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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · 17h

The classics are pretty popular. You can go into any bookstore and buy Tolstoy, Milton, Shakespeare, Jane Austen--that wouldn't be true if people weren't buying them.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 21h

What's your totally ordinary opinion about books that you nonetheless find compelled to share when asked on a social media site such as this one for your most extreme/unhinged/hottest takes?

I'll go first: manga is popular among young people because manga often features young people.

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 19h

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · 3d

I cried.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 26d

I loved this short story by @naokan.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com. Sure, it left me a little depressed, but also maybe a little hopeful?
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/anti...

Anti-Capitalism vs. the Man of Flowers - Lightspeed Magazine

One time at a convention I ran across the Man of Flowers, the Superman of Daffodils, a long-haired guy, indestructible (of course), who slept in his car and drank a lot of cough syrup and didn’t reall...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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MB Valente @mbvalente.bsky.social · Aug 30

Mmmmm the cheerful fatalism and funweird of this! "Anti-Capitalism vs the Man of Flowers" by Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/anti...

www.lightspeedmagazine.com

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The Sunday Morning Transport @morningtransport.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Sunday Morning Transport retraces its steps today with a story from Naomi Kanakia (@naokan.bsky.social) that considers what it means for a life to be worth living. Free for everyone to read!

The Last Planet

In August, Sunday Morning Transport authors Naomi Kanakia, Jim Kelly, Meg Elison, and Elizabeth Bear share stories from far and wide.

www.sundaymorningtransport.com

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Catharsis Theater: Relief for the Human Heart @catharsistheater.bsky.social · Aug 1

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🌀 What if therapy isn’t the only answer?
What if we’re full of insight but still stuck?
Naomi Kanakia’s story exposes the quiet ache beneath modern life.
🔗 www.woman-of-letters.com/p/therapy-is...
📖 Let’s talk myth, meaning, and the mess of being human.

@naokan.bsky.social

Therapy isn't the (only) answer

On mythic, legendary, and Romantic action

www.woman-of-letters.com

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Jul 16

I highly recommend Nick as a teacher! He is the best writing instructor I've ever had.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · Jul 16

love workshop alumna @naokan.bsky.social 's wonderful substack, Woman of Letters, especially as it captures the classic blog experience: I leave a comment, and then some shufflefuck moron tells me that I'm wrong.

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Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social · Jun 26

I recently talked with @naokan.bsky.social about book reviews, pitching, and how to deal with editorial feedback for her newsletter, Woman of Letters:

www.woman-of-letters.com/p/how-to-rev...

How to review books for the New York Times

Between 2021 and 2023, I had an eighteen-month stint as a book reviewer and literary essayist who wrote for periodicals like The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tablet, The Chronicle Review, The Rumpus, ...

www.woman-of-letters.com

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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · Jun 23

🗣️ SF BAY 🗣️

This is tomorrow!! 👇

See @aaantons.bsky.social and @naokan.bsky.social in a BAR discussing LITERATURE

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · Jun 21

📣 OAKLAND EVENT ALERT 📣

The inimitable stylish NAOMI KANAKIA (@naokan.bsky.social) will be interviewing man of the hour ANTON SOLOMONIK (@aaantons.bsky.social) next Tuesday about his utterly hilarious and wildly desperate and strangely heartbreaking story collection

📕 REALISTIC FICTION! 📕

Deets👇

A flyer for Anton Solomonik's reading in Oakland on June 24, 7 PM. East Bay Booksellers & LittlePuss Press present Anton Solomonik in conversation with Naomi Kanakia about his debut story collection Realistic Fiction. The RIC 5515 College Ave (Oakland) 21 yrs+ This is a free event ... but please RSVP (followed by a QR code)

There is also a picture of Anton looking handsome

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 4

Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.

Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · May 11

A novella I self-published on my newsletter got a full write up in the New Yorker.

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · May 4

Has anyone read this Vivian Blaxell book? I am finding it tough going. Wondering whether to keep with it. www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/wote

Worthy of the Event: An Essay by Vivian Blaxell — A trans literary whirlwind — LittlePuss Press

A trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence. Move over Michel de Montaigne, there's a new girl in town!

www.littlepuss.net

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · May 4

Finally reading the Vivian Blaxsell book. Okay girls, are we gonna talk about her hate-on for Mackenzie Wark?

This is wild, but it's sort of the perfect content, given the audience for this book is exclusively composed of people who have heard of Mackenzie Wark

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · May 3

Okay...WOODWORKING is shockingly good, no?

