Jessica Francis Kane
@jfkane.bsky.social
Novels (Rules for Visiting, The Report). Story collections (This Close, Bending Heaven). New novel, FONSECA, out now from Penguin Press!
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Best of 2025: Fiction Books
Best of 2025 Books: Fiction Discover the best fiction books of 2025—award winners, longlist darlings, hidden gems, and staff favorites that you should definitely add to your nightstand.
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In other news: Bookshop.org has named FONSECA a Best Fiction Book of 2025.
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
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The Spanish edition of FONSECA, coming March 2026 from Editorial Impedimenta, translated by Pilar Adón!
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Spanish edition of FONSECA, coming March 2026 from Editorial Impedimenta, translated by Pilar Adón!
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And this, ladies & gentlemen, is why large language models are totally beside the point.
But good luck.
But good luck.
The yearly Denis Johnson reread: “and you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
And this, ladies & gentlemen, is why large language models are totally beside the point.
But good luck.
But good luck.
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Trump's ballroom killed Frank Gehry.
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump's ballroom killed Frank Gehry.
Trump's ballroom killed Frank Gehry.
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump's ballroom killed Frank Gehry.
Just about perfect.
"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus."
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The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just about perfect.
It feels like an exceptionally bad time to make a shade of white the color of the year.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It feels like an exceptionally bad time to make a shade of white the color of the year.
I don't know why a fly swatter works, but it's pretty miraculous.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don't know why a fly swatter works, but it's pretty miraculous.
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Some measure time from tournament to tournament and you should too! I wish more of you followed @tournamentofbooks.com. I promise there is no more thoughtful, book fun anywhere online. #tournamentofbooks @themorningnews.org
time moves us ever closer to the next #tournamentofbooks
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
The long list has landed.
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Some measure time from tournament to tournament and you should too! I wish more of you followed @tournamentofbooks.com. I promise there is no more thoughtful, book fun anywhere online. #tournamentofbooks @themorningnews.org
Some measure time from tournament to tournament and you should too! I wish more of you followed @tournamentofbooks.com. I promise there is no more thoughtful, book fun anywhere online. #tournamentofbooks @themorningnews.org
time moves us ever closer to the next #tournamentofbooks
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
and now we can be impatient for the shortlist
The long list has landed.
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
Get ready for the 2026 Tournament of Books, presented by @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social, with the 70 most Rooster-worthy novels of the year! www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-...
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Some measure time from tournament to tournament and you should too! I wish more of you followed @tournamentofbooks.com. I promise there is no more thoughtful, book fun anywhere online. #tournamentofbooks @themorningnews.org
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A leaf blower in a graveyard has to be one of the more pointless human pursuits.
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A leaf blower in a graveyard has to be one of the more pointless human pursuits.
A leaf blower in a graveyard has to be one of the more pointless human pursuits.
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A leaf blower in a graveyard has to be one of the more pointless human pursuits.
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Ever met someone who, after an initial conversation, is like “we’re friends now” and despite the general overuse of that declaration, it turned out to be true? I love it when that happens. And when you try to let them off the hook, they’re like “Didn’t you hear me? We are friends now.”
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ever met someone who, after an initial conversation, is like “we’re friends now” and despite the general overuse of that declaration, it turned out to be true? I love it when that happens. And when you try to let them off the hook, they’re like “Didn’t you hear me? We are friends now.”
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In other news: Bookshop.org has named FONSECA a Best Fiction Book of 2025.
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
Best of 2025: Fiction Books
Best of 2025 Books: Fiction Discover the best fiction books of 2025—award winners, longlist darlings, hidden gems, and staff favorites that you should definitely add to your nightstand.
bookshop.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In other news: Bookshop.org has named FONSECA a Best Fiction Book of 2025.
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
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An Interview with Jessica Francis Kane. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @margarethutton.bsky.social @penguinpress.bsky.social @jfkane.bsky.social #booksky
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
An Interview with Jessica Francis Kane. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @margarethutton.bsky.social @penguinpress.bsky.social @jfkane.bsky.social #booksky
In other news: Bookshop.org has named FONSECA a Best Fiction Book of 2025.
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
Best of 2025: Fiction Books
Best of 2025 Books: Fiction Discover the best fiction books of 2025—award winners, longlist darlings, hidden gems, and staff favorites that you should definitely add to your nightstand.
bookshop.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In other news: Bookshop.org has named FONSECA a Best Fiction Book of 2025.
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
#Booksky #penelopefitzgerald
You pick a one-word title for your novel and you think it will be easy, but I’ve seen "Fonesca" more times than I can count. And today brings "Fonda." ?? 😢
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
You pick a one-word title for your novel and you think it will be easy, but I’ve seen "Fonesca" more times than I can count. And today brings "Fonda." ?? 😢
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Happy U.S. onsale day to @elizmccrack.bsky.social and the invaluable writer's guide A Long Game!
A Long Game
[my conversation with Elizabeth McCracken]
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy U.S. onsale day to @elizmccrack.bsky.social and the invaluable writer's guide A Long Game!
Was Charlie Brown bemoaning the commercialization of Christmas 60 YEARS AGO?
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Was Charlie Brown bemoaning the commercialization of Christmas 60 YEARS AGO?
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I was thinking this today. Pre-holiday December is so wonderful. Mysterious, hushed, contemplative, and literally dark.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I was thinking this today. Pre-holiday December is so wonderful. Mysterious, hushed, contemplative, and literally dark.
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My favorite has always been the Advent wreath because Advent is such a beautiful concept -- waiting and preparation and reflection. I think it is my favorite of the liturgical seasons.
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My favorite has always been the Advent wreath because Advent is such a beautiful concept -- waiting and preparation and reflection. I think it is my favorite of the liturgical seasons.
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My poor mother went pretty far down the "creating holiday magic" path (for a lot of difficult family-history reasons), but I do find the more I simplify, the happier I am.
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My poor mother went pretty far down the "creating holiday magic" path (for a lot of difficult family-history reasons), but I do find the more I simplify, the happier I am.
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The more I pare down my family’s holiday traditions, the more I enjoy the holiday.
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The more I pare down my family’s holiday traditions, the more I enjoy the holiday.
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I see Lizza has put up the next chapter of his worldwide application to never get a reporting job again
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I see Lizza has put up the next chapter of his worldwide application to never get a reporting job again
The more I pare down my family’s holiday traditions, the more I enjoy the holiday.
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The more I pare down my family’s holiday traditions, the more I enjoy the holiday.
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the only remotely interesting part of the Nuzzi cycle left is the question of which outlets still help her promote the book. any one that does should be immediately discredited too
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
the only remotely interesting part of the Nuzzi cycle left is the question of which outlets still help her promote the book. any one that does should be immediately discredited too