"This week marks the third birthday of THREE MUSES, my debut novel. It took me almost twenty years to get a novel published, so I tend to mark these occasions!" marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/in-community

So generous !

DUET FOR ONE ( @regalhouse.bsky.social) author and @penfaulkner.bsky.social board member @marthaannetoll.bsky.social will launch the Foundation’s new series, The Big Idea, in partnership with Goethe-Institut DC next month. Tickets are free with registration: www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/st...

Dutch late night TV has its take

When you’re off to read @busboysandpoets.bsky.social with @wwph.bsky.social

"This is America, whether or not you like it, Darth Vader. Removing the incriminating evidence does not undo the truth." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/say-his-name

Join me for @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social's monthly writing series, Write Now, hosted at the Goethe-Institut in Washington. www.eventbrite.com/e/write-now-...

Our demand remains: ICE OUT OF DC. NATIONAL GUARD GO HOME. Trump's control over MPD has now expired but the federal occupation of DC is still going strong. Agents are still harassing and detaining people — including this morning in Columbia Heights.

"On a day that was overcast and cool, the city never looked more beautiful." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/new-york-b...

My interview with Deb English, author of “Time’s Breath”, for Baltimore Fishbowl is now available to read. Join us at The Ivy Bookshop on 9.18 for the launch event. www.theivybookshop.com/event/book-l...

Thank you to @sarahlandenwich.bsky.social for the kind words!

"Our country recently marked the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina [...] The disaster was a terrible window into racism and neglect of lower income Americans that reached the highest levels of government." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/jon-batist...

GET OUT OF OUR CITY DARTH VADER STOOGES! Please show some bookstore love friends, we need our book stores. @loyaltybooks.bsky.social @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

"[Simon] wants PRoB to be 'kind of a way in which Pittsburgh writers can be presented to the world and a way in which world writers can be presented to Pittsburgh.' Thanks to Bill O'Driscoll at @wesa.fm for this feature in advance of our 9/3 launch! www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...

Happy Birth Day @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social ! So glad to see you out in the world and can't wait to be writing for you. Readers, writers subscribe for great content!

Love that you share some of my favorite books here @rabihalameddine.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy What's not to love about Hrabel? Bakker? Tolstoy? Alexievich? and Alameddine? lithub.com/six-very-dep...

Please read this. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...

When PETRICHOR makes it into the environmental lexicon. Love this song so much.

This is what is happening in my neighborhood in Washington DC. Gestapo tactics. news.sky.com/story/as-tru...

"Let’s continue to raise our voices and call out this bullsh-t. We don’t want or need the military with their weapons and tanks in our city. We don’t need Darth Vader’s troops." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/my-washing...

Looking forward to meeting readers again after a much-needed summer vacation. I hope to see you in September! Stay tuned for more. #author #authorlife #bookevents

So fun to sign books at #Main StreetBookEnds in New Hampshire. #authorlife

So happy I was part of this. Thanks #NellPainter

"I keep thinking about the microcosms that surround us in nature and in society. I keep thinking that they must mean a lot, if only we would notice them." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/baby-hummi...

I’m writing from Maine, where I have returned after a year’s absence. Coastal Maine was embedded within our pliable infant bones, due to our parents’ —particularly my mother’s—passion for icy saltwater, rugged terrain, and the pursuit of the mighty striped bass. marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/maine

Duet for One ( @regalhouse.bsky.social, out now) by @marthaannetoll.bsky.social appears on Bostonia’s summer reading list of @bostonu.bsky.social “alumni fiction and nonfiction that caught our eye” www.bu.edu/articles/202...

"From the moment THREE MUSES was accepted for publication, it has been a dream—no fantasy—to be interviewed by @davidnaimon.bsky.social on his podcast 'Between the Covers.'” @tinhouse.bsky.social marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/between-th...

Don't miss today's conversation with @marthaannetoll.bsky.social about her book Duet for One, about the mysteries of music (and grief and love), and how to evoke music in language. Audio🎼: tinhouse.com/podcast/mart... @regalhouse.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social

Debut author Deborah Brown English will be in conversation with @marthaannetoll.bsky.social at the Ivy Bookshop— save the date & join us if you’re in the area on 9/18, and tune in to WBJC TODAY to hear DBE on the famed & fabulous Booknotes with Judith Krummeck at 5:15pm! www.wbjc.com/our-programs...

