Emily H.
@emhall47.bsky.social
Writer and Literary Critic. Prose Reader for West Trade Review. English PhD, despite being terrible at spelling.
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Absolutely love the Nicks blouse pattern by #closetcore. I made version B in cotton from Merchant and Mills. I may move the buttons down on future versions. One of my favorite makes all year. What did you love sewing in 2025? #garmentsewing #sewsky
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Absolutely love the Nicks blouse pattern by #closetcore. I made version B in cotton from Merchant and Mills. I may move the buttons down on future versions. One of my favorite makes all year. What did you love sewing in 2025? #garmentsewing #sewsky
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Deadnaming Rachel Levine is abhorrent, but not a surprise coming from this administration. It’s also pretty rich given that J D Vance has changed his name a million times based on his daddy figure of the hour. #politics #rachellevine #transrights
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Deadnaming Rachel Levine is abhorrent, but not a surprise coming from this administration. It’s also pretty rich given that J D Vance has changed his name a million times based on his daddy figure of the hour. #politics #rachellevine #transrights
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
When my copy came in the mail, I immediately started reading and couldn’t put it down!! #writersky #booksky
Cameroonian author and filmmaker, Osvalde Lewat's debut novel, THE AQUATICS, is out today! Translated by Maren Baudet-Lackner. "Lewat enters literature with this first novel of remarkable vivacity." - Le Point
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When my copy came in the mail, I immediately started reading and couldn’t put it down!! #writersky #booksky
This is a beautiful reminder that we shouldn’t pit the humanities against STEM. Great thinkers see how their own fields intersect with others, and they take inspiration from many parts of the world. ♥️
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is a beautiful reminder that we shouldn’t pit the humanities against STEM. Great thinkers see how their own fields intersect with others, and they take inspiration from many parts of the world. ♥️
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Over and over and over again the people who have observed RFK Jr.’s anti-vax propaganda for decades have said he will not stop until he takes away as many vaccines as he can.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Over and over and over again the people who have observed RFK Jr.’s anti-vax propaganda for decades have said he will not stop until he takes away as many vaccines as he can.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
And the current U.S. government is aiding and abetting him.
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Been so busy at work I have barely had time to post about our books but gonna make up for that today. Buy our books!
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Been so busy at work I have barely had time to post about our books but gonna make up for that today. Buy our books!
Made a new dress for Friendsgiving. Fabric is expensive because of the tariffs, so I used a pattern I know and love well: The Dress Shirt by Merchant and Mills. Anyone else make something for Thanksgiving? #garmentsewing #dressmaking #merchantandmills
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Made a new dress for Friendsgiving. Fabric is expensive because of the tariffs, so I used a pattern I know and love well: The Dress Shirt by Merchant and Mills. Anyone else make something for Thanksgiving? #garmentsewing #dressmaking #merchantandmills
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From Necessary Fiction: "Tamar Shapiro’s Restitution is a thought-provoking exploration of how personal pain cannot be resolved through retribution but may be to some extent assuaged by empathy." necessaryfiction.com/reviews/rest...
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
From Necessary Fiction: "Tamar Shapiro’s Restitution is a thought-provoking exploration of how personal pain cannot be resolved through retribution but may be to some extent assuaged by empathy." necessaryfiction.com/reviews/rest...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
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"Charlotte's Web" is a story about a tiny and nearly invisible creature using the only skills she has to protect a friend and neighbor who's about to be butchered to make the farmer some money, and he returns the favor by caring for her children. Just in case you needed the reminder.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Charlotte's Web" is a story about a tiny and nearly invisible creature using the only skills she has to protect a friend and neighbor who's about to be butchered to make the farmer some money, and he returns the favor by caring for her children. Just in case you needed the reminder.
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That new Wuthering Heights trailer calling it the greatest love story of all time has me wondering if I read a completely different book with that title.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That new Wuthering Heights trailer calling it the greatest love story of all time has me wondering if I read a completely different book with that title.
I have a weakness for stories about about East/West Germany, and loved Shapiro’s novel. Thanks for sharing my review, @regalhouse.bsky.social! #writersky #books
Just in from @necessaryfiction.com for Tamar Shapiro's RESTITUTION: "Tamar Shapiro’s Restitution is a thought-provoking exploration of how personal pain cannot be resolved through retribution but may be to some extent assuaged by empathy." necessaryfiction.com/reviews/rest...
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I have a weakness for stories about about East/West Germany, and loved Shapiro’s novel. Thanks for sharing my review, @regalhouse.bsky.social! #writersky #books
Thank you for publishing my review of Restitution, @necessaryfiction.com ! And thanks for the copy of this wonderful novel, @regalhouse.bsky.social
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
Restitution – Necessary Fiction
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November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you for publishing my review of Restitution, @necessaryfiction.com ! And thanks for the copy of this wonderful novel, @regalhouse.bsky.social
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“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. Books are proof that humans are capable of working magic."
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. Books are proof that humans are capable of working magic."
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
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A peek at what's on tap this week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A peek at what's on tap this week! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #booksky
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Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.