Penina Roth
@peninaroth.bsky.social
📤 759
📥 377
📝 154
Curator of Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
pinned post!
TONIGHT, 8PM! Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a night of poetry & fiction with
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
, and Sanibel!
#FreeAdmission
618 St. Johns Pl.
#crownheights
add a skeleton here at some point
1 day ago
0
1
0
TONIGHT, 8PM! Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a night of poetry & fiction with
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
, and Sanibel!
#FreeAdmission
618 St. Johns Pl.
#crownheights
add a skeleton here at some point
1 day ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kevin Maloney
1 day ago
Thrilled to announce that HORSE GIRL FEVER is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award - Ken Kesey Award for Fiction!!! 🔥🔥🔥
1
9
3
reposted by
Penina Roth
Aaron Burch
2 days ago
Seahawks championship and my new book officially out on Tuesday. Just a giant day for SeaTac. MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING!
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
2
48
11
reposted by
Penina Roth
Staci D. Kramer
2 days ago
Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.
loading . . .
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
https://youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?si=Bkm5c2Zl7fLhaHyV
29
1822
872
reposted by
Penina Roth
Amber Sparks
2 days ago
Tomorrow night! Come out, come out, Brooklyn, come get warm with words
add a skeleton here at some point
0
10
3
reposted by
Penina Roth
David Gutowski
6 days ago
"Clutch, a book about friendship and endurance and the ups and downs and trainwrecks of growing up and into midlife together, has a lot of music in it." Emily Nemens shared a playlist for her novel Clutch at Largehearted Boy
largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/04/e...
0
8
2
MONDAY, 8PM, at Franklin Park: So excited to host
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
, and Sanibel!
#Free
raffle for these stunning books! Books sold by Unnameable.
www.facebook.com/share/1CV72Y...
618 St. Johns Pl.
#crownheights
2 days ago
0
2
1
MONDAY, 8PM: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts superstars
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
& Sanibel!
#FreeAdmission
, 📚raffle, 🍻specials!
facebook.com/events/s/fra...
5 days ago
0
6
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Riverhead Books
5 days ago
🚨 MARLON JAMES RETURNS, SEPTEMBER 2026 🚨 THE DISAPPEARERS is a propulsive and deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. Learn more about the Booker Prize–winner's riveting novel now:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742603...
loading . . .
0
4
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Tobias Carroll
6 days ago
I shared some February book recommendations at
@insidehook.bsky.social
!
www.insidehook.com/books/books-...
loading . . .
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This February
From troubled family histories to the secret history of toys and games
https://www.insidehook.com/books/books-read-february-2026
0
7
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Electric Literature
7 days ago
Read Lucy Yu's recommendations for 2026's most anticipated books by women of color, featuring titles by Toni Morrison, Larissa Pham, Camonghne Felix, Han Kang, Reena Shah, and more! Explore the list here:
buff.ly/Xv1KaFL
1
6
4
reposted by
Penina Roth
Lit Hub
6 days ago
“Carson: There better be a gd pool.” Read from
@emilynemens.bsky.social
’s new novel, Clutch.
loading . . .
Clutch
Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:03 PM Carson: There better be a gd pool. What is time, really? It can be measured in centuries or seconds, calendar years or costume periods, milestones or metamorphoses. Som…
https://buff.ly/6E95Z5n
0
4
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Rahawa Haile
7 days ago
Some great news. My hybrid memoir IN OPEN COUNTRY will now be published by Little, Brown. It’s about freedom of movement and stillness in the US, and the ways capitalism & settler colonialism have shaped (and continue to shape) the answer to who has either across time. I also do a lot of walking.
61
396
93
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kashana
7 days ago
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
390
26846
6598
reposted by
Penina Roth
Daniel Ford
about 1 year ago
Author
@erin-ce.bsky.social
joins me on tomorrow's show to discuss her debut novel Junie. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts:
apple.co/2JZQLgt
Spotify:
spoti.fi/2GpMLEp
iHeartRadio:
ihr.fm/2TXaBzn
Amazon Podcasts:
amzn.to/2RuHlxs
0
4
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
12 days ago
10% of classes purchased through Monday will go to a member of the co-lab community on the ground in Minneapolis, providing groceries & rent support to families who are essentially on house arrest because of ICE. Please spread word & help support artists & grassroots resistance
www.writingco-lab.com
0
4
4
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kimberly Burns
11 months ago
Lauren Francis-Sharma talks to Bethanne Patrick!