Our take: “This is the most pro-combustion administration since Nero. To famous lies like ‘cigarettes don’t cause cancer,’ we can now add Trump’s claim that pollution from millions of cars is healthier than rules cleaning them up.” @davelevitan.bsky.social www.splinter.com/epa-leadersh...

Check out Khaholi Bailey's great recap of July's Franklin Park Reading Series event with Edwidge Danticat, @megiddings.bsky.social, @wendyortiz.com, @justinhayneswriter.com, Isabelle Baafi, and @marthaannetoll.bsky.social at Zona Motel: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-t...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/epstein-is-o... Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for your ongoing wisdom and advocacy.

"On Monday we lost my last remaining elder—Auntie Char. She was the youngest of my father’s family of four. Those four Tolls were giants, each of them. They had the highest moral character, and integrity up the wazoo." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/mourning-a...

"My launch events have been exciting and meaningful. It’s a joy to meet and talk to readers. You may not be surprised, however, that the writing bug requires that my tush spend some time in the chair." marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/shades-of-... #authorlife #authors #booktour #novelist

We has a blast at Monday's Franklin Park Reading Series summer blockbuster feat. Edwidge Danticat, @megiddings.bsky.social, @wendyortiz.com, @justinhayneswriter.com, Isabelle Baafi & @marthaannetoll.bsky.social! Big thanks to our amazing readers & lots of ❤️to our super audience! 📆Next event Aug. 11.

Thank you to Franklin Park Reading Series for having me! Loved seeing so many friendly faces in the crowd. #authorlife #authorcommunity #nyc #nyclife #reading #brooklyn

Can't believe I'm going to be in the same space with these talented writers! Come hang out if you're in town! #writersky #writingcommunity #bookworm

THIS MONDAY, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: Join us for a blockbuster event featuring Edwidge Danticat, @megiddings.bsky.social, @wendyortiz.com, @justinhayneswriter.com, Isabelle Baafi & @marthaannetoll.bsky.social! Drink specials, book raffle! #Free Franklin Park, 618 St. Johns Pl, BK.

"I am so grateful for the love DUET FOR ONE received this week. Kirkus published a generous review, saying that the book 'comes together like a seamlessly programmed night at the symphony...'" marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/shades-of-...

Love that story @andrewbertaina! Congratulations!

We're so excited for Monday's (July 14) Franklin Park's Reading Series in Brooklyn, NY, featuring Martha Anne Toll, author of Duet for One! Free admission, plus drink specials and a deluxe book raffle! @marthaannetoll.bsky.social www.franklinparkbk.com/reading-seri...

@jennybhattwriter.bsky.social This article is fascinating--translation from one visual artist to another. We are all derivative of our forebears, even though being "derivative" is frowned upon. *Translation* is a much better concept! Congratulations! libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...

The amount of space, time and care @norahvawter.bsky.social’s urgently needed new publication @washunbound.bsky.social is devoting to arts criticism is stunning, and inspiring— this week’s review takes on @marthaannetoll.bsky.social’s Duet for One, out now: www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Thanks for having me, @thebookmaven.bsky.social! thebookmavenunbound.substack.com/p/the-practi...

Duet for One continues to strike a chord with readers. Thank you for the beautiful notes and reflections you’ve shared. I’m thrilled to join the Franklin Park Reading Series for one last event before summer break. Come say hi and hear some incredible writers!

Love this shout out to viola "power" in this wonderful article about Lawrence Power @lawrencepowers.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/a...

Congratulations to @marthaannetoll.bsky.social for being featured in @wendyjfox.bsky.social’s @electricliterature.com column— DUET FOR ONE is a summer pick! “A thoughtfully crafted and deftly layered novel that offers a nuanced look at encores, and at love.” electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

Delighted to see Martha Anne Toll's DUET FOR ONE on @electricliterature.com 's "15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading this Summer" - congrats, @marthaannetoll.bsky.social

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