I'm excited to get all dressed up and go to the National Book Awards on Wednesday to complain to other people in person rather than online!!

I know I live in a media bubble, so I ventured outside of it to look up the book we've all been talking about and we're far from the bestseller zone.

It is fascinating to me how many different kinds of scams aimed at authors exist these days, given that most of us are broke. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

I can’t wait!!

I loved this staging of Chess despite many problems. Most shocking was that, while the men were uniformly exceptional, Lea Michel sang her part with less passion than when I sing Chess songs at karaoke. www.vulture.com/article/thea...

I'm sorry, Banana Republic Factory, but you don't get to call the clothing you sell "pieces."

Today's the last day. Best sale of the year!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

I'm sorry, Banana Republic Factory, but you don't get to call the clothing you sell "pieces."

This book was written in part to get back at Dasha Nekrasova, and I think that’s a beautiful reason for literature to exist.

I know that everyone is shameless these days, and that it's not even expressing outrage about garbage that's being published. But I truly cannot imagine anyone walking into a bookstore and saying, huh, this looks interesting. Besides Jonathan Greenblatt.

This is a very fun list to be on. ❤️‍🔥 people.com/31-books-tha...

Okay but please someone let me write a double review.

I can just imagine publishing execs reading about this and realizing that there’s not enough sweatshop labor in our industry. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I know. I’m such a scold because I think you shouldn’t rape any children at all, and if you knew about the rape of children and didn’t say anything you’re officially a bad person.

Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world

Like strains of Covid, the AI book marketing scams now has many variants. They’re making up fake websites and fake AI companies.

"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time" ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 time.com/collections/...

Honey, I'm sobbing, yes, literally SOBBING after reading this review of TERRY DACTYL by Trish Bendix in the New York Times Book Review, which engages with the book on so many deep levels, yes, I'm reading it over and over, what a gift, this means everything to me!!!💞💞💞💞💞

The latest scam email seeking to promote my book to many active readers comes with this card at the end. Incredible email address.

Love this, thank you @maris.bsky.social! “… THE SLIP is proof that a sprawling, multi-perspective Great American novel can still happen in the year 2025.” 🥊🙏

I was in Texas for 5 days and it is such a relief to be back in Zohran Town 🙏

For my newsletter I wrote about how much I enjoyed my time with @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social and @lauriewoolever.bsky.social this week. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

“I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable… That is not the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication (or any business). The point is to make the private equity firm more profitable.”

Some Guild friends set up a fundraiser to help the illegally terminated employees while we fight back www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

lol, my flight was canceled. all of this inconvenience so that the dems could cave anyway

John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.

What Sarah said!

and wrote Friday Night Lights

John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.

this is a READ

I am so impressed with journalists who can embed with right wing groups. I was not able to hide my disgust for an elevator ride with some MAHA hat-wearing anti-vaxxers.

I ruined these like I ruined the workplace

To the MAHA women wearing cats eye glasses: my culture is not your costume.

It’s incredible to see the rape and sexual assault charges to MAHA pipeline as personified by Russell Brand.

Bought and devoured this because I saw @maris.bsky.social mention it as an example of “smart but funny, literary but still a good time” it really feels like books are a miracle 🙏 a miracle I want to share too bookshop.org/p/books/marg...

Welcome to Texas. Just saw a woman with enormous lips wearing a shirt that said Ban Assault Vaccines.

I’m sure it will be a great comfort to see this lady’s face when you’re told your flight was canceled.

Think of Zibby the next time someone claims that reading books makes you more empathetic

Writers who do not believe themselves to be right-wing should go on the Joe Rogan Experience before they go on Zibby's podcast I am so serious

"By changing the ways we consume various artforms and thereby devaluing them, large companies have been limiting the number of workers who can earn a liveable wage from their art. " (among the reasons why I'm angry right now)

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

Didn't expect Anna Wintour to be the Coco Chanel of The Trump era (disparaging).

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).

"'It's time to use it or get left behind,' he said." Okay, leave me the fuck behind. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I think we all deserve a sequel: MeToo 2

Happy pub day to my beautiful daughter!!!!!! she is so smart and funny and weird and thoughtful and I am so excited for you to meet her!!!!

“There is power in wanting to learn more about the world in which you live, and great joy awaits when you read the whole book just to find out what happens.” A rallying cry for all of us who want more!