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
@thebookmaven.bsky.social
🔥🔥🔥
open.substack.com/pub/thebookm...
loading . . .
Living in History with Lauren Francis-Sharma
In this episode of the Book Maven: A Literary Revue, Bethanne Patrick sits down with Lauren Francis-Sharma to talk about the intense nature of covering hearings on apartheid practices in South Africa ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebookmavenrevue/p/living-in-history-with-lauren-francis?utm_source=direct
0
4
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤
12 months ago
Episode 337D is here! Jessikah sat down with Erin Crosby-Eckstine, author of JUNIE, part ghost story, part historical fiction and weaving tension which will leave you thinking about this book way after you’ve turned the last page.
@erin-ce.bsky.social
@prhlibrary.bsky.social
loading . . .
Turn The Page – Episode 337D – Erin Crosby-Eckstine | Turn the Page | Syosset Library
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:53 — 14.9MB)
https://buff.ly/41bO5VA
0
2
1
reposted by
Penina Roth
Grove Atlantic
12 days ago
We are hiring for our spring 2026 marketing internship! If you're a book lover and are interested in learning the ins and outs of how a book is launched into the world, then apply below:
https://groveatlantic.com/careers/
0
2
3
One week away! Next Monday, Feb. 9, 8pm: Franklin Park Reading Series hosts a night of fiction & poetry featuring
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
& Sanibel!
www.facebook.com/share/17jSXS...
#Free
#crownheights
618 St. Johns Pl
8 days ago
0
4
1
reposted by
Penina Roth
Jami Attenberg
8 days ago
“Write the worst version to get to the best version, I told myself.”
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/when-all-e...
loading . . .
When All Else Fails, Burn It Down
My writing advice for myself, anyway.
https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/when-all-else-fails-burn-it-down
1
11
5
reposted by
Penina Roth
Isaac Fitzgerald
9 days ago
Jesus Christ. The first review for American Rambler is a Kirkus star. ⭐️
5
78
4
reposted by
Penina Roth
Ursula K. Le Guin
8 days ago
We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Nicola Griffith Mat Johnson Fonda Lee Darcie Little Badger Peter Rock Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
3
301
86
reposted by
Penina Roth
Amber Sparks
13 days ago
Everything is terrible but this is very exciting! My third time at the wonderful Franklin Park Reading Series! Please come say hi!
add a skeleton here at some point
1
27
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Los Angeles Review of Books
3 months ago
“I wanted to show that joy was a part of their life, and that the decision to have a party was very political. The decision to actually have moments of joy was political.” -Jaquira Díaz speaks about her new novel with Iris Kim:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-refuse-to-let-you-have-my-joy/
0
5
1
reposted by
Penina Roth
Christopher Mark Rose
20 days ago
Charm City Spec alumna and spectabulous storyteller Amber Sparks had a story in Outlook Springs—how did we miss that?
loading . . .
A Short and Slightly Speculative History of Lavoisier’s Wife
A story by Amber Sparks from Outlook Springs, a literary journal from another dimension.
https://www.outlooksprings.com/stories/a-short-and-slightly-speculative-history-of-lavoisiers-wife/
0
2
1
reposted by
Penina Roth
The Slowdown
23 days ago
"Today’s poem is a love poem, one in which the long-married speaker can hardly imagine their own 'beforetimes' — the life before their spouse,"
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
shares in episode 1437. Read “Now that we’ve been married all these years" by Keetje Kuipers:
bit.ly/3ZlrrbC
0
7
4
Monday, Feb. 9, 8pm: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for a night of fiction & poetry featuring
@ambersparks.bsky.social
,
@laurenfsharma.bsky.social
, Jaquira Diaz, Keetje Kuipers,
@erin-ce.bsky.social
& Sanibel!
www.facebook.com/share/1C9Tcy...
