Jessica Papin
jkpapin.bsky.social
Jessica Papin
@jkpapin.bsky.social
Vice President, Literary Agent, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, on the lookout for book-shaped holes in the universe.
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I’m featured in the @washingtonpost.com !!

Most #autistic people are accustomed to “masking,” […and] will do so more when there is an increased sense of social hostility. “It’s more important than ever that Jo is her authentic self,” Schillace said.

Fighting back through ♿️ representation!
In writing a detective with autism, a novelist investigated herself
Speaking to The Post about her new cozy mystery, “The Dead Come to Stay,” Brandy Schillace explains how her Jo Jones novels helped her come out as autistic.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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📣 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

In THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, @chanda.bsky.social blends physics, post-colonial history & Black feminist thought to show why “the edge” is the best place to see the big picture. On sale 4/7/26!

Cover designer: Tyler Comrie

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
July 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣

I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!

You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!

More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

What's the book about? 🧵
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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For those interested in the history of birthright citizenship, my recent article explores connections between the abolitionist movement and the Constitution's Citizenship Clause.
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Dred Scott's Daughter: Gradual Emancipation, Freedom Suits, and the Citizenship Clause
openyls.law.yale.edu
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I was happy that this reporter actually gave me time to explain the devastating consequences of eliminating birthright citizenship (for everyone, not just for immigrants).
www.cbsnews.com/video/what-1...
What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is on temporary hold after a federal judge last week called it "blatantly unconstitutional." Birthright citizenship derives from section...
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I spent 3 years tracking how people turned to hatred in advance of Nazis—we are speed-running the Weimar, right now, on the verge of collapsing into 1933. THERE IS STILL WAYS TO FIGHT. We can’t despair. But DAMMIT history is repeating with precious little adaptation.

wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Intermediaries
The fascinating history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich., The Intermediaries, A Weimar Story, Brandy Schillace, 9781324036319
wwnorton.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"The story of Devine Street, the story of Detroit, and indeed the stories of many other cities across the U.S. are, in fact, tales of predatory governance,” law scholar Bernadette Atuahene writes in her new book 'Plundered,’ out today.
Excerpt: New book ‘Plundered’ examines the racist policies behind Detroit’s foreclosure crisis
The story of Detroit and many other cities across the U.S. are tales of predatory governance
www.metrotimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
literary-arts.org/2025/01/anno... Congratulations to @rclarren.bsky.social whose brilliant book, The Cost of Free Land, is a finalist for The Oregon Book Award. @vikingbooks.bsky.social
ANNOUNCING THE 2025 OREGON BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS AND SPECIAL AWARDS RECIPIENTS
Literary Arts is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards. The winners of each category will be announced live at the 2025 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony,
literary-arts.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Yes, this from @arianneshahvisi.bsky.social in @londonreview.bsky.social:
"The Tories are now lurching right . . . under a Black leader whose moral cover will allow them to unlock new levels of hostility." #UKPoli

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/no...
Arianne Shahvisi | Moral Immunity
Keir Starmer described Badenoch’s election as a ‘proud moment for our country’. He presumably meant that Black...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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New book review of Lauren Oakes' TREEKEEPERS in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #bookreview #naturewriting
Tomorrow’s trees
An ecologist probes the future of forests
www.science.org
November 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM