Terese Svoboda
@tsvoboda.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, memoir, biography, translation and poetry. Husband calls me Spitfire. Oy!
oh boy LITHUB is taking my essay "What Hitler and My Mother-in-Law is Really About!!! I'll have a link soon.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
oh boy LITHUB is taking my essay "What Hitler and My Mother-in-Law is Really About!!! I'll have a link soon.
Read about how truth gets made in families, politics and journalism.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Read about how truth gets made in families, politics and journalism.
Sing along with Hitler and My Mother-in-Law! largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/06/t...
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sing along with Hitler and My Mother-in-Law! largeheartedboy.com/2025/11/06/t...
Hitler and My Mother-in-Law tomorrow at Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport, 3pm. Pat Lochridge was the first woman at CBS news in 1939. Today CBS fired 8 on-air women. Too woke.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hitler and My Mother-in-Law tomorrow at Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport, 3pm. Pat Lochridge was the first woman at CBS news in 1939. Today CBS fired 8 on-air women. Too woke.
Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at P&T Knitwear 6:30 on Wednesday!!! Please register at www.ptknitwear.com/events
I'm doing a powerpoint, a wee reading, and a conversation. My singing and dancing are limited.
I'm doing a powerpoint, a wee reading, and a conversation. My singing and dancing are limited.
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at P&T Knitwear 6:30 on Wednesday!!! Please register at www.ptknitwear.com/events
I'm doing a powerpoint, a wee reading, and a conversation. My singing and dancing are limited.
I'm doing a powerpoint, a wee reading, and a conversation. My singing and dancing are limited.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic
Visual corroboration that I have unboxed Hitler and My Mother-in-Law! It still lacks an index, however. The collector's edition.
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Visual corroboration that I have unboxed Hitler and My Mother-in-Law! It still lacks an index, however. The collector's edition.
reading from Theatrix: Poetry Plays with the incredible John Barton at Russell Books in Victoria tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
reading from Theatrix: Poetry Plays with the incredible John Barton at Russell Books in Victoria tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
At last, the book. Please come to my chat with the wonderful Helen Benedict on October 8 at 6. The Francis Kite Club.
September 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
At last, the book. Please come to my chat with the wonderful Helen Benedict on October 8 at 6. The Francis Kite Club.
PW starred review of Hitler and My Mother-in-Law coming tomorrow!
August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
PW starred review of Hitler and My Mother-in-Law coming tomorrow!
Pre-order Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at orbooks.com/catalog/hitl... and get the scoop on the Whee-lo!
August 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Pre-order Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at orbooks.com/catalog/hitl... and get the scoop on the Whee-lo!
Late summer visit to travel the Nanaimo Bar Trail tourismnanaimo.com/blog/nanaimo...
Should result in a sugar coma.
Should result in a sugar coma.
August 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Late summer visit to travel the Nanaimo Bar Trail tourismnanaimo.com/blog/nanaimo...
Should result in a sugar coma.
Should result in a sugar coma.
all the sea anemones have vanished under our float home. the sea has warmed. this is not a good thing.
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
all the sea anemones have vanished under our float home. the sea has warmed. this is not a good thing.
I know, competing with a tsunami. Here's a photo from Hitler and My Mother-in-Law where I've mistaken a spear for a paddle and someone's turned away, laughing. Pre-order for 15% off at orbooks.com/catalog/hitl...
July 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I know, competing with a tsunami. Here's a photo from Hitler and My Mother-in-Law where I've mistaken a spear for a paddle and someone's turned away, laughing. Pre-order for 15% off at orbooks.com/catalog/hitl...
OR Books just changed the pub date to October 21, but I'm doing readings before that -- and anyone who pre-orders gets the book in September! I'm braced for a tsunami of curiosity, if only because BC was poised to get a real one tonight. Instead we have a beautiful sunset.
July 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
OR Books just changed the pub date to October 21, but I'm doing readings before that -- and anyone who pre-orders gets the book in September! I'm braced for a tsunami of curiosity, if only because BC was poised to get a real one tonight. Instead we have a beautiful sunset.
I'm publishing Hitler and My Mother-in-Law in October with @orbooks.bsky.social “politically progressive and culturally adventurous!" The memoir's a wild ride from Berchtesgaden to South Sudan -- and lots of jokes. Pre-order @ Bookshop tinyurl.com/yc6hn2wx My 1st won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize.
June 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm publishing Hitler and My Mother-in-Law in October with @orbooks.bsky.social “politically progressive and culturally adventurous!" The memoir's a wild ride from Berchtesgaden to South Sudan -- and lots of jokes. Pre-order @ Bookshop tinyurl.com/yc6hn2wx My 1st won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize.
Munchshausen and Stockholm Syndrome at work.
June 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Munchshausen and Stockholm Syndrome at work.
Talking to Taos Book Club about Roxy and Coco tomorrow morning. We'll cover species diversity, climate change, adolescent mental healthy and whoopee--harpies!
May 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Talking to Taos Book Club about Roxy and Coco tomorrow morning. We'll cover species diversity, climate change, adolescent mental healthy and whoopee--harpies!
Victoria BC's sister demonstration vs. Trump. Elbows up!
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Victoria BC's sister demonstration vs. Trump. Elbows up!
here I am at AWP with Milda Devoe and Kevin Chong and family!
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
here I am at AWP with Milda Devoe and Kevin Chong and family!
The inimitable Bookish Beck said that The Long Swim has "the grit of Denis Johnson with the bite of Flannery O’Connor." bookishbeck.com/tag/rachel-b...
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The inimitable Bookish Beck said that The Long Swim has "the grit of Denis Johnson with the bite of Flannery O’Connor." bookishbeck.com/tag/rachel-b...
an arcane system of awarding glow sticks for publications devised by the brilliant Pen Parentis leader and horror writer, Milda Devoe
March 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
an arcane system of awarding glow sticks for publications devised by the brilliant Pen Parentis leader and horror writer, Milda Devoe
reading at Tompkins Square Library and under interrogation by the lovely Gabriel Don.
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
reading at Tompkins Square Library and under interrogation by the lovely Gabriel Don.
5:30 at Tompkins Square Library Jan. 30 I'll be reading a wee bit and answering revealing questions about the two harpies Roxy and Coco, and the stories in my third collection, The Long Swim, my term for parenting. Be there!
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
5:30 at Tompkins Square Library Jan. 30 I'll be reading a wee bit and answering revealing questions about the two harpies Roxy and Coco, and the stories in my third collection, The Long Swim, my term for parenting. Be there!
Author Talk: Gabriel Don in Conversation with Terese Svoboda, Author of "Roxy and Coco" and "The Long Swim" @ Tompkins Square Library January 30 6pm. 331 East 10th Street. I promise double fun.
January 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Author Talk: Gabriel Don in Conversation with Terese Svoboda, Author of "Roxy and Coco" and "The Long Swim" @ Tompkins Square Library January 30 6pm. 331 East 10th Street. I promise double fun.