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Gay writer of genre-challenged novels with queer casts including Kirkus Best of 2022 thriller “Criminals”.
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Every Bob Dylan song works better when sung by a lesbian, but this one especially

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Mumblers Press's releases Chris Lombardi's JEHANNE DARC on May 6. Publishers Weekly: "Exhilarating novel illuminating the mind of France’s young girl saint." An Editor's Pick! PREORDER: Bookshop.org or Amazon.com Full review: www.pressreader.com/.../20250317... #JehanneDarc #JoanofArc #MagicRealism

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By distracting us with fake terrorism, this administration is inviting the real thing. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

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I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

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誰の人生にも来る 日本語を読むことが 嫌になるとき

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Russia is destroying Ukraine’s present while denying the country its future. Only justice will give every Ukrainian family the peace of mind they need to rebuild their lives. Extract from my speech at #EPlenary ↓

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Well this is bonkers

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#Booksky, I promised this link for the @publisherswkly.bsky.social @booklife.bsky.social review of JEHANNE DARC, : "Lombardi dramatizes events and complex states of mind with such swift richness.." booklife.com/booklife-rev...

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I would have expected that if any Beatles song ran through my head at 64 it would be “When I’m 64.” Instead, I hum “Mean Mr Mustard sleeps in the park, shaves in the dark, trying to save paper. Saving up to by him some clothes…” Maybe it’s the imminent slaughter of Social Security… #AdjunctLife

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JG Ballard predicting social media in Vogue magazine, 1977

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