Deborah L Williams

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Ambivalent New Yorker & former Abu Dhabi dweller (no, not Dubai). Writer, PhD, feminist, aspirational crone. https://linktr.ee/mannahattamamma

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AARP sponsoring the Rolling Stones new tour is just about perfect. Will branded merch include Brown Sugar Viagra & SatisfactoryStatins?

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social: "Foreign affairs writer Tom Nichols ... explains that foreign aid is normally about 1% of the U.S. budget—$60 billion... (For comparison, Nichols points out that Americans last year spent about $181 billion on snacks and $115 billion on beer.)" THAT IS A LOT OF SNACKS

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I love this essay series so much. It’s a gift to the essay-obsessed…

My next installment of the Essay Series is up! This one is about the vignette essay, tiny essay, or flash nonfiction. www.awritersnotebook.org/p/the-essay-...

Get this book on your pre-order list! A thriller set in a high-end writing retreat on the shores of the deepest lake in Central America. What could *possibly* go wrong? Plot twists, fascinating characters, and a compelling mother-daughter story anchor you to story.

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BREAKING The Israeli cabinet has approved the proposed hostage deal, per the Prime Minister’s office.

There are few things better in the world than seeing a former student thrive & begin to set the world on fire in the best possible way. Dubai Abulhoul, founder of Fiker Institute, sees the institute's mission as reshaping the narrative about Arabs and the Middle East: whatson.ae/2023/11/fike...

Fiker Institute: A new library to open in Alserkal Avenue this weekendwhatson.ae The library sets out to question and disrupt existing narratives about Arabs and the Middle East... This weekend marks an exciting milestone for

Yes, for sure, dear Office of Equal Opportunity, that webinar is *for sure* going to prevent sexual harassment. FOR SURE. Or um, at very least, lessen your liability.

Gogogogogogo Ohio

Breaking news: Ohio voters said “yes” to enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution. It will also create legal protections for anyone who assists a person with receiving reproductive medical treatment. The amendment will become effective 30 days after the election.

Election 2023 live updates: Ohio residents vote to protect abortion rights in their constitution, AP...www.washingtonpost.com Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday in several states with key offices and issues on the line. The 2023 contests could provide clues about what to expect in next year’s crucial elections.

Voting! And reading! Am reminded both of these things are amazing privileges. If you haven’t voted yet GO. If we’ve learned nothing else from the First Felon, it’s that local elections matter *a lot*

Oh dear. #copyeditfail

Are you a person who can’t stop till Queen or do you stop here?

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This is such an astute and moving piece about the impact of Friends and about why many people are feeling Matthew Perry's passing so keenly. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/a...

The First of Our Friends to Gowww.nytimes.com What do we mourn when we mourn a TV companion?

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I can't express how excited I am to share today's conversation with one of my favorite living writers, the extraordinary Bhanu Kapil. With the reissue of the long unavailable Incubation: A Space for Monsters we look across her writing life entire Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/bhan...

Bhanu Kapil : Incubation : A Space for Monsters - Tin Housetinhouse.com Bhanu Kapil’s postcolonial feminist road novel Incubation : A Space for Monsters has long been out-of-print. The book of hers that most engages with the mythos and reality of America, Incubation fo...

Generosity is good book biz (trust @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social who truly does know best): janefriedman.com/earn-six-fig...

Earn Six Figures as a Writer With This One Weird Trick | Jane Friedmanjanefriedman.com Literary citizenship—freely sharing your knowledge with those in need—can reap substantial rewards for authors and editors.

Can anyone do anything to fix this or fire that guy or both?

Anti-abortion Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered the purge of 27,000 voter registrations before voters decide on Issue 1, which would codify abortion in the state. People can re-register—but not in time to vote on the ballot measure. That deadline was Oct. 10.

Ohio Quietly Purges 27,000 Voters From Rolls Ahead of Abortion Votejezebel.com The anti-abortion Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) ordered the cancelations before voters decide on Issue 1, which would codify abortion in the state.

yes, my dear student, i am delighted to take the time to have a writing conference with you while you rush through crowded hallways "looking for a place to sit," asking me to repeat & repeat what I'm saying because "you can't write down notes" (see above, rushing thru hallways) hashtag gaah

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Half a million people in London right now. Jewish activists in New York last night. Polls in both countries overwhelmingly support a ceasefire in Gaza. Cannot imagine this level of support even five years ago. Whatever happens, the Palestinians are no longer alone.

Hey Siri, invent a playlist called "marking student essays on a Friday night," why dontcha?

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“We cannot write a free Palestine into existence, but together we must do all we possibly can to reject narratives that soothe Western complicity in ethnic cleansing.” https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/

WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZAwww.writersagainstthewarongaza.com

And to follow up: the insurance company would be *delighted* to reimburse us 40% of the cost of an out of network visit...after we've hit the deductible of $2600. Stupid stupid STUPID system

Health Insurance online helpdesk: "to protect your son's health information can I have his full name and date of birth?" So...to protect his information, you need his full information? Hmm.

@allisonkwilliams.bsky.social offers a compelling alternative reading of "that It Girl article" : brevity.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/b...

Being a Literary IT Girlbrevity.wordpress.com by Allison K Williams Nylon magazine’s recent article, The Makings of a Literary It Girl, describes six young woman authors’ book release parties: In the last few years, the traditional literary w...

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My department is hiring for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies in Popular Culture and Media Studies. Please share among relevant networks. Thank you so much! apply.interfolio.com/134148

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“He’s the right man for the right time,” Representative Chip Roy of Texas, an influential conservative said". EMPHASIS ON THE *RIGHT* which is to say the *wrong* which is to say: the party of the craven has spoken

today in teacher success: peer workshops & at the end of class, one student said to me "I didn't know we could help each other so much. That was great." #processmatters #aretherehashtagsinbluesky?

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Scholastic Book Fairs is ending their segregated book program. We made ourselves heard.

Writer people, if you're not subscribing to this newsletter, you're missing out.

Today on Agents & Books, we (kinda don't) answer a reader question about what to say to your agent when they ask you for editor suggestions for your work. katemckean.substack.com/p/its-ok-not...

It's Ok Not To Knowkatemckean.substack.com Even if you think you should know

"Israelis and Palestinians are locked in a death spiral, unable to break out of it. In one important sense this isn’t their fault — both are victims of history stuck in this loop" - an important essay from Robin Yassin-Kassab @The Markaz Review themarkaz.org/october-7-an...

Cyrus talking to WCC as part of the NEH Institute series. #starwarsforever