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timhorvath.bsky.social
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Weird how mixed nuts are not trail mix but throw in a handful of raisins and suddenly the hiking boots are lacing themselves up.

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TONIGHT KGB BAR NYC 7 PM: me, @erikaswyler.bsky.social, @rankoutsider.bsky.social, @johnmadera.bsky.social, Melinda Wilson, and Bill Lessard! Whee!

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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Section breaks can be most cool/effective in prose, and I welcome a subtle but pleasing symbol to do the lifting, but...is "dinkus" really the term we're going to go with for this?

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Award-winning writers Kelly Link and Jedediah Berry ’99 will give a reading on Monday, March 3, at 4:00 pm in the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College. The event, which is cosponsored by Conjunctions, will include a Q&A with the authors and is free and open to the public.

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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Still feels somewhat scandalous to drink over half a bottle of dealcoholized wine in a single evening.

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If you fire everyone in an entire agency and then rehire half of those people back the next day, does that count as one work accomplishment or two?

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Tickets are now on sale for the NYC book launch at Books are Magic! Featuring @jaquiradiaz.bsky.social, Isle McElroy, and Jiordan Castle. Moderated by @thedennemichele.bsky.social! myfatherandi.eventbrite.com

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“A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.” — Isaac Babel

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Keep getting Grant Hart's "2541" stuck in my head, and so far that is the only good thing about 2025.

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Oh hey look what’s out for pre-order, coming October 14th - just in time for Halloween 👻 bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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It's so cute how little kids overhear adults and pronounce it "apoxalips."

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Not going to AWP this year (Excited for Baltimore next year!) but just got word that my workshop with @timhorvath.bsky.social got accepted at the Centre for Sensory Studies "Uncommon Senses V" conference in May. See you in Montreal??

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There are only two types of news days now: the first half of "Melancholia" and the second half of "Melancholia."

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What's next, back to Ptolemy?

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Thanks to Brooklyn Rail and John Domini for this incredibly insightful review of Omar Khalifah's SAND- CATCHER (translated by Barbara Romaine). brooklynrail.org/2025/02/book...

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Ran into Primo Levi in the stacks today.

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Turnitin with a big missed opportunity to call their AI-detection feature Ittakesonetoknowone.

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That time Calvino invented social media in the 1950s.

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Happy to introduce myself here! I’ve been an independent literary publicist full-time since 2004, all in New York except for a year-long sabbatical to attend jewelry school in Italy, and a move to Baltimore in the summer of 2022. Photo credit: Joanna Tillman. More about my projects: laurencerand.com

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