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Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT:
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Chris Hayes
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Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
18 days ago
NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Elizabeth McCracken on Writing About Writing, At Last
Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft,…
https://lithub.com/elizabeth-mccracken-on-writing-about-writing-at-last/
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Apply to work in our great creative writing program! The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship:
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Careers
The Visiting Writer Chair will consult closely with, and work under the direction of, the Director and Assistant Director of Creative Writing on Edelstein-Keller annual programming. The programming is facilitated by staff support and agreed upon by the Creative Writing Program faculty.
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371279
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I was delighted to sit down with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and discuss the German language launch of Brotherless Night.
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Stimme aus Sri Lankas Diaspora: Die Autorin V.V. Ganeshananthan
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So pleased to see "What We Hunger For," an anthology of diasporic writers on food and longing which I contributed to, featured in Lavender Magazine.
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A Word In Edgewise: Home and Hunger; Loss and Longing | Lavender Magazine
Have you ever travelled in foreign lands? When you do, are you adventurous, sampling the local cuisines, or do you frantically search for something well-kno ...
https://lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/a-word-in-edgewise-home-and-hunger-loss-and-longing/
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also still thinking of இலங்கை post-Ditwah. 💔 (what am I working on these days? a series of 💔 posts, apparently, since at present my hands, pretty wrecked this whole fall, will permit.)
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Also thinking of the community at Brown, an institution that has undeniably shaped my life despite the fact that I have never taught or studied there, as *so many* of my friends and family and beloved work colleagues have spent time in Providence. 💔
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ACLU
20 days ago
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the Justice Department from accessing Maryland’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database. We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
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rob reiner made so much art that I loved. thinking of his community. 💔
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can someone explain what is going on between martin bakery and marino's bakery in toronto? inquiring tamil minds outside the GTO would like to know—
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Megan Giddings
25 days ago
Please come work with us CNF writers! It is very cold but the food and community are great
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Excited to see this important story in Tamil and also receiving award recognition! Congratulations to Shoba Sakthi and
@ezi.asokan.org
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
25 days ago
NEW EPISODE: 2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell, which documents a bell-laden iron device used to torture enslaved people.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Maya Angelou Book Award Winner Alison C. Rollins on the Poetics of Sound, Space, and Image
2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell. She explores the history and symbolis…
https://lithub.com/maya-angelou-book-award-winner-alison-c-rollins-on-the-poetics-of-sound-space-and-image/
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Apply to work in our great creative writing program! The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship:
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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The Visiting Writer Chair will consult closely with, and work under the direction of, the Director and Assistant Director of Creative Writing on Edelstein-Keller annual programming. The programming is facilitated by staff support and agreed upon by the Creative Writing Program faculty.
https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371279
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The Carol Shields Prize For Fiction
28 days ago
Shields Prize Auction • Today’s Spotlight: 📖❤️🩹 Brotherless Night Book Club with Shields Prize and Women’s Prize WINNER V.V. Ganeshananthan + Five copies 📚 Fab Fiction For All Ages: a selection or exciting recent fiction, some are signed!
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Incredible to talk to
@svenbeckert.bsky.social
about his important new book, CAPITALISM
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30 days ago
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
about 1 month ago
NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism
Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert describes capitalism as an ongoing proc…
https://lithub.com/sven-beckert-on-the-global-history-of-capitalism/
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our next
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guest!
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about 1 month ago
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Venki Murthy
about 2 months ago
"though in all this reddened heaven and earth, desire reduces to reversal". From V.V. Ganeshananthan's
@sugi.bsky.social
. poem "the faithful scholar dreams of being exact" My version from the 2023 collection "Out of Sri Lanka" edited by Ravinthiran, Seneviratne and Trevett.
