Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us and how terrifyingly easy it can be to live in a society in which censorship is the default. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/yiming-ma-on...

Nice to see HOT WAX in the @nytimes.com again but also nice to resurrect this list of Gothic thrillers I dreamed up earlier this year! If you're ready for some dark and stormy reads, I've got some recs for you: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @simonbooks.bsky.social @kathy-daneman.bsky.social #books

Congratulations to @cyreejarelle.bsky.social, first recipient of the Kenny Fries Disabled Writer Literary Award! www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Kenny Fries establishes a new literary award for disabled and/or Deaf writers. lithub.com/a-new-annual...

They’re not the only ones.

Wildsam--one of the most gorgeous road/travel magazines I've seen--has a great interview with @mlrio.bsky.social about the thousands of miles she drove and the thousands of hours of concert film she viewed to write Hot Wax. www.wildsam.com/stories/m-l-...

“And that to them, it would feel like reconnecting with a long-lost brother, or discovering some other kin that they never knew they had.”

THAT is a headline.

A beautiful tribute to his grandmother, who didn't see the point of cats or trading a business career for a literary one, who was an indomitable woman nonetheless. By Yiming Ma, whose debut novel, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us, comes out today. www.hodinkee.com/articles/ora...

Big news from @poetsorg.bsky.social - The Academy of American Poets is awarding 23 new poet laureate fellows $1.1 million. www.npr.org/2025/07/31/n...

I completed the Swim 5 Miles in July challenge today for the American Cancer Society--more a feat of scheduling than athleticism. I've been touched by the donations I've received so far, but I'd happily accept more! gofund.me/ee60e48d

@libbybuckwrites.bsky.social's Debut Is a Gentle Summer Read About Finding Your Way Back Home indyweek.com/culture/libb...

Dear Jeff Bezos …

Congratulations to @michaelzapata.bsky.social, winner of the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature. I loved working with Mike on The Lost Book of Adana Moreau—you couldn't ask for a more conscientious citizen (literary or otherwise)—and I am desperate to read his next book. lithub.com/michael-zapa...

Art historian turned debut novelist @libbybuckwrites.bsky.social writes about how she incorporates her formal training into writing fiction. Also a drawer full of Izod alligators. lithub.com/libby-buck-o...

In honor of my father, who died 12 years ago Friday from pancreatic cancer, I’m raising money for the American Cancer Society. Every dollar helps. If you can donate, please do. Thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/swim-5-mil...

Buckle up, buttercup, it's gonna be a wild ride! 🔥 Gil & the Kills are crashing across the country this fall, so come catch a piece of the HOT WAX action. For tickets and more info, please reach out to hosting bookstores. #books #booktour #hotwaxtour @simonbooks.bsky.social mlrio.com/events/

Arianna Rebolini (ariannarebolini.bsky.social) on her debut memoir “Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die,” what getting “better” means, the inaccessibility of behavioral healthcare, and why society is afraid to talk about suicide. (Interview by @marisarussello.bsky.social )

Republicans have just proposed defunding Planned Parenthood nationwide. In doing so, they are telling women and people across the country that our healthcare doesn’t matter and that we are undeserving of care. It’s time to stop this bill in its tracks.

I am thrilled to introduce my titles for the second half of 2025: Debut novels by Libby Buck and Yiming Ma, @mlrio.bsky.social's breakneck rock novel Hot Wax, and the first three titles in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's Marvel Age of Comics series. Hit me up with those galley requests.

Debut novel excerpt alert: @hazlitt.bsky.social has an excerpt from Yiming Ma's These Memories Do Not Belong to Us. Read it here: hazlitt.net/longreads/is...

Obscene. Especially considering tax payers have spent $100 million THIS YEAR on Trump's golf trips.

Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers. Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.

I'm thrilled I can share this excerpt from @ariannarebolini.bsky.social's upcoming memoir, Better. www.thecut.com/article/can-...

Have you registered yet for the Edgars Symposium? A day of scintillating panels, capped by a conversation between the 2025 Grand Masters, Laura Lippmann and John Sandford. Missing it would be a crime. #Edgars2025 mysterywriters.org/2025-edgar-s...

This was the part of her wonderful book, Careless People, that made me the angriest. techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/m...

Today is National Library Workers Day—a day to celebrate the hardworking professionals who keep our libraries thriving. Library workers are facing tough times, and it’s more important than ever to show our support. Show some love to the library worker in your life today! ala-apa.org/nlwd/ #NLWD25

Had a great time talking w @paullisicky.bsky.social about his new memoir, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL 🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts. cc: @harperonebooks.bsky.social

Sara Gran, who knows a thing or two about noir, recommends eight of the best. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b...

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An in-depth look at @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's plans for the new Marvel Age of Comics series. @comicsbeat.bsky.social speaks with Haaris Naqvi.

WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People": "In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

So the judge of @hubcitypress.bsky.social's next short story book prize is CATHERINE LACEY. There is intense office-wide fangirling happening here. Submissions open on September 1.

For the first time since 2019, the Edgar Symposium will be IN PERSON!! Register today: mysterywriters.org/2025-edgar-s...

I am incredibly excited to be working with Yiming Ma on his gripping, unsettling debut novel, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us. electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...

“I didn’t want to write about love without impediments and obstacles.” A Memoir of Becoming and a Tribute to Joni Mitchell: Davon Loeb interviews @paullisicky.bsky.social about his new book Song So Wild and Blue. ➡️ buff.ly/4h0FpWP

We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the NYT today, alongside Henry Alford. “The singer’s fluid singularity, her refusal to apologize or conform, made [Lisicky] feel electric and understood. An intimate, impressionistic Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man mode, interwoven with Mitchell myths and parallels.”

Thank you! Here’s a gift link to @danamilbank.bsky.social on what Bezos’ new edict to the Opinion staff should, at least, really mean.

Unreal. David Shipley deserves better (we all do, but today it's his turn).

In which I learn that two million alligators live in Louisiana. @paullisicky.bsky.social knows everything. Hear him talk with @gaysreading.bsky.social. (Also, I need Karissa Chen's new book). youtu.be/zSpZlPRIT8g?...

"These 10 [books] explore the invention of self through music, each one making life out of bent notes, new chords, silences, broken strings. They might ask different questions from mine, but we’re all walking parallel roads." [email protected] electricliterature.com/10-books-abo...

Starting my week with a conversation between two of my favorite writers, @paullisicky.bsky.social and @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social. lithub.com/paul-lisicky...

UK! Get this hot shit signed @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @kathy-daneman.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/hot-wax...

Marvel Age Of Comics Series is coming via Bloomsbury In a surprising move, Bloomsbury and Marvel have agreed to a multi-year, multi-volume licensing agreement to develop and publish a MARVEL AGE OF COMICS series highlighting more than 85 years of Marvel Comics. The books offer unique and…

Gorgeous interview by @collinshughes.bsky.social with Todd Almond about his new book Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s ‘Girl From the North Country’ and Broadway’s Rebirth.” (And let's hear it for the photographer, too.)

When the publisher who brought us 33 1/3 and Object Lessons meets the publisher who gave us Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Wolverine, Black Panther, Black Widow and Captain Marvel you get MARVEL AGE OF COMICS. Interested U.S. media should DM me.

Another long chilly weekend and plenty to read. A list of Gothic thrillers from @mlrio.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/b...

The title pretty much says it all. A short story by Sara Gran on @crimereads.bsky.social. crimereads.com/sara-gran-li...