Join T'ruah on May 15 for the Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony, hosted by Combatants for Peace. This year’s theme—“Sumud in Humanity”—speaks to remaining rooted, maintaining dignity & preserving one’s humanity even when both history and present realities put it to the test. Register: buff.ly/kTlcD9j

In honor of #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, some favorites

In 1895, American Jewess became the first English-language magazine created for American Jewish women. Across its pages spanned calls for synagogue membership and debates about changing gender roles (including whether bicycle riding was proper for women). Happy Jewish American Heritage Month!

Thank you! It’s also #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth. Hoping you will release a booklist to honor the occasion.

BREAKING GOOD NEWS: There is a house at @carleton.edu where you can bake cookies at basically any time. I spent 12 straight hours in the kitchen and came back for breakfast the next morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...

Take a break from the news and listen to these wonderful writers read their work.

A Staples customer looking for the Seeds aisle

Teachers! Librarians! Writers! Join us for this craft-focused discussion of our recently published nature books for kids. @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @gianferrari-m.bsky.social @loreegriffinburns.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social

Hachette published this horror fiction last fall. They were going to release the US edition this spring but a test revealed a lot of AI input. #amwriting Not AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

Happy #PiDay!

The US Womens Hockey Team showed far more principle and commitment to our American values and decency than the Mens Hockey Team. Brava to the women who stood tall in courage and strength and compassion.

The Concord Library will have a screening of "The Librarians," followed by a discussion with Maria McCauley, pres. of @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social on March 8 at 1:30. Register here: concordlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/fil... @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

RIP Frederick Wiseman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

"Writing with lyricism and great depth of feeling, Crabapple movingly presents the principled Bund... as “a candle to illuminate the tumultuous present.” Readers will be rapt." my starred review on Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/9780593229453

Love this! The Boston Ballet‘s response to the Pacific Northwest’s #Superbowl challenge.

Really enjoyed @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social‘s presentation of her delightful new picture book Lolly on the Ice at the @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social. Kids love the Zamboni, pictured on book covers beneath the jacket.

Was going to CVS and Whole Foods for a few things, when thankfully an acquaintance reminded me about the #GeneralStrike. And so I turned around. This guy used to be an independent voter, but no longer.

11 AM EST #kidlit www.ala.unikron.com

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/2... #kidlit #yalit

Snowfall map for now. Updates as needed this evening/Saturday etc.

107 years ago

Happy Birthday Alice Paul. @deborahkops.bsky.social

Lola Lafon's book When You Listen to This Song was inspired by the night she spent alone in the Anne Frank House. It includes her meditations on Anne Frank's life and diary from a writer's point of view, and on her own family history. #AnneFrank #Holocaust www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/b...

How to get a lot of writing done: Ask the weather gods to coat your driveway with ice so you can’t go anywhere. #amwriting #kidlit

Day #29: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers. Forget the picture books. Older nonfiction, that nebulous but ultimately satisfying genre, is where the action is. This list today just proves it. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/29/3...

It’s not just Gaza. Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it. NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.

Happy Solstice! #wintersolstice

I like being surprised when I’m doing historical research for a YA or kids book. So when I looked into the identity of the author of an article published in the New York Times in 1936, I was thrilled to discover he was probably a Soviet mole. #research #YAlit

How to secure a new password: Write it on a sticky and put the sticky on your coffee table. Your dog will come along and eat it, and no one will know this password. Not even you. #secureyourpassword

#kidlit #mglit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/b...

A little Chanukah cheer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsls...

A fine piece. It includes a wonderful tribute from Maurice Sendak.

"The simplest thing to do would be the right thing": www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

Looking forward to hearing @margaretatwood.bsky.social discuss her new memoir at the First Parish Church in Cambridge on January 27. Tickets at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social , which is giving couples a break. You can buy two tix and just one book. #MargaretAtwood

Enjoying the conversation. Happy pub day!

Was looking at Amazon rankings for YA biographies about women. #7 jumped off the page! #VirginiaWoolf #YAlit

Such fun to watch Jamie Harper and @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social launch their fact-filled, funny, and wonderfully illustrated pb Supersquads! at the Silver Unicorn bookstore. #kidlit

A sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History. What a gas! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

Absolutely wild naked eye visible pillars all the way down here on the Oklahoma/Texas border. Cell phone shot here. #aurora

Fabulous art! #kidlit www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

Received today: "Zohran Walks New York"--a tribute not only to Mamdani but to our amazing city. Congratulations to creator Millie von Platen and editor Carolyn Yoder for the vision to create and publish a nearly instant book. At Bookshop and elsewhere: bookshop.org/a/3703/97816...

#PhilipPullman is back. #YAlit www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/b...

My wonderful local bookstore put out its list of favorite November releases, and two of my wonderful friends are on it, and I am so grateful for my wonderful #kidlit community! @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social

I wrote about SCARY! SPOOKY! CREEPY! CHILDREN’S BOOKS! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b...

The muses on my mouse pad #amwriting

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings