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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Roddy Bottum's memoir, "The Royal We," is NOW AVAILAVBLE IN PAPERBACK!! A founder of the iconic band Faith No More shares his coming-of-age and out-of-the-closet story in pre–tech boom San Francisco. Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/the-...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OCTOBER 7- NEWTON, MA Join @strega54.bsky.social Marianne Leone in discussion with Elizabeth Searle at @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social Newtonville Books 7PM Newtonville Books 10 Langley Rd Newton, MA newtonvillebooks.com/event/2026-1...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Princess Booker's new book, "Grandma, What's That?" is OUT NOW! Countdown to Christmas! A children’s picture book celebrating the fun of Christmas around the world, from the Caribbean to Kenya. Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/gran...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Karen Lord's "The Angel at the Gates," is OUT TODAY! "A man’s quest to resolve an inherited family trauma leads him to an enigmatic priory in a war-ravaged region, from which he’s not sure he will be able to flee." Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/the-...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OCTOBER 17-ST. JOHN, USVI Join Richard Georges, Raven Phillips, Sophia Aubin and Hadiya Sewer as they discuss "Virgin Islands Noir." 5PM Bajo El Sol Gallery Mongoose Junction, St. John, USVI www.bajoelsolgallery.com

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OCTOBER 20 - Kearny, NJ Katrina Brownlee will be signing her book, "And Then Came the Blues," at the Hudson County Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation Center, 30 Hackensack Ave, Kearny, NJ

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OCTOBER 9 - PORTLAND, OR Seem @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social Larry Crane in conversation with John McEntire about the new Tape Op book, "Making Music," on Friday, October 9 at 7pm. @powells.bsky.social Powell's Books 1005 W. Burnside St. www.powells.com/events/larry...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Natasha Howard's book, "The Vision Through My Lens," is reviewed in the @startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune. Read the whole review here: www.startribune.com/wnba-veteran... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How Blackly Lovely: Noir in New Jersey joycecaroloates.substack.com/p/how-blackl...

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How Blackly Lovely: Noir in New Jersey

An Introduction

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TOMORROW!! John Baccigaluppi will be in discussion with SASAMI in Corte Madera at @bookpassage.bsky.social Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe for @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social Tape Op Magazine bookpassage.com/event/john-b...

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John Baccigaluppi - Making Music

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OCTOBER 9 - PORTLAND Larry Crane will be in discussion w John McEntire @ Powell's Books & 1005 W. Burnside St. "Making Music" is OUT NOW and available at @powells.bsky.social Powell's Books & through Akashic Books & your local bookseller. @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social www.powells.com/events/larry...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day (UK)! Check out FIVE FABULOUS POETS incl David Duchovny & his book of poems, "About Time," in @thelondonstandard.bsky.social The London Standard. Read the review here: www.standard.co.uk/culture/books Available through Akashic Books www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/abou...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Our Greatest Work," by Sam and Joe Eichner is reviewed in Kirkus Reviews! Read the whole review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... Available for preorder through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/our-...

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"Food" Thoyd @spaceplans.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Hell yeah

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

And etch.

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Excellent post day.

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 31/03/2026

Precious by Kira Tucker is Poem-a-Day on March 31, 2026, at the Academy of American Poets poets.org/poem/precious

Precious

Kira Tucker

Copper keeps life from my womb; aluminum
fills my pores, silver my teeth. My blood won’t hold iron,
so I take it daily. Food brings a sickness I can’t measure
under my tongue, only on my waning waist. Some metal

belongs in the body. The day a grate raised my skirt
on the street, I noticed only one rush of air between ore
and whore. The boy who learns to caress his face with a blade
will grow into a man I’ll pay to slice my skin with steel. Beauty

is no alchemy: it merely means making space for more things
that shine. Like the ancient statues men scrapped for daggers.
Like powder packed into bullets, their touch so intimate
it kills. Like any body in this millennium, I’ll survive

in silicon chips after death. Until then, lead me
somewhere precious. Guide me with ungloved hands.