#poetry
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
about 2 months ago
NEW EPISODE:Journalist
@jacobsilverman.com
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley which discusses the rightward ideological shift among tech giants and their companies
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Jacob Silverman on the Tech Bros’ Gilded Rage
Journalist Jacob Silverman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. He discusses the right…
https://lithub.com/jacob-silverman-on-the-tech-bros-gilded-rage/
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My novel, Brotherless Night, is a Literary Picks Best Deal Multiday Kindle Book. The ebook is $1.99 from now until 12/1!
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Brotherless Night: A Novel
Brotherless Night: A Novel - Kindle edition by Ganeshananthan, V. V.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Brotherless Night: A Novel.
https://www.amazon.com/Brotherless-Night-Novel-V-Ganeshananthan-ebook/dp/B09X52TJ5P/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.j7DLLfR-AgXV4s7pe34jew._mIpxo2K4LHK_bPEZskhAxEtw7z8kmZ0VnhOJEchwNo&dib_tag=se&keywords=brotherless+night+kindle&qid=1763423182&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
about 2 months ago
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
about 2 months ago
NEW EPISODE: Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Kathryn Nuernberger on Mutualism, Climate, and Finding Family at the End of the World
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mu…
https://lithub.com/kathryn-nuernberger-on-mutualism-climate-and-finding-family-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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eḻuttukkiṉiyavaṉ / எழுத்துக்கினியவன்
about 2 months ago
@sugi.bsky.social
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
about 2 months ago
NEW EPISODE: Translator
@ottiliemulzet.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Ottilie Mulzet on Translating Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner László Krasznahorkai
Translator Ottilie Mulzet joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work. Mulzet, who was born…
https://lithub.com/ottilie-mulzet-on-translating-hungarian-nobel-prize-winner-laszlo-krasznahorkai/
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Does the smörgåsbord of your life feature administrative word salad? What is the most nothing response you have received to an attempt to generate action? (Yes, please consider this a contest with no prize but the gradual draining of the hourglass.)
2 months ago
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(you *could* actually make this up, and the workshop reactions would really vary depending on the year)
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Mark Harris
2 months ago
You can't make this up.
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Bookchat
3 months ago
Edwidge Danticat on Haiti and Trump, Past and Present: Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation and xenophobic…
#CraftandCriticism
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Edwidge Danticat on Haiti and Trump, Past and Present
Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation and xenophobic rhetoric, such as Trump’s false 2024 debate claim about Haitian immigrants eating
https://lithub.com/edwidge-danticat-on-haiti-and-trump-past-and-present/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Columbia Global Reports
2 months ago
"This meticulous reporting and analysis offers a sorely needed broad take on Buddhist extremism’s impact" —V.V. Ganeshananthan Sonia Faleiro's THE ROBE AND THE SWORD is on sale Nov 11 in US / Dec 4 in UK, but avail for preorder everywhere now Learn more->
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
2 months ago
Fiction writer
@maxdelsohn.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his debut short story collection, Crawl, intracommunity violence, and the Trump administration’s vicious assault on transgender Americans.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men
Fiction writer Max Delsohn joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut short story collection, Crawl, which features a number of transmasculine characters. Delsohn a…
https://lithub.com/max-delsohn-on-the-importance-of-portraying-trans-men/
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watching people discover that parents' cousins can be aunts and uncles just wait until they find out about cousin-brothers and cousin-sisters!
2 months ago
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South Asian writer friends, South Asia Speaks is launching a new fellowship program for non-fiction writers interested in writing an impactful, research-driven piece. Check out the full details on their website and please spread the word!
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eḻuttukkiṉiyavaṉ / எழுத்துக்கினியவன்
2 months ago
#Tamil
#translation
of
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's "The Missing Are Considered Dead” (Copper Nickel, Issue 29) (with permission from the author). Edited version in Sunday's
#Virakesari
. வி. வி.கணேஷானந்தனின் "காணாமற் போனவர்கள் இறந்து விட்டார்கள் எனக் கருதப்படுகிறது" தமிழாக்கம். சுருக்க வடிவம்
#வீரகேசரி
யில்.
