There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

For the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks are eagerly awaiting the N.B.A. Finals. Vinson Cunningham appreciates the artfulness of the game, but “when the Knicks are on, playing prettily or not, I am a foulmouthed partisan,” he writes. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The fact that most of us can't name a policy advanced by the Right that has improved a majority of people's lives to me is telling. It suggests that when you hear some people say that a "strong" GOP is needed, that they are full of shit or complicit in making people's lives more awful.

“Someone might endeavor to begin at the beginning, but then somebody else would interject. They would have to go backward before they could go forward, and that’s what I wanted it to feel like when it was being read.” Anjali Sachdeva interviews @angelaflournoy.bsky.social. pghrev.com/talking-abou...

Can we get to 4500 letters to NY City Council by tomorrow? It only takes 30 seconds: actionnetwork.org/letters/city... - Also if you've already signed, can you please get 4 others to do the same?

I didn’t want this book to end. @angelaflournoy.bsky.social captures adult female friendship and so much of the mundane (and profound) moments that it can entail, especially in this moment.

‘If bad things happen, you are the problem; do not provoke; keep up the hope; things will be better – by the midterms, in four years, some day.’ Yiyun Li on enduring America, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

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.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

i wrote about watching it, about evidence, about witness. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses. The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. From our 2020 investigation:

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. She was also a prize-winning poet.

TONIGHT, 8PM: We’re celebrating an outstanding year of lit at the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring @angelaflournoy.bsky.social Tim Blake Nelson @drovarela.bsky.social @megancummins.bsky.social @jennifersears.bsky.social & Wah-Ming Chang! #Free + book raffle, drink specials!

ONE WEEK AWAY--MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Can't wait for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale with superstars @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! #Free Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC

I hear that if you take this quiz you might be matched with a certain novel about friendship 👀

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights

Bid on a personalized holiday note from Angela Flournoy, award-winning author of "The Turner House" and "The Wilderness" in our annual postcard auction! buff.ly/pGcBXs6 @harpercollins.bsky.social

I was so happy for @laurenleblanc.bsky.social to review THE WILDERNESS, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social's thrilling new novel about what it means to be a friend. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/a...

I kicked off #BannedBookWeek at Kindred Stories in #Houston Listening to #KieseLaymon speak with @angelaflournoy.bsky.social about her new book was everything I needed! Do yourself a favor & get a copy of #TheWilderness.

Announcing the 2025 #PDXBookFest author line-up. ☔📚 We will be joined by more than 80 authors to celebrate books! These authors include @staceyabrams.com, Rebecca Yarros, Nicholas Boggs, @emmadonoghue.bsky.social, @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, and @susanorlean.bsky.social More on: pdxbookfest.org

Evidence that DOGE has not only accessed sensitive data, but also removed data illegally, covering their tracks as they did so. Like hackers would do. Not what a legitimate government organization would do. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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I’m going to figure out how to be in this space in a way that makes sense/doesn’t drive me crazy, then I will be in this space.