Copyright © 2026 by Kira Tucker. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on March 31, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

A black and white photo of the poet. She is smiling broadly and stands in front of foliage.

Photo credit: Nirav Rao
Kira Tucker is the author of Wildest (Akashic Books, 2026), winner of the 2025 National Poetry Series. Originally from Memphis, she lives in Chicago.

About this Poem

“‘Precious’ inhabits the balance between violence and tenderness, exploring how metal impacts our lives. From aluminum antiperspirants and copper contraceptives to dietary minerals and dental fillings, metals make up who we are. Wielding steel tools—a barber’s razor, a piercer’s needle, a surgeon’s scalpel—we touch each other with intimate precision. The same metals resurface in cycles of male-driven destruction—the monuments of antiquity retooled as bronze arms; World War II’s ‘wolfram’ largely re-engineered into U.S. and Israeli missiles. With heavy metals at the core of our world, as common in cosmetics as in our water supply, I always come back to the question: What truly remains precious?”
—Kira Tucker

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@wweek.com Willamette Week reviews the new @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social Tape Op book, "Making Music!" Read the whole review here: www.wweek.com/music/2026/0... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/maki...

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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Privacy” pen and ink by the dearly missed, multi-talented artist and musician Rick Froberg. This is in the great @akashicbooks.bsky.social book of his visual art, Plenty for All.

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a difficult decision that has a large impact. We would greatly appreciate you spreading the love (it’s the Brooklyn way) by finding our list of marketplace vendors at BrooklynBookFestival.org/vendor and supporting them as you would have at the festival.

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don your raincoats and umbrellas, our authors would love to see you! Due to the predicted high winds and rain from the Nor’easter, all Brooklyn Book Festival author programs will be moved indoors.

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Albumism @albumism.com · 23/09/2026

Happy Birthday Ani DiFranco! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/ADiFrancoHBD

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join Theodore Hamm at the Plymouth Church as he discusses his book, "Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn," on SEPTEMBER 29 at 7PM. Free Admission 75 Hicks St., BKLYN, NY www.plymouthchurch.org/history His book is available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/fred...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Natasha Howard's new book, "The Vision Through My Lens," is reviewed in @nyamnews.bsky.social The New York Amsterdam News. Read the whole article here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/09... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Natasha Howard's new book, "The Vision Through My Lens," is reviewed in MPRNews! Read the whole article here: www.mprnews.org/episode/2026... Available now through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi... #wnba #wnbabasketball

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Lynx forward Natasha Howard releases memoir

Her memoir, “The Vision Through My Lens: My Life in Basketball and Beyond,” was released Tuesday.

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB This ends this thread commenting on the new poems in About Time paperback edition by David Duchovny. I will leave this pinned until Monday. Please comment if you have any thoughts on the poems. I would be interested to hear different perspectives.

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Summer may be coming to an end, but there is no need to worry because that means there is only ONE MONTH until #BKBF2026 📚 Mark your calendars ⬇️ 🏙️ Citywide Bookends: Sept. 20-28 💻 Virtual Festival: Sept. 20 📖 Children's Day: Sept. 26 🏛️ Festival Day: Sept. 27 Learn more at brooklynbookfestival.org

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Join us for Bookends 📖🍎🗽 From September 20–28, the Brooklyn Book Festival brings exciting literary programs to all five boroughs and online organized by our wonderful #BKBF2026 partners. Find out what’s happening in your neighborhood 📚: brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/bookend-events

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Calling all readers! The #BKBF2026 schedule has been officially announced 📚✨ We cannot wait for you to join us in Downtown Brooklyn, online, and across all 5 boroughs for these wonderful literary events. Which program are you most excited for? Visit BrooklynBookFestival.org for the full schedule 🔗

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In less than one week, the Brooklyn Book Festival officially begins! Join us THIS SUNDAY, September 20th, as we take it from the page to the screen for our Virtual Festival Day from 12 - 5pm EST 💻🗣️📚 Register here 🔗 brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/virtual-festival-day/

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Olive Senior's "Paradise Once," is a on this month's reading picks in @caribbeanbeat.bsky.social Caribbean Beat! Read the whole review here: www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-196/bo... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/para...

