Lauren LeBlanc
@laurenleblanc.bsky.social
Writer, critic, National Book Critics Circle board member
She/Her
Formerly: Alfred A. Knopf, Atlas & Co, Penguin Random House Digital, Times-Picayune, Guernica, Brooklyn Book Festival
Chapel Hill, NC
She/Her
Formerly: Alfred A. Knopf, Atlas & Co, Penguin Random House Digital, Times-Picayune, Guernica, Brooklyn Book Festival
Chapel Hill, NC
They always do. . .
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
They always do. . .
Happy to send your way, but I can't DM you.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Happy to send your way, but I can't DM you.
"Careless Whisper" and the list goes on and on!
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Careless Whisper" and the list goes on and on!
You are a loyal person, but your fascination with Athena and owls also explains so much. Next time I see you in person, I will tell you more stories than you care to hear.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You are a loyal person, but your fascination with Athena and owls also explains so much. Next time I see you in person, I will tell you more stories than you care to hear.
Kate, you should have attended Bryn Mawr College...
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Kate, you should have attended Bryn Mawr College...
Reposted by Lauren LeBlanc
Reposted by Lauren LeBlanc
Mamdani went to a small college similar to the one where I work and majored in Africana Studies. From now on my answer to the microaggressive question of “what can one (even) do with a Black Studies degree from a liberal arts college?” is “You can run New York.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mamdani went to a small college similar to the one where I work and majored in Africana Studies. From now on my answer to the microaggressive question of “what can one (even) do with a Black Studies degree from a liberal arts college?” is “You can run New York.”
To me, Nancy Lemann's novels are canon, but her sole work of nonfiction is stands out. No other book I've read captures the hedonism of New Orleans and the madness of Louisiana politics --- rife with a penchant for kings over the law. Many thanks to @thedriftmag.com for letting me write about it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
To me, Nancy Lemann's novels are canon, but her sole work of nonfiction is stands out. No other book I've read captures the hedonism of New Orleans and the madness of Louisiana politics --- rife with a penchant for kings over the law. Many thanks to @thedriftmag.com for letting me write about it.
This memoir is as good a place as any to begin!
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This memoir is as good a place as any to begin!
Totally. National holiday!
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Totally. National holiday!