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It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 6d

y'all, this book is the one if you love magic, revolution, and words—imagine Miyazaki & Russell Hoban & the Bread and Puppet Theater all hanging out together

Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 6d

1) bookshop.org is offering free shipping today
2) The Naming Song is just out in paperback
3) bookshop.org sells many other excellent books, some with trains, some without
4) I was driving alongside a train for a minute yesterday and it was awesome
5) Thank you

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The Naming Song

Check out The Naming Song - A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro. “The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of langu...

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 20d

Becoming is unbecoming

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Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · 24d

Stefan Fatsis on the current state of American lexicography www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Is This the End of the Dictionary?

Obsolete (adj.): no longer in use or no longer useful

www.theatlantic.com

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 22d

I hope my nana has an amazing rapture tomorrow. She's been preparing for about eighty years.

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 22d

oh this? this is my comfort juvenilia

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Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 24d

Where will I be going next week?

Cleveland?
Yup, Tuesday (and most other days)

Chicago?
Yes! Wednesday at Exile in Bookville!

Detroit?
Sure, on Thursday at Next Chapter Books!

Kansas City?
Absolutely, with my Kansas City baby
at Rainy Day Books on Friday!

Will you come to see me?

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 24d

today is the last day to apply to be a 2026 Periplus Fellow! application closes at 11:59pm EST

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · Aug 21

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

PERIPLUS: An FAQ

PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 24d

A scene from the Star Wars film, The Last Jedi. A white man, Kylo Ren, is shouting, More.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 26d

Just saw the dress rehearsal for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay opera. It is truly stunning. A magnum opus. And if you can see it you should.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 27d

In other news, I have sold a story, "In An Antique Land," to Reactor, formerly known as Tor dot com. It's creepy and about a dude and some ruins.

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 27d

I miss him.

david lynch smoking outside, behind him is a neon sign.

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 28d

opening up my personal pocket void to scream into so I don’t disturb the neighbors

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 28d

american political factions right now

rod serling with caption over top we will not end the nightmare we'll only explain it

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 28d

postcard from 1910

post card: I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer it, or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · Sep 15

David Lynch being in the #Emmys in memoriam broke something in me. He embodies so much of the medium’s potential that it’s almost impossible to think about him in the past tense.

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Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · Sep 15

wow ! when you do please post photos !

Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · Sep 14

Just learned about Tove Jansson's illustrations for the Swedish edition of The Hobbit. Extremely cute. lithub.com/take-a-look-...

Take a look at Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a Swedish edition of The Hobbit.

The public knows Tove Jansson, Finnish writer and illustrator, primarily as the creator of Moomins—but in her later life, she purposefully distanced herself herself from the Moomin universe. When s…

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · Sep 13

Ok who’s going to the Brooklyn Book Fest next week? I somehow magically get to be a panel with Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social and Christine Li, moderated by @tobiascarroll.bsky.social - I truly do think it’s a gonna be a banger if you’re around! brooklynbookfestival.org/event/if-the...