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Brilliant interview with @elaineneilorr.bsky.social about her novel, DANCING WOMEN, out this week: “I think we are always writing scrambled autobiography. We can, perhaps, create the most vivid worlds by drawing on the impressions of our youth.”

There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.

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Fight for human freedoms and fundamental rights by supporting books that depict characters fighting for the right of free expression, art, and poetry. My book tour with Dancing Woman starts in two weeks. This is the beginning. Join us!

As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.

Ran into Santa last night and he confirmed that yes, audiobooks are a valid form of reading, and anyone who thinks otherwise is on the naughty list.🎅🏼🎄

Last exam of the fall this morning and then I don’t teach for all of 2025. I’m devoting the year to the care and tending of my new novel #DancingWoman with @blairpub.bsky.social After 35 years of teaching, it’s time.

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

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Giveaway alert! Enter for a chance to win an advance reader copy of DANCING WOMAN by Elaine Neil Orr, hitting shelves in January 2025.
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NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.

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Hello Bluesky! I’m here just in time to let you know about Blair’s annual book sale and fundraising drive.

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections

I want to say this again: Fall and Winter 2016 was a terrible time for authors with new books. Books just vanished into the Trump news cycle maw. Please consider buying some Fall and Winter 2024 books so we (including me) can keep writing. Here's a list of authors with books to consider: