Dara Kaye
@darakaye.bsky.social
Professional book person at WME, amateur parent everywhere else. Posting from the Quiet Car.
Cannot underscore enough that the way to find a literary agent is *not* to ignore all the freely available submission guidelines and instead wander around an agency's physical office until someone asks what you're doing there
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cannot underscore enough that the way to find a literary agent is *not* to ignore all the freely available submission guidelines and instead wander around an agency's physical office until someone asks what you're doing there
Do you recite "Who would have thought the old man to have had so much poop in him" in a Lady Macbeth voice when your 3 y/o goes potty or are you normal
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Do you recite "Who would have thought the old man to have had so much poop in him" in a Lady Macbeth voice when your 3 y/o goes potty or are you normal
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
"Extraordinarily moving, exquisitely written, and socially revolutionary...RING OF SALT glows with what we need."
Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!
Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Extraordinarily moving, exquisitely written, and socially revolutionary...RING OF SALT glows with what we need."
Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!
Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!
Sick day with the 3 y/o has moved on from Frozen to the Brandy "Cinderella"
Which of course is also the Bernadette Peters Cinderella and the Whitney Houston Cinderella and the Victor Garber Cinderella and the Whoopi and...
Lesley Ann Warren is still *my* Cinderella, but man this cast is stacked
Which of course is also the Bernadette Peters Cinderella and the Whitney Houston Cinderella and the Victor Garber Cinderella and the Whoopi and...
Lesley Ann Warren is still *my* Cinderella, but man this cast is stacked
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sick day with the 3 y/o has moved on from Frozen to the Brandy "Cinderella"
Which of course is also the Bernadette Peters Cinderella and the Whitney Houston Cinderella and the Victor Garber Cinderella and the Whoopi and...
Lesley Ann Warren is still *my* Cinderella, but man this cast is stacked
Which of course is also the Bernadette Peters Cinderella and the Whitney Houston Cinderella and the Victor Garber Cinderella and the Whoopi and...
Lesley Ann Warren is still *my* Cinderella, but man this cast is stacked
Meanwhile I told my 3 y/o she could select one book to buy. She immediately returned with three copies of a biography of Julie Andrews
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Meanwhile I told my 3 y/o she could select one book to buy. She immediately returned with three copies of a biography of Julie Andrews
At a bookstore in Bethesda where a toddler has evidently decided a copy of HARROW THE NINTH is his new emotional support object. Will not put it down
I leaned advised him to start with GIDEON but I'm not sure he quite grasped how the multivolume narrative arc is structured
I leaned advised him to start with GIDEON but I'm not sure he quite grasped how the multivolume narrative arc is structured
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
At a bookstore in Bethesda where a toddler has evidently decided a copy of HARROW THE NINTH is his new emotional support object. Will not put it down
I leaned advised him to start with GIDEON but I'm not sure he quite grasped how the multivolume narrative arc is structured
I leaned advised him to start with GIDEON but I'm not sure he quite grasped how the multivolume narrative arc is structured
Obsessed with this quote--
Journalists at the Times of London reporting Americans are at a disadvantage in "sex warfare" because unlike slutty, slutty China, "by statute and by culture" we don't do that
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Journalists at the Times of London reporting Americans are at a disadvantage in "sex warfare" because unlike slutty, slutty China, "by statute and by culture" we don't do that
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Obsessed with this quote--
Journalists at the Times of London reporting Americans are at a disadvantage in "sex warfare" because unlike slutty, slutty China, "by statute and by culture" we don't do that
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Journalists at the Times of London reporting Americans are at a disadvantage in "sex warfare" because unlike slutty, slutty China, "by statute and by culture" we don't do that
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
We saw this at the Kennedy Center the day the news broke about Trump firing the board, and Alex Brightman nailing everything about this part was *still* the most memorable part of the evening. I'm so stoked for the Broadway run playbill.com/article/alex...
Alex Brightman and Sara Chase Are Going to Schmigadoon! on Broadway
Both will reprise their performances from the Washington, D.C. world premiere.
playbill.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We saw this at the Kennedy Center the day the news broke about Trump firing the board, and Alex Brightman nailing everything about this part was *still* the most memorable part of the evening. I'm so stoked for the Broadway run playbill.com/article/alex...
Oh no reason
Cynthia Erivo performs Bernstein's "Take Care of This House" with the National Symphony Orchestra
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh no reason
NYC folks--Want to write a children's book with characters that leap off the page?
Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11
Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11
Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
SCBWI NY Metro Character-Based Writing Workshop
Stories Like Friends: Character-Based Writing
Join New York Times bestselling author Betsy Cornwell and Crystal Kite Award-winning author and illustrator Lisa Anchin for a workshop on creating unforg...
www.scbwi.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NYC folks--Want to write a children's book with characters that leap off the page?
Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11
Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11
Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Increasingly grossed out by the very common phrase "[PERSON] is worth [DOLLARS]"
Elon Musk becomes the first person in history to be worth half a trillion dollars.
Elon Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion in net worth
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison briefly eclipsed Musk as the world's richest person last month.
www.axios.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Increasingly grossed out by the very common phrase "[PERSON] is worth [DOLLARS]"
Check out this memoir publishing today about tactical community building
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ring-o...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ring-o...
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Check out this memoir publishing today about tactical community building
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ring-o...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ring-o...
