Martha Anne Toll
@marthaannetoll.bsky.social
Novelist: DUET FOR ONE is out! So is THREE MUSES. Literary and cultural critic. Board member PEN/Faulkner Foundation, member National Book Critics Circle.
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"Access to translated literature brings light into our lives and enriches our American culture. I am grateful to the people who open these books for us."
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Thank you translators
It's been a week; it's been a year
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Access to translated literature brings light into our lives and enriches our American culture. I am grateful to the people who open these books for us."
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Thank you to @norahvawter.bsky.social of Washington Unbound for adding Duet for One to the winter book list!
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December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you to @norahvawter.bsky.social of Washington Unbound for adding Duet for One to the winter book list!
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"As a novelist, I am preoccupied with time. I suspect all artists are. I loved the way the paintings in the exhibition were able to convey cosmic time in two dimensions."
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Looking at the big picture
Space and time
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December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"As a novelist, I am preoccupied with time. I suspect all artists are. I loved the way the paintings in the exhibition were able to convey cosmic time in two dimensions."
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#author #DC #art #musuem
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"I spent last week in my hometown of Philadelphia. It was amazing on many levels. I felt the feels."
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When we get together
Togetherness, Philadelphia-style
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December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"I spent last week in my hometown of Philadelphia. It was amazing on many levels. I felt the feels."
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Thank you for including Duet for One in your holiday list, @washingtoncitypaper.com.web.brid.gy.
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you for including Duet for One in your holiday list, @washingtoncitypaper.com.web.brid.gy.
Reposted by Martha Anne Toll
Check out @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE in Washington City Paper's SPOT LIT feature today: "Shop small, read big with City Paper's Holiday Book Gift Guide." washingtoncitypaper.com/books/
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Check out @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE in Washington City Paper's SPOT LIT feature today: "Shop small, read big with City Paper's Holiday Book Gift Guide." washingtoncitypaper.com/books/
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Wonderful to see @marthaannetoll.bsky.social’s novel, Duet for One, on this stellar list, right where it belongs!
Looking for the perfect gift for a bookworm? Columnist Hannah Grieco put together a guide of standout books from local authors—all available at your neighborhood indie bookstore.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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When @washingtoncitypaper.com.web.brid.gy makes your day! Thanks @writesloud.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/books/
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When @washingtoncitypaper.com.web.brid.gy makes your day! Thanks @writesloud.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/books/
Aw, thanks so much for sharing my stuff in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social . I am so glad to know about you! Martha
I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. So let’s end the holiday weekend with my 252nd! Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 252 (11/30/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. So let’s end the holiday weeke...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Aw, thanks so much for sharing my stuff in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social . I am so glad to know about you! Martha
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Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania
Desiderius Erasmus lived his happiest months from late 1507 into 1508 at the Venetian print-shop of Aldus Manutius. A peripatetic scholar, the Dutch scholar had lived in Rotterdam and London, Basel…
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November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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"Is there a daughter who does not wonder about her mother’s inner life and motivations?"
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Lotta book love this week
Mothers and daughters
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November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Is there a daughter who does not wonder about her mother’s inner life and motivations?"
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Thanks @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social ! Loved these books so much. @sashabonet.bsky.social @camilleuadams.bsky.social
“I was once told that if you put more than one woman in a room together, they will reach a discussion about their mothers within five minutes. In my experience, this is true.”
@marthaannetoll.bsky.social reviews recent memoirs by Camille U. Adams and Sasha Bonét.
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@marthaannetoll.bsky.social reviews recent memoirs by Camille U. Adams and Sasha Bonét.
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Mothers and Daughters: When Memoirs Talk to Each Other - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Discovering one author whose work you’re eager to share is the great pleasure of book reviewing. Discovering two authors, even more so. How to be Unmothered:
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November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thanks @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social ! Loved these books so much. @sashabonet.bsky.social @camilleuadams.bsky.social
The Seers is a beautifully written, short novel with a story that demands to be told. More on @npr.org's "Books We Love" list.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Seers is a beautifully written, short novel with a story that demands to be told. More on @npr.org's "Books We Love" list.
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"I knew nothing about Augustine’s life and have since become captivated. I am struck by how modern his life was, colliding with class issues, colonialism, weak to nonexistent rights for women, travel, and so many other big and small questions."
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Augustine the African
When a teacher brings a book alive
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November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"I knew nothing about Augustine’s life and have since become captivated. I am struck by how modern his life was, colliding with class issues, colonialism, weak to nonexistent rights for women, travel, and so many other big and small questions."
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November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Absolutely thrilled about this. I love your work.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Absolutely thrilled about this. I love your work.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"I’m a huge believer in pollination across disciplines; we have so much to learn from one another."
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
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What's shimmering
Connecting paint and Beethoven and jellyfish and sunsets
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November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"I’m a huge believer in pollination across disciplines; we have so much to learn from one another."
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#substack #writersretreat #authorcommunity
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So excited to read alongside pianist Stephanie Ben-Salem. Join us!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So excited to read alongside pianist Stephanie Ben-Salem. Join us!
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The joys of an artists residency. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The joys of an artists residency. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Every millennium or so, you get a review that makes you weep with gratitude because you’ve been read in a way you could only dream about. In that light, I’m so excited to share Tara Van De Mark’s review of DUET FOR ONE in the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every millennium or so, you get a review that makes you weep with gratitude because you’ve been read in a way you could only dream about. In that light, I’m so excited to share Tara Van De Mark’s review of DUET FOR ONE in the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social.
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#bookreview
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A wowza review🙏
Metamorphoses and river otters
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Delighted by this review in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE! “Toll, a classically trained violist and professional writer, brings a union of knowledge and skill. The result is a novel that captures the experience of music.” pghrev.com/when-music-b...
When Music Becomes Memory - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Martha Anne Toll’s second novel, Duet for One, starts graveside with Victor and adult son Adam, mourning the loss of wife, mother and formidable pianist Adele
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Delighted by this review in @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for @marthaannetoll.bsky.social 's DUET FOR ONE! “Toll, a classically trained violist and professional writer, brings a union of knowledge and skill. The result is a novel that captures the experience of music.” pghrev.com/when-music-b...
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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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"We writers live for these things: the surprise appearance of a new idea, or a new character, or a new way to think about something. You can’t ask for this kind of inspiration, but on rare occasions it can happen."
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Two racoons walk into a picture frame
When your writing residency inspires
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October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"We writers live for these things: the surprise appearance of a new idea, or a new character, or a new way to think about something. You can’t ask for this kind of inspiration, but on rare occasions it can happen."
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