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB “This Very Place” replaces the poem “I Say No” as the penultimate poem in the paperback. It makes me think of that old ironic saying “you can’t run away from yourself because wherever you go, there you are”, but we are many different people in a lifetime. #poetry

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

HIgh Post Hoops reviews Natasha Howard's new book, "The Vision Through My Lens!" Read the whole article here: highposthoops.com/natasha-howa... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Vince Omni's story is in the new "Virgin Islands Noir!" Check out this review from Lake Forest College: www.lakeforest.edu/news-and-eve... @lakeforestcollege.bsky.social Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Natasha Howard's new book, "The Vision Through My Lens," is reviewed in High Post Hoop! read the whole article here: highposthoops.com/natasha-howa... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB “Piece de Resistance” is hard to discuss in a post. It could mean many things. Certainly a play on the word resistance with a theme on how we come to view ourselves. To me there is a journey in the poem, but a journey towards peace or hell or acceptance? #poetry

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Natasha Howard 's new book, "The Vision Through My Lens," is reviewed in New York Amsterdam News! Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB “Mr. Roger’s” is my favorite of the new poems in the paperback. It’s a poem of memory, of language and of the dead. The dead gives advice, or shame, or a joke today through our memories of them. But there is so much more in this thought provoking poem by Duchovny.

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

TONIGHT!! 6:30PM ATLANTA AREA! Join Tiphanie Yanique, Gillian Royes & Vincent Omni celebrating the new "Virgin Islands Noir," at A Small Place Bookshop, 40 Franklin St., Suite 300 Avondale Estates, GA www.eventbrite.com/e/virgin-isl...

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Virgin Islands Noir Author Event

Join A Small Place Bookshop for an author talk and book signing featuring Tiphanie Yanique joined by Gillian Royes & Vincent Omni.

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wednesday, 9/23 at 6:00 PM EST Literature as Lifeline featuring faculty Kaylie Jones, Robert Lopez, and Joseph Levens, and alums Meryl Branch-McTiernan and Hannah Fasset. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT brooklynbookfestival.org/event/litera...

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB “Unlucky Mud” Twenty words with no punctuation. I like the placement of “we deserve” as it serves double duty with the two words proceeding “no mercy” and the preceding words “to darkness” and I like the adjective “iridescent” to describe the birds we scare. #poetry

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@popmatters.com Pop Matters reviews Jesse Malin's new book, "Almost Grown!" Read the whole article here: www.popmatters.com/jesse-malin-... "Almost Grown" is available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/almo...

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There's Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir » PopMatters

Punk troubadour Jesse Malin discusses reckoning with his past by writing about it and looking forward to making new music.

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don't miss Larry Crane in discussion with Geoff Stanfield about the new @tapeopmagazine.bsky.social Tape Op book, "Making Music," at the Elliot Bay Book Company on September 17 at 7pm! 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA www.elliottbaybook.com/events/61527...

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Larry Crane w/ Geoff Stanfield | Elliott Bay Book Company

Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB I now realize that “I Say No” is not a new poem in the paperback. It changed place from being second to the last poem in the hard cover to page 44 in the paperback. Why? I have no answer. Or about the placement of the new second to the last poem?

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Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Natasha Howard's book, "The Vision Through My Lens" is out now! Natasha Howard reveals the tremendous obstacles she overcame to become a three-time WNBA champion who continues to excel on the hardwood. Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/visi...

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banhnuong.bsky.social @banhnuong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Books I got from me library recently Moscow Noir & Hong Kong Noir from @akashicbooks.bsky.social . I love the forewards :3 Read Prison Noir prior and that was wiiild The Few and the Proud by Larry Smith The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld wiiiiillld Let’s Make Cocktails by Sarah Becan v cute

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The 1st new poem in the paperback begins on page 44- “I Say No.” It seems to be about a specific conversation but is general enough that it could pertain to many different, significant conversations. The journey from the first to the last lines! Words not said. @akashicbooks.bsky.social #DDPPB

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