Sarah Weinman

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Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Author, SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.

Next nonfiction book (in a few years): WITHOUT CONSENT

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I'm busy today, so here's my 2000+ word response to everything that happened on this anti-Black platform yesterday. You can read it, or not. www.patreon.com/posts/racism...

Racism, Transphobia, and the Bluesky Brigade | Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBluewww.patreon.com Get more from Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBlue on Patreon

*taps the sign*

No one knows anything, especially now.

“I Feel Love”, but the Patrick Cowley remix version

As if your life depends on it, what is the best dance track ever written?

The universe is definitely sending some messages, maybe including logging off

Meteor passed over Statue of Liberty Tuesday, disintegrating high above Midtown: NASA

Meteor passed over NYC, Statue of Liberty Tuesday: NASAwww.nbcnewyork.com A number of tri-state area residents reported feeling a shaking or hearing a loud boom Tuesday morning leading to quite the mystery. NASA is estimating a meteor passed through the area around the same...

I had forgotten about this dude, but lol

Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Founder, Is Found Guilty of Fraudwww.nytimes.com Mr. Watson, who denied lying to investors and lenders, could face up to 37 years in prison.

I have long wondered what Edward Jones has been up to and I’m so glad for this profile — how has it been eighteen years since he published a book? And yet.

Visiting an Elusive Writer, and Revisiting His Masterpiecewww.nytimes.com Our critic talks to Edward P. Jones about how he imagined “The Known World,” recently voted the best work of fiction by an American writer in the 21st century.

Shockingly, despite everything, I wrote some words today

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Tempted to read J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy? Skip it and listen to this instead

‎If Books Could Kill: Hillbilly Elegy on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show If Books Could Kill, Ep Hillbilly Elegy - Mar 23, 2023

Figures that a president whose candidacy began because his publisher urged him to tweet picks a guy who had no career visibility until his book was published Thanks for that

Too late, Reality TV *is* American media

Begging the media to stop covering the VP announcement like it’s a fucking episode of The Bachelor

🎶laws aren’t real 🎶 (Thanks I hate it)

So how would Sondheim have written this guy

Talked about what to do with Alice Munro on CBC Radio’s Sunday Magazine with Heather O’Neill & Stephen Marche. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

A really life-affirming activity today is watching the livestream of Dr. Ruth’s funeral, this is how you celebrate a great life

Shannen, icon.

Shannen Doherty, Star of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed,' Dies at 53: 'Devoted Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Friend'people.com Beverly Hills 90210 and Charmed star Shannen Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Doherty's rep confirmed the death of the actress in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE on Sunday, Jul...

No one knows anything, especially now.

Where I was when I heard the news

Dr. Ruth was kind, funny, and a pioneer in making people understand that yes, sex is great. She was my neighbor and also had ties to my hometown of Ottawa. One of the greatest nights ever was being in the choir that sang at her 80th birthday party.

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Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96www.nytimes.com Frank and funny, the taboo-breaking psychologist said things on television and radio that would have been shocking coming from almost anyone else.

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Arguing with Jamelle will not solve systemic issues of any kind

“Project 2025, it’s what’s for dinner”

At this point, more people are searching for information about Project 2025 than are searching "dinner." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | ‘Project 2025’ gets traction — thanks in part to Trumpwww.washingtonpost.com The former president’s denial of the outside policy effort helped bring new eyeballs to the issue.

“I couldn’t wrap my head around her attitude. If I would have had one of Alice’s books at home, I would have [tossed it] in the trash can.” (Non-paywalled link here: https:://archive.ph/2otw9)

Alice Munro told me her daughter was lying about being molested by her stepdad: OPP detectivewww.thestar.com “I couldn’t wrap my head around her attitude,” retired OPP detective Sam Lazarevich told the Star of meeting celebrated author Alice Munro in 2004.

Hell yes get your free James Baldwin book at the library!!

NYC!! www.nypl.org/blog/2024/07...

Pick Up a Free James Baldwin Title in Celebration of His 100th Birthday | The New York Public Librarywww.nypl.org The New York Public Library is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin one of our largest adult book giveaways!

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Breaking: hackers stole call and text records for "nearly all" AT&T customers. Shows which phone numbers a customer called or texted. A staggering and unprecedented data breach. Data usually only available to authorities; now hackers got it www.404media.co/hackers-stea...

Hackers Steal Text and Call Records of ‘Nearly All’ AT&T Customerswww.404media.co In one of the most significant data breaches in recent history, hackers stole AT&T customers’ call and text metadata spanning several months.

I’m sorry what

Angela Merkel detective series set to air in Italywww.dw.com An unlikely crime series depicting German former Chancellor Angela Merkel as a small-town amateur detective is set to air in Italy.

Further details emerged this morning at Dubois’s arraignment and the case against him seems pretty damning. Just a depressing, indefensible turn of events.

Deeply horrifying news in the crime fiction world.

NYT best-selling author Brendan DuBois charged with possession of child sex abuse imageswww.seacoastonline.com Brendan DuBois, 64, of Exeter, was arrested Wednesday on six felony counts of possession of child sex abuse images.

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Shelley Duvall, Robert Altman Protege and Tormented Wife in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75www.hollywoodreporter.com The versatile actress, also memorable in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller,' 'Nashville,' 'Popeye' and '3 Women,' produced TV series for kids as well.

The great Pam Colloff has a new piece!!!

He Was Convicted of Killing His Baby. The DA’s Office Says He’s Innocent, but That Might Not Be Enough.www.propublica.org When new scientific evidence casts doubt on convictions, the justice system has no easy path to freedom — even when it’s the prosecutors doing the asking.

Just a grim month in the book world