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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 8h

Friday in the People's Valley, celebrate the craft and creativity of trans youth!

A flier advertising the launch of Chrysalis, a magazine of trans youth writing, Friday 10/17 at High Five Books in Florence MA

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

the joke here is you can't call it the future

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Karis Rogerson 🏳️‍🌈 @karisselizabeth.bsky.social · 4d

here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it!

electricliterature.com/book-bans-co...

Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors - Electric Literature

There are societal, financial, legal, and emotional consequences to book challenges, and writers are facing the brunt of these attacks

electricliterature.com

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

www.theguardian.com

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

I was re-informed of this particularly bon mot because his mom was like "we say that all the time because you were right"

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

During last night's event my interrogator asked about how "One day you're shortlisted for the National Book Award and the next day one of your books gets banned" and I had to inform them that, no, it was the same day. Grateful to people defending Max in Asheboro NC. acmenews.net/randolph-lib...

Randolph Library Board to Review Challenge to Children’s Book ‘Call Me Max’

The Randolph County Public Library Board of Trustees will decide this week whether to uphold or overturn a challenge to the children’s book Call Me Max.

acmenews.net

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my G-d a friend just reminded me of the time she was talking about her son, and asked "What would you say if I told you his favorite Disney character is Ursula?" and apparently (I have NO memory of this) I responded with "that he might have news for you someday." Anyway I was right though.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

I am literally always saying this.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much!!!

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 6d

Wait is fondue making a comeback??

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 6d

reading the phrase "godspeed to all you beautiful horses" made my day.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 7d

Oh btw the other news I got this morning was about an attempt to ban a different book of mine in a North Carolina library, with the opposition using the same slurs you've come to expect when a book dares to have trans people in it. My career is basically "Fortunately" by Remy Charlip.

Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 7d

I'm beyond thrilled to have been shortlisted for the National Book Award (again), alongside Amber McBride, Daniel Nayeri, Hannah V. Sawyerr, and Ibi Zoboi!!

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 7d

thanks friend!!!!

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 7d

I'm beyond thrilled to have been shortlisted for the National Book Award (again), alongside Amber McBride, Daniel Nayeri, Hannah V. Sawyerr, and Ibi Zoboi!!

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 8d

“It often feels like it's a dystopian world that we live in, and the only thing that is real is Gaza and what's happening there.”

Politics editor @leximcmenamin.com speaks with 23-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad about her book, leaving Gaza and the impact all of it has on young people.

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"

"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”

www.teenvogue.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 11d

hmmm I'll consider

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 11d

Actually the younger one calls me "Kyle Wukoff" which is even better.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 11d

I got to spend Yom Kippur with two of my favorite kids, who called me "Kyle Lukoff" all day because, as it turns out, they thought that was my full first name.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 11d

Friends and fans in Madison, WI, I'll be there in less than a week! www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/world...

A World Worth Saving | Wisconsin Book Festival

www.wisconsinbookfestival.org

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