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Sarah Russo
@sarahrusso.bsky.social
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Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com
Previously, global head of audience engagement at Oxford University Press.
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Opening night at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
The stage at the Victoria Theatre in downtown Dayton, OH. The books submitted for the prize are all present and line the front of the stage, behind are 5 chairs setup for the panel discussion, and on the screen behind is the 20th anniversary logo for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I voted early and now I’m heading to the dentist to get my check-up. Take care of yourselves, friends, and VOTE!!
A middle aged lady (me!) in a grey sweatshirt and gray baseball cap, with a red “Brooklyn Votes Early” sticker.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Here we have @lmchervinsky.bsky.social talking about early American history in the middle of Manhattan she has the crowd literally going, “wowwwww!” Speaker extraordinaire!
September 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Quite a crowd at Bryant Park to hear @vluck89.bsky.social talk about BUILT FROM THE FIRE, his Dayton Literary Peace Prize award winning book.
August 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Such a great night celebrating The Art of Folio at the Society of Illustrators last night. Loved seeing so many media colleagues, thanks for coming out! The show is on until July 12. Don’t miss it! @foliosociety.bsky.social @soi128.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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David Varno presents the @bookcritics.bsky.social fiction prize to Hisham Marat for MY FRIENDS. @randomhouse.bsky.social
Hisham Matar in front of a screen with the cover of his book MY FRIENDS.
March 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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@jolivingstone.bsky.social announcing the @bookcritics.bsky.social nonfiction prize…… to Adam Higgenbotham for CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE. @avidreaderpress.bsky.social
Jo Livingston in front of a screen with the nonfiction finalists of the NBCC. See www.bookcritics.org for the full list.
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Elizabeth Taylor keeps us all in suspense on the winner of the @bookcritics.bsky.social Biography winner……
Cynthia Carr for CANDY DARLING: DREAMER, ICON, SUPERSTAR @fsgbooks.bsky.social
Cynthia Carr in front of a screen with an image of her book CANDY DARLING. Elizabeth Taylor in front of a screen with the nominees. See www.bookcritics.org for the titles.
March 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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@ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social (Rebecca Hussey) announces the autobiography prize goes to Alexis Navalny for PATRIOT. Jordan Pavlin of @aaknopf.bsky.social accepts.
Rebecca Hussey in front of a screen with the five finalists. See www.bookcritics.org for the list of finalists.
March 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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@jhowardrosier.bsky.social presents the @bookcritics.bsky.social in Criticism to Hanif Abdurraqib! @randomhouse.bsky.social
Hanif Abdurraqib in front of a screen with a photo of his book: THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION.
March 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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@davidwoo.bsky.social presents the @bookcritics.bsky.social award for poetry. And the winner is…..
ANNE CARSON!! My favorite!! Anne isn’t here tonight.
David Woo in front of a screen that has the five finalist of the NBCC Poetry Prize. Go to www.bookcritics.com for the list of titles and authors.
March 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti accepts the @bookcritics.bsky.social Toni Morrison Achievement Award to @thirdworldpress.bsky.social which he founded in 1967 in Chicago.
Dr. Madhubuti and Jacob Appel in front of a screen that reads: 2024 Toni Morrison Achievement Award THIRD WORLD PRESS Founded by Haki R. Madhubuti.
March 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Sandra Cisneros accepts the @bookcritics.bsky.social Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.
A video snippet of Sandra Cisneros reciting a poem in gratitude of the Sandrof Award.
March 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Lauren Michele Jackson accepts the 2024 @bookcritics.bsky.social Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Criticism.
Lauren Michele Jackson in front of a screen with a photo of herself and the words: Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Criticism.
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The 2024 @bookcritics.bsky.social John Leonard Prize (for a book in any category), presented by @adamdalva.bsky.social, goes to…. Tessa Hulls for FEEDING GHOSTS @fsgbooks.bsky.social
Adam Dalva in front of a screen that features the six books on the finalist list for the John Leonard Prize. Please go to www.bookcritics.org to see them all. A photo of Tessa Hulls on video accepting her prize.
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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@tombeer77.bsky.social honors Lori Lynn Turner with the @bookcritics.bsky.social Service Award. 👏👏👏 Lori pleads: “don’t dismantle our schools.” And expressing how much this award means to her. 💕💕💕
Picture of Tom Beer in front of a screen that reads 2024 NBCC Service Award. Lori Lynn Turner. Picture of Lori Lynn Turner in front of a screen that reads 2024 NBCC Service Award. Lori Lynn Turner.
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Mandana Chaffa introduces the Greg Barrios Prize nominees. And the winner is …… perhaps o Lemebel, trans Gwendolyn Harper @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social

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March 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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And Jane introduces honoree Maxine Hong Kingston.
March 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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@hspartington.bsky.social opens the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards tonight at @thenewschool.bsky.social, my favorite literary night of the year! #nbccawards
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Thanks! It is still slated for Aug 2025, screengrab from Amazon! Hope you all love it! :)
Screenshot of metadata from Amazon of the book With Her Own Hands by Nicole Nehrig showing publication date of August 19, 2025.
March 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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@mikealbertus.bsky.social on the home page over at @foreignaffairs.com!! Read more here: page1m.co/43jCpSc with @poppyhat.bsky.social
A photo of today's (March 4, 2025) homepage on Foreign Affairs with an article by Michael Albertus entitled "The Coming Age of Territorial Expansion: Climate Change Will Fuel Contests--and Maybe Wars--for Land and Resources.
March 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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You know it’s bad when @wsj.com is pointing out your lies. apple.news/AIfrxbcm4QKC...
Screenshot from Apple News that shows the actual cuts DOGE has made in recent weeks. USAID $1.2B, HHS $771.6M, SSA $272.5M, Ed $131.9M.
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I'd like to see Musk stay in the "luxury hotel" that is a tent at Fort Tilden. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-r...
February 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I used to be part of the team that chose the Word of the Year at Oxford Dictionaries. In 2016 this was the word I was lobbying for. Seems even more apt now… #kakistocracy
Definition of “kakistocracy” as defined by Oxford Dictionaries: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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So excited for Lorrie Moore, winner of the #nbccaward for fiction for I AN HOMELESS IF THIS IS NOT MY HOME published by Knopf!
March 22, 2024 at 12:02 AM