Congrats to #ExpoReview nominees for The O. Henry Prize: Tomás Baiza, Jessica Baldanzi, @sofiedesmyter.bsky.social, Tinna Flores, @kabubumutua.bsky.social & @ggsilverman.bsky.social! Read their short fiction & experimental work here: tinyurl.com/Expo24LitNoms. @ireadvintage.bsky.social

Kabubu Mutua’s (@kabubumutua.bsky.social) fiction piece OUR BEST DAYS is a sweeping queer love story that transports the reader to Africa and into this epic young love. Read our “POP!” Piece of the Week here: tinyurl.com/ExpoOurBest.

I love it here.

Far be it from me to try to get in the heads of book banners, but the list of my books removed from schools makes absolutely no sense. Turtles is widely banned even though it's the least explicit of my novels (the main character is terrified of kissing), whereas TFIOS--where they DO IT--is not...

Book pages should be numbered backwards so we’re always counting down how many pages we have left

Having a library card is the BIGGEST green flag ✅

this is what escaping twitter felt like