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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 3h

Listen to Charlie Wells on Tell Me What It's Like discussing his book, WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation. bit.ly/4hcJSaI

Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 4h

"I wrote this book for anybody who has heard about AI...and wants to know more, and wants an accessible place to start." Listen to David Eliot on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
discussing ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT: The Very Human Story of AI. bit.ly/4nSSea4 @uoftpress.bsky.social

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 4h

There's still time to register for @thewriterscenter.bsky.social's free event this Friday at 7pm EDT where @samuelashworth.bsky.social, Afabwaje Kurian, & Madison Smartt Bell will be reading in tribute to Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-winning novelist Percival Everett! buff.ly/TRQgBnS

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 1d

"We're seeing a lot of what we call AI psychosis, of people having mental health episodes because the AI, their friend, is telling them what they want to hear." Watch David Eliot on Cowboy State Daily Show at 3:25:40 discussing his book, ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT bit.ly/4h5QQOA @uoftpress.bsky.social

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 1d

A wide-ranging discussion with David Eliot about his new book, Artificially Intelligent, that covers many important topics in today's AI debates--including the impact of AI on jobs and human flourishing.

#booksky

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Interview With David Eliot, A Leading Thinker On Artificial Intelligence

Podcast Episode · Books and More with William Cooper · 10/13/2025 · 28m

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 1d

A delightful interview with the co-publishers (two lifelong friends and book lovers) of Quite Literally Books, a new press devoted to discovering and reissuing ought-to-be-in-print books by American women authors who’ve been shelved for far too long.

#booksky

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Quite Literally Books

Podcast Episode · Books and More with William Cooper · 10/13/2025 · 25m

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 1d

Listen at 24:40 to Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of the @beaconpress.bsky.social book A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, on @chewsviews.bsky.social: bit.ly/4q4xAoZ

Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 2d

"Protest has been used to change policies & create other freedoms, & have laws repealed or laws changed or laws created...That's what protest does—it takes what might be written on paper in the Constitution & makes it a reality." Hear author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall on Issues & Ideas bit.ly/3IIm163

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 5d

"This idea that people, and I call them freedom freeloaders, just want to live their lives, is based on a lifestyle that was earned for them by previous generations. Somebody had to fight for that." Great Q&A w/ Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, via BET. @beaconpress.bsky.social www.bet.com/article/s48e...

Gloria Browne-Marshall Isn’t Here for Freedom Freeloaders

The activist and playwright’s new book digs deep into America’s protest legacy — and why now is not the time to get too comfortable.

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Maclean’s Magazine @macleans.bsky.social · 5d

AI is a world-changing technology, much like trains were 200 years ago. If that’s the case: should unelected tech barons be the ones laying the tracks? https://macleans.ca/technology-3/railway-tycoons-shaped-canada-dont-let-ai-barons-do-the-same/

Railway Tycoons Shaped Canada. Don’t Let AI Barons Do the Same. - Macleans.ca

History shows that when a few people control a transformative technology, they control a nation’s future

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 7d

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 7d

"We were going through this really awkward point in early adulthood, kind of entering the labor market, at a time when social media was taking off." Watch author Charlie Wells on the Cowboy State Daily Show (at 43:10) discussing WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation bit.ly/46GFxcb

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 7d

Check out this 7-city tour for Kelly Cervantes' THE LUCKIEST: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Self. More info and ticket links here: www.kellycervantes.com
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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 7d

Couldn't be happier for @claudiarowe.bsky.social. Her book about America's foster care system, WARDS OF THE STATE, was just named a National Book Award finalist! www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

2025 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature

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Editor Stoltz @editorstoltz.bsky.social · 8d

Pretty happy about this @claudiarowe.bsky.social

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Cover of Claudia Rowe’s WARDS OF THE STATE book with National Book Awards Finalist burst.

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 7d

"We can all do this kind of digging and find out a little bit more about who we are." Watch @annehand.bsky.social on @cowboystatedaily.bsky.social (at 2:47:10) discussing her quest for dual citizenship and her first book, AUSTRIAN AGAIN: bit.ly/46EFFJc

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to the legendary Gloria J. Browne-Marshall for coming on "Books and More" to discuss your new book, A Protest History of the United States. A great conversation that delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States.

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 8d

Great interview with Charlie Wells about his book, WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLENNIALS: In Defense of a Generation, via @radionz.nzcow.com. Have a listen: bit.ly/4h0aH1L

Feature interview: Millennials are more than avocado toast

An entire generation is often summed up in two words: Avocado Toast. An Australian commentator criticized millennials for blowing house downpayment money on brunch, and the label has stuck. But millen...

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Mary Elizabeth Jackson @maryejackson5.bsky.social · 10d

LIVE SUN OCT 5TH 11AM CENTRAL 12PM EASTERN ON COVER TO COVER ON BRUSHWOOD MEDIA THEN ON PODCAST PLATFORMS EVERYWHERE-https://www.brushwoodmedianetwork.com/onair/cover-to-cover/
WITH LAWYER, ADVOCATE @steveneichenblatt ON HIS MEMOIR ABOUT ABANDONMENT, LOSS, A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY AND RESILIENCE .

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 10d

Watch Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discussing her book, A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, with @lisasnowden.bsky.social at Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5BM... @beaconpress.bsky.social

Gloria Browne-Marshall: "A Protest History of the United States"

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Anne @annehand.bsky.social · 19d

Thrilled for a very special conversation about #AustrianAgain at @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social in #ConcordNH Oct 23 6:30pm with author Dina Rueb Romero. Lots to dig into - the history, our family stories, the writing process. Hope you can make it!

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Anne @annehand.bsky.social · 14d

When did it become October and how are there less than 3 weeks before #AustrianAgain's release and what the heck is going on 🙈 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Book giveaway for Austrian Again: Reclaiming a Lost Legacy (Holocaust Heritage) by Anne Hand Sep 22-Oct 19, 2025

Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 22-Oct 19, 2025. We're giving away 100 Kindle copies of Austrian Again. Reclaimin...

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you Anne Hand for coming on to discuss your captivating new memoir, Austrian Again.

#booksky

"A unique and contemporary story, offering a fresh perspective on historical reparations and the ongoing quest for identity in a rapidly changing world."

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A discussion with Anne Hand of captivating memoir Austrian Again

Podcast Episode · Books and More with William Cooper · 09/29/2025 · 30m

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 14d

My interview with award-winning author Howard Yaruss. We discuss the updated edition of his award-winning book Understandable Economics.

"Tariffs raise prices on everyone."

"Scaring people is not a way to get people to think with common sense."

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Interview with Howard Yaruss, author of Understandable Economics

Podcast Episode · Books and More with William Cooper · 09/30/2025 · 32m

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Lissa Warren @lissawarren.bsky.social · 14d

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall's A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES has been named the February selection of the @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club! Sign up to join her for a virtual discussion at 8pmET on 2/4: teachinnetwork.org/bookclubs @davidcnswanson.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social

RAEF Monthly Online Book Club - Teach-in Network

At 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET on the first Wednesday of every month, you can spend an hour asking your questions of the author of one of the most useful recent books for progressive activism. We'll post in...

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