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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/02/2026

Today's meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub features "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, which explores humans passively upholding authoritarian rule in exchange for mass-entertainment, tech, and comfort. Authors M.T. Anderson and @clarebeams.bsky.social join at 10 am ET to discuss. #Velshi

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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Absolutely in awe of @erinlmccoy.bsky.social's debut novel, UNDERLAKE. Thanks to @clarebeams.bsky.social, Susanna Kwan, and Ron Rash for the kind words. Preorder UNDERLAKE wherever books are sold: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804090...

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

oh shit i had totally forgotten what it felt like for something good to happen

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Books I loved in waning daylight: 🌙Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez 🥀Literary Witches, Taisia Kitaiskaia & @katyhoran.bsky.social 🕳️Portalmania, @debbieurbanski.bsky.social 👾The Sky Didn’t Load Today, Rich Larson 📚The Illness Lesson, @clarebeams.bsky.social 🕌The White Mosque, Sofia Samatar

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

So excited I can finally share that First Love is a @lambdaliterary.org award finalist in bisexual nonfiction!!!

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Ecotone Magazine @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

From “Snowy-white, Rosy-red, Will you?” by Clare Beams in Ecotone 37 🌕 “To look at them was to want to eat them, which was what I wanted to do to my delicious baby daughters too...” @clarebeams.bsky.social Read the full story + subscribe: ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/snow... ‎

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Snowy-white, Rosy-Red, Will You? - Ecotone

I had two baby girls at once and named them for the rose trees on either side of my front door. Snow-white, Rose-red. Their father had already left us,

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Clare Beams @clarebeams.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Pittsburgh! I get to talk to the brilliant Rachel Khong as part of the Greater Pittsburgh Book Festival on Saturday! Free (though pre-registrations get priority), 11:30am at the Carnegie Library-- join us?

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Headliner: Rachel Khong In conversation with Clare Beams

Rachel Khong will be at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books!

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I woke up depressed by the NEA news but also angry. They’re stifling the best that has been thought and done (in the sciences as well as the arts) to push a shallow alienated world of slop and brainrot and I will never stop hating them for that

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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines”
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

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Sequoia Nagamatsu @sequoian.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

How High We Go in the Dark doesn't have mushroom zombies or ruthless leaders of militias, but it still has lots of super sad times + bonus robot dog, telepathic pig, futuristic alternative funerary practices, space travel, and lots of 80s music. #booksky www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

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Obsessed with 'The Last of Us' Season 2? Try these 8 post-apocalyptic, zombie books

Post-apocalyptic survival, bioweapons and touching bonds at the end of the world. These adrenaline-packed books read like "The Last of Us."

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Clare Beams @clarebeams.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Loved finding THE GARDEN here, in excellent company!

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Clare Beams @clarebeams.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

SO excited to get to do a group paperback launch with superstars @crystalhanak.bsky.social , @iamlisako.bsky.social , and Xochitl Gonzalez on April 15 at Liz's Book Bar in Brooklyn! www.lizsbookbar.com/events/23127...

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On the Joys of Literary Community

Black-owned independent bookstore and wine bar in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Clare Beams @clarebeams.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

THE GARDEN is out in paperback (cheaper! lighter!) on April 8th! Hearing from this novel's readers over the past year has meant the absolute world to me.

Paperback copy of THE GARDEN by Clare Beams against a leafy background.

Back of the paperback of THE GARDEN by Clare Beams against a leafy background.

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Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I will be at #AWP2025 talking weird fiction with @cleoqian.bsky.social @lenavalencia.bsky.social @crsutton.bsky.social and Anjali Sachdeva! "Unaplogetically Uncanny & Unsettling: Bending Reality in Short Fiction" - Fri March 28 12:10-1:25 pm Room 403A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two

Flyer for AWP 2025 panel: Los Angeles AWP Panel: Unapologetically Uncanny & Unsettling: Bending Reality in Short Fiction with Anjali Sachdeva, Cleo Qian, Chelsea Sutton & Lena Valencia (Friday, 12:10 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. PT, Room 403A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two)

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Clare Beams @clarebeams.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A recent bright spot: I have a short story about the surrealities of parenthood in the new issue of @mcsweeneys.net . Very grateful to Rita Bullwinkel and everyone at McSweeney's for giving "Playspace" such a beautiful home.

The cover of McSweeney's #77, featuring art by Claire Boyle.

