Mary Lannon
@lannonmf.bsky.social
Small-town-moved-to-the-big-city type who types #binders #finalist for 2023 PEN\Bellwether prize; stories at Story, New World Writing, Woven Tale Press, and Neccessary Fiction. MaryLannon.com
Gratitude to my story partner Wichuda Wichaidit (Tang McConnell) for giving such an amazing reading of my story "Bone China, William and Mary, and Me" last night at #NoYouTellIt event, the brainchild of the brilliant Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and team Chenda Bao, Tim Lindner, and Erika Marit Iverson.
May 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Gratitude to my story partner Wichuda Wichaidit (Tang McConnell) for giving such an amazing reading of my story "Bone China, William and Mary, and Me" last night at #NoYouTellIt event, the brainchild of the brilliant Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and team Chenda Bao, Tim Lindner, and Erika Marit Iverson.
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
March 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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Today's cartoon caption contest. Head over to my Substack to submit your best caption.
Sunday caption contest: Ha ha ha!
And last week’s winner
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March 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Today's cartoon caption contest. Head over to my Substack to submit your best caption.
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”
MLK Jr
MLK Jr
martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech .
Alt: martin luther king jr. is standing in front of a microphone giving a speech .
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January 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”
MLK Jr
MLK Jr
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Mark your calendars! Acre Books will be reading #poetry submissions for the month of January. See our web site for guidelines. www.acre-books.com. 🖊️📚
December 21, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Mark your calendars! Acre Books will be reading #poetry submissions for the month of January. See our web site for guidelines. www.acre-books.com. 🖊️📚
Highly recommend @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social 's PEN\Bellwether Prize-winning novel Kingdom of No Tomorrow. Expertly plotted with strong character development, effortlessly weaves in history that we should all know more about.l #books #amreading www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
Book Review: ‘Kingdom of No Tomorrow,’ by Fabienne Josaphat
Fabienne Josaphat’s novel “Kingdom of No Tomorrow” sets a love triangle amid late-1960s Oakland and Chicago.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Highly recommend @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social 's PEN\Bellwether Prize-winning novel Kingdom of No Tomorrow. Expertly plotted with strong character development, effortlessly weaves in history that we should all know more about.l #books #amreading www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/b...
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Does Biden’s team have some polling telling them to alienate the youth vote?
May 2, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Does Biden’s team have some polling telling them to alienate the youth vote?
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"PPD declined, asking that the University provide proof that the encampment — and the rally today, which is entering its fourth hour — presents an imminent danger."
if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot
if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot
“Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment”
LIVE UPDATES: Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Several students have received disciplinary hearing notices, and students previously reported threats from Penn's administration that the encampment would be cleared on Wednesday.
www.thedp.com
May 2, 2024 at 7:59 PM
"PPD declined, asking that the University provide proof that the encampment — and the rally today, which is entering its fourth hour — presents an imminent danger."
if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot
if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot
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It is bewildering to see how universities are reacting to student protest. Students have always protested! This is not at all new! I’d love to know what college parents think about all this.
April 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
It is bewildering to see how universities are reacting to student protest. Students have always protested! This is not at all new! I’d love to know what college parents think about all this.
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Only when the people themselves begin to act are rights on paper given lifeblood. The method of nonviolent resistance is effective in that it has a way of disarming the opponent; it exposes his moral defenses, it weakens his morale and at the same time it works on his conscience. —MLK Jr.
April 19, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Only when the people themselves begin to act are rights on paper given lifeblood. The method of nonviolent resistance is effective in that it has a way of disarming the opponent; it exposes his moral defenses, it weakens his morale and at the same time it works on his conscience. —MLK Jr.
A sad fact . .
Some useful context as you watch law enforcement on all these campuses is that even when universities have a student very credibly accused of rape, they almost never contact law enforcement.
April 26, 2024 at 4:31 AM
A sad fact . .
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This is extremely brave. UT faculty are putting their livelihoods on the line for their pupils, as Texas has no recognized right for public sector workers to strike. Solidarity with them.
statement by UT Austin faculty, announcing a strike tomorrow in protest of the police presence on campus
April 26, 2024 at 12:19 AM
This is extremely brave. UT faculty are putting their livelihoods on the line for their pupils, as Texas has no recognized right for public sector workers to strike. Solidarity with them.
Very disturbing . . .there isn't any reason a cop should be throwing an unarmed person to the ground . . .peaceful protests should be allowed on college campuses . . .if sanction need to be taken against students for some kind of vioaltion of campus policy, cops should not be needed.
Terrible. www.cnn.com/videos/us/20...
See police detain members of crowd at Emory University during pro-Palestinian protest | CNN
Video shows pro-Palestinian protesters forcefully arrested on the Emory University campus in Atlanta after an encampment was formed in the campus quad area. Emory University, in a statement from the c...
www.cnn.com
April 26, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Very disturbing . . .there isn't any reason a cop should be throwing an unarmed person to the ground . . .peaceful protests should be allowed on college campuses . . .if sanction need to be taken against students for some kind of vioaltion of campus policy, cops should not be needed.
