Jessica Handler (she/her)
@jessicah.bsky.social
Author "The Magnetic Girl," (Southern Book Prize, Indie Next, Bitter Southerner picks.) "Invisible Sisters,” too. Drummer. Southerner. Abortion rights are human rights. www.jessicahandler.com. New novel, “The World To See” coming in 2026.
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Come to our September meeting TOMORROW at GSU-Dunwoody. Nosh and network with other writers from 12:45 to 1:30. Join our mailing list to learn more: atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writingtips #WritingCommunity #writinglife @jessicah.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Come to our September meeting TOMORROW at GSU-Dunwoody. Nosh and network with other writers from 12:45 to 1:30. Join our mailing list to learn more: atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writingtips #WritingCommunity #writinglife @jessicah.bsky.social
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One of the nicest publishing things that has ever happened to me was when Unbridled Books published a new edition of my first novel, Hunger, which Little Brown had let go out of print. I love to see a press doing this, so send Split/Lip Press something if you're a good match for this.
Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home:
We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more.
Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:
We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more.
Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:
August 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
One of the nicest publishing things that has ever happened to me was when Unbridled Books published a new edition of my first novel, Hunger, which Little Brown had let go out of print. I love to see a press doing this, so send Split/Lip Press something if you're a good match for this.
Every Tom Lehrer song that people are sharing is the best Tom Lehrer song until I see the next one they share, which is the new best one.
July 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
An essay on one day of trying in a trying time. bigtablepress.com/2025/07/04/j...
June 23rd: Jessica Handler
Phone alarm 7:30 a.m., Glenn Gould storming his way through The Goldberg Variations. The music puts me in mind of my mother, who loved Bach. Go downstairs and make coffee. My father once expressed …
bigtablepress.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An essay on one day of trying in a trying time. bigtablepress.com/2025/07/04/j...
If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Georgians, this one matters. 50501 Georgia and the Georgia NAACP are here to keep you informed. The upcoming Public Service Commissioner election will impact the price of your electricity and gas bills. VOTE!
May 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Georgians, this one matters. 50501 Georgia and the Georgia NAACP are here to keep you informed. The upcoming Public Service Commissioner election will impact the price of your electricity and gas bills. VOTE!
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Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
ballotpedia.org/United_State...
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Comment period ends VERY SOON. Let them know you want everyone to have access to #vaccines.
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Comment period ends VERY SOON. Let them know you want everyone to have access to #vaccines.
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Revision isn’t only “fixing problems”—it’s discovering your story’s true potential. Some of the most magical and powerful elements in your book will emerge during revision, not initial creation. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...
Worth the Climb: Self-Editing Secrets That Actually Work
By Allison K Williams Perhaps you’re staring at your manuscript, thinking, This is either brilliant or a dumpster fire, and I genuinely cannot tell which. Congratulations! You’ve reached the sacred…
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May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Revision isn’t only “fixing problems”—it’s discovering your story’s true potential. Some of the most magical and powerful elements in your book will emerge during revision, not initial creation. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...
I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president.
Shame.
Shame.
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“I urge you to keep going, keep doing what is right for our country, and I do believe that history will vindicate your service," Jackson told fellow judges.
A Supreme Court Justice Finally Just Stood up to Trump
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the president's unsettling attacks on the judiciary.
newrepublic.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Been listening to a lot of #SteveGoodman (z’’l) today. No specific reason, I just love his music. I’d totally forgotten how much fun “Let’s Give A Party” is, and “The Dutchman” always reduces me to tears. Beats John Prine’s “Hello in There” for tragic aging songs. Fight me on that one.
April 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Been listening to a lot of #SteveGoodman (z’’l) today. No specific reason, I just love his music. I’d totally forgotten how much fun “Let’s Give A Party” is, and “The Dutchman” always reduces me to tears. Beats John Prine’s “Hello in There” for tragic aging songs. Fight me on that one.
@alexanderchee.bsky.social appreciated your #100days post today.
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@alexanderchee.bsky.social appreciated your #100days post today.
Journalism works! Calling attention to incompetence and power abuse works! Keep fighting 💪
@50501movement.bsky.social @nytimes.com #50501Movement
@50501movement.bsky.social @nytimes.com #50501Movement
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder
Actor John Lithgow Reads 20 Lessons on Tyranny, Penned by Historian Timothy Snyder
In 2017, historian Timothy Snyder wrote the concise book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller. A historian of fascism (then at Yal...
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April 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@warnock.senate.gov OPPOSE the SAVE act! Newsletter of @jesscraven101.bsky.social shows that you’re undecided - how can that be possible?!
April 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@warnock.senate.gov OPPOSE the SAVE act! Newsletter of @jesscraven101.bsky.social shows that you’re undecided - how can that be possible?!
A $15 donation to your public library or ALA's Show Up for Our Libraries fund gets you a @libro.fm audiobook credit.
Donate before #NationalLibraryWeek ends tomorrow!
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Donate before #NationalLibraryWeek ends tomorrow!
blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
#ForOurLibraries
#BookSky
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This #NationalLibraryWeek, when you donate $15 or more to the ALA Show Up for Our Libraries fund or your public library, you’ll receive an audiobook credit from Libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
April 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
April 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Friendly reminder that in addition to wrecking what little trust is left in government, the IRS has said DOGE already cost the government half a trillion dollars with all their meddling.
The IRS has agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show, a fundamental change in how the tax collector uses its tightly regulated records. nyti.ms/3XQ9vWk
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Full support for any member of Congress, and I mean any member, that mobilizes articles of impeachment on the entire administration immediately. This has gone too far.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Full support for any member of Congress, and I mean any member, that mobilizes articles of impeachment on the entire administration immediately. This has gone too far.
@taffyakner.bsky.social pinned me to the wall with this stunning profile/memoir/cultural exploration/call to action. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...
The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write (Gift Article)
For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@taffyakner.bsky.social pinned me to the wall with this stunning profile/memoir/cultural exploration/call to action. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...
thanks to the 2 folx from rural Georgia who came in to Atlanta for #handsoff & let me take a picture of their excellent sign. 30K+ people in Atlanta, y’all. More in Savannah, Marietta, Athens…and small towns, too.
April 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
thanks to the 2 folx from rural Georgia who came in to Atlanta for #handsoff & let me take a picture of their excellent sign. 30K+ people in Atlanta, y’all. More in Savannah, Marietta, Athens…and small towns, too.
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Trying to build literary community in the South has always been a bit of sisyphean task without DOGE making things immeasurably worse. Call your reps, donate to Humanities TN (and other orgs who are doing the work here). Learn more:
www.humanitiestennessee.org/support_advo...
www.humanitiestennessee.org/support_advo...
Advocate - Humanities Tennessee
Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State, including Tennessee On Monday, March 31, the Federation of State Humanities Councils learned that…
www.humanitiestennessee.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trying to build literary community in the South has always been a bit of sisyphean task without DOGE making things immeasurably worse. Call your reps, donate to Humanities TN (and other orgs who are doing the work here). Learn more:
www.humanitiestennessee.org/support_advo...
www.humanitiestennessee.org/support_advo...