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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For the NYT I wrote about Ed Sheeran, the fantasy of political neutrality and the politics of self-interest www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for Celebrities

Celebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.

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Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Public libraries are fighting book bans, funding cuts, political interference, and harassment of librarians. Meanwhile, publishers are worried that libraries are lending too many ebooks. This week’s newsletter: Read the Room. roncharles.substack.com/p/libraries-...

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Libraries Are Not the Problem

A new publishing-industry study takes aim at ebook lending just as public libraries are fighting for their lives.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Starting Scott Hawkins’ BLACKTAIL on pub day. Excited to dig in!

BLACKTAIL by Scott Hawkins placed on. Red leather bag

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm watching the Hugo Awards livestream and Ursula "Queen of Weird Animal Facts" Vernon may be the best emcee of all time. Of any awards show. They should have her do the Oscars 😂😍

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that

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Michael Swanwick @michaelswanwick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I came home from Amherst last night, appropriately exhausted. So here, a day late, is my post about Jane Yolen's memorial. floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-me...

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A Memorial For Jane Yolen--With Heartfelt Memories And Dancing Bears

. A memorial was held for Jane Yolen in Amherst at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Which was appropriate...

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I gasped when this ARC arrived. I adored Chad Harbach’s THE ART OF FIELDING. The follow-up novel THE BRIGHTNESS, also featuring Pella and set at Westish College, will be out in October. Character-driven fiction at its best.

The Brightness by Chad Harbach, forthcoming novel that will be published in October 2026

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026

Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.

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Harper Zacharias @harperzacharias.com · 30/06/2026

The guardian really stands out (among all the reporting I’ve read, at least) as an outlet that has worked hard to report on the impacts faced by Epstein and his associates’ victims and their loved ones

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“AI in libraries” should be “what can you tell us about corporate profit-driven control of search and retrieval” instead of “when are librarians going to get on board.”

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Finished WOODWORKING @emilystjams.bsky.social with a full heart and tears in my eyes. What a lovely story about solidarity among trans women and unlikely friendship. Reminded me of a trans femme version of the little known film “My First Mister.” So much humor and heart in this debut. ADORED.

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 26/06/2026

Ahhh! My favorite librarian talking about my book as part of an adult summer reading program on TV is like my own personal bingo situation 🥰

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hello hello and welcome to the shortlist announcement thread for the #2026IgnyteAwards, recognizing outstanding contributions to SFFH and its community in 2025! We are grateful to be supported this year by sponsors @bcsmagazine.bsky.social , @edmontonin2030.bsky.social, & @laworldcon.bsky.social

The 2026 Ignyte Awards, sponsored by Beneath Ceaseless Skies, the Edmonton in 2030 Worldcon Bid, and LA Worldcon 2026

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusion—really a must-read, right down to the last word: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.  

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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com · 31/05/2026

Locus Magazine held its annual conference this weekend and announced this year's winners of its awards! Congratulations to this year's winners: www.andrewliptak.com/locus-award-...

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Here are the winners of the 2026 Locus Awards

Some of the best writing from 2025

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

So sad to hear about Piper J. Drake’s passing. She was an effervescent person and I was so honored to know her.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“There is so much in life that doesn’t matter, so many things that hold you back, hem you in and throw you off the scent of what’s important. Don’t get too bogged down in things that don’t count or things you cannot influence, and specifically don’t worry too much about making sure others know

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Youth Lagoon @youthlagoon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A note for the modern world. Love you all so much.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It is notable that a horror author won a Pulitzer even though other horror novels have won because authors & books branded as genre rarely get considered. Much thanks is also due to Victor LaValle & Rebecca Makkai. We don’t get to know what happens in those spaces & conversations.

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Enormous congratulations to this year’s Winner & Finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Daniel Kraus - ANGEL DOWN (W) Katie Kitamaura - AUDITION (F) Torrey Peters - STAG DANCE (F) It was enormous honor to serve on this year’s jury & highlight such ambitious, amazing books. Read all three!

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The right railing against activist judges is exactly what they wanted for themselves. Watching this retrograde Supreme Court strip rights and protections from marginalized communities and entrench wealth and power is so gross.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I mean what does it say about you when the Voting Rights Act is your enemy? It says everything, says a thousand things about democracy, and says one word: racists.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Lovely Ursula Le Guin. ❤️

A pedagogy that relies on the "Cliff Notes" sort of thing travesties the study of literature. To reduce the aesthetic value of a narrative to the ideas it expresses, to its "meaning," is a drastic impoverishment. The map is not the landscape.

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I am sorry to hear about CJ Cherryh's retirement but I hope she enjoys the down time. Merchanter's Luck was one of my favorite books in high school, and a big part of the reason I loved The Expanse so much, it felt like going back to that world of scrappy merchanters in space caught up in big events

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Not that one, the other one @theotherjustin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Some great quotes in this thread.

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Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 27/04/2026

Pre-orders for IV: The Sounder at Heart magazine are now live. They are $10 until May 1, at which point we need to finalize the order. They’ll be $15 after that. www.sounderatheart.com/2026/04/pre-...

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Pre-order the next issue of IV: The Sounder at Heart magazine

This issue will focus on the Seattle experience of the World Cup.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Sad to hear Hampshire is closing. Marlboro College, my own alma mater, closed its campus in Vermont and moved the program to Emerson after the pandemic. It was a seismic decision for alums.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Reading an old bound library copy of Louise M. Rosenblatt’s 1938 LITERATURE AS EXPLORATION. Primarily about teaching literature it is also about reading and provides excellent insight into how and why we all read a different book.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I love the genre of essay that comes when a writer writes about when and how a particular book found them and how it changed them. Here's my old friend and colleague Peter Orner on Absalom, Absalom!

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Locus needs your help! Donate what you can this morning to help them make their deadline. They are such a vital resource for science fiction and fantasy writers, reviewers, publishers and fans.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

HR 7661, the Federal book banning bill, is unfortunately still alive. Please call your reps and say NO ON HR 7661! You can read the bill's full text here and see if your Congressperson is one of the 19 co-sponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Norwescon panels on authenticity and myth

Kate Ristau, Remy Nakamura, Erin M Evans, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Ben Thompson

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

HOPEFUL MONSTERS is one of my favorite novels and much of it and Mosley’s other writing was a reckoning with having a fascist father.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Just read LOST LAMBS by Madeline Cash, a quirky debut about an imploding family. The overall tone reminded me of Barbara Gowdy’s MR. SANDMAN, a novel I always meant to read that is hard to find these days. Anyone read both? Curious if I am correct about this read-alike hunch!

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This.

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Daniel Nikpayuk @nikpayuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Wait, Friday March 13th? Didn't we already have a Friday the 13th? I looked over the calendar year and there's a Friday the 13th in November as well. It's numbers and stuff, it could be nothing. It could also be everything: Make what you will of it.

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