ancaszilagyi.bsky.social
Author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” by Shelf Awareness & DREAMS UNDER GLASS, called “a novel for our modern times” by Buzzfeed Books. Repped by Howland Literary. ancawrites.com.
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I expect a couple days rest somewhere between the ages of 7 and 9? I hope??
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And thank you! 💕
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Haha...jeez Louise, I'm exhausted.
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Thank you! ☺️ I taught a shorter version of this years ago, and the feedback I got was that it could be much longer. I'm excited to dive into the four-week version.
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Thanks so much!
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Just kidding. Please don't answer this horrifying question.
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“I don’t know about you, but I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee that’s gonna participate in this fraud.” - Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
That is exactly the kind of leadership we need in this moment of constitutional crisis. Thank you, Senator Murphy!
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Sounds wonderful. My four-year-old loves mushrooms; anything with mushrooms is a gateway to try new foods.
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Whoa, whoa, these both look perfect, but Secret History meets Shirley Jackson is a little too perfect for me.
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Can you recommend novels featuring uncomfortable friendships?
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No, Montage was there 😍 We did a wonderful joint fundraising event with them. They published a few of my short-short stories.
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So it's possible your poem crossed my desk...? If it was submitted that year then held over for 2005? But I probably have the 2005 issue with your poem in it! With an interview with Paul Ford I did. Small world!
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Various roles 2002-2004! I was the coordinating editor for the academic year 2003-2004.
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Yikes. Yeah, I agree. I saw some documentary a while back about school in Finland and homework just not existing there and how much better that is for learning...
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I'm reading POETICS OF SPACE by Bachelard in preparation for my Architectural Stories workshop. I'm loving thinking about houses as spaces for daydreaming. Also reading THISTLEFOOT by GennaRose Nethercott & loving the perspective of Baba Yaga's house. #FridayReads
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Ugh. Yes. My child is four and in daycare and already we've had to talk about how we can't come to every in-class party or field trip and yes, it's disappointing. I don't think my parents came to a single during-the-day event at school.
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Tamara Lempinskaya
Jug and lemons on a chair. 1942.
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Gorgeous.
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Love the cover! A pineapple with that title is tempting indeed.
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*grating
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Haha, yes grated following a few cathartic chops...
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I have heard of this, and the need to keep multiple tabs open for different summer camps for each week of the summer. When I was a kid you could just sign up for a month-long camp, but now it's all week-by-week? Sounds maddening.
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I am not looking forward to this aspect of parenthood.
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Ada Limon's "On Not Giving Up": poets.org/poem/instruc...
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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy is fun. I'm listening to Hangsman by Shirley Jackson and it is wonderfully weird and fun.
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Moving The Trees up in my queue! I loved Long Division, by Kiese Laymon, and the The Trees was recommended to me by a bookseller when I asked what else I could read like it.