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She/her. Agent at
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. Cat mom. Shipwreck enthusiast.
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The audiobook for
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
's LUCKY GIRL is out this week, read by the fantastic Phoebe Strole! More info here ⤵️
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Lucky Girl by Allie Tagle-Dokus: 9798217350490 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An exhilarating, darkly funny debut novel about the absurd and fleeting nature of childhood fame, and the ever-evolving desire for family and forgiveness. Lucy Gardiner felt like she was put on eart...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807549/lucky-girl-by-allie-tagle-dokus/
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"To tell you that LUCKY GIRL, Allie Tagle-Dokus’s debut novel, is about the rise from child stardom to life-ruining fame gives you a sense of the pleasures of this novel, but not the joys." LOVE this one! 🦜💃
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Tin House
2 months ago
👀
@peoplemag.bsky.social
picks Lucky Girl by
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
as a Best Book of the Week! 💖 Read more about Lucky Girl:
bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
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Chicago Review of Books
2 months ago
"Even if it’s fiction, watching a famous person’s rise and inevitable fall is addicting."
@meghanmcg.bsky.social
's review of “Lucky Girl” by Allie Tagle-Dokus (
@tinhouse.bsky.social
) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/12/l...
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The Fractured Lives of a Showgirl in “Lucky Girl” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Allie Tagle-Dokus's debut novel, "Lucky Girl."
https://chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/12/lucky-girl/
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Today's the day: LUCKY GIRL is finally out in the world —huge congratulations to
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
on crafting a rich and wholly unforgettable debut!
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Tin House
2 months ago
🦜💖Available now!💖🦜 Lucky Girl by
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
is out today!💖🦜 “A haunting account of Hollywood horrors told with the thrill of a reality show binge.”—Kiley Reid A People Best Book of the Week! 💖🦜 Read more:
bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
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Tin House
2 months ago
Lucky Girl by
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
is almost here - 11.11.25! 💖🦜 “Dance Moms, but make it a novel about ambition, infamy, and the cage that is fame.”—Language Arts More info & preorder!
bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
2 months ago
“I realized I should keep writing [LUCKY GIRL], and put the climate change novel in my drawer for the rest of my life.” LG Literary's
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
discusses imminent publication and parenthood for
@bostonglobe.com
, ahead of her launch this Monday at
@silverunicornbooks.bsky.social
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When writing and teaching go together like a perfect dance duet - The Boston Globe
Author Allie Tagle-Dokus teaches at Parker Charter School in Devens, the same school she attended as a student.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/arts/allie-tagle-dokus-lucky-girl/
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
2 months ago
More love for
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
's LUCKY GIRL, named a best debut of the month by
@debutiful.bsky.social
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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WBUR
2 months ago
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated her re-election Tuesday. The victory became inevitable in September when she crushed her main opponent in the city's preliminary vote.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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An unopposed Boston Mayor Wu celebrates re-election victory
Her victory became inevitable in September when she crushed her main opponent in the city's preliminary election.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/04/michelle-wu-boston-2025-mayoral-race
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
2 months ago
Delighted to see
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
's LUCKY GIRL featured here — out 1 week from today from
@tinhouse.bsky.social
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Client crossover! Fellow Emerson alums
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
&
@tatianajboria.bsky.social
listed side by side ahead of their panels at tomorrow’s Boston Book Festival 📚😍
today.emerson.edu/2025/10/23/e...
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Lexi Pandell
3 months ago
I’m thrilled to announce that my debut memoir, HOLY MOTHER!, will be published in fall 2027 by
@chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social
. If you love books about spiritual rabbit holes or cults, this is for you. Endless thanks to my incredible agent
@lmscovel.bsky.social
, who made this dream a reality.
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
3 months ago
"Having taught for over a decade has given me the unique honor of being a part of hundreds of students’ lives—and the pain of realizing that not all of those lives will be as long as I would wish." Lovely essay on teaching and the enduring power of Les Mis from LG Literary's
@k-wilfrid.bsky.social
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The New Yorker
4 months ago
“I know people who insist that when they first heard Barack Obama’s keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, in Boston, they knew he would one day be President,”
billmckibben.bsky.social
writes. Find out which progressive candidate gave him the same feeling.
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Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/can-progressive-mayors-redeem-the-democratic-party?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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The New York Times
4 months ago
Breaking News: Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized Palestinian statehood.
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Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State
The announcements came on the eve of the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly.
https://nyti.ms/4pzhDqq
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Phil Lewis
4 months ago
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the
#Emmys
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
4 months ago
Looking forward to seeing our wonderful colleagues the first People of Publishing conference next week in NYC!
