That bachelor’s degree doesn’t go as far as it used to. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @noamscheiber.bsky.social @timhirschelburns.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: A DC woman discovers she’s heir to a long-ago, real-life Black kingdom. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... @berkleypub.bsky.social @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social @wendybeselhahn.bsky.social #booksky

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

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

Here's a brief but varied selection of books with TBR potential from the Washington Independent Review of Books‬ ‪@wirobooks.bsky.social (with links to more detailed reviews) 👇 #indiebookstores

Montgomery found a nice sunny spot today and urges you to do the same. #caturday

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @aaknopf.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social #booksky

I'm currently trying to explain the movie "Loose Shoes" to my husband, who didn't have Movie Channel in the early 1980s...

All this time I thought that "is the pope a Catholic?" was a rhetorical question, but it seems to be a live one for some people

An important reminder that when people say "Substack is full of Nazis" they mean actual Nazis and other assorted white supremacists, not just "people they don't like" karlbode.com/substack-sti...

Its recent awards support 10 promising authors. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @whitingfoundation.bsky.social #booksky

I got completely stressed out while making (ironically) homemade stress balls for Thing 4's school business fair. I bet the Germans have a word for that.

Runaway teens struggle to build better lives in Tokyo. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @aaknopf.bsky.social #booksky

And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol’n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters.”

Hungary's election is a reminder that no matter how much a dictator rigs the system, there's no defense against nearly 80% of voters showing up… Remember that.

Today's "No-Pressure Reading Recommendation" to my students...

Twins’ unyielding bond is tested as they fight their own battles during WWII. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @pameladormanbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Look what’s happening at the 2026 Washington Writers Conference! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pan... @dcwriterscon.bsky.social @peoplesbooktakoma.com @wonderlandbookss.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social @amyjoycewords.bsky.social #booksky

Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/

I wrote about the best advice I’ve ever gotten about time, which saved me as a writer, & the ruthlessness necessary for any writing practice. Full essay here: garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/just-sit-y...

The 19th-century suffragist remains controversial today. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e... @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #booksky

Somehow, the politician whose mistress *self-immolated* is still the lesser of the two evils.

These five writers will attend the Washington Writers Conference for free! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/ann... @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky

I will never forgive these assholes for making me repeatedly agree with Rand Paul 🤦🏻‍♂️

Today's "No-Pressure Reading Recommendation" to my students...

An affecting look at pivotal moments past and present. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @paulawhitacre.bsky.social #booksky

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

BREAKING: Swalwell announces he will be RESIGNING from Congress

Until next time, ocean.

This is what happens when your friends are evil, and are only using you for their own ends. Someday Trump is going to find himself without friends, too.

If Hungary can get rid of its autocrat, so can America anntelnaes.substack.com/p/viktor-orb...

Is a girl made of flowers free to refuse her creator? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @marciegeffner.bsky.social @barfridmantell.bsky.social #booksky

Me and who for real

Assawoman Bay. (That's its name, kids.)

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

A little nippy, but time away at the beach with the college friends still makes all the rest of it (gestures weakly at everything) more bearable!

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @mountaineersbooks.bsky.social @berkleypub.bsky.social @readlandmark.bsky.social @patagonia.com #booksky

My review today: "Wherever [Rosner] mentions a federal program in the U.S. that had been successfully maintaining corridors or addressing climate change, readers can safely assume it no longer exists under the current administration. Elections have consequences that extend beyond the price of eggs."

The blatant intimidation tactic is the first of its kind ever made by American officials to the Catholic Church. It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S. trib.al/VIkMLTV

Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?

After reading this, you’ll never look at a fence the same way again. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/r... @patagonia.com @hillaryrosner.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social #booksky

Guys if melania were implicated in an international conspiracy of systematic sexual assault and pedophilia ring I’m pretty sure brett ratner would have mentioned it in the documentary

Everybody should watch this insane presser. It's like a bad scene in a Netflix thriller right before shit is about to go down.

Philly area people: The CHOP garage collapse in Grays Ferry has (probably) killed 3 people, and all the animals at the Grays Ferry Philly Paws location have been evacuated. They desperately need cat foster homes until the shelter can reopen. Please help if you can! phillypaws.org/foster/

Why poetry is the enemy of myth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-... @bullmurph.bsky.social #booksky