13 days ago
0
2
1
reposted by
Penina Roth
Subterranean Press
13 days ago
Copies of The Faery Handbag by
@kellylink.bsky.social
, with three full-color plates by one of our favorite artists, Rovina Cai, are en route from Conversation Tree Press to our warehouse. Our quantities are very limited. Preorder:
subterraneanpress.com/newscopies-o...
loading . . .
Copies of THE FAERY HANDBAG by Kelly Link Shipping Soon
Copies of The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link, with three full-color plates by one of our favorite artists, Rovina Cai, are en route to our warehouse. Our quantities are very limited. *** The Faery Handba...
https://subterraneanpress.com/newscopies-of-the-faery-handbag-by-kelly-link-shipping-soon/
0
31
14
reposted by
Penina Roth
Lit Hub
14 days ago
A mini syllabus (Including four free books!) for understanding ICE.
loading . . .
What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.
Our friends at Verso have prepared this ultra thorough ABOLISH ICE reading list, featuring a number of excellent titles that can help explain how we got here. Histories of American immigration, or …
https://buff.ly/u9cFN1M
0
48
25
reposted by
Penina Roth
Miles Klee 🦉
13 days ago
Big news that I'm delighted to no longer be keeping a secret: Next week I join
@wired.com
as a senior writer! As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
add a skeleton here at some point
257
2457
147
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kristen Radtke
15 days ago
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being.
@theverge.com
loading . . .
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868567/alex-pretti-minneapolis-childhood-friend?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IktWYlQ1a1F1ZUUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84Njg1NjcvYWxleC1wcmV0dGktbWlubmVhcG9saXMtY2hpbGRob29kLWZyaWVuZCIsImV4cCI6MTc2OTk2NDA1NSwiaWF0IjoxNzY5NTMyMDU1fQ.FrZ0NlULSpVamKAg761dJTzxcH4-LkVYlrvVVZb2ZFc&utm_medium=gift-link
503
17321
7255
reposted by
Penina Roth
Maris Kreizman
20 days ago
I wrote about how Heated Rivalry is just the latest case of how publishers, with all their data, are still not able to predict what will be the next sensation.
lithub.com/get-ready-fo...
loading . . .
Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon
Heated Rivalry mania has swept the world, and it’s been so fun to watch the stars of the TV series becoming A-list celebrities while the books upon which the show was based hit the bestseller list …
https://lithub.com/get-ready-for-publishing-to-chase-the-heated-rivalry-phenomenon/
18
508
96
Huge pub day congrats to Rachel Eliza Griffiths on her powerful memoir The Flower Bearers! We're honored to host her at the Franklin Park Reading Series on March 9 for our 17th Anniversary Bash!
add a skeleton here at some point
21 days ago
0
3
0
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kevin Maloney
22 days ago
“I WENT TO TACOMA TO VISIT my buddy Aaron, who was on sabbatical from his professor job at the University of Michigan…” Check out my new story THE BROKENHEARTED WHALEMEN’S CLUB up today at
@bulbregion.bsky.social
🔥🔥🔥
loading . . .
The Brokenhearted Whalemen's Club, by Kevin Maloney — The Bulb Region
The Brokenhearted Whalemen’s Club — Kevin Maloney I WENT TO TACOMA TO VISIT my...
https://bulbregion.com/The-Brokenhearted-Whalemen-s-Club-by-Kevin-Maloney
2
9
8
reposted by
Penina Roth
Kurt Baumeister
21 days ago
Attack of the Book People IV is on the way. Readers this time: Cynthia Weiner,
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
,
@ambersparks.bsky.social
, Bill Lessard,
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
, Alex Behr, and Farooq Ahmed!
@lelandcheuk.bsky.social
(aka Cheukles) and I (aka KGB) will emcee. March 5, 2026. Deets on att'd.
3
13
8
reposted by
Penina Roth
Quincy Scott Jones
21 days ago
Thinking about
#MLK
and 1 year since January 20, 2025 and
@briangresko.bsky.social
's 100 Days of
#CreativeResistance
and the 265 days after that and the 1095 days ahead.
briangresko.substack.com/p/looking-ba...
loading . . .
