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‘Howe quotes Wallace Stevens’s “poetry is a scholar’s art” while speaking of Emily Dickinson, but also (of course) herself. The library is her forest.’ Ange Mlinko on the austere lyricism of Susan Howe’s poems. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#NewRelease! Egypt, 58 BCE Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne The Last Queen $3.99 #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙📚💙📚 a.co/d/clHBipm

Bibliomania, or Book-Madness was a satirical book by Thomas Frognall Dibdin published in 1809 which popularised the term ‘bibliomania’ and described the craze for book collecting, detailing serious ‘symptoms’ like obsession with first editions, and prescribing ‘cures’ such as human contact.

Another magical sunrise over misty, frosty fields

‘Though the philosopher's stone remained elusive, the alchemical laboratory produced many useful things, including dyes, medicines and porcelain.’ Nick Richardson on alchemy. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

And this morning the Shed is a skylight, looking out upon a world of rooftops, gullies, chimneys…

Good morning and always a great start to the day when you spot The Hebden Heron. Marvelous.

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

My son is 17 today. In the way of 17 year old boys he celebrated early by finishing all the milk last night.

My exclusive interview with Nina West I had the incredible privilege of seeing Nina West and a dazzling lineup of drag queens perform live at "A Drag Queen Christmas" in Seattle. Each queen took the stage with unforgettable performances, but for me, Nina was the undeniable highlight...

My exclusive interview with Nina West I had the incredible privilege of seeing Nina West and a dazzling lineup of drag queens perform live at "A Drag Queen Christmas" in Seattle. Each queen took the stage with unforgettable performances, but for me, Nina was the undeniable highlight...

My exclusive interview with Nina West I had the incredible privilege of seeing Nina West and a dazzling lineup of drag queens perform live at "A Drag Queen Christmas" in Seattle. Each queen took the stage with unforgettable performances, but for me, Nina was the undeniable highlight..

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My exclusive interview with Nina West This past month, I had the privilege of seeing Nina West and a dazzling lineup of drag queens perform live at "A Drag Queen Christmas." The show was a breathtaking spectacle — glittering, glamorous, and overflowing with pure joy. Here's the article...

One less stupid idea on the docket.

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Hrr. Some drunk young lecher booty texted me at five a.m. under the mistaken impression I’m a woman he met. He’s now rather creepily and insistently insisting on maintaining the connection. Yuck.

am I up at midnight putting rainbow squid keychains on our store because we need to buy medicine? lol YES I AM a very normal thing to be doing

Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other #WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚 alt text please

Hey folks! We sent 1000 copies of one of these to the twin cities, but there are a bunch of cool options and they can easily be printed locally! They are free to use & share, on your printer or in bulk! 💓 A million thanks to our generous designer! drive.proton.me/urls/TKVTS18...

Sorry, "Bookish" is the name of the show.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I keep forgetting that today's warm chinook heads east to become next week's freezing cold Alberta Clipper and usually i'm sympathetic about that but not this time enjoy the sensation of your nostril hairs freezing, jerks

Book award season is well underway and I have several titles up for consideration. Thank you so much for considering my work!

HEY TWIN CITIES FRIENDS!!!!!

me @ @lefttheprairie.bsky.social 🤣

On the positive side of things, I get to do a cover reveal in the morning!

Just started watching Book on Prime. A Mark Gatiss joynt. It's just so rich and fun. He's throwing everything at you. Poetry, design,architecture,great cast, lighting, a morbid little girl across the street, cool dog, nerdy genius bookseller crime-solver. No idea what the story is yet, but I love it

Wednesday will be a day for much writing, to make up for all the errands of Monday and Tuesday. I'm ready to get these scenes down that have been spinning in my thoughts like fevered bees!

I will never forget the year it hit -40 windchill and the governor shut down the state because seriously, YOU WILL DIE REALLY FAST. Can’t wait for ICE to experience it.

Two fighter jets flew over my neighborhood today and I gotta say it was loud and unsettling.

there's a PINK AND BLACK one in the thread!!! I just feel like this is important to know

The squeak I just squnked.

