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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Hey Boston folks, I’ll be doing an event with the inimitable @thefrankiedlc.news on June 18 at All She Wrote Books at 7 pm. The event is ticketed so get your ticket here! www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all...

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All She Wrote x Mac Crane | All She Wrote Books

Join us as we welcome Mac Crane in conversation with Frankie de la Cretaz in celebration of Crane's new book, A Sharp Endless Need!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

one more week to sign up for my virtual query letter class with GrubStreet! is writing a query letter the most fun part of publishing a book? no! but with some solid guidance from yours truly, I promise you can do it & do it well! grubstreet.org/seminar/what...

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GrubStreet | What Agents Want From Your Query

The nation's leading and largest center for creative writing for over 25 years, GrubStreet offers classes and events for writers from all stages and…

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · 16/05/2025

Hey BCP fam! We're excited to share that our summer chapbook open reading period is underway. Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, we want to read it ALL! The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (buff.ly/qnH1l7I).

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"Each new one has its own problems I need to solve. Maybe the only thing that changes is now I’m ready for them..." @mcrane12.bsky.social, on writing a second novel: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

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BOMB Magazine | Mac Crane by Elizabeth Endicott

In this novel, queer teens ball on and off the court.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

it's a great day for books! congratulations to three incredible authors celebrating their publication days today!! in alphabetical order by last name, please give it up for:

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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It's always a joy seeing @museumbums.bsky.social on the shelf in bookstores! 👍🏛️🍑🥰 Two very happy authors in Waterstones Manchester 🥰 @thehistoryboy.bsky.social

Two very happy boys in front of the book they wrote

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

over the moon to be working with Maia on the story of my new favorite historical bisexuals! 📚✨😍

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Xulin Wang | 王许琳 @xulinillu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I'm super excited to share the cover I made for the pitch package of my upcoming graphic memoir What We Leave Behind! I'm really happy with how it turned out 😌 Now back to writing! 🧑‍💻🧑‍🎨 @kotalinejones.bsky.social @abramscomicarts.bsky.social @frecklywench.bsky.social #comic #chinesecanadian #aapi

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

book tour alert! San Diego, LA, Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, & Madison friends, come through & hang out. I’ll be in convo with some brilliant kind writers for my novel A SHARP ENDLESS NEED, I would love to see you ❤️🏀

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

excellent breakdown of what to look for! (if it seems to good to be true, alas, it probably is.)

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

just about ten days left to register for the always-delightful North Carolina Writers' Network conference, support Asheville's rebuilding, and hang out with yours truly while I meet with writers and eat as many giant biscuits as I possibly can!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

out today: PROSE TO THE PEOPLE, Katie Mitchell’s gorgeous celebration of Black bookstores! join Katie and some other amazing writers and booksellers are upcoming events in Atlanta (tonight!), DC, Philly, and beyond! for all the details: www.prosetothepeople.com/events

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Sarah Fawn Montgomery @sfmontgomery.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I’m talking a/b my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE and ways disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers can unlearn workshop ableism to develop their writing practices with @thewriterscenter.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 13 at 7 pm EDT. This virtual craft talk is free!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’ll be signing copies of THE THEME PARK OF WOMEN’S BODIES today from 2-3 at the Bull City table! Come by to say hi & pick up one of my fancy new stickers! 💜

sticker with vintage navel photo and text reading “a woman’s place is on the high seas”

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

behind on my updates, but very excited to have welcomed these two wonderful books to the world this week and last—both Hali and Carla are such inspirations to me in thinking about how we can be remaking the world with community, creativity, and compassion! out now from Zando and S&S!

hang with white skin holding up orange hardcover book entitled THE BIG WE by Hali Lee

hand with white skin holding hardcover book entitled RENEGRADE GRIEF by Carla Fernandez

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

so excited to be sharing news of @xulinillu.bsky.social's graphic memoir, forthcoming from Abrams ComicArts!

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Jackie Domenus @jackiedwrites.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

AWP folks! Mark your calendars and RSVP here: partiful.com/e/pHRGJ7xAd9...! The event is free but we highly suggest making a donation to LA fire relief funds.

Flyer for offsite AWP event Existence as Resistance: A Queer and Trans Memoir event featuring Krys Malcolm Belc, Zoe Bossiere, KB Brookins, and Jackie Domenus. March 26 at 7pm at Liberation Coffee House at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

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Allegra Rosenberg @tchotchke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Two years ago, I discovered a love story hidden within Scott’s last Antarctic expedition—between two of his officers, Pennell and Atkinson. They survived the tragedy which took Scott’s life and shocked the world, but further dangers still lay ahead for them. magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...

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The Love Story Hiding in a Legendary Tragedy

Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to Antarctica captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

if you love dramatic stories of polar exploration & queer love stories hidden in old diaries, well... @tchotchke.bsky.social has a story for you!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

“My favorite type of horror is less about monsters and murderers than about internal terrors: the things we’re ashamed of, the things we desire, the things we hide from others and from ourselves.” love this essay from Margie Sarsfield @barnesandnoble.com www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/margie-...