Looking Back at 100 Days of Creative Resistance
And why I want to bring it back
https://briangresko.substack.com/p/looking-back-at-100-days-of-creative
0
3
2
reposted by
Penina Roth
Joseph O'Neill
23 days ago
I have a new story in the New Yorker.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
loading . . .
“Light Secrets,” by Joseph O’Neill
Everyone’s done something good that’s hidden—the opposite of a dark secret.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/light-secrets-fiction-joseph-oneill
1
17
6
Huge thanks to mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series 2026 Launch stars
@justintaylor.bsky.social
,
@knguyen.bsky.social
,
@ellomelissa.bsky.social
, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman & ❤️ to our amazing audience! And we were honored to kick off the paperback tour for Justin's incredible novel Reboot!
27 days ago
0
5
3
reposted by
Penina Roth
New York Review Books
27 days ago
Elder-statesman Edwin Frank was interviewed for an article on the rise in reissue publishing in
@culturedmag.com.web.brid.gy
"There became a historical dimension to people’s awareness and their cultural commitment."
loading . . .
6 Small Press Editors Explain Why the Hottest New Thing in Lit Is Out-of-Print Books
As mainstream publishing spirals into sameness, a new wave of reissue presses is resurrecting the strange, the feral, and the intoxicating.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2026/01/08/literature-small-press-editors-out-of-print-books/
0
26
13
reposted by
Penina Roth
Necessary Fiction
about 1 month ago
Submissions to our annual summer flash fiction series are now open!
loading . . .
Necessary Fiction Submission Manager
Necessary Fiction Submission Manager Powered By Submittable - Accept and Curate Digital Content
https://necessaryfiction.submittable.com/submit/345463/flash-fiction-summer-series-2026
0
15
15
reposted by
Penina Roth
Samuel Ashworth
29 days ago
I've been waiting months to share this: I had the immense honor of talking to the brilliant Anna Sale and the Death, Sex, and Money podcast about AUGUST SWEENEY and autopsies.
loading . . .
Why Autopsies Are in Decline and Why it Matters
A doctor and a novelist on the life-changing power of post-mortem investigations.
https://slate.com/podcasts/death-sex-money/2026/01/autopsies-are-in-decline-science-death-medicine
0
6
5
reposted by
Penina Roth
Justin Taylor
5 months ago
talkin' about the new book, the old books, research habits, internet damage, language gnosticism, good music & more
loading . . .
Voice is the God of the Story
An Interview with Justin Taylor
https://joshcook.substack.com/p/voice-is-the-god-of-the-story
0
7
3
reposted by
Penina Roth
Justin Taylor
4 months ago
You get past a certain point and there aren't many ways left to "debut." Well this is my BASS debut & I'm honored to be included & grateful to Celeste for choosing my story "What About This," about a guy on a Gulf Coast roadtrip after defecting from Div school
add a skeleton here at some point
3
13
2
TONIGHT, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series for the NYC paperback launch of
@justintaylor.bsky.social
's novel Reboot! Justin will be joined by stellar authors
@knguyen.bsky.social
,
@ellomelissa.bsky.social
, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman.
#FreeAdmission
! 618 St. Johns Pl, Brooklyn.
30 days ago
0
1
1
MONDAY, 8PM: Excited to host supertalented authors
@justintaylor.bsky.social
,
@knguyen.bsky.social
,
@ellomelissa.bsky.social
, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman!
#Free
raffle for our readers' stunning books! Details:
shorturl.at/yTq9W
#crownheights
#freeadmission
about 1 month ago
0
7
3
reposted by
Penina Roth
Jacob T. Levy
about 1 month ago
Bowie's passing ten years ago marked the beginning of people thinking there was something basically just *wrong* with 2016, and so arguably marks the moment when the damned butterfly shunted us onto what is decidedly the wrong timeline.
19
358
63
reposted by
Penina Roth
Thor Benson
about 1 month ago
People from many different parts of the world coming together and supporting each other
1
139
9
Monday, 8pm, at Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to host
@justintaylor.bsky.social
for the NYC paperback celebration of his brilliant novel Reboot, w/stellar authors
@knguyen.bsky.social
,
@ellomelissa.bsky.social
, Heather McCalden & Ali Kriegsman! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights
#Free
about 1 month ago
0
2
2
Load more
feeds!
log in