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See ya Saturday? It's a great line-up of DC-Maryland-Virginia writers and editors getting into the nitty gritty of publishing -- from books to the shorter stuff. Register at writer.org/publish-now

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My latest book review at The Markaz: a new translation of selected poems of Najwan Darwish over the past decade, by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. #arabicliterature #translatedliterature themarkaz.org/palestinian-...

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I had a really amazing time at @macdowell1907.bsky.social and ignored the news, and everything's fine in the world-- right?! right?!

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Where's that story you polished to a perfect sheen? That poem you wrote under the light of the full moon? That essay with the last paragraph that left you breathless? That flash of brilliance? WE WANT TO SEE YOUR WORK! south85journal.com/submissions/ @south85journal.bsky.social

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Washington DC with @emanquotah.bsky.social, people! youtu.be/qeh46i60mzQ?...

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Hi keep writing those books! Here are some things that @beltpublishing.bsky.social would like to receive queries about 🧵

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"Affinity groups" at work were never the ultimate solution to employment inequities. But banning them is banning people from gathering with people with whom they share heritage, experiences, or connection. It's not just the government; companies that do business with the feds are following suit.

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Props to the NYT for calling it the so-called DOGE. Reporters can’t cover this stuff like it’s normal or legal

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The new administration is threatening my neighbor’s livelihoods, the safety of my friends’ children, the ability of Americans to read & write freely & to understand & help other parts of the world, the freedoms of immigrants, our ability to protest injustice. We can choose differently 🧿🧿🧿

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“Benji the Dog Fan Cam“

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Join us Thursday, February 6 at 7pm ET for a panel discussion co-hosted with @fspnwu.bsky.social about how to navigate the current book criticism landscape! bit.ly/surviving-book-criticism

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We're new here! Welcome us by joining our Words For Palestine virtual event tonight. This special edition celebrates writing in Mizna‘s most recent issue, Catastrophe, ft Yahya Ashour, Olivia Elias, Ruba El Melik, Leila Mansouri, Nyla Matuk, and Nadia Shammas. RSVP: bit.ly/WordsforPalestine

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Grateful to my senator, for being willing to do something to stand up for federal employees and programs. Just got an email from his office asking for stories from #marylanders impacted by the recent WH actions on federal grants and employment. Share below #md #chrisvanhollen #feds #federalgrants

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Remember to get your literary prose & poetry manuscripts in by this Friday, Jan. 31! Wandering Aengus Press & its imprint Trail to Table have combined submissions. 1 fee : 2 presses : up to 4 awards 💙💙💙💙 We're eager to read your words! wanderingaenguspress.com/submissions....

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Our president wants a future in which Guantanamo continues to be a scourge and a blot and a place and symbol of unjust detention. There's a better choice: Shut it down, once and for all.

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Did you know that my book has an isbn now which basically means it has a soul? It can be preordered here: bookshop.org/p/books/in-t...

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Happening Monday! @politicsprose.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @therakha.net

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Cincy friends, my brother is a talented musician and also a cat. Go see him play!

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And yet white woman thriller authors will gladly go do events with people despite their Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian actions. Y'all think we don't see you? lithub.com/aisha-gawad-...

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I'm a last-minute addition to this line-up tonight in DC. #literarydmv, please come out and see us! politics-prose.com/halasa-elgra...

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Ah, thank you to Lit Hub for excerpting my review of Fady Joudah's work, appearing now in the new collection SUMŪD, and originally published in The Markaz Review. And ofc, thank you to Fady for his powerful, powerful words.

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First stop on the tour 🧿🧿🧿

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#dcwriters and readers, see you in two weeks to talk Egypt, revolution, gender, and novel craft? politics-prose.com/youssef-rakha

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TFW you get to blurb a book you’ve been rooting for for years 🎉

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I haven't been feeling the sense of relief I expected, and we'll see what happens Sunday. But I'm grateful for the AFSC's insistence on Quaker values and the need for "a long-term political solution that brings an end to forced displacement, occupation, and apartheid in Palestine."

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"I want the ephemerals: Rue, Canadensis, Virginiana / The anemones that break the salt-crust of frost with their vulnerable mouths" from @majda.bsky.social's gorgeous poem "My Mother Asks Me Not To Buy Her Flowers Anymore" in the new issue of Tupelo Quarterly: www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/madja...

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