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Haunted: A Guest Post by Margie Sarsfield - B&N Reads

Read on for an exclusive essay from author Margie Sarsfield on how it feels to publish her debut novel and what went into crafting Beta Vulgaris.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

always a great day for some angry feminist flash fiction

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

oh look! a photo of my face to let you know that I'm looking forward to meeting some wonderful writers at the @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social spring conference in Asheville this May & now is the perfect time to sign up: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...

graphic of white woman with brown hair and freckles with text reading Agent Aevitas Creative Management, Manuscript Mart, Maggie Cooper, 2024 Spring Conference, May 2-4 Asheville, registration now open ncwriters.org

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

read Amy's very excellent collection!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I just went to my library and checked out two puzzles, an alien romance, a backlist mystery, a new literary novel, and a cookbook. libraries! are! magic! ✨ 📚

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

delighted to see some early love for Katie Mitchell's gorgeous PROSE TO THE PEOPLE: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK BOOKSTORES, coming April 8th! www.elle.com/culture/book...

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38 Books to Read During Black History Month and Forever

Support your local Black-owned bookstore when you check out these titles.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It's #MSWL day! I'm looking for writers of adult fiction and occasionally nonfiction who approach the world with wonder & keenness, imagination & care, and heart & humor. www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ma...

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Maggie Cooper – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

are you ready for the literary sugar beet horror novel of your dreams/nightmares?! BETA VULGARIS is coming your way next Tuesday from @wwnorton.bsky.social!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

very happy to get to share this little ditty about the role of google in my writing process. thanks, @necessaryfiction.com & @shimmer.bsky.social!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

always a good day to preorder some books!

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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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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

come bid against me on some of this beautiful pottery!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

today's Draw Together prompt is free for everyone & a lovely way to spend a few minutes today getting grounded in the world around us and the work ahead: club.drawtogether.studio/p/day-20-an-...

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Day 20. An Artist's Call to Attention

And an assignment to help us see our way forward.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"Bowlby listed “working mother” on a list of primary dangers to children, sandwiched between “famine” and “bombs."" Read more about this and other absolutely bonkers takes on motherhood in Nancy Reddy's THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, out Tuesday! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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What's the secret to motherhood? How 20th century scientists got it wrong

In her book "The Good Mother Myth," Nancy Reddy details her own lonely first year as a mom and pushes back against dubious conclusions about parenting.

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

looking for an excellent read on your short story, essay, or novel excerpt? get Mac's eyes on your work & support displaced LA families!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

excuse me while I polish up my #MSWL in preparation!

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Hive Mind Books @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We've put together a good little month of events at the shop. www.hivemindbooks.com/upcoming-eve...

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"I’m trying to create a niche for myself as the preeminent weird-girl-book guy. To cement my legacy, I’m recommending BETA VULGARIS, a very weird book that I’m very excited for!" thank you, @literaryhub.bsky.social for recognizing the weird books! lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025

Well, 2024 was fairly bad, and 2025 may in fact be worse. Regardless, we will be reading. Here are the books the Lit Hub staff is most excited to pick up in the (first half of the) year ahead. JANU…

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

the people are anticipating @mcrane12.bsky.social's A SHARP ENDLESS NEED!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

we are going to write our novels this year! if you're in the Boston area & have a daytime-flexible schedule, fire up your engines with me at GrubStreet—there will be outlines & accountability & writing prompts galore! 🚀📓✏️ grubstreet.org/workshop/jum...

graphic with photo of Maggie Cooper, a smiling white woman in her thirties with long brown hair and wearing a black and white shirt, alongside text reading "Jumpstart Your Novel: 6 Tuesdays from 10:30 am-1:30 pm ET, starting January 14 at GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing. Ready to tackle your novel? Join us for a six-week class where you'll build skills, generate new material, and stay motivated to finish your draft-- whether you're just starting or need a boost to keep going. $380 for members | $395 for non-members Scholarships available!"

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

nice family game of yahtzee ends with long discussion of probability including the phrase “output vector” 😅

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

“I hated the idea of my identity depending on those around me… Now, I cannot think of a better way to consider who I am in the world than by love, its insistent music and call.” 🥹 read Mac’s new essay @therumpus.net!

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

so proud to be the agent for these 2024 beauties—congratulations to total geniuses Andy, Julia, Vanessa & Rebecca, Nina, @zoebossiere.bsky.social, @junethomas.bsky.social, and @megvondriska.bsky.social! 📚 ✨💖 (& did you know that books make great last-minute gifts?!)

stack of books, spine out—from bottom to top, True North by Andrew J. Graff, Cactus Country by Zoë Bossiere, The Way You Make Me Feel by Nina Sharma, The Advocate Educator’s Handbook by Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling, A Tale of Two Titties by Meg Vondriska, A Place of Our Own by June Thomas, and Sex Romp Gone Wrong by Julia Ridley Smith

Seven books spread on a light green blanket: True North by Andrew J. Graff, Cactus Country by Zoë Bossiere, The Way You Make Me Feel by Nina Sharma, The Advocate Educator’s Handbook by Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling, A Tale of Two Titties by Meg Vondriska, A Place of Our Own by June Thomas, and Sex Romp Gone Wrong by Julia Ridley Smith

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Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

thrilled to see @zoebossiere.bsky.social's CACTUS COUNTRY on @shelf-awareness.com's list of the 10 best nonfiction books of the year! 🌵 www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

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Best Adult Books of 2024

There's no easy way to winnow a year's worth of books down to the best 10 fiction titles and the best 10 nonfiction titles. Nonetheless, our

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