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Jana M. Perkins
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founder, @womenofletters.org. data scientist with a PhD writing a book (DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME) for Routledge
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For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Anna Malaika Tubbs.

We discuss her latest NYT-bestselling book, preparing for her viral TED Talk, her relationship to social media, what she’s working on now, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/anna-malaika-tubbs
This bright light of a book is essential reading
Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of traveling across our country to share the story behind 107 Days. Here are a few of my reflections from the road:
Reflections from the Road
Gratitude, Community, and Continuing the Fight
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December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of traveling across our country to share the story behind 107 Days. Here are a few of my reflections from the road:
Reflections from the Road
Gratitude, Community, and Continuing the Fight
kamalaharris.link
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Going to need to create a new account to contain all of my commentary on the new Love Is Blind season
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A dream opportunity to work with a dream team of writers
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨

starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!

theministryofwords.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Anna Malaika Tubbs.

We discuss her latest NYT-bestselling book, preparing for her viral TED Talk, her relationship to social media, what she’s working on now, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/anna-malaika-tubbs
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Convinced the world would be better if everyone had to take 1-2 years of lit seminars like this one before graduating to full adulthood
College course on the English Novel from 1970.

(Sorry @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social, no Middlemarch.)
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Diagonal siding
Anamoose, ND
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New email autoresponder just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Wow what a lovely review from my proofreader!!!
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November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Still so moved every time I see a shoutout to our podcast out in the wild. This one from Erin, who worked on @corinnelow.com’s amazing book, meant a lot
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New interview with 2x NYT-bestselling author Anna Malaika Tubbs on @womenofletters.org tomorrow ✨

Come say hi: womenofletters.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Okay now it’s the holidays
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The disclaimer I add to any meme I send in the group chat
listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
During the first season of Women of Letters, things were so hectic and uncertain that we were often scrambling even to publish our very next interview — because we hadn’t yet been able to secure it, because we had but something had come up along the way, because because because 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Here is a morning puppy.
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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“Part of me wishes I’d opened my eyes up to writing earlier, but in a lot of ways I’m grateful that I had a different experience than most writers I know.”

Emily J. Smith — @emjsmith.bsky.social — on how her years of experience as a woman working in tech informed her debut novel:
Pushing against the pull: In conversation with Emily J. Smith
In this author interview, Emily J. Smith discusses her debut novel NOTHING SERIOUS, her background in tech, how she navigated the transition to writing full-time, and what she’s working on next.
womenofletters.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Dua Lipa In Conversation With Margaret Atwood, Author of The Handmaid's Tale
YouTube video by Service95
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November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Spent an hour sitting across the table from the hottest person I’ve ever seen in my life this morning and instead of saying literally anything about that I said “what are your plans for Thanksigiving”
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?

Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM