“If we think in planetary terms things are terrible but at the local level it’s much more complicated than that. Our choices matter because they make us the moral beings that we are.”—Sunil Amrith

In response to @gilbertking.bsky.social’s question about how books are capable of fostering peace: “Compassion is a function of the imagination,” says Kaveh Akbar

Opening night at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

I voted early and now I’m heading to the dentist to get my check-up. Take care of yourselves, friends, and VOTE!!

Infections in general in pregnant women pose a risk to fetal brain development. Covid infection during pregnancy is associated with 30% higher risk of neurodevelopmental condition in children. 🧪 www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...

Holy crap.

Applications for our Early-Career Journalism Fellowship are now open! The fellowship, a joint undertaking with @thephilanthropist.ca, provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society. thelocal.to/early-career...

MIND GAME paperback out tomorrow! Which means TODAY is your last chance to feel smug about having preordered and supported me even *more*. Please consider snagging your copy today

Here we have @lmchervinsky.bsky.social talking about early American history in the middle of Manhattan she has the crowd literally going, “wowwwww!” Speaker extraordinaire!

Oh well. I am making my claim and every author should.

Quite a crowd at Bryant Park to hear @vluck89.bsky.social talk about BUILT FROM THE FIRE, his Dayton Literary Peace Prize award winning book.

We need to be talking more about the other stat in this article, that literacy has dropped 1% in the U.S. in 20 years. That’s 340,000 fewer people who can read! This is a catastrophic loss for a country that already had 20% of people illiterate: bit.ly/4mUn94C

Happy publication week to Nicole Nehrig and our friends at @wwnorton.com! So much great press for WITH HER OWN HANDS this week and so much more to come. Great work by @poppyhat.bsky.social and Erin Lovett! 💕📚💕

@radiofreetom.bsky.social‬ in fine form: "As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan 'Fuck your feelings' are impossibly delicate souls."

Kirkus Reviews gives a **starred** review to Barnett Newman: Here, calling it "an impressive, nuanced study" of the "groundbreaking" artist. Available for pre-order now and releasing in North America on Oct 28. bit.ly/47kXei7

We will be publishing cultural criticism every day at The Rumpus. We hope to fill some of this egregious void being created by the mainstream media. Relaunch is in October but we are also publishing between now and then.

For @thebulletin.org, I spoke with @sangernyt.bsky.social about how cyber operations are reshaping geopolitics and the future of warfare and what the United States can do to prepare for the next breach. thebulletin.org/premium/2025...

Lmao Brad Lander up here doing Vince Carter dunks

Our very first “Page One Picks” roundup is live! These authors are making headlines and shaping conversations around the world! Congratulations on a great week, @timweedwriter.bsky.social, @gretchensisson.bsky.social , and @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social  #Page1MediaPR #LiteraryPR #BookMarketing

#STEMsky! 2030STEM x BWF Fellowship. They’re looking for people committed to increasing inclusion in STEM across sectors = academia, industry, policy, government 2030stem.org/fellowship-1 Deadline August 1, 2025

It’s the last three hours to apply for the @pageonem.bsky.social book publicity grant. Link to apply in the email post below.

Happy Father's Day and Graduates! P1M authors have some great options for gifts for the dads and grads out there.  Featuring @lmchervinsky.bsky.social, @europaeditions.bsky.social,   @timweedwriter.bsky.social, and @tophermcd.bsky.social #fathersday #booksky #graduation

We very rarely work on films (we’re book people here) but this documentary cannot be denied and we couldn’t say no to its mission. Now streaming on Kinema with all proceeds going to fight family and domestic violence.

Vermont Public Radio interview with Mitch Wertlieb about THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT What an incredibly fun and interesting live conversation with Mitch Wertlieb on Vermont Public's Vermont Edition! We talked about the inspirations and scientific research behind THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT, time travel,…

This is Kristi Noem admitting that Homeland Security is currently occupying Los Angeles, not to protect citizens, but for purely *political* reasons. Yes, she really is that stupid.

