oh god I left my media bubble (accidentally hit the MSG feed for this habs/devils game instead of the tsn or sportsnet coverage) and immediately regretted it

Go look at the moon right now y'all!!

Just had an interesting conversation here in the office about the emerging aesthetic of third wave bookstores. The minimalism, the logos and branding, the stylistics. Almost universally backed by people with deep pockets.

THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU is in many ways the key to understanding contemporary American politics. It's also an eclectic romp through New Orleans which is a complete pleasure. It's finally coming back into print thanks to @hubcitypress.bsky.social. You'll want to pre-order it.

Everyone saying "Mamdani has to achieve all the things he promised" like this clown isn't still somehow the current mayor of NYC??!? The bar is in the basement, babe.

Nancy Lemann fans! We have a cover for our THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU reissue! @hubcitypress.bsky.social is so pleased to be working with our pals at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social (who are publishing Nancy's new novel, as well as a reprint) for a big combined release day on April 7! Email me to get an ARC!

I'm fully convinced that the downfall of this regime will come from brazen, not-even-trying-to-hide-it plunder: the relentless enrichment of billionaires and Trump himself while necessities like housing, food, and healthcare become unattainable for everyone else.

The Oval Office by Minted™

Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this. But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians. A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can. Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.

This sucks because it drives home the climate we're living in: writing, journalism, media in 2025 can be essential, exciting, clear-eyed, and still be defunded and disinvested. All while the money and support is shoveled toward needless slop no one actually wants.

kindly, what the hell is going on with the leafs?

I find it bizarre that kids get Election Day off and adults, who can vote, don't?

If they eliminate the filibuster, it means national bans on gender affirming care, bathroom bans, a sports ban, gender marker bans, elimination of legal recognition etc. It will make life unlivable for trans people in the US, even in blue states. It's a worst case scenario.

I've said it elsewhere, but if you're a young organization in the South that meets the eligibility criteria for the new literary fund (budget over $50k) but has not yet gained 501(c)(3) status, @hubcitypress.bsky.social might be able to serve as your fiscal sponsor. www.mellon.org/news/coaliti...

love being required to change my password on five different government sites every 90 days amidst a government shutdown + budget cuts that have destroyed every reason for me to need said sites

definitely some strong memories around these guys

being a child of 90s health food stores, I'm transported back there immediately by looking at these labels

I'm going to lose my mind at blue maga turds in my mentions confusing the Mellon Foundation with Timothy Mellon (which yes, same family, but like confusing Bobby Kennedy with his brainrotted child)

I just feel so bad about the monkeys.

Bowdoin?? Leftist? No more Maine in national politics, pleeease

Been a weird year to celebrate an anniversary, tho less weird than our 25th in 2020, but I think three decades of hub city--press, bookshop, lit org--is worth celebrating. If a sustainable and vital literary organization can continue to exist in dark red SC, books can truly come from everywhere.

I really love this melon-green book and all the authors within! Introduction on the history of @hubcitypress.bsky.social and where we sit at this particular moment, by yours truly. Stories by @katearden.bsky.social @rainbowfish523.bsky.social and other HCWP staff. A deeply meaningful project for me!

stuff like this is driving me away from this platform, ngl

This is SUCH great news!! Huzzah @jenbenka.bsky.social, Mellon, and all the other organizations involved in this venture! We appreciate you all so much. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I reaallly can't handle secondhand embarrassment, which means I really can't deal with things like improv, any kind of stage work, or, it turns out, isaac chotiner interviews. idk how y'all get through them. I feel like I'm going to puke if I don't close the tab lol

I was kind of wondering if we'd ever hear about this guy again. The whole thing is so..odd.

I've pledged not to write for the NYT until it reviews its anti-Palestinian bias, retracts "Screams Without Words," and calls for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel. I'm honored to join Catherine Lacey, Kiese Laymon, Sally Rooney, and many more in this www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...

"As Trump prepares for a ground war in Venezuela, takes a wrecking ball to the White House, and extorts the DOF for $230 million dollars, Americans face hunger as funding for snap benefits dries up amidst lengthy govt shut down." Just like....for the "he won't be so bad this time" crowd?

I'm in some weird algorithm on Instagram where I get a ton of "This is the hardest post I'll ever write..." from people I don't follow, announcing small business closures & divorces, that upon clicking through, 99% of the time turn out to be wellness, health, "manifestation" focused accounts.

Mamdani: "The bigger question is whether we are willing to say goodbye to ... anti-Muslim sentiment that has grown so endemic in our city that when we hear it, we know not whether the words were spoken by a Republican or a Democrat."

Incredibly grateful to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on the longlist for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction! Honored to be in such extraordinary company.

Libraries, be careful. This will probably go about as well as BN College.

How's the IRS staffing rn? Are we thinking we're going to pay our taxes because....I seriously don't think we should.

bizarre that the guys who love monuments are so quiet about this

I truly can't believe we had 249 years to define "other high crimes and misdemeanors" and failed to do

This is also the conversation I've had a few times recently with folks wanting to start new presses. Things have gotten so weird out here that if you have a huge following, direct-to-consumer sales can be better than being widely distributed.

Self-pub authors are perennially mad at indie bookshops for not stocking their books or only ordering from Ingram. They fail to grasp that if the books are not purchased from Ingram, the store doesn't make enough to make even unboxing the book worth its time. The self-pub authors (1/5)

great time to remember that the average age of a person living in maine is FORTY-FIVE YEARS OLD. Young people don't stay because...uh they can't afford it. There's a real lack of a bench strength.

god protect me, I am trying to explain book discounts to self-pub authors on threads to try to build some kind of solidarity against the real enemy (corporations!)

While this will initially focus on the states project, eventually @hubcitypress.bsky.social SHORTS will publish book-length essays & poems, novellas, & other short forms in slim and elegant editions. So excited about this project and having Mesha Maren, M. Randal O'Wain & Gabriel Bump at the helm!

unfortunately the wanton destruction of government property is allowed without congressional approval if it “makes a really good metaphor”

Me: the gang's all the here! The gang:

The wildest thing about these protests is that you never have anymore than like five counter protestors (pro kings?)

UK book people: has foil stamping on book covers started making a comeback on y'all's side of things yet?

I find it so frustrating listening to non-maine media outlets talking about Mills confrontation with Trump as a positive for her statewide electability, and completely ignoring how much maga Republicans (my in-laws!) hate her. Which also affects her ability to carry the state!

Part of my education was reading Gawker and Jezebel and learning the many things "personal" writing could be. I remember the exact day--I was a sophomore in college--when Gawker added comments. While the pre-comments era was the best, I think I still follow folks from those comment sections here!

bari has inspired me: I'm going to raise a crapload of money from dumb men to buy baker & taylor and build a new kind of book distributor, dedicated solely to indepedent presses. I am not qualified but I have a stronge elevator pitch and a well-developed persecution complex. happy to share my deck

these guys really thought the robocop universe was aspirational, huh