Fresh ink! I reviewed Memory Rehearsal by Eleni Sikelianos for The Providence Eye: pvdeye.org/memory-rehea... @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @thepvdeye.bsky.social

MIT! Ugh! fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

Wait, wut 🤯

We still have not reached the bottom, after all these years.

my whole life: the budget bin, the bargain basement, on my knees looking through the floor boxes, in the stacks, in the stacks, in the stacks, I’ll put it old emph, it’s on the free shelf, they’re deaccessioning it all, it’s on the sidewalk, and it’s gd treasure

🎶 in the stacks, in the stacks 🎶

Today, while reviewing submissions to the AbSciCon 2026 Creative Writing Contest, I discovered a new tell for gen AI. Now, I had assume that gen AI, when asked to write fiction, would at least come up with unique character names. Turns out, I was wrong. Let me tell you about Eva Rostova

Music from France - young people in France. France? Not a single like for this beautiful little ARTE video during the last 8 days. What does that tell us about user behavior on Bluesky? Enjoy 🎼

Do you have a favorite red? (Do you know its Pantone number?) Submit it for inclusion in The Second Color of Printing, an exhibition opening this fall in NYC: secondcolor.org All accepted entrants will receive an honorarium!

New newsletter just dropped, with shoutouts to @lespritlit.bsky.social & @crimereads.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dianejos...

We want to bring attention to something that happened last month that hasn’t gotten nearly enough coverage. On April 23, a DHS contractor building Trump’s border wall bulldozed 60 feet of the Las Playas Intaglio a 1,000-year-old fish-shaped geoglyph etched into

Shoutout to Lily DeTaeye, publicist extraordinaire at @sohopress.bsky.social -- who helped me with my CrimeReads article on miniatures in fiction: crimereads.com/6-mysteries-...

Fresh ink! I wrote about fiction featuring tiny crime scenes, miniatures, dollhouses, and effigies for @crimereads.bsky.social! Check it out: crimereads.com/6-mysteries-...

If you can spare a couple of bucks, the wonderful writer @ccohanlon.bsky.social and his wife Given could really use the help. gofund.me/93c724837

I was an audiobook holdout for a long time. Then I figured out how to make them work for me. More here: substack.com/@dianejosefo... You can sample the audiobook of The Great Houses of Pill Hill here: youtube.com/shorts/_y7Q… Mia Barron narrates; she has a lovely voice. Do you enjoy audiobooks?

I'm on the Northeast Regional & I gotta say, this train is going very fast for a "slow" train

🎶 I filed my story 🎶

Just be yourself, they said.

Another reason to love Fridays in RI.

Woo hoo! Are you subscribed? (You should subscribe. 😉) Get in: dianejosefowicz.substack.com

These days, book criticism is hard to come by—but not at Words Without Borders, where we publish nearly two dozen reviews each year. This summer, we are raising our payments to reviewers for the incisive book coverage they bring to readers—but we need your help: wwborders.live/2026SpringFundDrive

Congratulations, @franapunk.bsky.social! So glad to see your amazing punk-rock mystery on this list! @sohopress.bsky.social

🎶 It's the MOST wonderful TIME of the YEAR 🎶

TONIGHT!

TONIGHT in BARRINGTON, RI! 6:30, let's go!

Very exciting to find The Great Houses of Pill Hill included in this summer reading round-up in the [checks notes] ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER! @sohopress.bsky.social www.ocregister.com/2026/05/18/1...

Tomorrow night in Barrington! @sohopress.bsky.social

Reading outside today with @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social, the birds, the lizards, and a bunch of flies, which surely signals the presence of a demon…

Buckle up for a very busy election night tonight. Do you know the top races to watch? Here's my personal top 10 that I have my eyes on. A 🧵:

The Great Houses of Pill Hill is out & about! L-R: Books on the Square, Riffraff Bookstore & Bar, Providence Athenaeum #sohopress #inthewild @sohopress.bsky.social Get a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471...

Had a wonderful time introducing readers to The Great Houses of Pill at Books on the Square last Friday night in Providence. Thanks to everyone who turned out! @sohopress.bsky.social Get the book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471...

Unreal. Now that Trump dropped IRS lawsuit, DOJ just announced a new slush fund for alleged victims of "weaponization." Two Qs: *Will there be *any* congressional oversight? Most reporting suggests not. *Would payments to J6ers violate 14A? Raskin explains here: newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Rep. Raskin on this latest theft from American taxpayers

Grift, Horatio www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/18/n...

EPIC book mail from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social, @wakefieldpress.bsky.social, @tortoisebooks.bsky.social, @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social, @simonandschuster.bsky.social, and Nightboat Books! #bookmail #books #bookworm #summerreading

BREAKING: WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency

BREAKING: Cuba is completely out of diesel and fuel oil, per DropSite.

Jamie Raskin’s bringing it. Great interview.

Still recovering from Friday night.

Urban fantasy

Bird nest-type formation with ciggie butt

Unusual Benefit St brick arch formation

Happy pub day, @rachellayown.bsky.social!

Tonight in PVD! Please join me to celebrate the publication of The Great Houses of Pill Hill this Friday evening at Books on the Square! Details: booksq.com/event/2026-0... All are welcome to the book signing AND the party afterward, just down the street at Red Stripe. Hope to see you there!

I had a great time chatting about The Great Houses of Pill Hill with Marshal Zerengue of the Campaign for the American Reader. Check out our interview: americareads.blogspot.com/2026/05/q-wi...

The Great Houses of Pill Hill launches TOMORROW in Providence -- 6 pm at Books on the Square, followed by nibbles and sips afterward at Red Stripe. All are welcome! More info: booksq.com/event/2026-0... Get a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471... @sohopress.bsky.social

Really love these Gen Z kids.

Jesus.

We are one court ruling away from women losing access to the safest, most common form of abortion in America. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of waiting to learn whether or not SCOTUS is going to uphold our rights. Congress must pass federal abortion protections.

Grateful for this lovely review of The Great Houses of Pill Hill. "There’s a lot going on in this ambitious novel [...] The author can really write, and Cookie is a fascinating character." More: crimefictionreview.com/the-great-ho... Get the book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804471...