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Judy Blume! Halle Butler! Narnia for grown-ups! 23 new books out today. lithub.com/judy-blume-h... 💙📚

Judy Blume! Halle Butler! Narnia for grown-ups! 23 new books out today.lithub.com It’s the middle of July already! What a July it’s been so far, much less what a 2024 it’s been. If you need to sit back and process it all for a bit in the background while you re…

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I'm readng Asunder by @kerstinhall.bsky.social, which comes out next month and is really great so far! Reminds me of everything I like about Robert Jackson Bennett's fantasy, but is its own thing in wonderful ways, with incredible characters.

Asunderus.macmillan.com "There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...

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gotta love how contemporary publishing is 30000000 beautiful, deeply felt, finely crafted books with 7.5 readers each whose authors are just barely making a living, and like 4 books that financially support the whole apparatus, each of which has comprehensively and unforgivably destroyed society

Currently reading Lake Gary x Paul Southworth, out tomorrow from Iron Circus Comics #nr

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There’s a slim chance I might be in a position to hire an editorial/political cartoonist in the near future. Specifically for US-related issues around the economy and labor rights. Not a ton of work but paid. Feel free to share and/or DM me if you think you might be able to help.

I wrote—tried to write—about State of Paradise for The Sunday Long Read. 💙📚

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Today on our blog we're revealing the darkly gorgeous cover created by @lynnehansenart.bsky.social for @cybergodwrites.bsky.social's prose poetry collection TINY OBLIVIONS AND MUTUAL SELF DESTRUCTIONS. Stare into the abyss and get $2 off your preorder of this haunting collection. wp.me/p7HjUQ-2nQ

COVER REVEAL: Tiny Oblivions and Mutual Self Destructions - Raw Dog Screaming Presswp.me Our latest cover reveal is not for the weak-willed because if some who have looked too long have been unable to every look away. So take care not to linger too long or you may be transported to anothe...

Reading in Russ about what's essentially a sex robot, and the unusual perspective is making me think.

My current read (one of them) is spooky, but also legit funny. Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects x Noah Angell (with many thanks to the author) #nr 💙📚

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup | Science fiction books | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/articl... 💙📚

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundupwww.theguardian.com Curandera by Irenosen Okojie; The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman; The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer; Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

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The Spacefunk! anthology kickstarter just hit 64%. But there’s only 7 days left! This is a once in a lifetime anthology—50 black science fiction writers and poets writing the Black Fantastic. It’s an incredible opportunity to support black writers and publishers. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mvm...

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María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968) was a Mexican poet-novelist, short story writer and translator. She received the 1923 literary prize from the Académie française for her novel El Secreto.

Literature in Translation from Taiwan: What to Read Next by Jenna Tang - Words Without Borders wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... 💙📚

Literature in Translation from Taiwan: What to Read Next by Jenna Tang - Words Without Borderswordswithoutborders.org Jenna Tang, translator of "Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise," recommends 8 books and short stories in translation from Taiwan to read now.

Blazed through this. I *loved* all of the Florida weirdness throughout. All of it. I was bewildered by the plot resolution, and didn't really love it. The writing, though, reminds me of Patricia Lockwood, which I similarly loved. 💙📚

July 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine msmagazine.com/2024/07/02/b... 💙📚

July 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazinemsmagazine.com The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in July 2024.

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Two lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos... 💙📚

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Twolithub.com Well, it’s been a pretty bad year so far, all things considered, with the strong potential to get worse. But as always, there’s a silver lining (of sorts): the books. Now that the year&…

“Intelligent, Attractive, Powerful Lesbians Conquering the World” - The Paris Review www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/06... 💙📚 Joanna Russ

“Intelligent, Attractive, Powerful Lesbians Conquering the World” - The Paris Reviewwww.theparisreview.org A correspondence between Joanna Russ and Marilyn Hacker.

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⚔️eBook discount! A SWORD NAMED TRUTH by Sherwood Smith is only $.99 on all eBook platforms. Untested young rulers must protect their world from the mysterious kingdom of Norsunder in a new epic fantasy trilogy in the same world as the popular Inda series. astrapublishinghouse.com/product/a-sw...

The Persistence of Life in “Prairie Edge” - Chicago Review of Books chireviewofbooks.com/2024/06/21/t... 💙📚

The Persistence of Life in “Prairie Edge” - Chicago Review of Bookschireviewofbooks.com Our review of Conor Kerr's new novel, "Prairie Edge"

Also #nr the weird and wonderful Fog & Car x Eugene Lim. Due for re-release next week from Coffee House Press.

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books ‹ Literary Hub lithub.com/dragon-heist... 💙📚

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Bookslithub.com Summer has started early, if the recent heat dome is any indication. Escape the stifling weather, if only for a little while, with new science fiction, fantasy, and speculative works from a mix of …

Alice Munro Was Hiding in Plain Sight www.thecut.com/article/alic... 💙📚

Alice Munro Was Hiding in Plain Sightwww.thecut.com I know the Nobel laureate’s writing by heart. I know her failures by heart, too.

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/best-books-2... 💙📚

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Farwww.newyorker.com Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

ALA Lecture Series: Matthew Omelsky www.youtube.com/live/hhkoF_O...

ALA Lecture Series: Matthew Omelskywww.youtube.com Authors Speak: Fugitive Time: Global Aesthetics and the Black BeyondIntroduced and moderated by Jeanne-Marie Jackson Matthew Omelsky is an assistant professo...

Audre Lorde, June Jordan, and a Homemade Field of Love | Alexis Pauline Gumbs 💙📚 youtube.com/watch?v=OiSg...

Audre Lorde, June Jordan, and a Homemade Field of Love | Alexis Pauline Gumbsyoutube.com Alexis Pauline Gumbs offers an ecofeminist exploration into how the works of Black feminist poets Audre Lorde and June Jordan can speak to our current climat...

20 new books you need to read this summer www.latimes.com/entertainmen... 💙📚

20 new books you need to read this summerwww.latimes.com Here are 20 upcoming books — publishing between late May and August — that we recommend to kick off the summer reading season.

Whether you love fiction, nonfiction, mystery, or romance, the Globe’s annual summer reading preview features 75 books we think you’ll want to slip into that beach bag, backpack, or picnic basket. bostonglobe.com/2024/05/30/a... 💙📚

75 books we’re most excited to read this summer - The Boston Globebostonglobe.com The Globe’s annual summer reading preview features 75 books — fiction, nonfiction, romance, and mystery — we think you’ll want to slip into that beach bag, backpack, or picnic basket.