Iris Brewster
@irisbrewster.bsky.social
Progressive humanitarian. Critical thinker. Metaphysical adventurer. Artist. Poet. Amazing grandmother. Voracious reader.
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Yvan Alagbé's Misery of Love is one of the best graphic novels of the year according to The Guardian's James Smart.
This follows the Washington Post's list. Get your hands on "a work whose achingly allusive charge grows stronger with repeat readings."
This follows the Washington Post's list. Get your hands on "a work whose achingly allusive charge grows stronger with repeat readings."
The best graphic novels of 2025
Alison Bechdel and Joe Sacco return; plus Black Country cowboys, vengeful gods and an angling classic reimagined
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yvan Alagbé's Misery of Love is one of the best graphic novels of the year according to The Guardian's James Smart.
This follows the Washington Post's list. Get your hands on "a work whose achingly allusive charge grows stronger with repeat readings."
This follows the Washington Post's list. Get your hands on "a work whose achingly allusive charge grows stronger with repeat readings."
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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Not so long, long ago, in our very own galaxy:
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
Suddenly, Jamaica | Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Jamaica Kincaid’s commanding, irreverent work immerses her readers in a black world without explaining or defining its blackness. This seems to be a major departure in the history of African American ...
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not so long, long ago, in our very own galaxy:
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
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From the latest New York Review of Books (a good subscription): www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
From the latest New York Review of Books (a good subscription): www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Our Holiday Issue is now online, with Frances Wilson on Patricia Lockwood, @luxante.bsky.social on Joe Brainard’s comics, Susan Tallman on plundering museums, @paisleycurrah.com on the attack on trans rights, @agordonreed.bsky.social on Thomas Jefferson and liberty, and much more.
December 18, 2025 Holiday Issue
Table of Contents
www.nybooks.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
José Andrés nails it
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
José Andrés nails it
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"There is plenty of backlash—it’s just a grittier and less organized form of it, carried out by Washingtonians with cellphone cameras and some spare time."
The resistance is active in DC—you’re just not looking closely enough
It's not massive protests on Pennsylvania Avenue, but happenstance hecklers and Nextdoor posts.
www.motherjones.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"There is plenty of backlash—it’s just a grittier and less organized form of it, carried out by Washingtonians with cellphone cameras and some spare time."
"Patriotism is the love of the country. But you can’t love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don’t always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good." C. BOOKER
August 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Patriotism is the love of the country. But you can’t love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don’t always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good." C. BOOKER
Beware California voters!
August 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Beware California voters!
MAGA is losing their mind over this meme
August 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
MAGA is losing their mind over this meme
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This is my country. I was born and raised here. I said the Pledge of Allegiance in grade school — and still say it at baseball games and veteran luncheons. I served in the military and earned a Purple Heart for it. I raised my children to be good Americans. Don’t ever try to take my country from me!
If Heather's Idea resonates, go for it! Here's mine:
I'm an American.
One of millions.
This is my country, where I have dreamed since first I was my mother's daughter.
This is our democracy.
This is OUR country.
We the People ARE this country!
What say You?
I'm an American.
One of millions.
This is my country, where I have dreamed since first I was my mother's daughter.
This is our democracy.
This is OUR country.
We the People ARE this country!
What say You?
An idea:
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is my country. I was born and raised here. I said the Pledge of Allegiance in grade school — and still say it at baseball games and veteran luncheons. I served in the military and earned a Purple Heart for it. I raised my children to be good Americans. Don’t ever try to take my country from me!
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We’re better off when we lift others up rather than keeping people down. I trust science. I believe that our children are way smarter than they’re given credit for. I try to give more than I get. I know that we must always try to do better. I am an American.
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
We’re better off when we lift others up rather than keeping people down. I trust science. I believe that our children are way smarter than they’re given credit for. I try to give more than I get. I know that we must always try to do better. I am an American.
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Not a hot take but a call to action. This is how it’s done.
August 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Not a hot take but a call to action. This is how it’s done.
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I am an American. My roots run deep - back to the Mayflower according to family legend - but the great thing about being an American is that everyone, from the first settler to those who became citizens today, is equal. You are all every bit as much Americans as I am. So stay strong!
August 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I am an American. My roots run deep - back to the Mayflower according to family legend - but the great thing about being an American is that everyone, from the first settler to those who became citizens today, is equal. You are all every bit as much Americans as I am. So stay strong!
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Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was reut.rs/4mTQxbu
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday he will pressure the Smithsonian Institution - a premier museum, education and research complex for U.S. history and culture - to accept his demands, just like he did with colleges and universities by threatening to cut federal funding.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was reut.rs/4mTQxbu