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My time has come

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is uncomfortably timely in several ways I didn’t expect. A magnificent film, if occasionally flawed.

Truly chilling article to read about expectations and outcomes in publishing, and how “failures” can make publishers skittish, which has lasting effects on individual careers and the broader literary culture. thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

If GQ wants to recommend my book about girls who completely loose their sh*t as a novel that will make you cancel all your plans to be social, who am I to argue? 🤷🏼‍♀️ www.gqindia.com/content/5-up...

The Belles review #TheBelles @netgalley.bsky.social #NetGalley @bookbent.bsky.social #books #reading #booksky

Dear publishing gods, Please grant me the privilege of getting anywhere near 10% of Dan Brown's sales numbers for my book. I am ready to make a blood sacrifice. Yours, Lacey

Enjoy some bi/queer books today and every day.

Bacially almost all the major black and white characters were born out of homages to minstrelsy. I talk about this in my Character Design classes actually

Enjoy some bi/queer books today and every day.

No idea if this place has idea about the rapture, but if you weren’t raptured today 🥲 I promise you’ll feel better if you leave a positive Goodreads rating and review for my novel www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Thrilled that THE BELLES is included in this fantastic and wide-ranging list of dark academia titles. Dark academia class of 2025 💀 www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

My book comes out tomorrow and I gotta say I've been slaying it on the memes over on Instagram (if you're interested in following me there) but I just have to share my two faves from today

Confirmation that I'm old: I really don't understand Labubus.

New episode! Unfortunately... It's an Economy of Favors with Lacey Dunham is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Thank you so much to @bookbent.bsky.social for joining us! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

Let’s keep writing. Let’s keep reading. Let’s keep putting weird and lighthearted and dark and highbrow books into the world. Let’s not let them take our joy for stories and our love of storytelling—because god knows they are trying to silence us while they take away everything else.

68 degrees Fahrenheit in DC today, and everyone’s wearing a sweater. 😊

My book is a bestseller at Politics & Prose Bookstore!! 🤩🤩🤩

Did this make me tear up a little? Okay, maybe a lot. slate.com/life/2025/09...

Hey #BookSky For many bookstores & small retail in general, the holiday season is make or break for the year for them. Of course, money is tight for everyone this year so here's a thread of ways to support your local bookstore WITHOUT spending more $$ than you already intended to...

THE BELLES x Emmy red carpet looks 🤩 The stars wore pink & the stars wore bows 🎀🖤💀

It was great chatting with @bookbent.bsky.social at my local bookstore ( @curiousiguana.com rocks) and picking up this beauty

Listen to @bookbent.bsky.social discuss her path to writing her debut novel, THE BELLES, on the Debutiful podcast with @vitcavage.bsky.social! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/05hC... @atriabooks.bsky.social

Realizing I can now change my email signature from "The Belles: available for preorder" to "The Belles: out now." A milestone!

Congratulations to our fiction editor @bookbent.bsky.social!

Nothing like popping onto Facebook to post about your upcoming book events only to discover which of your acquaintances are deep in mourning over Charlie Kirk.

Here at STORY, we want to offer our congratulations to our very own Fiction Editor, Lacey N. Dunham (@bookbent.bsky.social), for the publication of her novel "The Belles." Grab your copy today wherever books are sold! #booksky #debutnovel #fiction

The interspecies book club gathers

Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.

Today my debut novel THE BELLES is out in the world. What a wild journey it’s been so far. Left: my 4th grade author bio, where I hope to “papluse” a book one day. Right: Me and my published book.

A moody debut for fans of dark academia sounds about right! crimereads.com/10-new-books...

#TheBelles by @bookbent.bsky.social is an atmospheric Southern gothic novel that shines a light on the dark side of tradition, privilege, and the desire to belong. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @atriabooks.bsky.social for the advance copy for my honest review: candikathorror.com/reads/the-be...

DC area folks! My novel THE BELLES launches tomorrow (9/9) at Politics & Prose! I would LOVE to see you there.

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

A few days before the official on sale date, THE BELLES has been spotted in the wilds of Virginia and California!!!

Honesty and transparency about publishing a book—but also important reflection on gatekeepers, who are sometimes just making business decisions, as much as it sucks for writers to hear.

We are here again, but now it is for the last time. 👇👇👇 #BNPreorder

We are here again, but now it is for the last time. 👇👇👇 #BNPreorder

Breaking news: D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued President Trump over the deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital, describing it as an illegal “military occupation” that has turned domestic troops into local police.

"Following in the footsteps of feminine focused dark academia titans like Plain Bad Heroines and Bunny..." A generous and very lovely review of THE BELLES! 🖤🎀💀

So about that recent statistic that only 16% of American adults read a book for pleasure... it's the intentional and long-term work of fascism to undermine people's imagination, particularly those on the margins. laceyndunham.substack.com/p/are-you-re...

Breaking news: House Republicans are weighing legislation that would overhaul D.C. policies and further restrict home rule — including a proposal that would remove the city’s locally elected attorney general and replace him with a presidential appointee.

My book launches in less than a week and I have a sore throat and think I might be developing a fever (and I've been vaxxed!) No no no no no no no please god no no no no no 😭😭😭😭😭

The quest is ongoing, I feel like King Arthur hankering for the Holy Grail

And it's go time! Submissions to our Lost/Found imprint are now open. Is your out-of-print prose book in need of a new home? If so, we'd love to consider your book for republication. Our Lost/Found Editor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is waiting at splitlippress.submittable.com (also linked in bio)!

My debut novel about toxic female friendships and the consequences of conformity comes out from Atria/S&S in 1 WEEK!!! 💀

My debut novel about toxic female friendships and the consequences of conformity comes out from Atria/S&S in 1 WEEK!!! 💀

*Thriller authors scramble to write a book based on this case before anyone else gets to it first*

Ummm, Sara Levine has a new book coming out next year from @groveatlantic.bsky.social that sounds ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE: it's about a "woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew." Please stop everything everyone so we can plan to read this together.