"The latest release of the Epstein files coincided with my toddler, husband, and I contracting norovirus. While my son, exhausted from vomiting, slept in my arms, I scrolled. And scrolled. And scrolled." Read @katherinemurray.bsky.social's letter from the editor in our new issue:

I’m supposed to be at #AWP but I’m on day 6 of an icky virus 💔 the FOMO is devastating. Hope you’re having a wonderful time and I hope to see you in Chicago next year!

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

UCLA’s Mark Tramo was forwarding students to Epstein #ucla #marktramo #epstein

Come work with a great team!

"My daughters sketch monarchs, create stories. They drape their old baby blankets around their shoulders as wings. As they zoom past Mom, she can only reach out for them, her smile weak, her grasp left empty." from @linalau.bsky.social's essay, "The Chrysalis," in our Sept/Oct issue:

Just submitted to @smallpitch.org ! Thank you @tanyagold.bsky.social for sharing pitch events!

“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc

“You wanna be on TOP [of the conclave]”

Theo loves #independentbookstoreday! And Verbatim Books will always feel like home 💙

@rachelyoder.bsky.social This seems like the setting in which Nightbitch was meant to be watched (solo parenting, boogers in my hair, and too tired to clean up the toys again). I read your book in one sitting and cried. Your book and Paris Paloma’s “labour” made me feel seen. Thank you 🩵

The Dodgers played like shit today and still won. They are now 8-0. This could be a problem for the league.

Before today, I thought that this would be the most embarrassing text gaffe we’d see in our lifetimes #petehegseth #jeffgoldberg

"Meg March specializes in getting good looks, and her outside game is unstoppable. She moves well without the ball and moves well at balls. But Meg’s vanity causes her to choose ill-fitting high-heeled boots known to cause ankle injuries."

The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.

Yellowjackets and The Sopranos both take place in New Jersey in the 90s. If Meadow Soprano had been on that plane, the team would’ve been found in like three days tops

🎶 Working 8 to 6, get replaced by automation Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation? Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block it 🎶

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Celebrating the life of Gene Hackman tonight by watching the dinner scene from The Birdcage over and over

I’m excited to facilitate this workshop for high school students! Many of my students are feeling paralyzed by the political landscape and need a space to generate ideas and camaraderie (and they can mention it on their college apps)

Superb, by Brendan Loper in the New Yorker. Simply superb. ~AA

My sister has cystic fibrosis. Trikafta is adding decades to the life expectancies of the patients who can take it. #cysticfibrosis trials have made HUGE strides in recent years because of NIH funding, and pulling up the ladder is just straight-up evil

2/14: Yellowjackets 2/14: Bridget Jones 2/16: White Lotus This bread and circuses lineup is 🔥

Both, always

I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night. Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar. I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below. What an immense loss

Federal deregulation does not mean “I gain individual liberties.” Federal deregulation means “the government will no longer maintain the safety of institutions that I depend on and take for granted.”

10 p.m. last night: “I will just read a few pages of my new book before I go to sleep” 2 a.m.: hungover in the best way possible. Hands down the most gripping book in a gripping series! @karinslaughter.com thank you!

Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month. Every single one of them was either restricted or removed. These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Snow in Raleigh took us all by surprise, but Theo is absolutely thrilled!