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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Sep 8

Conversation about poetry between the wonderful Phillis Levin and me in @commonmag.bsky.social
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Hitting a Wall and Making a Door: A Conversation between Phillis Levin and Diane Mehta

PHILLIS LEVIN <br> A flood of associations and memories ensues, a fantasia of cultural and personal histories—casualties of natural disasters, casualties of human massacres; and a need to escape (or b...

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thrilled to contribute 3 translations to the anthology of writing in Crimean Tatar @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social
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What Russia stole, these Crimean Tatar authors endeavor to reclaim with literature

To much of the world, Crimea is mostly synonymous with the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine — once a precious Black Sea resort, the peninsula was seized at gunpoint in 2014 and transformed into a...

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UGA Press @ugapress.bsky.social · Jun 30

New Chamber Ballet's Poet-in-Residence and Happier Far author dianemehta.bsky.social‬ captures the essence of three dance scenes in her new piece for The ‪parisreview.bsky.social‬. Check it out here: https://loom.ly/Wh4C114

Rehearsal Scenes by Diane Mehta

June 18, 2025 – “Choreography is a way of organizing chaos.”

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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · May 22

Re-upping this given today's awful news about curtailing medical care for our trans fellow citizens: lithub.com/how-trumps-a...

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 22

"Each dance is a small—four- or five-minute—collaboration."
Clair Wills on dancing, and talking about dance. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Stepping Out | Clair Wills

I hold hands with strangers. I do it quite often, and for long minutes at a time. I wrap my arms around them to bring them close in an embrace. I search their faces. I fit my body to their dips and ho...

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 19

An important book, take notice!

Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · May 19

Huge thanks, @literaryhub.bsky.social for choosing TOGETHER IN MANZANAR: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp, as one of the week's featured nonfiction titles. Especially meaningful during #aapi and #jewish heritage months💜 link.lithub.com/view/6818dfd...

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 18

Sharing this piece, my favorite from my essay collection, which I read at @interintellect.bsky.social last week.

Longreads @longreads.com · Feb 18

"We spend our whole lives learning that we already have everything we need to survive. We torture our spirits and try not to bleed out, hoping that we have gambled on the right life with the right people." @dianemehta.bsky.social

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Her Greatest Hits - Longreads

"Maybe it's only when you don’t know what you are listening for that you find what you were waiting all along to discover."

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 18

It's exactly right on with the confusion, and the wealth comment startled but did not surprise me.

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Arrowsmith Press @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social · May 15

A Reading List for Jewish American Heritage Month 2025: clmp.org/news/a-readi...

Thank you for including TINY EXTRAVAGANZAS by Diane Mehta (@dianemehta.bsky.social), @clmporg.bsky.social!

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 14

It is I who must thank you! A powerful night.

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · May 14

Fantastic night at a packed house thx to @peninaroth.bsky.social

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · May 9

MONDAY, 8PM: Can't wait for the Franklin Park Reading Series Nonfiction Night with acclaimed authors Jamie Hood, @coletteshade.bsky.social, @erikajsimpson.bsky.social, Kari Ferrell, @dianemehta.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social! #Free, 📚raffle, 🍻specials! 618 St. Johns Pl, Crown Heights

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you for reading it!

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 28

After playing anagrams for several hours via Game Pigeon on my phone with my son, who is in college, he wrote between classes and said, “Mom, stop.” Fun to write this for @oldstermag.bsky.social thank you @saribotton.bsky.social
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Word Games

Diane Mehta on learning the frantic art of scrambling for words from her speedy and strategic 21-year-old son.

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 21

congrats!

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 21

There is so much I want to say

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WIRED @wired.com · Apr 19

Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say

The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 18

Proud of this essay! Thx @ditmaslit.bsky.social 8pm looking forward to reading for and with you at Urbane Arts Club in Brooklyn 4/23 at 8pm.

Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · Apr 18

Ditmas Lit is Wed. 4/23! Check out reader @dianemehta.bsky.social’s essay On Assignment, Virgil Rescues Dante From the Wilderness in Harvard Divinity Bulletin bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/on-assignmen...

On Assignment, Virgil Rescues Dante from the Wilderness

A Divine Comedy reading group with two artist friends deepens the author’s understanding of Dante’s transcendent friendship with Virgil. By Diane Mehta

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · Apr 9

These funding cut offs—like those at Penn, Columbia, etc.—are illegal. Will anyone sue to vindicate their interests, or those of students, staff, and the general public?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 8

Breaking News: The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern, two officials said.

Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern

The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · Apr 5

Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Apr 7

Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

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Diane Mehta @dianemehta.bsky.social · Apr 7

What a monster henchman

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Apr 7

Mike Johnson changed the House rules so that a vote for Congress to reclaim authority to do tariffs will never be scheduled, by declaring the rest of this Congressional term one single calendar day. www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/house-quie.... He could fix all of this before the US markets open.

House Quietly Ducks Trump Tariff Vote

Congress forks over more power to the president.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Mar 17

@dianemehta.bsky.social reflects on racism, religious experiences, and how visions of freediving helped her finish her novel.

How Visions of Freediving Helped Diane Mehta Finish Her Novel

When I feel most invisible, I turn to YouTube and watch videos of freediving. I became enthralled when I was researching the motions and rhythms of being proficiently underwater for a scene in my n…

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