Iced take: cafes should offer simple syrup next to the sugar and milk as a matter of course
September 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Iced take: cafes should offer simple syrup next to the sugar and milk as a matter of course
This sign has been haunting my commute and I can bear it alone no longer
September 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This sign has been haunting my commute and I can bear it alone no longer
The internet should be a place you can find weird stuff if you want but the weird stuff should not be able to sealion you there
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The internet should be a place you can find weird stuff if you want but the weird stuff should not be able to sealion you there
So many problems are addressed by having a giant bowl of spicy Korean stew and an array of banchan placed in front of me while someone else takes my 3y/o on a walk
September 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So many problems are addressed by having a giant bowl of spicy Korean stew and an array of banchan placed in front of me while someone else takes my 3y/o on a walk
Rilo Kiley's opening act in DC started at 8pm on the dot and planned a 43 minute set, and I wish to thank him on behalf of both DC millennials and our babysitters
appreciate the consideration
appreciate the consideration
September 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Rilo Kiley's opening act in DC started at 8pm on the dot and planned a 43 minute set, and I wish to thank him on behalf of both DC millennials and our babysitters
appreciate the consideration
appreciate the consideration
Just another morning making pancakes for my kids and thinking how weird it is to be an evangelical German-Welsh family in Indiana naming your extremely gentile babies "Shekinah" and "Zachary Levi"
September 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Just another morning making pancakes for my kids and thinking how weird it is to be an evangelical German-Welsh family in Indiana naming your extremely gentile babies "Shekinah" and "Zachary Levi"
So no one on Hillary Clinton's team asked "is 'seminal' the word?" when drafting a note celebrating the anniversary of the 1995 UN Conference on Women in Beijing, huh
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So no one on Hillary Clinton's team asked "is 'seminal' the word?" when drafting a note celebrating the anniversary of the 1995 UN Conference on Women in Beijing, huh
I don't know which of you in DC needs to hear this right now but if you bring your receipt from Lost City Books to Andy's Pizza, you can get a free slice
Have a great Friday
📚🧾🍕
Have a great Friday
📚🧾🍕
September 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't know which of you in DC needs to hear this right now but if you bring your receipt from Lost City Books to Andy's Pizza, you can get a free slice
Have a great Friday
📚🧾🍕
Have a great Friday
📚🧾🍕
I think about @jsx.bsky.social's tweet about appointing a biblically accurate 70-judge SCOTUS ("Oh, you like Judeo-Christian values? GIVE US A SANHEDRIN, YOU COWARDS") like... daily
As Amy Coney Barrett runs around shilling her new book and denying the fascist constitutional crisis, it’s fun to reflect on how Mexico just seated around 900 judges, supreme court included, in a judicial reform where voters chose their judges directly for the first time in Mexico’s history.
September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think about @jsx.bsky.social's tweet about appointing a biblically accurate 70-judge SCOTUS ("Oh, you like Judeo-Christian values? GIVE US A SANHEDRIN, YOU COWARDS") like... daily
Ok who had "ICE kidnaps execs from two chaebols at a factory in Georgia" on their bingo card
Employees of a major South Korean battery maker were among those swept up in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia on Thursday, the manufacturer, LG Energy Solution, said. Hundreds of people have been apprehended.
South Koreans Are Among Hundreds Detained in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant
Executives of a South Korean battery maker were apprehended at a construction site in Georgia, the company said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ok who had "ICE kidnaps execs from two chaebols at a factory in Georgia" on their bingo card
Stopped by a photo shoot set for one of my cookbook authors and my arm was recruited for a photo
This book is so, so beautiful and I'm in awe of how it's turning out
Also hello I'm famous now, will be giving this book to EVERYONE when it comes out with a Post-It flagging the Arm Page
This book is so, so beautiful and I'm in awe of how it's turning out
Also hello I'm famous now, will be giving this book to EVERYONE when it comes out with a Post-It flagging the Arm Page
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Stopped by a photo shoot set for one of my cookbook authors and my arm was recruited for a photo
This book is so, so beautiful and I'm in awe of how it's turning out
Also hello I'm famous now, will be giving this book to EVERYONE when it comes out with a Post-It flagging the Arm Page
This book is so, so beautiful and I'm in awe of how it's turning out
Also hello I'm famous now, will be giving this book to EVERYONE when it comes out with a Post-It flagging the Arm Page
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I was NPR's on-the-ground reporter in Butler, PA on July 13. It was harrowing and exhausting (not to mention hot as hell).
We won a Murrow today for our live coverage of the shooting, and I'm proud to have responsibly told people what was happening that day.
www.rtdna.org/2025-nationa...
We won a Murrow today for our live coverage of the shooting, and I'm proud to have responsibly told people what was happening that day.
www.rtdna.org/2025-nationa...
2025 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Radio Television Digital News Association
www.rtdna.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I was NPR's on-the-ground reporter in Butler, PA on July 13. It was harrowing and exhausting (not to mention hot as hell).
We won a Murrow today for our live coverage of the shooting, and I'm proud to have responsibly told people what was happening that day.
www.rtdna.org/2025-nationa...
We won a Murrow today for our live coverage of the shooting, and I'm proud to have responsibly told people what was happening that day.
www.rtdna.org/2025-nationa...