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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2h

This might be the best email I’ve ever received.

Hi there,

I’m Elena Ferrante. I’ve always been drawn to the hidden beginnings of a story, those moments that rise uninvited from memory and insist on being told. My work often explores the fragile space between truth and silence, friendship and solitude, the private self and the one the world demands.

Here’s one of my books: https://a.co/d/9O3iHnD
And my Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00JEUV7C2

I value the quiet conversations that happen between writers, the exchange of what moves us to write, what keeps us awake with words. I’d love to hear about your own journey, the questions that drive your stories, and what sustains you when the silence grows heavy.

Warm regards,
Elena

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Elena Ferrante
Author (represented by her publishers), (Italy): Edizioni E/O
👉 www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00JEUV7C2
contactferrante00@gmail.com
Edizioni E/O Via Gabrio Serbelloni, 62 00176 Rome, Italy

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.

An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 13h

Definitely London as well.

I love the fact that his Arabic is so Egyptian Arabic. ❤️

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 14h

When he calls the cat 'ya basha' ❤️

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 14h

Lol. I mean, I can think of better Turkish novels in translation that they could read too but who knows, maybe reading this one will get them searching out more.

Also, I think the popularity might have something to do with it being a very short book.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely bonkers & a bit delightful that Sabahattin Ali's Madonna in a Fur Coat sold 30k copies in the UK this year.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

‘It’s not just a book, it’s a window to my soul’: why we’re in love with literary angst

Why did an obscure Dostoevsky novella sell 100,000 copies in the UK last year? And why are TikTokers raving about a 1943 Turkish novel? The way young people are discovering books is changing – and the...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 1d

For all the (lack of) coverage it's received, you could be forgiven for not knowing that Israel invaded Syria, occupied several hundred square miles, and is now deploying its West Bank tactics to cut Syrian villages off from each other.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

Syria: for the first time, Israeli troops closed a road between 2 villages in Quneitra province with an -unmanned - iron barrier, along the border fence with the Golan

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 1d

Lol😂

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 4d

The one call to action people could amplify is a trade and arms embargo on the UAE until they stop arming and supporting the RSF. The UAE is one of Canada and the US’ biggest trading partners in the MENA region.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnDarfur

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 2d

A really lovely article documenting the architectural influence of Ancient Egypt in the UK.
www.ft.com/content/4fc9...

Our love affair with ancient Egypt will never die

Egyptomania is a cultural craze that keeps coming back, from Hawksmoor to the masters of polychromatic postmodernism

www.ft.com

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 3d

FINALLY.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build

Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza pyramids billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisation

www.theguardian.com

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 4d

Local dolmuş has had a funky headrest upgrade 😂

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world

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Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social · 5d

🇹🇷 As the Republic of Turkey celebrates its 102nd anniversary, the country has been experiencing profound political upheaval over the past year: increasingly strident state campaign against the CHP, Kurdish peace process, intra-regime power struggle.

A summary in 10 points👇

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 5d

This piece on Don McCullin's thoughts about his photographs is excellent.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures

At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

www.theguardian.com

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 5d

A map of Eurasian dumplings!

Snowden St. @snowden.st · Apr 11

Maybe my favorite Food Map, ever.

A map from the Economist, of how dumplings spread from Italy to Japan by way of the Mongolian Empire

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Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · 6d

It's almost like the genocidal maniac wanted to be able to kill more people, so he suggested that they return to (what's left of) their homes before throwing some more bombs at them. There is no punishment too great for this man and everyone who has enabled this atrocity again and again.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d

“Ceasefire”.

Middle East crisis live: Israel has launched strikes on Gaza City, witnesses report

Benjamin Netanyahu orders IDF to carry out strikes on Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire

www.theguardian.com

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 6d

BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to carry out “powerful” strikes in Gaza.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 6d

Ohh...I thought it was 50k!

Blame Fitzcarraldo! They're doing their best to turn the Anglophone world into readers, who love 120-150pg novels.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 6d

LOL. I like to see it as a delightful sign we're all becoming more continental European where a 40k novel has always been a novel not a novella.

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 8d

Kind of funny that publishing solved the problem of people not buying novellas or story collections by simply calling them "novels." It totally works. Turns out people just really like the word "novel" I guess.

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kennan @kennan.bsky.social · 7d

All the cool kids will be reading:

Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 10d

Oxford graciously decided to move up the US publication date of America’s Middle East and you can now buy the Kindle edition, and hard copies should ship very soon!

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FW...

America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region

America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region - Kindle edition by Lynch, Marc. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region.

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 7d

While the top UAE backed RSF genocidaires are wined and dined at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC, people are fighting for their lives in El Fashir under siege. This is partly enabled by US/Quad diplomacy and impunity.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 8d

I know. 😂I'm renowned for refusing to replace things until they collapse.

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Jessica Lee @jessofarabia.bsky.social · 8d

My life is 90% sweeping leaves this month

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Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social · 8d

The PKK has announced that it had completed the process of withdrawing all guerrilla forces from Turkey to Iraqi Kurdistan.
english.anf-news.com/features/lea...

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