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joannarakoff.bsky.social
Margaret Qualley played me in the movie. https://www.instagram.com/joannarakoff/
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Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.

submitted 41 days ago • 90 comments

The purpose of yesterday was to frighten us to submitting in advance. I have my freedom of speech and I will use it here and everywhere else I exist online to make my voice heard. No oligarch, no president will silence me. So, be prepared for more Latinx books just as soon as my mourning ends, okay?

submitted 42 days ago • 281 comments

Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books

submitted 41 days ago • 1302 comments

My latest column for @janeratcliffe.bsky.social on why some books become huge and others mysteriously do not, and includes a list of favorites that deserve a much wider audience, from @joannahershon.bsky.social & @laurensandler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

submitted 82 days ago • 2137 comments

If you’re still figuring out holiday gifts, you might find my first ever gift guide helpful? Or fun? Or both? open.substack.com/pub/janeratc...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Really all that is keeping me sane right now: My giant poodle.

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

Libraries need to reclassify 1984 from fiction to nonfiction.

submitted 108 days ago • 475 comments

What I would quite like please is for somebody to write the rest of my book for me. Not in a ghost-writing cheaty way, just in a physically lifting my fingers onto the keyboard and slapping me every time I think about wandering into the kitchen. Applicants welcome.

submitted 109 days ago • 736 comments

The best. Or as my kids would say: So satisfying.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.

submitted 109 days ago • 992 comments