Shara Kronmal
@skron11.bsky.social
Writing, translation and psychiatry. Assoc Editor Longform CNF @craftliterary. Translating French-English. Essays, transl. & reviews: @HungerMtn, @pleaseseemelit1, @JAMANetwork, @NecessaryFic, @worldkidlit, @ChicagoRevBooks @mayday.mag . Insta: @skron11
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Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest 2025 - CRAFT
CRAFT 2025 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest November 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026 $3,400 Awarded Guest Judge: Roxane Gay Add to Calendar Days are growing shorter, and the air is getting cooler. The seaso...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
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Uh... Chicagoan here. A few things: 1) It's MAGNIFICENT Mile. 2) It's not a shopping center. It's a mile-long stretch downtown. 3) I have no idea how a street could "call it quits" 😂 4) Vacancies started during & because of Covid. 5) Know what's TOTALLY empty? Trump tower retail space 1 block west.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Uh... Chicagoan here. A few things: 1) It's MAGNIFICENT Mile. 2) It's not a shopping center. It's a mile-long stretch downtown. 3) I have no idea how a street could "call it quits" 😂 4) Vacancies started during & because of Covid. 5) Know what's TOTALLY empty? Trump tower retail space 1 block west.
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I have a new review at @rhinopoetry.bsky.social--hope you enjoy! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/alin...
REVIEWS — RHINO — My Heresies by Alina Stefanescu - Reviewed by Susanna Lang
by Alina Stefanescu Reviewed by Susanna Lang these angels are not beneficent beings
rhinopoetry.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I have a new review at @rhinopoetry.bsky.social--hope you enjoy! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/alin...
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Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available For Review
Books Available for Review Do get in touch if you’re interested in reviewing one of these books or something not listed; check our guidelines first, before you make contact. We review new works of lit...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This is the second lawsuit of the day filed/separate from the first amendment suit.
BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is the second lawsuit of the day filed/separate from the first amendment suit.
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Do you own a business? You can boycott Uline's products and find alternatives here: refuseuline.com
One of my action items for @roganslist this week.
One of my action items for @roganslist this week.
September 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Do you own a business? You can boycott Uline's products and find alternatives here: refuseuline.com
One of my action items for @roganslist this week.
One of my action items for @roganslist this week.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
abcnews.go.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
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Chicago, you showed up tonight what an amazing turnout! ✊
September 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Chicago, you showed up tonight what an amazing turnout! ✊
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While Kennedy once claimed that he was increasing the number of scientists and front-line workers, ProPublica found that more than 1,050 scientists, physicians and public health specialists left or were pushed out of the CDC from January to mid-August.
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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September 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
While Kennedy once claimed that he was increasing the number of scientists and front-line workers, ProPublica found that more than 1,050 scientists, physicians and public health specialists left or were pushed out of the CDC from January to mid-August.
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Chicago says NO to ICE and the National Guard! No apocalypse in this city.
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Chicago says NO to ICE and the National Guard! No apocalypse in this city.
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It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace.
Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace.
Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
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In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
US CDC chief fired after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign
Susan Monarez has been fired less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
www.reuters.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
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RFK is restricting vaccines, including covid boosters, from Americans and firing experts who make science-based decisions for public health. Sign the @standupforscience.bsky.social petition to fire RFK and send a quack-o-gram ($3)! And
CALL YOUR REPS. #FireRFK #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence
CALL YOUR REPS. #FireRFK #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence
Jon Ossoff calling out the QUACK.
@ossoff.bsky.social
✊Send your message loud and clear, RFK must go -
✅Sign our petition to impeach and remove RFK Jr:
zurl.co/0l0pe
✅Send your congressperson a QUACK-O-GRAM: zurl.co/6RtXG
#ImpeachtheQUACK
#RFKImpeachmentNOW
#standupforscience
@ossoff.bsky.social
✊Send your message loud and clear, RFK must go -
✅Sign our petition to impeach and remove RFK Jr:
zurl.co/0l0pe
✅Send your congressperson a QUACK-O-GRAM: zurl.co/6RtXG
#ImpeachtheQUACK
#RFKImpeachmentNOW
#standupforscience
August 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
RFK is restricting vaccines, including covid boosters, from Americans and firing experts who make science-based decisions for public health. Sign the @standupforscience.bsky.social petition to fire RFK and send a quack-o-gram ($3)! And
CALL YOUR REPS. #FireRFK #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence
CALL YOUR REPS. #FireRFK #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence
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BREAKING: CDC STAFF STAGE MASSIVE WALKOUT AGAINST RFK. JR. AND TRUMP’S DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES.
August 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BREAKING: CDC STAFF STAGE MASSIVE WALKOUT AGAINST RFK. JR. AND TRUMP’S DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES.
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"More people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living," says @roncharles.bsky.social.
For @worldlittoday.bsky.social, I spoke with freelance and full-time book critics about the vanishing professional market for book reviews. worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
For @worldlittoday.bsky.social, I spoke with freelance and full-time book critics about the vanishing professional market for book reviews. worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"More people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living," says @roncharles.bsky.social.
For @worldlittoday.bsky.social, I spoke with freelance and full-time book critics about the vanishing professional market for book reviews. worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
For @worldlittoday.bsky.social, I spoke with freelance and full-time book critics about the vanishing professional market for book reviews. worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
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I'm so proud of the work we do together in Third Coast Translators Collective! Thanks to @izidoraangel.bsky.social for putting together this blog post in World Literature Today: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...
Not Gone, Just Busy Translating Women, by The Third Coast Translators Collective
A survey of recent and forthcoming releases from the Third Coast Translators Collective.
worldliteraturetoday.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm so proud of the work we do together in Third Coast Translators Collective! Thanks to @izidoraangel.bsky.social for putting together this blog post in World Literature Today: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...
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HAPPY NEW YEARS by Maya Arad, tr. Jessica Cohen (@newvesselpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @skron11.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/happ...
August 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
HAPPY NEW YEARS by Maya Arad, tr. Jessica Cohen (@newvesselpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @skron11.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/happ...
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Pirkko Saisio's LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg, is in wonderful company in the PEN America Translation Committee's #WomenInTranslationMonth reading list! cc: @catranslation.org
August is #WomenInTranslationMonth — and a great opportunity to reaffirm the importance of human talent in creating literary translation.
Learn more — and browse a new reading list curated by PEN America’s Translation Committee — at:
pen.org/women-in-tra...
Learn more — and browse a new reading list curated by PEN America’s Translation Committee — at:
pen.org/women-in-tra...
Women in Translation Month Celebrates Literary Art of Translation As AI Looms Large - PEN America
To celebrate Women in Translation Month 2025, the PEN America Translation Committee curated a reading list of 18 works by women writers and translators.
pen.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pirkko Saisio's LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg, is in wonderful company in the PEN America Translation Committee's #WomenInTranslationMonth reading list! cc: @catranslation.org
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"That’s what translators do: We find original forms of expression for unoriginal material." — Boris Dralyuk in conversation with Sara Gear on the question of whether one has to be a poet to translate poetry 🧿 www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"That’s what translators do: We find original forms of expression for unoriginal material." — Boris Dralyuk in conversation with Sara Gear on the question of whether one has to be a poet to translate poetry 🧿 www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...
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American innovation, like the moon landing 56 years ago today, makes this country great.
So why are Trump and his allies in Congress looking to gut funding for critical science programs?
Tell your representatives to protect American innovation for all of us. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
So why are Trump and his allies in Congress looking to gut funding for critical science programs?
Tell your representatives to protect American innovation for all of us. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
American innovation, like the moon landing 56 years ago today, makes this country great.
So why are Trump and his allies in Congress looking to gut funding for critical science programs?
Tell your representatives to protect American innovation for all of us. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
So why are Trump and his allies in Congress looking to gut funding for critical science programs?
Tell your representatives to protect American innovation for all of us. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
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My crazy lyric essay "A Wild Goose Chase" is out in VCFA's lit journal HUNGER MOUNTAIN. Can't wait to read the rest of this issue! I needed something light and funny today, which has been a real bummer. Thanks to the editors, and to Geoff Dyer for making me laugh.
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts
Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts
hngrmtn.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My crazy lyric essay "A Wild Goose Chase" is out in VCFA's lit journal HUNGER MOUNTAIN. Can't wait to read the rest of this issue! I needed something light and funny today, which has been a real bummer. Thanks to the editors, and to Geoff Dyer for making me laugh.
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...
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The Big Ugly Bill has passed. Over 11 million Americans will lose healthcare. History will not be kind.
July 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Big Ugly Bill has passed. Over 11 million Americans will lose healthcare. History will not be kind.