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The Shipman Agency offers complete literary services to writers at all stages of their careers: event booking, independent publicity, mss consultations, The Work Room. she/her https://www.theshipmanagency.com/

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · Nov 22

We made a starter pack of our great Shipman Agency clients! Follow writers! Read books! Say hello! go.bsky.app/BXUDe1d

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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 15h

gurrrl

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 18h

Fall of Freedom is gaining momentum. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 1d

F Columbus www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...

Dark Laboratory by Tao Leigh Goffe: 9780385549912 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an idyll in the American imagination and a dark laboratory of Western experimentation, revealing secrets to racial and environmental progress th...

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 23h

Beautiful inside and out. Why is the universe taking our best? RIP King.

Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 23h

The world lost a giant.

D’Angelo was more than a musician, he was a vessel of soul, a conjurer of feeling, a truth-teller in melody and rhythm. He bared his soul with every note and we felt it.

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 23h

Amazing clients like you make it all easy! ❤️

The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 23h

In need of something to look forward to? May 2026 seems far away, but rejoice! We have a memoir coming from @hughryan.bsky.social MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER NINETIES AND BEYOND

Pre-order here and gaze upon this amazing cover! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...

My Bad

A powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed The 19...

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers! Go see @maris.bsky.social and these other great writers at the beloved Franklin Park Reading Series. And Karissa Chen designed my website, so not only is she a great novelist, she's a great website designer!

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 14d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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Wanly Made Mailman @basicchunnel.bsky.social · 2d

And with that I’ve wrapped up ONE OF US by one of @danchaon.bsky.social. Best novel I’ve read in some years. Gunning on all cylinders bookshop.org/p/books/one-...

A screenshots showing the last (digital) page of Dan Chaon’s ONE OF US

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the book tour for TERRY DACTYL is coming right up, please spread the word!!🎉🎉 Starting at the Seattle Art Museum on 10/25, 3 pm & then In conversation w/ @alexanderchee.bsky.social in NYC, Jennifer Natalya Fink in DC, Jeannie Vanasco in Baltimore, & @lenizumas.bsky.social in Portland💎⚡🔥

MATTILDA BERNSTEIN SYCAMORE ON TOUR WITH TERRY DACTYL

10/25 SEATTLE ART MUSEUM BOOKS SOLD BY ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO.

11/19 THE STRAND NEW YORK, NY WITH ALEXANDER CHEE

12/1 POLITICS & PROSE WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH JENNIFER NATALYA FIOK

12/3 GREEDY READS BALTIMORE, MD WITH JEANNIE VANASCO

1/13 POWELL'S BOOKS PORTLAND, OR WITH LENI ZUMAS

MASKS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 3d

Queen 💔

Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3d

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 5d

Please Kill Me, Edie, Meet Me in the Bathroom, and Live From Saturday night and talk about what makes them so successful! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

Craft Seminar: The Art of Narrative Oral History with Tricia Romano — The Shipman Agency

2 Sessions: Saturday + Sunday, October 18 + 19 1:00-3:00pm ET Tricia Romano Tricia Romano is the author of the acclaimed oral history, The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of t...

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 5d

There are many different types of oral histories and for this class in preparation attendees will get to read a few excerpts of some of the best narrative oral histories in recent times, including...

The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 5d

There's still time to register for this weekend's craft seminar! Read more and register here! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

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Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social · 5d

Another day: another recap of amazing reviews for The Freaks Came Out To Write in honor of its forthcoming November paperback release.

I didn't exactly have being compared to Gay Talese on my bingo card, but I really enjoy having this on bingo card!

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 5d

It's SO GOOD and now easier to carry around!!

Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social · 6d

The books are here! Unboxing video of the paperback of the Freaks Came Out To Write, out Nov. 4th!!!

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 7d

Bookshop.org (the best Amazon alternative) is having an anti-prime sale today. Free shipping on books including mine :P bookshop.org/a/88357/9781...

The Anti-Prime Sale at bookshop.org. 17 more hours.

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. I will only end my moratorium on prayer for Dolly. I will literally get on my knees and pray for Dolly.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 7d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 7d

Ireland! Please take me back! Allow those with Irish great grandparents to come back! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 8d

Upcoming CLE event 👇👇
Spread le word

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to Dr. Greene for this brilliant review of The American Daughters!

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Sowing the Seeds of Resistance

What you need to know for now is that it was just like this. I wasn’t running away. I was running toward myself.”From The American Daughtersby Maurice Carlos Ruffin We know that spies have always been...

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 7d

May his memory be a blessing because the quality of their smoked fish is! And the best countermen in the appetizing business!

In all seriousness, RIP to a great NYer.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.