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September 11, 2026

Harlan Coben Wants You to Write a Novel. He’ll Tell You How. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...

Have you picked up your copy of THE DEVIL'S BANQUET by Phil Lecomber? This dark historical thriller sees Cockney private eye George Harley return to the streets of London’s Soho, populated by gangsters, wide-boys and lowlifes, to investigate a missing cabaret dancer. https://tinyurl.com/m4d9zeaz

Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.

Love these books, gorgeous art reminds me of Beatrice P #books #childrensbooks

Hi! The full title is BAD GIRLS: The Epidemic of Women’s Incarceration!

Meanwhile might I interest you in a thriller? Stacey Abrams’ While Justice Sleeps is ripped from our nightmares. When cantankerous Supreme Court justice Howard Wynn slips into a coma, it plunges the court into limbo, with his law clerk at the center of the crisis. TheGrio thegrio.com/2021/05/20/s...

All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Do yourself a favour and give this a listen. The original Kevin Morby song is weird and interesting, but Staples absolutely owns it. I've been listening to this song for months and cannot get sick of it.

"This is fairy-tale horror with real teeth, a cursed bookshop story rooted in old Grimm folklore and dressed in contemporary Scottish Gothic." Thanks @gnofhorror.com! gnofhorror.com/steal-me-by-...

Cool, I have two books in here. Thanks, folks! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/31...

Reading this right now. Highly recommend!

Book Review BECOMING BABA YAGA by Kris Spisak "Spisak’s writing style is easy and accessible, rather like sitting around a fire while a storyteller weaves a tale. The academic rigour underpinning her work is undeniable" Read the full review at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/becoming-bab...

Been reading On Courage. It should be required reading for Dems: “This basic arithmetic problem means sometimes living with contradictions, even embracing them.” Politics isn’t about finding people who agree w/you on everything. It’s finding enough people to push the jeep out of the mud together.

The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said. The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes. Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.

Who will hold 🍊🤡 and 🍊🤡💀 and 🍦 accountable?

ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

So we are now at the: 'throw off all pretence of democracy and do whatever it takes to maintain power'stage of fascism. The people of the USA are going to have to fight like Hungary to overcome this.

Reading The Wind Knows My Name after taking BBC Maestro writing course by Isabel Allende @isabelallende.com A book so beautiful I realize my own stories may never sell. 😅🥲

LOVE the Lee Child and Harlan Coben online writing courses #bbcmaestro

Finishing up online course Writing Thrillers by Harlan Coben, fantastic all around. @mainewriters.bsky.social @harlancoben.bsky.social

My book is Online! 🥳🥳🥳 Race, Culture, and Politics in German Historical Thought, 1785–1815 represents the culmination of ten years' work. In it, I try to peel back our assumptions about how historiography worked in the German Enlightenment, situating it between the... academic.oup.com/book/62547

Universal childcare can't wait. We're launching 3,000+ new 2-K and 3-K seats, and we need to hear from you. Take the NYC Parent Survey and tell us what your family actually needs. The survey runs from today, March 31 to April 13 in English and Spanish. Make your voice heard at nyc.gov/parentsurvey

Our immigrant loved ones were front of mind as we argued for babies born in the U.S. and everyone who loves them.

Happy Middle Grade Monday! Women in Horror Month continues where I share more books from my collection. #MiddleGradeMonday Ally Russell @darcymarks.bsky.social @karenmusings.bsky.social Katherine Arden @ellenoh.bsky.social Mary Downing Hahn

Books for #youngreaders www.amazon.com/author/birdw... #momsky #dadsky #grandprentssky #eastercards #eastercardsandbooks #childrensbooks #HappyEaster #easteriscoming #readers #mustreads

Just started Slow Motion by Jennifer Dupree, can't put it down, so good!

THE CHILDREN, Melissa Albert: This is an extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of mystery, but that's the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. I haven't read anything like it since Ray Bradbury. Will be published June 2nd. My advice: Be first in line.

Absolutely horrifying. This refugee survived genocide and died because of the gross incompetence of federal immigration agents.

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Love these beautiful poems by Farzana Marie who spoke 6 languages and was a translator in Afghanistan before a massive stroke that took her language. Foreward by former Congresswoman Gabriellle Giffords. #aphasia

LUNAR NEW YEAR IS NEXT WEEK! ✨ If you are looking for a great book to read with the kids, I highly recommend Sparkles For Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story by @sylviaichen.bsky.social

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

Three fourth-grade pranksters will become Super Sleuths when they set out to investigate their new mysterious teacher and find out she’s got some very dark secrets. #middlegradebooks #bullies #childrensbooks #humor #fantasy #BooksWorthReading www.amazon.com/Toads-Midnig...

When the government doesn't like what you say, surveillance is a tool to silence you. Maine lawmakers are considering traffic surveillance, and towns around the state have already installed Flock systems. This story is a stark reminder that when the state tracks your every move, abuse is inevitable.

One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.

Prosecuting lawmakers for their speech is a clear assault on the most basic of American freedoms. Fortunately the grand jury stopped this in its tracks, but it should never have gotten this far.

Sometimes fiction tells truths that facts cannot. It was true of Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and it's true of Larwence Wright's t heartfelt novel of the days leading up to the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. THE HUMAN SCALE is suspenseful, hard to put down, even harder to forget.