Thank you, Jeremy Kauffman—

“Overpromise, underdeliver, change the subject.” The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o... “There is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink…”

Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.

So, basically, we have reality TV to blame for all of this, talk about trickle down…

This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳

"We enter into parallel worlds that give us the chance to explore “what if” scenarios: What would I do in that situation? How are my values similar or different?" @mojojohanna.bsky.social about the work she does @learcenter.bsky.social voyagela.com/interview/da...

Just leaving these here, just in case you want to put the dates in your calendar—

Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them. Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.

"...how could childhood be the center? You had to be grown up longer than you got to be a child. This did not feel fair." Naomi Shihab Nye in #snapshotsthebook. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/march/g...

A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!

He nails it.

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Sometimes a moment has you pass through a portal. Coming out as trans was a long process for me, but it was also something that happened on one particular day. For the new @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @dinahlenney.bsky.social anthology SNAPSHOTS, I wrote about it. Thank you, Dinah & Lit Hub.

Here’s a beauty…

Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook ! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook [email protected] @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

Today is pub day! These 36 essays spread out on the big kitchen table altogether finally in #snapshotsthebook — thanks all you writers for your words and photos, and to @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social for putting the album together— wait till you see, everybody, and I hope you like it!

For your final prompt (number 30) choose from the following titles, and write: On Chutzpah; On Nudity; On Looking Up; On Geraniums… (h/t @aimeeliu.bsky.social )

With the wise and wonderful @aimeeliu.bsky.social—on chutzpah (and those other things, too)... Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image open.substack.com/pub/aimeeliu...

Prompt number 29: So much to do— how will you ever get it all done? When will you ever get it all done? What if you do and what if you don’t?

The first look at Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image is up over at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which has an essay by @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social. lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...

"I've discovered a new website. It's called Sniffies. You can instantly find men." An excerpt from @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social's "Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image." lareviewofbooks.org/article/torn...

Prompt number 28, #snapshotsthebook coming to a shelf near you in three days, three prompts to go!

@waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social today #snapshotsthebook!

Prompt number 28: Write about a message from the universe—

Everybody, please come, there will be cookies!

Prompt number 27: Who is your oldest friend? How have they changed? How are they exactly the same? How have you changed? How are you exactly the same?

Prompt number 26: Write a fan letter to somebody who deserves one, or— Write about a song that’s with you wherever you go—

Prompt number 25: Write about your day job or your dream job or just an extremely satisfying chore…

Prompt number 24: Write about a particular scar, wound, idiosyncrasy, badge of honor that is yours and yours alone—

Prompt number 23: Write about the best way to get from here to there…(Literally, figuratively, magically, quickly, slowly, intentionally, or by accident.) Or— Who’s your favorite travel companion?

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Today’s prompt, number 22, is an epigraph: “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now—“ Or— Consider the daffodil —

Prompt number 21: She/he/you/they/we danced and danced/couldn’t stop dancing/wanted/needed/asked him/her/you/me/them/us to dance…

Prompt number 20: On the joyous and sorrows of collecting and collections— What do you collect? Where do you keep your collection? Where did you find your favorite treasure?

Prompt number 19: Write about something that happened on the front porch or— About a favorite piece of furniture

Pump number 18: The dinner party— because it was wonderful or terrible for any number of reasons…

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Prompt number 16: Write about a time you were or were not invited…

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Prompt#14:

So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. Do I have this right?

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