Deborah Reed
@tuesdayinberlin.bsky.social
Novelist. Expat. Guest lecturer at Uni Freiburg. Previous owner of Cloud & Leaf Bookstore on the Oregon coast. Most recent novel, Pale Morning Light With Violet Swan-Mariner/HarperCollins. Music and dogs and books and poems and trees.
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Looking back at this year of beautiful places that I have found myself in.
A terrible loss.
Gutted to hear about the death of Daniel Woodrell, one of *the* all-time great noir writers. WINTER’S BONE, TOMATO RED, and so many more — but also, not nearly enough — books.
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A terrible loss.
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Recently spent a couple of nights in a tiny house in the forest near the border of Poland. This sign and string were next to the bed. I was afraid to pull it, and then…
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Recently spent a couple of nights in a tiny house in the forest near the border of Poland. This sign and string were next to the bed. I was afraid to pull it, and then…
Just sent my new novel off to my agent. Whew. My mind drifts back to my last, here, which came out during the pandemic. So many things went wrong with its launch, but the lovely Margaret Renkl called it “A beautiful, shimmering, heart-lifting testament to the power of memory and love and art.” 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Just sent my new novel off to my agent. Whew. My mind drifts back to my last, here, which came out during the pandemic. So many things went wrong with its launch, but the lovely Margaret Renkl called it “A beautiful, shimmering, heart-lifting testament to the power of memory and love and art.” 🥹
Ach. What a lovely ache this leaves behind. Thank you, Margaret.
A few words about childhood and loneliness and the fragile, glimmering world. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The Lovely Loneliness of Sunday Afternoons in Autumn
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ach. What a lovely ache this leaves behind. Thank you, Margaret.
Stunning. Choked me up.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Stunning. Choked me up.
Delicate, heartbreaking, and brutal piece by the lovely Tatiana Schlossberg.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Delicate, heartbreaking, and brutal piece by the lovely Tatiana Schlossberg.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Huge congratulations to Omar El Akkad and this book. An extraordinary voice and an extraordinary and courageous piece of work. 👏
Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for non-fiction for his book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, speaking tonight at the awards gala in New York City where he accepted the award.
#NationalBookAwards
#NationalBookAwards
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Huge congratulations to Omar El Akkad and this book. An extraordinary voice and an extraordinary and courageous piece of work. 👏
People Magazine doing the lord’s work. 👏👏
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
People Magazine doing the lord’s work. 👏👏
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The misogyny is the point
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The misogyny is the point
“Quiet piggy” should be getting waaaaay more traction.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Quiet piggy” should be getting waaaaay more traction.
Yesss.
Part of every weekend should be spent with books.
(Note also the wonderful Umlaut).
(Note also the wonderful Umlaut).
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Yesss.
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ICYMI: Helen Garner has won The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (W&N) – the first diary to win the prize 👇 #BookSky
Baillie Gifford Prize: Helen Garner's journal is first diary to win £50k award
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November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
ICYMI: Helen Garner has won The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (W&N) – the first diary to win the prize 👇 #BookSky
Some very good news.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Some very good news.
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Like a lot of folks, I discovered Lucinda Williams when she released "Carwheels on a Gravel Road" in 1998. I was in college then, discovering my interest in American music — roots, folk, country, Americana. This new doc looks terrific. Can't wait to see it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iB5...
FINDING LUCINDA Official Trailer (2025) Lucinda Williams Music Documentary
YouTube video by BritFlicks | Indie Film Trailers Worldwide
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Like a lot of folks, I discovered Lucinda Williams when she released "Carwheels on a Gravel Road" in 1998. I was in college then, discovering my interest in American music — roots, folk, country, Americana. This new doc looks terrific. Can't wait to see it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iB5...
Thank you, Senator Merkley.
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thank you, Senator Merkley.
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Literary Arts executive director Andrew Proctor overcame challenges to steer the organization through a successful capital campaign, raising over $22 million at a time when the arts need it most. “We need literature to have a seat at the table in our civic lives.” More: at.pw.org/LitArtsInPortland
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Literary Arts executive director Andrew Proctor overcame challenges to steer the organization through a successful capital campaign, raising over $22 million at a time when the arts need it most. “We need literature to have a seat at the table in our civic lives.” More: at.pw.org/LitArtsInPortland
👏👏👏
meanwhile, in season three of The Diplomat, the president is reading Autocracy Inc
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
👏👏👏
Beautiful and profound indeed. I wanted to devour it but forced myself to slow and savor. I’m in love with her sleight of hand.
'This book, beautiful and profound, attests to what we already knew from her other works — that Ernaux is one of the great writers of our time...' Magdalena Miecznicka reviews THE OTHER GIRL by Annie Ernaux, tr. Alison L. Strayer in @financialtimes.com: www.ft.com/content/ba6a...
The Other Girl — Annie Ernaux’s letter to her ‘angelic’ dead sister
A little gem of a book touches on the darkness that made Ernaux one of our greatest writers
www.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Beautiful and profound indeed. I wanted to devour it but forced myself to slow and savor. I’m in love with her sleight of hand.
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For your Tuesday
We Lived Happily During the War
~ ILYA KAMINSKY
—And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not enough.
We Lived Happily During the War
~ ILYA KAMINSKY
—And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not enough.
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For your Tuesday
We Lived Happily During the War
~ ILYA KAMINSKY
—And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not enough.
We Lived Happily During the War
~ ILYA KAMINSKY
—And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not enough.
They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
They’re Trying to Publish the Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!
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Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger and co–lead class counsel Rachel Geman will host a digital briefing for copyright holders included in the $1.5 billion class settlement with Anthropic on Thursday, October 16.
AG to Host Webinar on Anthropic Settlement
Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger and co–lead class counsel Rachel Geman will host a digital briefing for copyright holders included in the $1.5 billion class settlement with Anthropic on Thursday,…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger and co–lead class counsel Rachel Geman will host a digital briefing for copyright holders included in the $1.5 billion class settlement with Anthropic on Thursday, October 16.