The activist founder of a DC fixture shares how it all began. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @orbooks.bsky.social @busboysandpoets.bsky.social #booksky

High-fives, Handshakes, and Hugs: A fragmentary lecture while the ink is running out. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/hig... @stevenleyva.bsky.social #booksky

This was a cool exercise—writing about which books share DNA with “On Fire and Under Water.” Grateful to the @wirobooks.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me. With mentions of work from John Woods, Ivy Pochoda, @jordanharper.bsky.social, and Delfina Cuuero.

Bedtime Stories: Curtis Ippolito. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/bed... @rhppress.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social #booksky

Stonehenge, where a man’s a man, and the children… (Okay, we’ll stop.) www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @hsmithwrites.bsky.social #booksky

ICYMI: "A con man wreaks havoc on an eccentric family in 1950s Mississippi." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/b... @hubcitypress.bsky.social #booksky

Meet Meghan Keane and LA Johnson (PARTY OF ONE: BE YOUR OWN BEST LIFE PARTNER, @chroniclebooks.bsky.social) at @peoplesbooktakoma.com in Takoma Park, MD, today at 4 p.m.! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mee... #booksky

What are we talkin'? Books! When are we talkin' 'em? All week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky

“Characters are often overcome by the wildness, feeling small, lost, and desperate in the face of the stark, unforgiving land.” In @wirobooks.bsky.social‬‬, Patricia S. Gormley reviews Nathan Harris’ new novel, “Amity” - www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a...

Loved this book featuring a Korean Adoptee as a vampire hunter. And yeah, I go there in the review, comparing adoptive parents to vampires. #BookReview #KoreanAdoption #vampires

Our Week in Reviews: 9/20/25: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Statistics and climate catastrophe somehow add up to fun in this queer sci-fi/horror romp. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/l... @torbooks.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social #booksky

So grateful to @wirobooks.bsky.social for this TERRIFIC review! #books #booksky #read 💙💙

On Poetry: September 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @wwph.bsky.social @cabockwrites.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social #booksky #poetry

Who — or what — is killing patients at an Incheon hospital? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @alicestephens.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social #booksky

Podcast: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @biographersintl.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social #booksky

An anthropologist celebrates the country that reshaped him. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @raimalarter.bsky.social #booksky

My book review of the excellent Amity is up at bit.ly/4nyDtbO Pick this one if you like your Hero's Journey myths in gripping sparse language, filled with memorable characters, and set against one of the most forbidding landscapes imaginable. @wirobooks.bsky.social@littlebrown.bsky.social

Join @celestedador.bsky.social and @loyaltybooks.bsky.social in DC tonight at 7 p.m. for a conversation with @tajmccoy.bsky.social (THE DATING PROHIBITION, @harpercollins.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/taj... #booksky

An Interview with Robin Allison Davis. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @amistadbooks.bsky.social @robinadavis.bsky.social #booksky

Formerly enslaved siblings make a treacherous journey to post-Civil War Mexico. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @littlebrown.bsky.social #booksky

Children’s Book Roundup: September 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/chi... @candlewickpress.bsky.social @tcmpub.bsky.social #booksky

Kafka’s meditation on the limits of empathy. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/bye... #booksky #kafka

What’s wrong with being sexy? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @mjmckean.bsky.social @harryshearer.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social #boosky #spinaltap #thisisspinaltap

Let's welcome ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with some book news ❤️ Contributor @writesloud.bsky.social was interviewed about her new collection FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT from @stanchion.bsky.social in @wirobooks.bsky.social 👏 buff.ly/PzLiHUC

A Look Ahead: 9/14/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky

Boy howdy, do we all need something to look forward to. And the answer--of course-- is BOOKS! Once again, your peeps at @wirobooks.bsky.social have you covered. Take a look at our round-up of titles coming out this fall & find your new fave. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sne...

Our Week in Reviews: 9/13/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @harperbooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @liveright.bsky.social @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Join @curiousiguana.com in Frederick, MD, tonight at 6 p.m. for a meet-and-greet and signing with @bookbent.bsky.social (THE BELLES: A NOVEL, @atriabooks.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mee... #booksky

Recalling the massive WWII effort to fill the seas with U.S. vessels. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/l... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @dougmost.bsky.social #booksky

A struggling painter must track down and destroy deadly works of art. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @kosokojackson.bsky.social #booksky

Podcast: Heather Clark. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social #booksky #podcast

When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @liveright.bsky.social @dhbaron.bsky.social #booksky

Join @bardsalley.bsky.social & @allyscottauthor.bsky.social in Chantilly, VA, tonight at 7 p.m. for a convo with @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social (YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN, @sagapressbooks.bsky.social). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/and... #booksky

An Interview with Jeffrey Boutwell. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social #booksky

Sisters in 18th-century England enjoy uncommon freedom — to the alarm of their suspicious neighbors. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @henryholtbooks.bsky.social #booksky .

From post-9/11 NY to Lebanon to the Ottoman Empire, @nancykric.bsky.social’s The Burning Heart of the World explores the lasting scars of war & displacement. 🔥📚 Read her interview with Olivia Katrandjian in the @wirobooks.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lZSfHf

George Sand at Nohant. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/geo... #booksky

A Teacher’s Odyssey. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-t... @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social @finishinglinepress.bsky.social #booksky

A master biographer tells her own poignant story. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @marinerbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Books & readers are alive & well!

We're rested up from the National Book Festival, and kickoff isn't until 1 p.m., so let's talk about what's on tap this week! 🏈 www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky

One of America's greatest book events in one of America's greatest cities! #NationalBookFestival #DC #booksky

Our Week in Reviews: 9/6/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @melvillehouse.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #booksky

Romance Roundup: September 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/rom... #booksky @kristinawright.bsky.social @avonbooks.bsky.social @berkleyromance.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @reginablackwrites.bsky.social @theallycarter.bsky.social @oliviawrites.bsky.social

What’s behind the shocking criminality at a U.S. Army base? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... #booksky @vikingbooks.bsky.social

Join Meghan Keane (bsky.app/profile/npr.... "Life Kit") at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC, tonight at 7 p.m. for a conversation with Sally McKenney (SALLY'S BAKING 101, Clarkson Potter). It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sal... #booksky

Our reserved neighbors to the north can rock like badasses, too. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @houseofanansi.bsky.social @adamfeibel.com @bobkin.bsky.social #booksky

Love to see "Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood" by Patrick Adamson in such good company! www.oupress.com/978080619607...

Sneak Preview: Fall 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sne... @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social @lfpbooks.bsky.social @aucpress.bsky.social @oupress.bsky.social @benbellabooks.bsky.social #booksky