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Anna Lindsey

@annalindsey.bsky.social
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Writer. Currently querying contemporary YA. Bibliophile. Fueled by wine and chocolate chip cookies. Dolly Parton stan account. Hamline MFAC alum and Penn State instructor. she/her/hers www.annalindsey.com

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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I read an ARC of this book, and it was absolutley brilliant. It came out this week, and if you're a regency romance fan who wants something FRESH, this is it. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #TheDukeNovel #AnnaCowan #YouHadMeAtHEA #StMartinsPress
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The Duke: A Novel
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Jennie @jenniekendrick.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What a wise and beautiful way to put it
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Sean @flyingwalruss.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I know this is corny to say but this is the real America, man. This is what it’s all about. This is what those freaks are trying to destroy & we won’t let them
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Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Have you ever been at a writing conference and witnessed a moment you KNOW the agents and authors will be discussing for years to come? 😳😳😳
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A new documentary, @bannedtogetherdoc.bsky.social—available to stream April 10—shines a spotlight on three young freedom to read advocates, and how, together and individually, they are standing up to make a difference. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/b...
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'Banned Together' Documentary Celebrating Student Advocacy To Stream April 10
A new documentary, Banned Together—available to stream April 10—shines a spotlight on three young freedom to read advocates, and how, together and individually, they are standing up to make a differen...
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Libraries continued to provide critical services and develop innovative programs and services, despite the challenges they faced in 2024. Learn more and see which books face the most censorship challenges in this year's State of America's Libraries Report: www.ala.org/news/state-a...
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hamilton makes me weepy on a good day. But I fear that seeing it this weekend is going to actually break me, given *gestures wildly* all of this.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Resiliency! As a writer, this is what you need most. Because the rejections keep coming, and you just have to weather the storm.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Talking on speaker phone in public should be illegal.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Peaceful protests, of course, are not “illegal.” A government ban on peaceful protests would violate the First Amendment. The goal here seems to be intimidation and fear to chill free speech.
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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Love you, Vermont.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Y'all got me mad and calling the Texas State Senate Education Committee before 9 a.m. on a Thursday. Book banning is for losers. Please focus on teaching kids to read and write. Our education ranking is WAY TOO LOW for this nonsense.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Texans, this bill is garbage. Make your voices heard!
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NPR @npr.org · 22/02/2025
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
What scares me is people not connecting the dots, even beyond jobs. Not funding research halts progress. You might not feel it now, but you will when your loved one dies from a preventable or curable disease. The ripple effects are terrifying and long-reaching.
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I believe if you see "age appropriate" and "warning label" used approvingly in an announcement of a new YA imprint, you're right to be concerned that someone's wishes are being fulfilled and someone's interests are being betrayed, intentionally or otherwise. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Entangled Adds Mayhem and Mischief to Its Lineup
Entangled Publishing will soon expand its YA offerings with two new imprints, Mayhem Books and Mischief Books. The former, scheduled to debut this fall, will publish fiction for teens ages 16 and up; ...
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i can be your long lost pal @pallavi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
if i text you this just know you’re cooked
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Even my sweet kiddo wants to get the heck off this planet. She's Googling how to get to Mars. 😅
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Just over here waiting for the "he can't do that, it's illegal" crowd to chime in now...
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination. Our response: Book bans are real. Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Me: What do you think about me learning to install wallpaper? Husband: In the last week, you have taken up crocheting, started Severance, and now you want to wallpaper the house. I think you need to query your book. 🙃🙃🙃
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
When 17-year-old Honor's ex-boyfriend shares intimate photos of her with their classmates, she has to decide whether to run from her problems and let him have the last word, or take back her story through her creative writing portfolio. #Q #YA #C #P2Ppit
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Contemporary YA Complete at 82,000 words
Photo collage featuring a photo of a small-town downtown setting, a journal open with pages torn out, hands holding cellphones, a man working as a barista in a coffee shop, a stack of letters, and the shilhoutte of a young woman.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It's 8, I fear.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
My kids are finally(!) back in school, and now I'm frantically working before the inevitable weather delay coming tomorrow and/or Friday. 🙃
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Can’t have that guy in the chimney. 😈
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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 19/12/2024
If you can’t create a product without breaking the law to do so, then…uh, I guess you can’t create a product. ‘But it’s really cool and innovative’ doesn’t make it okay.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We don't have an elf on the shelf but we do have a
The book Smart Blonde by Dolly Parton on a blue library trolley
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I've been revising, and now I'm dipping my toes into the querying trenches with my contemporary YA! I know it's a tough process, but it feels like progress. #kidlitchat
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
My blood pressure is through the roof but WE DID IT
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
lol, you can’t actually have a 12th man on the field, y’all.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I cannot be held responsible for the things I say as Texas plays A&M for the first time in 13 years.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
My writing group/critique group friends continue to be instrumental. Not all are here, but @karisselizabeth.bsky.social @jadoogan.bsky.social @siriwrites.bsky.social @aprilreads414.bsky.social @bidishadas.bsky.social #kidlitchat
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Speak: The Graphic Novel is just 😭😭😭 Love to see this powerful story reimagined for even more readers. And @halseanderson.bsky.social is such an advocate for fighting book bans.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My husband just asked if I needed Italian seasoning for my chili recipe, and I told him he's kicked out of Texas now.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It’s #glicked day! Although that’s my least favorite of the portmanteau options. Also I cried in the shower listening to the soundtrack, so buckle up friends!!!
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
The Unite Against Book Bans logo above the text: Raise your voice. Join the movement. UniteAgainstBookBans.org.
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Message received, Duolingo. 🫠
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Cannot wait for all of my high school classmates who failed economics to finally learn how tariffs work!
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Thank you to Andy for letting me speak on this awful, rising issue in our country. Banning books is not something a healthy nation does.
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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 13/07/2024
When vicious fights break out inside progressive spaces, you may want to ask yourself "who benefits?" And: "Are the loudest voices who they say they are?"
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
Exec. Director of Graywolf Press Carmen Giménez on book covers: “Trust your publisher. It’s not your wedding dress.” 😂😂😂 @WritersLeague
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Also happy to see some of my allies in the fight against book bans, @freadomfighters.bsky.social, @authorsabb.bsky.social, @frankstrong.bsky.social! 👋👋👋
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Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Hoping we've found our #kidlit home here.
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