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Mamta Chaudhry
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Author of HAUNTING PARIS (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday). “Elegantly wrought."(The New York Times Book Review). Please support local independent bookstores. MamtaChaudhry.com
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Inner library:
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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People always ask me, “how do I know my manuscript is done?”

There’s only one way, my friends.

If your file name looks something like this:

Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx

Then, and only then, is it time.
May 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
And books make great gifts, so stock up . . .
It's always a good day to support your local independent bookstore, but especially good on small business Saturday. I spent a happy morning at mine: @booksandbooks.bsky.social
The lovely picture is by @bobeckstein.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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It's always a good day to support your local independent bookstore, but especially good on small business Saturday. I spent a happy morning at mine: @booksandbooks.bsky.social
The lovely picture is by @bobeckstein.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It's always a good day to support your local independent bookstore, but especially good on small business Saturday. I spent a happy morning at mine: @booksandbooks.bsky.social
The lovely picture is by @bobeckstein.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Thank you, that's encouraging.
November 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Delighted to be moderating this panel at the Miami Book Fair tomorrow. Hope to see you there . . .
November 23, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Miami Book Fair 2024 is officially in full swing, and we’re riding high on opening-day energy! 📚🎉

Don’t miss Nicole Samper’s breathtaking banner—it’s giving an extra splash of magic to the fair!
#MiamiBookFair #Miami #LiteraryEvents
November 18, 2024 at 6:19 PM
If you believe that hate has no home here, this essay by Edwidge Danticat is worth reading and sharing.
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Opinion | Haitian Americans again must proclaim our humanity
This country should make no room for hate.
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September 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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How I landed on Bluesky
August 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Here’s a direct video feed from the DNC that bypasses all the interruptions with pundits and ads. But I repeat myself.

WATCH LIVE: 2024 Democratic National Convention Night 1 | Direct feed

WATCH LIVE: 2024 Democratic National Convention Night 1 | Direct feed
They're showing various camera views from inside the United Center arena right now, but these unedited direct feeds of people just hanging out are always fun. The 2024 Democratic National Convention kicks off Aug. 19 in Chicago, with Vice ...
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August 20, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Like Kamala Harris, I am fond of Venn diagrams, and my overlapping circles are Women for Harris, Indian-Americans for Harris, and Authors for Harris; incidentally, also married to a White Dude for Harris. Writers and readers, please join us at BooktheVote.org
#BookTheVote
Book The Vote. Dear Readers and Writers, The authors below all support Vice President Kamala Harris becoming our next president for so many reasons, including our belief in the freedom to read the b...
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August 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another—it’s one damn thing over & over.

—Edna St. Vincent Millay
July 13, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Trying to find my online bookish friends here. Writers, readers, booklovers, booksellers, stop by and say hello. Oh, and it's true--the second novel is an even bigger struggle than the first. Doesn't get any easier! At least for me. How about you?
March 15, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Here's some Friday light reading for you, ICYMI.
Opinion | Guess at word definitions (or song lyrics) and, oh, you can get stucco
Humans have a strange habit of deciding what a word means and sticking with it, until reality or the dictionary intrudes. Song lyrics are especially tricky.
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January 12, 2024 at 1:04 PM
I could probably have written a whole chapter in the time it took me to upload a banner photo because of the way Bluesky crops the image. In case you were wondering how adept writers are at procrastination.
January 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
January 2, 2024 at 1:39 AM