An edifying look at the fight for bodily autonomy. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/g... @codymcdevitt.bsky.social #booksky

A Pride Month commentary on Robert W. Fieseler’s eye-opening AMERICAN SCARE. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/gay... @duttonbooks.bsky.social @wordbobby.bsky.social #booksky

bluesky has never lacked juice, it’s just an extremely specific brand of juice

An over-the-top tale for our over-the-top times. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e... #booksky

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @biographersintl.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social #booksky

Meet the operatives who sought to stamp out bigotry in the mid-20th century. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social #booksky

We came, we read, we gushed. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @aaknopf.bsky.social @penguinpress.bsky.social @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @groveatlantic.bsky.social #booksky

Dennis Drabelle's lovely review is a reminder that it was Frederick Church who gave many Americans their first view into the heart of their own country, as well as a startling gaze into others.

A career woman grapples with the endless demands of work and home. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @regalhouse.bsky.social @sarahlynbruck.bsky.social @cabockwrites.bsky.social #booksky

Never gets old. J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?

We love every piece we run. There *are* no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are May’s winners. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... #booksky

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'" "She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

Delighted to see our publisher, Jaynie Royal, in conversation with Caroline Bock for @wirobooks.bsky.social : "Where Good Books Are Born, the founder of Regal House Publishing shares her company’s mission." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/whe...

The founder of Regal House Publishing shares her company’s mission. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/whe... @regalhouse.bsky.social @cabockwrites.bsky.social #booksky

Somehow, I've never found parenting terribly relaxing...

The 19th-century master excelled at capturing nature on canvas. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/g... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: An outstanding introduction to the master’s body of work. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @everymanslibrary.bsky.social @karlstraub.bsky.social #booksky

On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy

Oh man, what happened to America after the great Coolidge presidency? Was it awesome? I bet it was awesome.

If this were your grandpa you’d send someone to check on him

A peek at what's on tap this week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky

Foo Montgomery and foo dog. #caturday

Who remembers the good old days when carnivals had identical carousels next to each other and all the kids were screaming cloned white girls?

So delighted to announce the winner of the Plutarch Award from the Biographers International Organization! I was on the panel that selected Francesca Wade's fabulous book on Gertrude Stein. It was an honor to read all the books and collaborate with a wonderful group of judges.

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @pegasus-books.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social #booksky

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

My superpower? Drawing the smoke from ANY fire directly to my face. 🔥

my favorite erick erickson moment is when he said that his family refused to eat asian food on the anniversary of pearl harbor to honor the tragedy. a reporter reached out to his mom to confirm whether this was true and she was like “i don’t know what the fuck he is talking about”

NPR Science Correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce, who has one of those NPR names and has been reporting for NPR since 2005, was also laid off. www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

By the end of the day, Freedom 250 is going to be Lindsey Graham on the theremin

In 1860s Brazil, a slave attempts to find her loved ones. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @fantagraphics.bsky.social #booksky

Yes, yes this!!

The end of “60 Minutes”. Get out, everyone. Save what’s left of your reputation. CBS picks new '60 Minutes' leader from outside TV news - www.reuters.com/business/med...

i am learning that i would forget about love if i could i am learning i can not --Lines in a collection of newly-found work by poet #LucilleClifton. Here's my review of the book:

Interview with the vampire 2nd interview with the vampire Just circling back with the vampire Final interview with the vampire Hiring the vampire Probation period with the vampire Everyone’s going in on a card for Geoff, it’s his birthday on Saturday but we’ll do a party on Friday with the Vampire

A new collection features recently uncovered works by Lucille Clifton, Maryland’s late poet laureate. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-s... @lsheahen.bsky.social @boa-editions.bsky.social #booksky

An elderly matriarch and Holocaust survivor asserts her right to die. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @cliffgarstang.bsky.social #booksky

If we've learned nothing else from the Epstein files, it's that men who abuse power with women are collaborators and allies. Saw this coming from the jump after Swalwell's abuses came out. How you use power is how you do politics. Creeps out of Congress.

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @penguinpress.bsky.social @elliotwilliams.bsky.social #booksky

A Holocaust scholar levels the charge of genocide. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @fsgbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Thing 4 came home from her last day of 12th grade with her bellybutton pierced. Back in the day, they just gave us yearbooks.

Wally Lamb’s THE RIVER IS WAITING is both searing and sensitive. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-g... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Scientists are calling this the most metal shit they’ve ever seen

A young Canadian woman yearns to understand her immigrant parents’ past. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @nyurtsaba.bsky.social @pegasus-books.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: The former foreign correspondent recalls his memorable years in the USSR. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... #booksky

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

He's completely incompetent, even apart from being deranged.

A gripping, stranger-than-fiction tale of greed and slaughter. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social #booksky