Today, in Understory (a support group for activists that I co-facilitate), we talked about the writing exercise I created to help folks get oriented for the year ahead. I don't think we can balance caring for ourselves, tending to our relationships, and taking action by accident in these times.

Ways to plug in to the Giving Circle (2/2)

🎁 We've relaunched our shop "Kurkar"!: Trade in your donation receipt for holiday cards (NEW) + more. tiny.cc/KurkarShop

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PROMISES OF GOLD by @joseolivarez.bsky.social: a groundbreaking collection of poems by José Olivarez that "shines bright as the gold that got us into all this colonial mess." (Nate Marshall)

Find a signed copy at the Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

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EVERY DROP IS A MAN'S NIGHTMARE by @megankkakimoto.bsky.social: "Megan Kakimoto gives us her Hawai'i, as bright as blood, as dark as blood... Eleven knockouts, one KO for every story." (Elizabeth McCracken)

Find a signed copy at the book fair through 12/3!

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THE J GIRLS: A REALITY SHOW by @rochellehurt.bsky.social: "...a cinematic anthem, a war cry against gender norms... Part theater, part screenplay, part poetry, THE J GIRLS is a genre-blending collection..." Find a signed copy at the book fair through 12/3!

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CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL by @anandalima.bsky.social: strange, intimate, haunted, and hungry--an intoxicating and surreal fiction debut by award-winning author Ananda Lima. Find a signed copy at Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

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ROSE/HOUSE by @byzantienne.bsky.social: an astonishing sci-fi gothic thriller by Hugo Award-winning author Arkady Martine, filled with unseen corners of wonder and haunting. Find a signed copy at Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

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BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by @khadijahqueen.com: "yet another extension of the brilliant universe of Khadijah Queen." -- Hanif Abdurraqib. Find a signed copy at the Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

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SPREAD ME by @sarahgailey.bsky.social: A darkly seductive tale of survival from the amazing author of THE ECHO WIFE (also at the book fair!) Find a signed copy at the Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/s...

CHILDREN OF THE LAND by @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social: "[Hernandez Castillo]'s motherland is la madre tierra, his life a history lesson for our times." -- Sandra CisnerosFind a signed copy at the Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/c...

OPINIONS by @roxanegay.bsky.social: A fresh collection of Roxane Gay's best nonfiction pieces from the past ten years--an exhilarating book of essays from one of the best of the best. Find a signed copy at the Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!

www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/o...

lastly, we also want to mention that as of the time of this writing, we have $2304.50 in unmatched funds for our Gaza aid initiative. we encourage you to contribute anything you can and we'll match it 1:1: www.topshelfrecords.com/products/868678-matching-campaign-for-the-sameer-project