The first page of "Playspace," by Clare Beams. There is a pinwheel above the title. The first sentence reads "We, the parents, mostly the mothers, had been coming to the Playspace for a long time."

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Practice imagining that the world could be otherwise.

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Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So, here it is: the revealing of The Cover.

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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

ACIP—the external CDC advisory committee for US vaccine policy—is not meeting next week, as scheduled. This is a big deal; Americans rely on up-to-date information about eff. and safety of vaccines to make evidence-based decisions. We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Omg, y'all.

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sarah thankam mathews @smathewss.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

i wrote a new newsletter. it's about shifting political realities, the imperative of collective meaning-making, and NPC smathewss.substack.com/p/how-it-is?...

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how it is

trying to write a few true and simple things about the present time

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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ok who out there has already started writing a book called American Rasputin: How Elon Musk Took Control of the Federal Government

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This will be played as an attack on universities and research and rightly so—it is—but someone on this list might save your life or that of someone you know if they could keep working. Many will die who didn’t need to if the cuts stand.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/02/2025

The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers. This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:

The Times identified more than 30 frozen studies that had volunteers already in the care of researchers, including trials of:

malaria treatment in children under age 5 in Mozambique

treatment for cholera in Bangladesh

a screen-and-treat method for cervical cancer in Malawi

tuberculosis treatment for children and teenagers in Peru and South Africa

nutritional support for children in Ethiopia

early-childhood-development interventions in Cambodia

ways to support pregnant and breastfeeding women to reduce malnutrition in Jordan

an mRNA vaccine technology for H.I.V. in South Africa

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

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Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities

The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...

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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 05/02/2025

Tons of news headlines on Trump wanting to "take over" Gaza, that its people would have to "relocate" so the US will have an “ownership position," but somehow not one of them saying EXPLICITLY THAT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND A WAR CRIME.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

PITCH: An updated version of the curse of Cassandra where she's describing things that are happening now, in front of everyone, but still isn't believed.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Does Chuck Schumer know he is the highest ranking democrat in the senate?

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

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Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

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WHITE HOUSE RALLY · VizEvents

The White House has just frozen federal funding, a move that could halt payments within days to states and households relying on essential programs like SNAP food aid, housing assistance, education, h...

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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

exclusive striptease reveal of my long-awaited new one, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU. out september 23rd — here’s the link to preorder! bit.ly/4agbMPu

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

happy publication day to Nancy Reddy’s THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, which weaves together a beautifully written memoir of new motherhood with an interrogation of the bad science about the impossible standards we set for moms—& an invitation for us all to imagine better! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Good Mother Myth

Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.When Nancy Reddy ...

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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 20/01/2025

A gentle reminder that your attention is a form of currency. Spend it wisely.

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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Absolutely delighted to see WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON on Bustle's Most Anticipated list. There are some serious heavy hitters here. www.bustle.com/entertainmen...

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The Most Anticipated Books Hitting Shelves This Winter

From novels to essay collections, memoirs to short stories, and even more experimental fare, there’s no shortage of great reads coming out this season.

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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Ahem. WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON launches 1/14/25 @ P&T Knitwear in NYC! My convo partner? Brilliant writer and dear friend, Juliet Grames. We're going to have the best time! You may want distractions in January. Come distract yourself with us! (reskeets aprpreciated) Tickets 👇 tinyurl.com/2dcfbcbs

Graphic of event flyer reading: Tuesday, January 14th, 7pm, general admission $5, redeemable as credit towards book puchase. P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002
Erika Swyler presents We Lived On the Horizon in converation with Juliet Grames

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Marguerite Sheffer @mlensheffer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It was an honor to talk to my own ride-or-die writing buddy for Write or Die Magazine. @cecordasco.bsky.social thank you for the conversation! writeordiemag.com/author-inter...

A pull quote from an interview with Marguerite Sheffer (in Write or Die Magazine): "The 'Aha!' is that you don't need a book deal for your writing life to be real or worthwhile. If I had succumbed to those doubts, the book never would've existed."

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I finished this book yesterday—I scarfed down half on an airplane, then stole as much time as I could to finish once I was back home w/my kids. It’s beautiful and intricate and a real delight, one of the best books I’ve read this year

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Lena Valencia @lenavalencia.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thank you @debutiful.bsky.social! It's an honor to be included on this list!

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claire @clairecomstockgay.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“don’t obey in advance” is good, but don’t obey at all, either

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hotel room reading— @clarebeams.bsky.social, this is so good

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