
A close up of a very fake mustache from Sleepaway Camp. It looks like it was cut from a carpet sample.
October 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM
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Sure it's easy to make jokes, but who knows more about stolen artifacts than the British Museum?
Headline: British Museum seeks public help in finding stolen artifacts.
September 28, 2023 at 12:18 AM
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Happy Friday from Fiona
Fiona, a cat, lounges by the window, showing off her spotted belly.
September 22, 2023 at 2:43 PM
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It's a hard life.
My dog, a brindle mutt, watches me from her spot on the couch. Her head rests on a pillow.
September 20, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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While this whole thing is a damning indictment of DeSantis' takeover of New College, it also suggests a key problem at other institutions.

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Initially, Abramson pitched a course titled Information Integrity & Propaganda Defense: Survival Skills for the Information Age. It is unclear why he was hired in admissions rather than as an instructor—an area where he actually had prior experience—but his emails to Allen indicate one possibility. “It occurs to me that when speaking to Richard Corcoran and/or the trustees, it’s likely to be easier to bring people into administration than onto faculty,” he wrote in an email American Oversight shared with Inside Higher Ed. “If so, the ideal way to bring me in would be to head a new Office of New Initiatives. Whether such an appointment would use a VP, Director, Dean, or other title would depend upon by-laws and institutional structure, but it should be doable with minimal red tape. From such a position, I can certainly engage in teaching—and the job would obviously involve working with existing programs and faculty.”
September 19, 2023 at 11:46 PM
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Clouds burning off the mountain
Mountains in Southern California, mostly brown and green, with gray clouds around them.
September 15, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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My dude, this is a highly researched and discussed area. If you genuinely don't know what DEI would look like in your classroom, it's because you don't want to know.
“I’m a professor of chemistry. How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction?” Bill Blanken, a professor at Reedley College located southeast of Fresno, said in a statement. “What’s the ‘anti-racist’ perspective on the atomic mass of boron?”
September 2, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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Sure I just moved and the semester starts in a week but at least I have my priorities in order.
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August 18, 2023 at 2:51 PM