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A Plunge Into Calvino Podcast @aplungeintocalvino.bsky.social · 1d

Italo Calvino was born 102 years ago today. He was a writer of delights, a fighter of fascism, and possessor of a mind always curious and subtle. Although he died in 1985, he was so far ahead of his times that his work feels like a map of our Invisible Cities and a guide to our Crossed Destinies.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 2d

Happy pub days live here--can't wait to read Amber Sparks's new novel!

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 2d

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 3d

Soooo looking forward to this!

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 6d

This is incredible!

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 9d

Oh no--sorry to hear this!

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 19d

Great choice! Love this story.

Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 21d

Really?!

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Erratum Press @erratumpress.bsky.social · 23d

THE POEMS: a novella >> available from Barnes&Noble
www.erratumpress.com/the-poems @questionstruck.bsky.social

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 24d

Never noticed "the blues" in there before.

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Erratum Press @erratumpress.bsky.social · 28d

THE POEMS: A NOVELLA by William Walsh | *out now*

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · 29d

Amazing news, Joy--congrats! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

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Mary Ann Cappiello @macappiello.bsky.social · Sep 16

I'm looking forward to participating in "Open Books, Open Minds" this Thursday, sponsored by @slj.com, @libraryjournal.bsky.social, and @thehornbook.bsky.social!

You can find out more about this free virtual event here:
www.libraryjournal.com/event/Open-B...

<i>SLJ</i> & <i>LJ</i> Open Books Open Minds 2025

We are excited to bring back the successful virtual event Open Books, Open Minds A Celebration of Reading & Literacy. A co-production of SLJ, LJ, and The Horn Book, this day-long event will convene au...

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 16

So sorry to hear about this. Apart from his endless curiosity and book acumen and ceaseless support of small presses, Dan offered such a generous vision of what literary community could mean and be. Such a loss.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 16

Really like the song, too!

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 16

I first read Carver (much too young) on an outing with my dad to the beach. Any time I read a Carver story I expect sand to fall out of the pages!

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · Sep 15

The ASU Worldbuilding Initiative returns this Wednesday with "Cones and Caution: The Precarity of Signaling the Future"! How might the meaning of language or symbols change over time? Is it possible to exactly express ourselves across great spans of time? (Free and open to the public! Livestreamed!)

Cones and Caution: The Precarity of Signaling the Future | ASU Events

If you need to leave a message for the people of the future, what you want to say might not be as important as how you say it, and where, and using what medium. How might the meaning of written langua...

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 13

I feel like this is basically the origin story of the Grateful Dead.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 4

So exciting!

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 3

So true! Books like to talk and mingle and hang out with one another. I've never seen a tab come out of its cubicle, not even for lunch.

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Outlook Springs @outlooksprings.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh my oh my! Get your hands on one! www.outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...

A stack of issues of a literary magazine. The cover illustration looks like a coloring book that a very young child scribbled all over, with no attention paid to staying in the lines.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Sep 3

It will be available at Water Street Bookstore, yes?

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · Sep 3

Boston-area folks, I am so excited to host a conversation with my dear friend @ambersparks.bsky.social about her new novel HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social on October 16. I hope you'll join us! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Aug 14

And counter-movements--my own instinct would be to carve out the long vertical along one of the edges.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is how artistic movements start.

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Tim Horvath @timhorvath.bsky.social · Aug 14

Never heard of this, but fascinating! I like the first comment about an "alternative universe."

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