Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

A Small Book Post. I'm going to be on a panel this Sunday, September 21, at the @bkbookfest.bsky.social at 4 pm with @katefolk.bsky.social and @emilyhamilton.bsky.social. It's going to be fun. Books! Both subversive & entertaining. I'd love to see you there. brooklynbookfestival.org/event/love-i...

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

We love a funny single-sitting book

It is the end of summer, the end of summer reading. I love this shelf talker, as pictured at @bookpeople.com in Austin, Texas. I wanted to offer this public reminder that there are three more days to read HOT AIR this summer, but not to worry you can also read it in the fall.

Spoonbills in the Bonnet Carré Spillway on May 16 in Norco. Shot by Julie Dermansky. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/phot...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

We will be publishing cultural criticism every day at The Rumpus. We hope to fill some of this egregious void being created by the mainstream media. Relaunch is in October but we are also publishing between now and then.

A wonderful review of HOT AIR, written by the @biblioracle.bsky.social himself who had read all of my books. This pleases me so much. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/09/b...

Thank you.

Lavonnia Moore, the librarian fired for including one of my books on a display after a child requested it, sounds incredible and what happened to her should be a crime. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/05/l...

On Juneteenth, we celebrate Black freedom, resilience, culture, and the enduring strength of community across generations. We acknowledge our nation’s full history and the long, ongoing fight for freedom and justice for Black Americans.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

The best of the best books are being banned, the ones that blew my teenaged mind wide open, like Elie Wiesel's and Toni Morrison's Beloved.

I lay out why we can and must stop this atrocity in the House. The first step is to make sure they know we're watching. So everybody who can should call their reps today.

Babies are starving. This couldn't be more clear.

ICE is now also terrorizing American citizens.

I read Hot Air by Dermansky and Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One by Arnett this week and please, author friends, keep giving us this type of smart-but-not-apocalyptic fiction.

Here's an interview I did with Anna Dorn about Hot Air where I do a not so great job casting my film, talk about @amyshearn.bsky.social's Animal Instict and reveal details about my office where I sometimes write. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

Trump's team backing down in front of Harvard should embolden EVERYONE to stand up to them. Do not comply in advance. Instead say "Fuck you, make me."

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

I am funny when it comes to book tour. I dread it and then I head out, get a sesame bagel with creem cheese, good coffee, catch the train to Boston and I feel happy. Come see me & @laurazigman.bsky.social tonight @portersqbooks.bsky.social in Cambridge. www.portersquarebooks.com/event/marcy-...

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So, you want funny? Here are three new books by women that made me laugh. Sucker Punch by @scaachi.bsky.social, Stop Me If You've Heard This One by @kristenarnett.bsky.social, and Hot Air by @mdermansky.bsky.social. www.islandbooks.com/book/9780593... www.islandbooks.com/book/9781250...

Once is your book is out in the world, the book begins to have a life it's own. I am so pleased to read this recommendation from @flyleafbooks.bsky.social admist so much other wonderful fiction.

I hope every single Tufts parent out there calls the University and their reps about this.

@mdermansky.bsky.social explains why being kind to yourself is the first step in any writing process.

Nice work asshole - No market for swasticars in Germany Let’s do the same in US

Another wonderful book review in Sunday's @bostonglobe.com is @laurenleblanc.bsky.social writing on the sharp satire and ridiculous situations of HOT AIR, a slim novel that could only have come from the mind of @mdermansky.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/a...

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

A rave review for HOT AIR in the Boston Globe. "Dermansky is at the top of her game: an iconoclastic writer whose deadpan delivery and spartan writing succeed because of her confidence." Less than a week until its release. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/a...

My novel HOT AIR comes out in two weeks. It's a crazy time to release a book into the world, but I am hoping to distract and delight. Maybe you can come to my book launch at Books Are Magic with @emmastraub.bsky.social.

A LOT of people out there saying "I don't like what's going on but a boycott will hurt tipped servers" and "I'm super mad about all this but putting up a protest sticker/flyer seems too radical" and folks, I cannot. *fyi, buy-nothing day tomorrow focuses on big chains. Use cash @ small businesses

It’s a little more difficult to find an audience now that I’m off Substack, so could you share with friends who like books and shit-talking?

In news that is not awful, I have a fancy new tour card for Hot Air -- which comes out in less than a month! I am so excited to be in conversation with some of my favorite writers/people: @emmastraub.bsky.social, @laurasimswriter.bsky.social and @laurazigman.bsky.social.

Activists protest Trump's visit to New Orleans as he attended the Super Bowl. The march and rally on Superbowl Sunday was supported by numerous NOLA social justice groups: NOCOP, QTCAP, NOSHIP & FRSO. Here is a set on my site: www.jsdart.com/.../G0000DSg... #superbowl #anti-trump #protest #nola

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.

Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!

I just finished watching Mo on Netflix. It's a beautiful and funny show, which seems almost impossible considering the subject. The finale, Mo's family returning to Palestine for a visit back home, made me think about making art and the small moments of people living their lives.

At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

We need a lot more visible efforts to physically oversee what's happening. More of this, at all affected agencies.

I was just at my local cafe. The woman across from me introduced herself. I had bought an armchair at her garage sale. She was having coffee with someone who turned out to be my next door neighbor. I invited them to my reading. Fun! Here is a link to the event. www.eventbrite.com/e/marcy-derm...

The biggest problem—and Elonald's greatest advantage—is that almost no one knows this Constitutional Coup is happening now, let alone how illegal it is. That alone won't change anything, but it is the first step to taking this on.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

I think we're checking almost every one of these in the US right now. (Reposting with alt text.)

This attack on free speech comes at the same time that legislators in Texas are proposing bills to make pro-choice websites illegal. I really hope folks are paying attention