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COUNTRY OF UNDER by Brooke Shaffner (@masonjarpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @rscalia.bsky.social.
Country of Under – Necessary Fiction
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April 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
COUNTRY OF UNDER by Brooke Shaffner (@masonjarpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @rscalia.bsky.social.
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Next in our series of nature stories is "Wild Swim" by Kayann Short
Wild Swim – Necessary Fiction
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April 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Next in our series of nature stories is "Wild Swim" by Kayann Short
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USC canceling Asna Tabassum’s valedictorian speech is so wrong and misguided. She works hard for four years, achieves this honor, and is told she can’t give her speech because of “safety concerns?” Always telling, who gets free speech and who doesnt. t.co/RqkIQw2Kpj
Citing safety concerns, USC cancels pro-Palestinian valedictorian's graduation speech
USC cites safety reasons in canceling the upcoming graduation speech of pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking onstage at her ceremony.
t.co
April 17, 2024 at 4:41 AM
USC canceling Asna Tabassum’s valedictorian speech is so wrong and misguided. She works hard for four years, achieves this honor, and is told she can’t give her speech because of “safety concerns?” Always telling, who gets free speech and who doesnt. t.co/RqkIQw2Kpj
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I also wrote an essay about open letters, what they do well and their frustrating limitations. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/o...
Opinion | Open Letters Are Cries in the Dark
The open letter, as a genre, is far too limited. We speak with conviction, and then what?
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I also wrote an essay about open letters, what they do well and their frustrating limitations. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/o...
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Where to find me this spring. More dates to come!
March 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Where to find me this spring. More dates to come!
How to win a tweet war: get all the people who agree with you to write the same thing. How to win a war of ideas: spend months, years thinking, laboring on a piece of writing that tries to take your reader through story, argument, counterargument.
March 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
How to win a tweet war: get all the people who agree with you to write the same thing. How to win a war of ideas: spend months, years thinking, laboring on a piece of writing that tries to take your reader through story, argument, counterargument.
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World Central Kitchen brought essential food aid on the first boat to land in Gaza in nearly 20 years this week. Unlike certain other efforts, the food they're delivering is arriving safely & is culturally & religiously appropriate. If you've got funds to donate, they will use them well.
World Central Kitchen | Operation Safeena: WCK aid boat offloads in Gaza
World Central Kitchen’s team in Gaza is offloading 200 tons of desperately needed food that arrived on our first maritime aid shipment to the region. Carried on the Open Arms vessel, the cargo is part of Operation Safeena, our effort to bring as much aid as possible to Palestinians by sea. We have provided more than 37 million meals to families in war-torn Gaza by land and air since first responding to the conflict. The opening of this maritime corridor will allow us to provide millions more meals.
wck.org
March 18, 2024 at 2:53 AM
World Central Kitchen brought essential food aid on the first boat to land in Gaza in nearly 20 years this week. Unlike certain other efforts, the food they're delivering is arriving safely & is culturally & religiously appropriate. If you've got funds to donate, they will use them well.
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So Colorado can’t exert authority over its own elections — but Texas can supercede federal authority over its borders?
Conservatives are only for States Rights when they agree with what states want to do.
Expand #SCOTUS.
Conservatives are only for States Rights when they agree with what states want to do.
Expand #SCOTUS.
March 20, 2024 at 12:54 AM
So Colorado can’t exert authority over its own elections — but Texas can supercede federal authority over its borders?
Conservatives are only for States Rights when they agree with what states want to do.
Expand #SCOTUS.
Conservatives are only for States Rights when they agree with what states want to do.
Expand #SCOTUS.
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oh, this is so good & wrenching
I wrote about why I don’t want my parents or family members or hey perhaps anyone who knows my family to read my novel
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Why I hope my parents won’t read my novel
To write about sex and queer lust is a pursuit filled with such anxiety-stirring shame that even as I write this, my pulse rises
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2024 at 10:21 PM
oh, this is so good & wrenching
So honored to have a story up @necessaryfiction.bsky.social Many thanks to @bookbent.bsky.social for amazing editing. Thanks always to @douglasglover.bsky.social for his teaching and patience. Thanks to @JaredHarel, @NancyAgabian, @pichendabao, @CatherineFletcher and @VaughnWatson for support.
This week's story is "A Room of One’s Own And…" by @lannonmf.bsky.social
A Room of One’s Own And… – Necessary Fiction
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February 21, 2024 at 9:39 PM
So honored to have a story up @necessaryfiction.bsky.social Many thanks to @bookbent.bsky.social for amazing editing. Thanks always to @douglasglover.bsky.social for his teaching and patience. Thanks to @JaredHarel, @NancyAgabian, @pichendabao, @CatherineFletcher and @VaughnWatson for support.