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bethkephart.bsky.social
Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press.
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What if our process is the story, as #AlisonBechdel suggests? Our seaming and unseaming? Such was the case with Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday’s News: A Philadelphia Story, my new novel. Thoughts on it all: #writingcommunity #memoirwriting #findingthestory thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/are-you-my...

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@carolweis.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky!

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"I do believe there is something biological about the way language is patterned ... I find the meaning in the feeling of the language." In this beautiful interview, @bethkephart.bsky.social talks with Caroline Leavitt about writing and creating and her new novel Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News.

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My conversation with @carolineleavitt.bsky.social of @amightyblaze.bsky.social. We talk of #indiepresses, intersecting visual and literary arts, nonfiction and fiction, alternative histories, and my novel Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8c3... @tursulowepress.bsky.social

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So much better and more probing than the (briefer) Colbert Questionert. Grateful to @saribotton.bsky.social for the opportunity to share (gulp!). Lots of vulnerability here. This is 67: Debut Novelist Nancy Townsley Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire open.substack.com/pub/oldster/...

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Taking time to hush so that we might, effectively, howl. A cyanotype story. thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/undaunted-... #resist

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How wonderful is @carolineleavitt.bsky.social? This wonderful. Grateful for a chance to talk about my first novel for adults with one of the best there is. This coming Thursday, on the A Mighty Blaze channel. @tursulowepress.bsky.social #Philadelphia #literaryfiction #writingcommunity

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On working through unwellness, pain, uncertainty, loss with words. #memoirwriting #literature #writingcommunity #writingcraft thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/unwell

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Guess what is here, at last? The Book of Alchemy, #SuleikaJaouad's new book of inspiration and prompts. Hugest congratuations to her. If you can still nab a ticket to her launch tour hosted by the fabulous #JonBatiste, I highly suggest that you do. #TheBookofAlchemy

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A poem as white as bone, a friendship, long enduring. How we keep going at this perilous time. #keepgoing #longfriendship #authenticity #katemoses thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/curiosities

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Ghosts and their predecessors. #newart #monotype #monotypecollage

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I guess this is #Ivanka for #letthemeatcake?

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#Philadelphia #Handsoff We came out in force. And no one paid us.

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How do we live now? How do we best spend our given time? A brief inquiry, on The Hush and the Howl. #seekingpurpose #beinguseful #findingmeaning thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/once-i-cou...

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Attended a peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon this morning where we exercised our right to resist what we think is wrong. Then home to find this beautiful novel by @bethkephart.bsky.social in my mailbox. Books for the people!

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#HandsOffPhiladelphia. Let's do this.

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On writing Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News — the research behind the story. At @necessaryfiction.com, with gratitude. necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

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In research notes, @bethkephart.bsky.social writes about Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday’s News (@tursulowepress.bsky.social) necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...

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I am closing all my correspondence to "leaders" now with #BeaBooker. Everyone knows what that means.

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This is what heroes are made of. @booker.senate.gov, we love you, we are grateful, we are inspired, we are heard. Rest today. We need you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=di3i...

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We write because we must. To be read is a singular gift. thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/the-primor...

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We're live in @Philadelphia #TomorrowWillBringSunday'sNews #Philadelphia #Philadelphianewstands

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Pennsylvania people, get thee to a bookstore to celebrate with @bethkephart.bsky.social in April!

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Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News: A Philadelphia Story launches tomorrow. Local friends (and Zoom listeners): It would be lovely to spend some time with you. #Philadelphia #Philadelphianovel @tursulowepress.bsky.social

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What do we desire—what can we still desire—today, this evening, tomorrow? #desire #prosepoem #monotype A brief prose poem. thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/desire

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I've had the good fortune of reading several wonderful new books lately. Then I went shopping, as I do, on my own bookshelves. Which left me with Simone de Beauvoir. Which left me — wondering. thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/when-shopp...

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