Sonia Ansari
@soniaansari.bsky.social
wife, mother, Pakistani-American, democratic socialist, immigration attorney/librarian
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Highly recommend, Amanda Jones’s, half memoir/half manifesto. Especially if you’re still a Trump supporter. Hello? The Freedom to Read? Intellectual Freedom? The First Amendment? This is con law 101. Any law student could easily explain to you why books bans
are unconstitutional.
are unconstitutional.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Highly recommend, Amanda Jones’s, half memoir/half manifesto. Especially if you’re still a Trump supporter. Hello? The Freedom to Read? Intellectual Freedom? The First Amendment? This is con law 101. Any law student could easily explain to you why books bans
are unconstitutional.
are unconstitutional.
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s what you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow wherever it points
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s what you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow wherever it points
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s what you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow wherever it points
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s what you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow wherever it points
Just saw The Librarians at the South Lamar Drafthouse, a terrific new documentary about the rise of book bans and the heroic librarians fighting them. Go see it! The theater burst into applause at the end!
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just saw The Librarians at the South Lamar Drafthouse, a terrific new documentary about the rise of book bans and the heroic librarians fighting them. Go see it! The theater burst into applause at the end!
Gustave Baumann’s Fifth Avenue
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Gustave Baumann’s Fifth Avenue
Highly recommend By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle. Bought at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe.
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Highly recommend By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle. Bought at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe.
Original art by Vanessa Vanya. Card bought at Beastly Books in Santa Fe. Walking distance from our hotel!
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Original art by Vanessa Vanya. Card bought at Beastly Books in Santa Fe. Walking distance from our hotel!
In Seattle visiting friends. Beautiful fall colors everywhere.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In Seattle visiting friends. Beautiful fall colors everywhere.
Spent the weekend reading Florence Knapp’s debut novel, The Names. I loved it.
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Spent the weekend reading Florence Knapp’s debut novel, The Names. I loved it.
God, my parents were a beautiful couple. A picture of a Polaroid taken of them in Karachi when my mom was a few months pregnant with me. In their 70s now, my dad is stil handsome, and my mom has the kindest face you’ve ever seen.
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
God, my parents were a beautiful couple. A picture of a Polaroid taken of them in Karachi when my mom was a few months pregnant with me. In their 70s now, my dad is stil handsome, and my mom has the kindest face you’ve ever seen.
Loving Patricia Lockwood’s latest, Will There Ever Be Another You. I’m on page 100. Wins for best cover too. If you’re new to Patricia Lockwood, I recommend starting with her memoir, Priestdaddy. You’ll enjoy this more if you do.
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Loving Patricia Lockwood’s latest, Will There Ever Be Another You. I’m on page 100. Wins for best cover too. If you’re new to Patricia Lockwood, I recommend starting with her memoir, Priestdaddy. You’ll enjoy this more if you do.
Highly recommend Robert Reich’s new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America. I listened to the audiobook using a libro.fm credit.
September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Highly recommend Robert Reich’s new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America. I listened to the audiobook using a libro.fm credit.
Nothing better than getting stoned and going to a concert. HAIM put on an amazing show in Austin tonight!
September 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Nothing better than getting stoned and going to a concert. HAIM put on an amazing show in Austin tonight!
So close to finishing Richard Russo’s excellent novel, Bridge of Sighs, on Day 4 of Fantastic Fest. My friend, Steve, is almost done reading it too, and he is loving it as well.
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So close to finishing Richard Russo’s excellent novel, Bridge of Sighs, on Day 4 of Fantastic Fest. My friend, Steve, is almost done reading it too, and he is loving it as well.
If you want to see an amazing film about motherhood or a brilliant Indonesian horror film, definitely check out A Woman Called Mother. This is the best of Fantastic Fest and why I try to explain to everyone they should go. It’s Artika Sari Devi’s first return to acting in 6 years, and what a return!
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you want to see an amazing film about motherhood or a brilliant Indonesian horror film, definitely check out A Woman Called Mother. This is the best of Fantastic Fest and why I try to explain to everyone they should go. It’s Artika Sari Devi’s first return to acting in 6 years, and what a return!
Highly recommend Grace Blakeley’s book, Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Highly recommend Grace Blakeley’s book, Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
I loved Us by David Nicholls when I first read it and then recently my friend, Steve, told me the audiobook is great. He was right - the narrator is fantastic! Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
September 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I loved Us by David Nicholls when I first read it and then recently my friend, Steve, told me the audiobook is great. He was right - the narrator is fantastic! Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
Read Anita Desai’s gem of a novella, Rosarita, today. Worth the decades-plus wait. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Read Anita Desai’s gem of a novella, Rosarita, today. Worth the decades-plus wait. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
Highly recommend Bill McKibben’s new book on solar power, Here Comes the Sun. It will give you hope!
August 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Highly recommend Bill McKibben’s new book on solar power, Here Comes the Sun. It will give you hope!
It doesn’t get better than seeing Bob Schneider and Mitch Watkins at an intimate venue like the 04 Center in Austin on a Saturday night. Thomas Csorba from Dallas was the opener, and he is an awesome (young) talent as well.
August 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It doesn’t get better than seeing Bob Schneider and Mitch Watkins at an intimate venue like the 04 Center in Austin on a Saturday night. Thomas Csorba from Dallas was the opener, and he is an awesome (young) talent as well.
Yesterday evening I read Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta, a middle school graphic novel and the third book in Pimienta’s Mexicali trilogy. Highly recommend. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
August 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday evening I read Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta, a middle school graphic novel and the third book in Pimienta’s Mexicali trilogy. Highly recommend. Borrowed from the Austin Public Library.
Regina Spektor put on amazing show in Austin tonight. I got us great seats for Parker’s Father’s Day present. He missed her last time she was here when she played at Bass.
August 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Regina Spektor put on amazing show in Austin tonight. I got us great seats for Parker’s Father’s Day present. He missed her last time she was here when she played at Bass.