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Miriam Gershow

@miriamgershow.bsky.social

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Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com 📚💙 Wrangling “100 Notable Small Press Books 2025” into existence. #100smallpress

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ahhhhhh CLOSER is @bookshop.org STAFF PICK on pub day! A joy! A delight!

Support your local indie and buy CLOSER from bookshop. bookshop.org/p/books/clos...

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 1d

Cute as heck. Supports trans youth + free
LGBTQ closet + community print shop.

Fastest t-shirt I ever bought.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

You can get that PROTECT TRANS YOUTH t-shirt, designed by @tombofnull.bsky.social, from @greenpeapress.bsky.social! Proceeds benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet!
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...

Protect Trans Youth — Green Pea Press

Due to the very sudden influx of orders of this product, we are currently working to restock low quantities. We must have gone viral, y’all! Please sign up to receive a restock notifications. Thank yo...

www.greenpeapress.com

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 2d

Oh nothing. Just sad every day isn't unhinged literary takes mega-thread day.

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Sabne Raznik @sabneraznik.bsky.social · 7d

#100smallpress

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

Oh okay! Gotcha covered: Trials and travails of close friend group as it evolves over decades. I have read them all & need more. @angelaflournoy.bsky.social's is on its way from @bookshop.org.

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

Big messy novel!

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, it’s a good weepy. I’m a fan of all the feelings.

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting to find an actual unhinged opinion here. Well done!

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

completely hinged

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

Woah. As a Gen X writer & former-Detroiter, the end of @tonyamosley.bsky.social‘s Fresh Air with @mitchalbom1.bsky.social caught me in ALL THE FEELINGS. Weepy in my car.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

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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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 3d

Here, your BookScan numbers.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 4d

In fairness, I think that was when I was kibitzing at the front of the room before the official start.

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 4d

That cracked me up too!!

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 4d

A photo of me standing beside an Author Bio PowerPoint at the front of library meeting room in Grants Pass.

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 4d

Love to hear this!

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 5d

Such a great group! Thanks for having me! Loved meeting you, Jen.

Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social · 5d

Stellar presentation by @miriamgershow.bsky.social about crafting compelling author bios for S. Oregon @wilwrite.bsky.social ! Thanks so much, Miriam!

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 5d

Also: greatest title ever.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 6d

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.

Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.

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Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 6d

I NEVER have fomo for AWP. This news, however…