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
4 months ago
Delighted to see
@allietagledokus.bsky.social
's forthcoming LUCKY GIRL featured here, amongst incredible company — thank you Eliana Ramage &
@literaryhub.bsky.social
!
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5 months ago
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If you’re in the market for the new
@writersdigest.bsky.social
, make sure you check out my query wishlist in their 2025 Agent Roundup! Phoebe still doesn’t know what a job is but she’s a big fan of the paper.
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
6 months ago
"So far, I haven’t encountered anyone who’s raised an eyebrow at my hobby; maybe I’m an inspiration." Read LG Literary's
@k-wilfrid.bsky.social
's essay on nerd culture and the joys of American Girl dolls as an adult in
@huffpost.com
⤵️
www.huffpost.com/entry/adult-...
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People Think It's Creepy For Adult Women To Have This Hobby. I'm Doing It Anyway.
"I had held on longer than most and, up to age 12, could still find one or two friends who would secretly, shamefully, play with me in the basement."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adult-woman-dolls-childhood-hobby_n_68627e07e4b0a244c713a73e#
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Lexi Pandell
6 months ago
After I was born, my mom went from being strong and active to bedridden when exposed to everyday chemicals. 35 years later, I set out to learn why—and found that the condition’s leading researcher had a fascinating story of her own. I profiled her for Wired:
www.wired.com/story/multip...
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The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
https://www.wired.com/story/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-tilt-claudia-miller/
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Elizabeth Warren
6 months ago
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
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Open Books
8 months ago
Generation Queer is hot off the presses and is part of our middle school donation set! Follow author and advocate Kimm Topping
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
for events near you!
@leeandlow.bsky.social
#EDUsky
⚖️
#TLSky
🐈 💙📚#booksky
#SchoolLibrarians
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Skylaar Amann
7 months ago
🐳🧨Book news! Instead of fireworks, the only thing I’ll be blowing up today is the whale I’m drawing in this book. Huge thanks to my editor Kristin at Norton and my agent Lauren for believing in this silly book that is very much a real reflection of me.
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#marinelife
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
7 months ago
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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LGBTQ Nation
7 months ago
I had no idea so much was happening beyond my vision by a cadre of amazing young activists.
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Young queer activists are fighting to rebuild the world. This book isn’t waiting to celebrate them.
I had no idea so much was happening beyond my vision by a cadre of amazing young activists.
https://buff.ly/OFudA6G
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The Curious Cat Bookshop
7 months ago
Look who's in Shelf Awareness! Our Pride celebration with
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
's Generation Queer was featured in last week's Shelf Awareness issue. https://f.mtr.cool/omdiqglhgn L-R:
@lmscovel.bsky.social
, Kimm,
@stacylwhitman.bsky.social
#nutmegsky
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I've donated an AMA and query critique to this year's Literary Auction for Change, which runs from 6/16 - 6/23 and features an incredible line up of opportunities offered by my colleagues — please consider bidding to support the work of
@litagentsofchange.bsky.social
!
www.32auctions.com/LAFC
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
7 months ago
At LG Literary we hoist the Pride flag high. Read the rainbow with our authors: see
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
get a starred review in
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
;
@k-wilfrid.bsky.social
make the ALA's Rainbow List Top 10; and
@jodipicoult.bsky.social
& Jennifer Finney Boylan heralded in Booklist. 🌈✊🌈
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Lee & Low Books
8 months ago
🏳️🌈June is Pride Month!🎉 To celebrate, we're recommending some books that will help you read with pride not just this month, but all year long! Do you see any favorites?🤔 📚Learn more about these titles and access free, downloadable teacher's guides for each of them:
www.leeandlow.com/blog/read-wi...
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Read with Pride!🏳️🌈 Pride Month Book Recs & Resources
To celebrate Pride Month, we're recommending books and resources that will help you read with pride not just this month, but all year long!
https://www.leeandlow.com/blog/read-with-pride/
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Catch
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
's launch for GENERATION QUEER tomorrow through
@allshewrotebks.bsky.social
in Somerville, MA! 🥳
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8 months ago
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Yahoo!! Congratulations
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
and their vital debut, GENERATION QUEER, out now from
@leeandlow.bsky.social
! 🌈
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
8 months ago
LG Literary’s Randall Horton spoke with inmates at Cybulski Community Reintegration Center, PA, as part of recent activity around the Inside Literary Prize. An extraordinary happening; read more ⤵️
www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-05...
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Incarcerated people in CT to judge nationwide book competition
The literary competition, now in its second year, is partly a creation of Freedom Reads, an organization which helps supply libraries inside correctional facilities across the country.
https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-05-02/incarcerated-people-in-ct-to-judge-nationwide-book-competition
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
8 months ago
“All of the stories are intended to humanize: to focus on people’s joys & what they are most passionate about, & how they see the world and their futures.”