Just under two more weeks to apply, folks! #writergrants

Happy book birthday @timweedwriter.bsky.social!! #scifi fans if you liked STATION ELEVEN or THE NEW WILDERNESS, run don't walk to your indie bookstore and grab THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT! 💕📚

Nashville friends, this is tomorrow night at 6pm!

Check out the Page One team's great, good work from last week! 📚📻🗞️📝📚

Friends, authors, colleagues, there's only two more weeks to apply for our P1M book publicity grant. That's a completely pro bono campaign for an underrepresented writer. Don't hesitate, apply, or tell a friend to apply!

Friends, read an excerpt of @timweedwriter.bsky.social's new novel, THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT! I promise, it will be time very well spent. Enjoy!

What an awesome offer from @crystalking.com. And her substack is very much worth subscribing to, so it's a win-win!

This morning I attended the world's cutest rally - a bunch of kids, my daughter included, fighting to save their beloved after school program through Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, BK. Through budget cuts + the dismantling of Americorps, the federal government is letting these kids down. 1/2

How many politicians are psychopaths? Well, the research is complex, but for reasons I explain, you’re a lot more likely to meet a psychopath in the halls of Congress than in your local grocery store: www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-many-p...

In the GOP budget plan, 18.3 million kids could lose access to free school meals to give tax cuts to billionaires. We don't suffer from scarcity. We suffer from greed.

Could we just start with high quality day care on earth?

My new Salon.com article on #AI #emancipation has just come out! A spinoff of an academic piece I'm producing for the #Future of #Slavery and Emancipation working group at Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, #Resistance, and #Abolition. www.salon.com/2025/05/17/a...

Thank you @timhirschelburns.bsky.social for shining a light on my work!

As a cancer survivor, it pains me to hear people imagine coverups about Biden’s cancer. Here’s something I wrote last year for @wbur.org @cogwbur.bsky.social about what it’s like to get a cancer diagnosis and how it’s insensitive of us to make assumptions about others. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Dear friends, we've launch a change to the way we offer grants to underrepresented writers at @pageonem.bsky.social. I hope you'll read and share with your colleagues and writers. Thanks!

So exciting!! Congratulations, Avery and Sachiko!

Dear friends, we've launch a change to the way we offer grants to underrepresented writers at @pageonem.bsky.social. I hope you'll read and share with your colleagues and writers. Thanks!

Thanks for the mention of the Kensington Library's event with Sachiko for VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST, @ohnoitsyan.bsky.social! The event is at 6pm on June 26. I'll be there and I hope you come out! 🥰📚

Great column in Lit Hub by @maris.bsky.social on the NEA cuts and exploring forms of institutional support for the small presses & magazines affected, featuring @markkrotov.bsky.social , @michaelholtmann.bsky.social & more: lithub.com/on-the-lates... @nplusonemag.com @twolinespress.bsky.social

Such a fun night with the Folio and SOI teams and my partner in crime @lauradigiovine.bsky.social 📚📚📚

If anybody at a small press who just lost their NEA grant would like to talk about it for @literaryhub.bsky.social (print or pod), my DMs are open. Also would love to hear from anybody doing the work to offset the financial burdens (grantmakers, consultants, etc) for these and other small arts orgs.

Boston friends, don’t miss Gretchen and Cameron!

Such a great night celebrating The Art of Folio at the Society of Illustrators last night. Loved seeing so many media colleagues, thanks for coming out! The show is on until July 12. Don’t miss it! @foliosociety.bsky.social @soi128.bsky.social

I love librarians and I love that @wordsandmoney.bsky.social has this great column where authors can celebrate the librarians who helped support their book. Here is @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social's about her research librarian, Joyce Janta: page1m.co/4lXV2C9 💕📚

This was 70% of the guys I went to school with. They didn’t do the assigned reading. BS’d their way through the discussion. Sounded unprepared and not intelligent but still became class president because they threatened someone’s dog.