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When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.

A conversation with our fiction editor, this time wearing her novelist hat.

I had a wonderful time talking about Guardians & Saints: Stories with Dan and Millie from @lespritlit.bsky.social. Tune in: open.substack.com/pub/1882lite...

One down, three to go.

As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII

welcome home, Integrity 💖

It's groove armada weather

striving to get a still better seaward peep

What the hell—Despite suddenly losing 1.6 million bee colonies to a mass die off in the U.S. in a year, Trump WH is instead planning to close the USDA’s premier bee 🐝laboratory, worrying beekeepers, scientists and farmers. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

Mr. Art of the Deal fell for the old switcheroo.

Reading is fundamental. But let’s keep cutting those humanities programs, sure. H/t @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

It would not hurt if you called your GOP MoCs to tell them they are legally complicit with the war crimes Trump is committing. Might not prevent armageddon, but couldn't hurt. (202) 224-3121

If you’re in Georgia’s 14th District or Wisconsin, don’t forget to vote today!

The 25th Amendment exists for a reason.

Ever wonder how to get rid of a mattress? Or how to find resources for a neighbor in need? Call 311.    311 is contacted 100,000 times every day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. No call is too small.    So on the anniversary of 311 (3/11), I decided to answer some of those calls myself.

Grateful.

Larry Levis’s collected poems, SWIRL & VORTEX, is out today from @graywolfpress! Our new issue features a collection of essays and criticism honoring the late poet, including reflections from the book’s associate editor, L. A. Johnson.

A huge favorite

Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s “[High bough with flowers],” translated by Dan Alter, sings of longing rendered in gold, fruit, and fragrance. Read Issue Fifty-Six through the link in our bio.

In an excerpt from Tangerinn, Emanuela Anechoum captures the uneasy threshold of youth—wanting to be seen while fearing what that visibility might mean. Read the piece from Issue Fifty-Six through the link in our bio.

I love my monthly @deepvellum.bsky.social subscription. It’s always something I wouldn’t have discovered on my own.

The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac, tr. Monica Cure (@deepvellum.bsky.social). Reviewed by @memonteith.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...

A great week for astronomy

We're on the brink of a nuclear war all because a handfull of voters were too scared to vote for a black woman.

We dye eggs in honor of Mary Magdala. Not that you would ever know it.

I miss my dog, and in her honor, I will eat some protein.

Oh, fun. This will go well.

I would add that the real question on “Real Housewives of Rhode Island” is not wealth per se but the wealth needed to train you, from early on, about the smartest, most open-minded way to respond to subtle insults

Marc Elias, the powerful Democratic lawyer who has taken a personal interest in Ms. McIver’s case, has called the prosecution “an absolute travesty” and “a misuse of the law enforcement system to target their political enemies.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

April is Arab American Appreciation month. I am proud of my family’ journey, and that of my children raised in the Jewish faith. My work lets me use my voice, regardless of party in WH, to remind us there are people — Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians and Israelis — all impacted by war and terror.

“The US thinks this is going to be won in the air but the Iranians know it will be won in the waters (Strait of Hormuz).” Two weeks ago, I joined @talkingfeds.bsky.social to state what was already obvious to all but the WH. Thinking of our service members tonight.

We asked you guys what lit mags the cool kids are flocking to this season, and this is what you said 💌 Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_k... #writing

A good day for book mail! New from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social and new-to-me from @fsgbooks.bsky.social

GUARDIANS & SAINTS: With arrestingly beautiful prose, these linked stories explore the many ways in which we can be orphaned. Check out the Small Press Picks review at smallpresspicks.com/guardians-sa.... @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social #bookreview #shortstories

Life (2017) Nagai Kazumasa Design Museum Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

📣This is what democracy looks like! Outside the State House in Providence, proud to see so many Rhode Islanders saying in one voice: #NoKings. We will not stand by while Trump and Republicans attack freedoms, rights & opportunity.

Demonstrating some basic confusion about where the demons are currently located.

The time is now. We can’t wait. This administration is sending masked secret police into our neighborhoods to kidnap people with deadly consequences. They want us terrified; instead, we are organizing. Video by @vuralelibol of #NoKings #NYC by @handsoffnyc 🤝

Massive no kings rally here in Missoula, Montana.

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

Hilterfingen by Paul Klee, 1895 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137258

Congratulations to NBCC winners and WWB contributors Han Kang, Paige Aniyah Morris, Neige Sinno, and Natasha Lehrer! Head to our website to read their work: wordswithoutborders.org

This is brilliant. Pass it on.

Many congratulations to Archbishop Mullally and all my Anglican / Episcopalian peeps. What a glorious, holy thing.

Elizabeth Banks

Saw a bright yellow field full of sandhill cranes. I’ve never even seen one! I am alive.

The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...

"When female researchers investigate the far right, the stakes are especially high. Misogyny is a thread that runs through almost all groups on the far right."