Can't History deliver a well-timed aneurysm just like once?

Congratulations to Hillary Leftwich on the release of her book today! This book is powerful and an act of healing for the women in your life or anyone who has felt invisible or powerless in this world. So much love for what this book brings to the world!

Really worth a read. Sent it to my father, too.

Did you know I offer agent one to one sessions via the lovely people at Jericho Writers? A few spots left for Friday Feb 21st. Sign up here before Tues! jerichowriters.com/our-services...

It's PM official! I've moved to The Rights Factory from Olswanger Literary. To celebrate, I'm opening to queries! Querying writers, if you think we'd be a good fit, please query me at this link: querytracker.net/query/ClaraC...

Women and AFAB writers, Oye Drum (oyedrum.com) has a new call for submissions, themed "The Letter": check it out! shorturl.at/WtHcb

NYC Writers Circle reading on Wednesday Jan 29th, 7-9pm at KGB! Featuring: Seth Fragomen Larry Parker Brian Pascus Michaella Sangiolo Michael Shangkuan

Scrivener is accepting submissions to our return issue, no. 46. The call lasts till February 19. Send everything excellent. #callforsubmissions

I’ll be reading with Tara Isabel Zambrano, @demisty.bsky.social, and @taracampbell.bsky.social on December 19, 2024, part of @mynachang.bsky.social’s Drop the Mic(ro) series (with special guest host @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social)! Register here: mynachang.com/drop-the-mic...

My brilliant colleague Jes Trudel is hosting a writers' retreat in Ontario this April. I bet it will be beautiful, and a productive inspiration.

"We should seek laughter first and cackling. Laughter loud as hell. Bubbles air nostalgia, reveries tempt thrills. Punctuation must be joking, paragraphs are cheats…." Our brilliant friend and EiC @jeffreybarken.bsky.social leads our new issue, REWILDING, reminding us to LOL.

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie made a blockbuster feminist movie about Barbie and they nominated Ken lmao

Next week I’m hosting NYC Writers Circle again! Always the last Wednesday of the month at KGB, always a wholesome, inspiring time.

Cloaked

Beyond his own achievements, one of the many individuals and classes Martin Luther King Jr has to stand in for are all the people who were murdered because of their political activism. There’s no Medgar Evers day, no Malcolm X day, no Birmingham bombing victims day, etc. There’s just one day

Nat Kimber aka NatKim aka Ratalie (in 3rd grade)

Me: *cough* My cat: fuck this absolute chaos I am out of here

Coming soon! REWILDING! Rewilding is about restoring nature to a delicate balance. But rewilding can take place in our creativity and in communication. Rewilding is stewardship, steadfastness, & interconnectedness, forging compassionate bonds among all. Video @chicanofuturisto.bsky.social <3

There’s an updated list of buses traveling to the march for Palestine in DC Saturday. Ways are being made for you to join us from many parts of the US. Palestinians have expressed gratitude for the efforts of people to demonstrate en masse for them & urged us to continue. march4gaza.org/get-to-dc/

Happy to announce I'm now working with @therightsfactory.bsky.social as Assistant Agent! I'm on the lookout for character-driven, female-led fiction that I can enjoy while drinking a cup of tea. Query me at the link below!

Comfy posting

A huge amount of academic and student intellectual property was required to enable edtech company Turnitin, its big media owners, and now its right wing weaponists, to treat education as a domain of mistrust codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/a...

The sunrise rarely glows so red. Taken this morning from the Weehawken Studio.

There is no greater home for cognitive impairment than the Washington Post editorial page

Happy Friday!! Please say hello to my fellow agents at @therightsfactory.bsky.social @natkimber.bsky.social @clairecav.bsky.social @jchevais.bsky.social @nomadiceditor.bsky.social @jestrudel.bsky.social We all are here to connect with writers and readers #WritingCommunity #books

Post a banger that isn't in English Aquellos Ojos Verdes - Nat King Cole www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLD_...

Greg Jackson, “Metanarrative Breakdown”

The Dinner. Ca. 1900. en.mng.hu/artworks/693/

The Biden administration once more bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel

Buy books from small indie presses. Why? They can barely afford to publish the books, have little chance of getting readers’ attention as they can’t afford advertising campaigns & paid for promo partnerships, sales will probably be low & yet they believe in their books so much they do it anyway

NYCWC Social Meetup is tonight! Ground floor of Beer Authority, from 6-9pm!

When you read an astounding poetry manuscript, it feels like a sea breeze

The New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 860,000 Historical Images: Download Medieval Manuscripts, Japanese Prints, William Blake Illustrations & More www.openculture.com/2023/11/the-...

"Poetry is the breath I take Between hyperventilations" -Magnus John Vogel 😱😱😱🫠🫠🫠

Hosting this tomorrow night! And bringing along my Dad! Come have a drink with us and experience the special joy.

A little fun for your holiday: trib.al/Zse5D2k

As the holiday season approaches, I wanted to let you all know that I am NOT a good fit for Christmas stories. But send me all the winter solstice stories you've got! ❌️🎄 ✅️🌲

I give off this vibe

My dad told me he used a chainsaw the other day. I said "Have you read that Robert Frost poem?" and he nodded and then we both stared off for a minute.

If you’re in NYC this week come out to celebrate Lee and Laura’s badass crime novels! Prizes, drinks, readings, music and tons of writers you should meet. Sponsored by TRF, hosted by yours truly. In partnership w The Palace Reading series and author Rita Puskas. Flyer by J Marquez-Simanca.

The brilliant Dolan Morgan: theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/one-...

This is brilliant—in response to the Frankfurt Book Fair's contemptible erasure of Adania Shibli's brilliant MINOR DETAIL, her publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions has made the ebook free to download for the duration of the Book Fair, on Amazon UK, Apple Books, and Kobo.

Some outtakes from recent days in Weehawken.

Dream denied

Very important to appreciate when they smoosh their little faces. 1940. www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/coll...

I second this motion, from the saloon where I am partaking of fine libations

You know what to do: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

You may be cool but you’ll never be as cool as The Young William James.

The cat is obviously the most important thing here, but I love that the painter included the boy refusing to keep his shoe and sock on. Ca. 1935. www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...