Put baby in mimic mouth

I've been all over the place for the last week, but a bunch of you found my whistle wishlist and stocked me up real good. 💓

"Here's what doesn't happen in war: there are no wondrous, climactic battles that leave the good guys standing tall and the bad guys lying in the dirt. Life isn't a World Wrestling Federation Smackdown." K.A. Applegate, author of Animorphs, letting 'em know. hiracdelest.com/database/art...

@kbeninato.bsky.social dem boids

btw one thing they really want high priority are the ice cleats, so if you're looking to send something...

Me: * goes to bed* Cat: ooh time to march up and down your legs Me: stop that Cat: no Me: worst massage ever

Ne: * goes to bed* Cat: ooh time to march up and down your legs Me: stop that Cat: no Je: worst massage ever

When a law requires the prohibition of books from the library regardless of reader need or interest, parent/community support for access, and professional expertise - that law bans books and the legislators that supported the law made the book bans possible.

This reminds me though, while I was in France and on day I think 6 (so I had only eaten about 20 pains au chocolat by that point) (pain au chocolats?) (anyway) I saw in a shop window that they had soft corduroy baseball caps in several colours with a pain au chocolat embroidered on them Me: 😍

The subtext here being "those dumb bitches thought we wouldn't shoot them" we are raised to know we have the option of going along to get along--an option other people never had. but the promise of exemption from their violence was always conditional. they can & will take it away for misbehaving.

Every #writer checks their release day metrics in different ways. Mine is checking for the throwaway words I slip into the text which drive my poor copyeditor absolutely bananas.

I have questions. I have so many questions.

Post a picture YOU took. No description. Just the picture.

InCryptid is eligible this year! And so is Magic Story as a combined work, fitting exactly into the stated intent for this award category!

"Paperback Writer," what else?😜

SPEAKING OF THE COLD!!! Activists have given @lefttheprairie.bsky.social another list of things they desperately need to stay warm & safe in the streets in the coming days! All of this is going to the twin cities! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... If you hate the 'zon our GFM does direct help.

I will be at the Seattle and Los Angeles shows. See you all there!

I wonder if the people that said we need to get them over there before they get us over here are also afraid of Greenlanders.

for friends outside the US, the reason it says -40 f/c is that Minnesotans often have reason to know that -40 is the same on both scales. because it gets to -40.

one of the things we've done with the extra money folks threw on the GFM this weekend was connect with some organizers who wanted ICE NOT WELCOME signs for businesses. A designer made 6 versions & we just drop shipped 1000 to St. Paul 💓

listen it might be a bit churlish of me but I can't fucking wait to see ICE in -20F weather. something tells me they don't understand the high art of appropriate layers.

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are very much in this vein. Think about all the scenes of Mike patiently, slowly, preparing and then implementing something.

Timeline cleanse ❤️ Trestle over the Gorge in Victoria, BC

We ordered Korean food for the #CulinaryClassWars finale and it was the correct decision.

If there isn’t already a bakery called Baking Bad there should be

I love how clear & straightforward & enthusiastic this is, & hope anyone who’s felt daunted by the process or prospect of a process takes a look!

Been an insanely busy week already! Finally have a moment for a walk, dinner with the fam, reading a book to blurb, and writing on two of my own books.

Tablet found in Hittite region, new Indo-European language.

I can't believe I just ran out of 4x6 shipping labels mid-print. lol how you know stuff has been wild around here. Donna is gonna have to TAPE LABELS to BOXES 🤣

in the fiona apple catalog i feel like not enough buckaroos talk about FAST AS YOU CAN. that song is just so ridiculously good. probably my favorite song of hers

Did you know? In the Victorian era, engineers pushed human bodies to their limits while building the Brooklyn Bridge. Workers had to dig the bridge’s foundations under the river using enormous pressurized chambers called caissons. #Victorian #history

Oh I'm gleaning from context this is some right wing personality? I just got 100x more mad at the editor.

In 2026? Are we serious right now?

ADVICE REQUESTED: Months from now, you're flying overseas to watch one of your favourite bands play live. You have a huge crush on the singer. You're staring at the Message button on the band's Facebook page. Should you tell them? Offer to buy drinks...? Say something, or stay silent? Thoughts?

Here’s some Jerzy Gluszek art to make your Tuesday a little better.

I have been thinking this same thing. If you drive the speed limit, or a little below the speed limit, if you slow down for stale greens just in case they're about to turn yellow, if you're extra patient with bikers and pedestrians, you're actually following the law AND slowing down ICE.

This is a beautiful book, and we’re just under two months away from release!

First impressions matter… ...even for your manuscript. Before you hit send, get your manuscript polished, perfected, and agent-ready. Visit kpeditorialservices.com for my query critique services. 🩷🩷 #WritingCommunity #Authors #Writers #SkyWriters #BookSky #Editor #Kidlit #Romance #Romancelandia

I just learned there are only 4 tickets left to join the Sandia Starforgers retreat for SFFH writers, where I'll be teaching this spring in New Mexico. It's an intimate event with critique sessions, pitching, and chances to meet other writers. This is my 3rd year on faculty. starforgers.com

I have. Go and do likewise. Report them, too.

STOP CALLING IT AN IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN! THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE AND IT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING

An evening out in Bristol: city lights and reflections on the water

When do they tattoo "The Pedophile" on The Pedophile's forehead?

BREAKING: Pedophile protector President dislikes being called pedophile protector!

Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

BUY BOOKS SO DONNA CAN BUY DRUGS

Made Nikujaga today which was officially approved by k1 (a big fan of the flavor profiles of Japanese food)

a wonderful out of context post

BUY THINGS SO DONNA CAN HAVE DRUGS

Such a wonderful novelette by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Just in time or Valentine's Day...

Apparently I'm being impersonated in a version of this now. Unsolicited email from a gmail address with my name + numbers is not from me, of course. I can barely keep up with my actual email.

Such a wonderful novelette by P.A. Cornell! Just in time or Valentine's Day...

My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a nominee for an NAACP Image Award, 🥰. Amazing. I'm so honored. #Africanfuturism Full list of all categories here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Library book haul. I love that you can just... Walk into a library and pick up 30 books and just... Walk out. That's civilization, right there.

i'm sorry to ask but i never know if I can believe anything I see, but is Cory Booker whipping votes for impeaching the tangerine trumpet? I tried searching and I haven't seen anything so I think it's not true

Thrilled to report that I look FANTASTIC in the selkie dress I impulse purchased (on sale!) a couple weeks ago

A friend of mine is helping with construction on this project in Georgia - looks very cool www.gofundme.com/f/a-field-st...

RELEASE THE ARWEN HELM'S DEEP CUT:

write and publish a book online #homeschool class starts soon. let your kid express themselves with something really special! #homeschoolwriting #homeschooling athenasacademy.com

"I've watched you carefully. You're not scared of him. You're scared *for* him." A random snippet I don't know what to do with. lol.

"I've watched you carefully. You're not scared of him. You're scared *for* him." A random snippet I don't know what to do with. lol.

(expression of grim amusement) [trekmode]Pity that ChadGPT and OpunAI *aren’t* sentient. Because it would be *ever* so much fun to lock them in a room with James T. Kirk and observe the results.[/trekmode] 😏

The local police should intervene. What ICE is doing is unlawful.

just discovered that at some point in the past month I made a playlist called "perimenopause" that just has one song on it: Goodbye Earl you know Mr. Bree is extremely secure in his relative awesomeness that this does not bother him. 🤣

I was a huge fan of his after The Office and Extras, and then the decade after that was this slow sad realization. The tipping point for me was trying to watch a stand up special he did and it was just him mocking fat people for a while and a bell belatedly went off in my head "oh this guy sucks"

I don't know how SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN skyrocketed this high on Libro today. But thank you all. #69 in all of Romance?? Makes me want to write a bonus scene of someone trying to explain a certain meme to Shesheshen.