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Apr 27

Am having trouble w STAG DANCE. The story seems quite sad, pathetic, painful. Have been stuck for weeks, forcing myself to read it.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Apr 24

Non-Business Newspapers: "The Unconventional Legal Strategy Trump is Using Against Harvard"

Business Newspapers: "They're ASSAULTING lady liberty. They're SHOOTING the bald eagles. How much longer do we have to deal with these fucking MORONS"

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Apr 15

METS is a fantastic resource--one that I actually use. I own several of their books and have consulted others. Truly unique in their democratic ethos and business model. I just donated $200.

Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · Apr 15

The recent cancellation of NEH funds has hit the wonderful resource that is the Medieval English Text Series (METS) @urochester.bsky.social, a free online resource that 1000s use for teaching & research.

Please consider making a donation if you can, and please share!

metseditions.org/donate

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Belt Publishing @beltpublishing.bsky.social · Apr 9

Interesting read by @naokan.bsky.social, with a mention of our own John Pistelli --> www.woman-of-letters.com/p/a-writers-...

A writer's career can be rooted in real power or in fake power. Real power is better.

A few weeks ago, Compact published an article—“The Vanishing White Male Writer”—about how there’s no white men writing literary fiction anymore.

www.woman-of-letters.com

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Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · Mar 25

Might I remind!!! This is the first time I am actually getting to go on book tour EVER beyond topside tour 2014 and I am very excited to see you friends!

Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · Mar 23

here is also the rest of the formal A/S/L tour put together by @sohopress.bsky.social!

also reading in Boston in June, plus at Pete's Reading Series (April), Ditmas Lit (June), and you'd better believe WORLD TRANSSEXUAL FORUM in April, where @aaantons.bsky.social and I will be co featured readers

JEANNE TOUR DATES

4/1 Hive Mind Books in Brooklyn
4/2 Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, VT with Imogen Binnie
4/3 no tour date but I'll be in the audience at Anton's launch at McNally Jackson Seaport in NYC, come through!
4/4 Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia with Emma Copley Eisenberg!
4/7 This Is A Bookstore in Kalamazoo with LOCAL MICHIGAN TRANSSEXUALS MAYBE YOU
4/8 Literati in Ann Arbor MI ALSO WITH LOCAL MICHIGAN TRANSSEXUALS SEE ABOVE

4/9 A Room of One's Own in Madison WI with Ben Pladek!
4/10 Women & Children First in Chicago with Vera Blossom!
4/11 Two Dollar Radio HQ in Columbus OH with CaseyPlettttttttt
4/17 not listed but I'm reading at PETE'S CANDY STORE in Williamsburg!
4/26 Red Emma's in Baltimore with LOCAL TRANSSEXUALS
4/27 Busboys and Poets in DC with LOCAL TRANSSEXUALS

and of course 4/28 at WORLD TRANS FORUM IN BROOKLYN WITH ANTON you had BETTER NOT MISS THAT OKAY

I'll try to make a tagged and linked version of this when my brain is working better; I'm sorry!

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Mar 21

I believe the firings and the AI have the same purpose: to get humans out of the loop of evaluating contracts. To automate the process of spending government money. To rig up a computer that sends taxpayer dollars directly to the broligarchy.

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Mar 21

I am followed by hundreds of trans women, most of whom are writers. It is fascinating that nobody is reading this book. Something we should think about, given those most writers I know aspire to be this author and get this kind of book deal.

Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Mar 21

Is anyone out there reading STAG DANCE? I'm really liking it!

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · Mar 21

The solution has to be a movement against cartelization and against Big Tech, which is seeking to plunder the noosphere--Meta's lawyers believe that if they license even a single book for AI, they cannot make fair use claims for any book. It's all or nothing to them. 10/

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Mar 21

Is anyone out there reading STAG DANCE? I'm really liking it!

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Naomi Kanakia @naokan.bsky.social · Mar 17

Never liked Newsom but always at least thought he was smart. How could he have possibly thought this was the right move?

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Mar 15

Gavin Newsom sees 10-point net drop in favorability since launching his podcast. Survey finds "the podcast only made 13% of voters have an improved perception of the Governor, with 26% saying that it harmed their perception."

CA 120: Gavin's podcast - Presidential run or empire building? - Capitol Weekly

Gov. Gavin Newsom's new podcast has sent shockwaves through California's political world. But is there more to Newsom's efforts than meets the eye?

capitolweekly.net

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