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"The Missing Are Considered Dead” V. V. Ganeshananthan வி. வி.கணேஷானந்தன்
A Tamil translation of the story "The Missing Are Considered Dead” (Copper Nickel, Fall 2019, Issue 29). வி. வி.கணேஷானந்தனின் சிறுகதையின் தமிழாக்கம்.
https://ezi.asokan.org/2025/10/21/%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%a3%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%b1%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%aa%e0%af%8b%e0%ae%a9%e0%ae%b5%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%af%8d/
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UMN English
2 months ago
"Where [journalists] are saying, 'How do we regain the trust of the public?' We don’t. We just ask the public to distrust equally" Jelani Cobb interviewed by Prof
@sugi.bsky.social
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Thrilled that "The Missing Are Considered Dead" has been translated into
#Tamil
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2 months ago
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
2 months ago
NEW EPISODE: Graphic novelist
@benpassmore.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Ben Passmore on the History of Black Resistance
Graphic novelist Ben Passmore joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. Passmore explains the…
https://lithub.com/ben-passmore-on-the-history-of-black-resistance/
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UMN English
3 months ago
Interested in an MFA in Creative Writing? Join us Oct 15 or 20 to hear from faculty and students re: our fully funded, three-year program. Since 2019, our students and alums have published more than 70 books! Register:
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
3 months ago
Trump's agents have been snatching people off the streets without due process — and over 170 US citizens have been caught in the mix. Outrageous and unacceptable. The lawlessness must end.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
3 months ago
There's growing momentum among universities who refuse to bend the knee to Trump's authoritarianism. Glad to see these institutions stand for what's right — we need EVERY college and university to do the same. Bullies and dictators thrive on appeasement.
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Penn, USC join growing list of universities declining Trump’s federal funding deal
The White House says schools that want the support offered in the compact should implement the “reforms” outlined.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/penn-funding-compact-eduction-00612162
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
3 months ago
New Yorker staff writer
@jelaniya.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Jelani Cobb on Race, Politics, and the ‘Trayvon Martin Generation’
New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025. Cobb re…
https://lithub.com/jelani-cobb-on-race-politics-and-the-trayvon-martin-generation/
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jamelle
3 months ago
apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right
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as a person with chronic hand injuries i hate canvas with the flames of a thousand suns
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Katelyn Burns
3 months ago
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
3 months ago
Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation and xenophobic rhetoric in Trump's second term.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Edwidge Danticat on Haiti and Trump, Past and Present
Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation an…
https://lithub.com/edwidge-danticat-on-haiti-and-trump-past-and-present/
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
3 months ago
Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us and how terrifyingly easy it can be to live in a society in which censorship is the default.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship
Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us. Ma, who was born in Shanghai and visited China frequentl…
https://lithub.com/yiming-ma-on-the-future-of-censorship/
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Ian L Morgan
3 months ago
Submit a public comment today! You can help support biomedical research by ensuring the United States can keep recruiting the best and brightest young researchers from around the world.
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Lit Hub
4 months ago
Eliana Ramage recommends literature about ambitious women by Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and more.
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On the Literature of Ambitious Women
For two of the twelve years it took to write my novel, I didn’t write. When I returned to it, finally, in the early mornings of the pandemic, it felt like coming home. I had, after all, moved back …
https://buff.ly/VONiaFd
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast
3 months ago
Journalist
@calebgayle.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Caleb Gayle on Black Settlers in the American West
Journalist Caleb Gayle joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which recounts the efforts of …
https://lithub.com/caleb-gayle-on-black-settlers-in-the-american-west/
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Children's books for which we have no need: Oh, The E-Mails You'll Send! The Administrative Day Goodnight, Never Diary of a Wimpy Committee Where The Office Supplies Are If You Give A Robot Your Data Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Safe-U Alert
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