lauravandenberg.bsky.social
@lauravandenberg.bsky.social
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Writer of fictions. Boxer. NY / FL. I would love to see a photo of your dog. Newsletter is FIGHT WEEK: https://fightweek.substack.com/.
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Our fall issue is coming! We have essays by @heatherchristle.bsky.social, Oliver Egger, and Ash Sanders; interviews with Laura van den Berg, @blondieband.bsky.social, and Richard Ayoade, conducted by @rokwon.bsky.social, Emma Ingrisani, and Wallace Shawn; poetry, reviews, and more.
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"Every time I thought about the event I felt like vomiting on my shoes"

Laura Van Den Berg on stage fright - something horribly familiar to most writers - and how to dull it into submission
NYC! We'd love to see you at Florida Night! tomorrow (July 1), 6:30 PM, at P & T Knitwear. Super excited to be joining forces w Kristen Arnett, Gabriella Burnham, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, & Lynn Steger Strong. We're gonna have a good time. ptknitwear.com/events
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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Hudson Valley people: wildly excited to help host Catherine Lacey TONIGHT for The Möbius Book: 6:30 PM, Northern Spy Reading Series at Left Bank Ciders in Catskill. This will be very fun & you do not want to miss it!
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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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Come out to P&T Knitwear on TUESDAY, JULY 1ST at 6:30pm, where our lovely @lauravandenberg.bsky.social will appear for FLORIDA NIGHT to talk about her novel STATE OF PARADISE!

#florida #lauravandenberg #stateofparadise
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the upcoming Democratic primary for New York City mayor — delivering a jolt to the crowded race with less than nine days until early voting starts: bit.ly/45bpiU6
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It seems to us that if you're anywhere near the Southeast, this is the event you should be headed to on July 1. That lineup is bonkers.
Wildly excited for this night of Florida lit at P & T Knitwear on July 1, with @kristenarnett.bsky.social, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, Gabriella Burnham, & Lynn Steger Strong. You can get your tickets right here: www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-ni...
Wildly excited for this night of Florida lit at P & T Knitwear on July 1, with @kristenarnett.bsky.social, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, Gabriella Burnham, & Lynn Steger Strong. You can get your tickets right here: www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-ni...
Last call to register for this 2 session class on character! We will talk craft, read, write, Q & A. We will do deep dives into what characters need to do & do not need to do & what allows a character to feel alive-alive on the page. www.eventbrite.com/e/kinderhook...
Kinderhook Books | The Rough Notes Craft Talks | Laura van den Berg
Join Laura van den Berg for her two-part fiction Craft Talk—"Discovering Character"—and write your novel with us!
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