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
talks to
@ala-booklist.bsky.social
about GENERATION QUEER, out in 2 weeks. 🌈 ⤵️
www.booklistonline.com/products/980...
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Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery
https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9809836
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LG Literary’s
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
made this year's Curve Magazine Power List, celebrating 75 LGBTQ+ "women and nonbinary individuals making seismic shifts in North America—shaping culture, policy, & social change." See them amongst incredible company here ⤵️
www.curvemag.com/articles/rev...
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Revealing the 2025 Curve Power List - CURVE
As a highlight of Lesbian Visibility Week, the Curve Power List celebrates LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals making seismic shifts in North America-shaping culture, policy, and social change. Fro...
https://www.curvemag.com/articles/revealing-the-2025-curve-power-list/
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I know whenever I read Karen's writing that I'm going to see something profoundly empathetic, complex, and honest. Even by that standard, what a special piece this is: "It’s my blessing, and my curse: The kids I connect with the most, the ones I always miss, are also the least likely to come back."
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9 months ago
“… an inspiring intersectional portrait of powerful young people enacting social change.” Fantastic review for
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
's GENERATION QUEER in Foreword ⤵️
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/gene...
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Review of Generation Queer
Generation Queer: Kimm Topping’s heartening collection "Generation Queer" celebrates young LGBTQ+ activists who shifted cultural stereotypes about who is allowed to lead. Centering organizers, artists...
https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/generation-queer/
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@kimmtopping.bsky.social
's GENERATION QUEER makes Publisher’s Weekly’s “6 Inclusive Nonfiction Books for Kids and Teens” ⤵️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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6 Inclusive Nonfiction Books for Kids and Teens
New titles explore LGBTQ+ history and activism and offer nonjudgmental guidance.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/97523-6-inclusive-nonfiction-books-for-kids-and-teens.html
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
10 months ago
GENERATION QUEER by
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
features in
@washblade.bsky.social
, alongside a bevy of other new LGBTQ+ books. Head on over for their roundup ⤵️
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/b...
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Bookstores full of LGBTQ-themed new releases
Novels, memoirs, and even a George Takei biography
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/15/bookstores-full-lgbtq-themed-new-releases/
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Laura Gross Literary Agency
9 months ago
Take a breather and immerse yourself in M Jaime Zuckerman’s enchanting essay, “Every Tree is a Mother, Every Mother a Tree”, now in LARB ⤵️
losangelesreview.org/every-tree-i...
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Every Tree is a Mother, Every Mother a Tree by M Jaimie Zuckerman - The Los Angeles Review
When I think of my mother, when I try to see her in my mind, I can only see her hands. Though they must have been beautiful once, in my memory, her hands are gnarled roots. They’re calloused and yello...
https://losangelesreview.org/every-tree-is-a-mother-every-mother-a-tree-by-m-jaimie-zuckerman/
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Less than one month until
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
's spectacular GENERATION QUEER is out in the world!!
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9 months ago
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10 months ago
Kirkus Reviews calls GENERATION QUEER by
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
“joyful and inspiring”! Take a look ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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GENERATION QUEER | Kirkus Reviews
A collection of illustrated profiles of a diverse range of young queer activists, grouped into three categories: organizers, artists, and educators.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kimm-topping/generation-queer/
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11 months ago
“In the bath, I forget that my body aches, but I can feel you inside of me swimming.” Read an excerpt from Tatiana Johnson-Boria’s memoir-in-progress at Torch Literary Arts ⤵️
www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-...
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Friday Feature: Tatiana Johnson-Boria
Tatiana Johnson-Boria (she/her) is the author of Nocturne in Joy (2023), winner of the 2024 Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in poetry. She's an educator, artist, and facilitator who uses her writing practi...
https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-tatiana-johnson-boria
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Huge congratulations to
@kimmtopping.bsky.social
(one of my very first clients!) whose phenomenal GENERATION QUEER will finally be out in the world this May!!
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10 months ago
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Delighted to participate in the Manuscript Mart with
@ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social
this May (my first visit to North Carolina)! Registration is open here:
www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
11 months ago
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12 months ago
LG Literary’s Lexi Pandell has a fascinating new piece on “surrogate families” in
@wired.com
– don’t miss it! ⤵️
www.wired.com/story/are-yo...
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Are You Lonely? Adopt a New Family on Facebook Today
A goat farmer in rural Minnesota, estranged from her biological children, finds new purpose as a surrogate grandparent.
https://www.wired.com/story/are-you-lonely-adopt-a-new-family-on-facebook-today/
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