@ezrakupor.bsky.social’s Galley Brag is among the best Substacks on book publishing, and I had such a great time talking with him about book deals, criticism, publicity, and our broken industry! open.substack.com/pub/galleybr...

What a great interview about works in translation and learning which colophons to trust when looking for books to love. open.substack.com/pub/galleybr...

“Two cars full of supplies and people for a weekend of living more with less. Not for camping, but for monkhood.” Simon Wu on a meditation retreat in New Jersey. buff.ly/2NSU4tl

Our latest podcast episode features @ezrakupor.bsky.social discussing all things GALLEY BRAG, publishing paths, and editing debut books. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1nWR...

not complying in advance but also what if you didn't comply after the fact

a friend of mine transitioned in the last year or so and hand to god for years i never saw her smile the way she smiles now. like night and day

hope everyone is done Just Asking Questions now

u want to send me commercial romcoms….and thrillers…that are subtly subversive…and lowkey thought provoking…

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happy (?) new year! would love NF subs by scientists, historians/researchers, tech/legal experts & philosophers on radical world building & future thinking. the gap btwn sci-fi & reality is becoming increasingly tighter w/ technological advances continuing to favor the few...

who are the best music journalists to follow these days?? asking for a friend 💋

ahhhh tysm to Charlie of Montana Book Co my absolute king!!! love to see @emnorth.bsky.social on this list with a bunch of other faves :)

Wrote about feeling bad about reading feat. @maris.bsky.social + @katpburke.bsky.social + everyone else who DM’d me about also feeling bad about reading ❤️

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#3 :)

heya! saw my pal @shadipetosky.bsky.social is doing some amazing work helping trans folks with document changes in all 50 states! also check out the instagram @transdocproject for more info, videos and donation links if you'd prefer to send money directly.

why did this essay about bags have to go so fucking hard www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/12...

Corporate media, a play in 3 acts

i get very excited every time this substack hits my inbox reading about this part of the ~book community~ is fascinating to me as a bookseller who DOES galley brag all over my instagram story at least once a week

new galley brag just dropped : )

Gonna swap all the scissors in our apartment with these giant ceremonial ribbon cutting scissors and see how long it takes my boyfriend to notice

absolutely fuck this shit now & forever &--like so many people more brilliant than me are pointing out--puberty blockers will still be allowed for "precocious puberty," which means if a child on blockers later comes out as trans, they will no longer be able to access this life-saving medicine.

the thing is... puberty blockers aren't what trans kids want. they're the compromise we settled on so that the kids can delay puberty until they are able to consent to getting the hormones they want.

who on here would be excited to hear that I’m writing a labor history book for kids

sorry if you need me today I'm going to be busy thinking of the description of hawk-tuah as "onomatopoeically evoking expectoration" for the rest of the afternoon

Debutiful named SEE FRIENDSHIP one of its most anticipated debuts of 2025 and said these nice things about it — preorder here www.harpercollins.com/products/see...

"This is the hard truth that no AI evangelists want to admit: You cannot hack your way into creative work. . . . To create for the sake of creating is an inherently human act, and to pretend otherwise is nothing more than an exercise in futility." @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social <3

wait I literally already know we live in a f*scist police state but this is……

this is my Roman Empire

I haven't been able to stop listening to this! completely brilliant; huge kudos to @roseveleth.com

sexual assault made into policy:

Stop using these apps entirely, people. Get a notebook and a pen and go analog. I'm serious

Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2025. defector.com/would-you-li...

fyi am looking to chat with booksellers, agents, critics, writers, editors, influencers, etc for this!!! hmu if that is you :)

“I’m seizing the means of (galley) production and asking my publishing friends and writers/critics/influencers I admire what they really think. What are their takeaways from this unnecessarily opaque industry?” I am here for Ezra’s publishing newsletter in every way.

I started a newsletter hehe : ) first post is live : ) galleybrag.substack.com

hey all— i had an appointment yesterday to confirm i'm a good candidate for sterilization! while my insurance helps, i'll be paying a lot $$ out of pocket. this is HUGE for my gender transition + safety in a red state. if you can help: venmo: haleystrass DM for paypal surgery will be in early 2025:)

"Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers." Read @propublica.org's seminal series on how insurance giants like United and Cigna systematically, cruelly—and very, very profitably—deny health coverage every day, at the expense of patients' lives.

@emnorth.bsky.social !!!!!!!!

New Simon Wu at the Paris Review. A list essay, Six Handbags: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/12...

the thing that is so insane about this is the fact that Skrmetti prohibits trans youth from receiving puberty blockers and HRT, so this regulation is basically like: “you can play golf if you transitioned before puberty but you also are not allowed to transition before puberty”

15 activists, including Chelsea Manning @xychelsea.tv and Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com, were arrested for occupying a women’s bathroom across from Speaker Mike Johnson’s office in protest of his and Nancy Mace’s proposed federal trans bathroom ban, calling on Dems to “grow a spine” and fight it

Nancy Mace has now posted multiple videos using the slur "tranny."

finished copies of THIS LOVE have landed :) a very gay book that will make you cry (positive!) about the power of friendship (limitless!) <3 out in jan!!!!

these books are so fucking good and will reshape the way you view the world

new simon wu just dropped !! and I think it might be my new favorite 🛍️

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

states rights unless its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case its states rights unless the state is wrong in which case its federal rights unless the feds are democrats in which case its parents rights unless the parents are wrong in which case