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attractive girls consume literature @grahseeya.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

early copies of #MOFL are here!!!!

3 girls standing against a turquoise sky with the words THE MISDIRECTION OF FAULT LINES across the top. Girl on left has long brown hair and smiling at her phone for a selfie, girl in middle with curly black hair and a reserved expression, girl on right glaring out with a racquet in hand

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

nearing the end of the year and I want to read some novellas! Recommend me some! (I have already read murderbot, wayward children, silver in the wood, time war, psalm for the wild built...)

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Time to be loud about awards-eligible work again, so 2023, I had Mammoths at the Gates, a novella about grief, stories, and of course mammoths! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Mammoths at the Gates

The Crawford and Hugo Award-Winning Series Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, the Ignyte Award; One of Book Riot's Best Fantasy Debu...

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gochenourabout @sjgochenour.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

humiliating! but thank god!!!

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS 💥 Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America. Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Want to add a little extra something if you are gifting someone one of my books? Follow my Linktree in my bio to the Bookplate Request Form!

A graphic with two book covers. Text reads: Buying a book as a gift?

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Haha. It’s best books season. And my debut was on so many of them last year that statistically I’ll never be on another list until like book 20. And that’s totally okay.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

A teacher asking me point blank what in my book would get her fired. Me: Ugh, I mean this character is queer & kisses this character. Both characters are cis girls. The teacher: Oh yeah, that could get me fired. But I have a bunch of queer books in my classroom library. What admin doesn’t know…

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”

I have resigned as poetry editor of The New York Times
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The Israeli state's U.S-backed war against the people of Gaza is not a war for anyone. There is no safety in it or from it, not for Israel, not for the United States or Europe, and especially not for the many Jewish people slandered by those who claim falsely to fight in their names. Its only profit is the deadly profit of oil interests and weapon manufacturers. The world, the future, our hearts everything grows smaller and harder from from it. This is not only a war of missiles and land invasions. It is the ongoing devastation of the people of Palestine, people who have resisted throughout decades of occupation, forced dislocation, deprivation, surveillance, siege, imprisonment, and torture.
Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse. I won't write about poetry alongside the "reasonable" tones of those who aim to acclimatize us to unreasonable suffering. No more g

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

This weekend anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech incidents occurred in a number of buildings on campus. Tomorrow, I’m having hard conversations with my students about the words they use, the words they listen to their friends use and how a slur has become frequent on campus. I am furious and sad.

Jen is angry. She is wearing a mask, her glasses and a Coe Alliance tshirt.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Bid on a signed copy of Those Pink Mountain Nights w/ original swag including a special pizza-themed enamel pin in support of Books For Palestine! If the item goes over $300, you can also name a character in a future Jen F. YA book.

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Signed Copy of THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS + Swag

Auction item 'Signed Copy of THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS + Swag' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Had a really interesting conversation about people writing novels that are “inspired by” video games or anime that literally stick way too close to the original. And since I teach adaptations and retellings I have thoughts. But also where is the line?

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

If you’re more of a summer vibes human, this Roxy hat in a green colour-way with beading by me is up for bid at the @books_palestine auction. The green beads on this hat are pre-1939 vintage beads. I have so few left but this hat called out for them. Bid high and bid often.

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Roxy Hat with Beadwork by Jen Ferguson

Auction item 'Roxy Hat with Beadwork by Jen Ferguson' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Moms for Liberty getting CREAMED in school board races in Iowa - beaten in every race in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Marr, Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Okay, you can support Books For Palestine 🇵🇸 and also be super fashion by bidding on this item. Beading done by me. I love the asymmetrical vibes here and the pink and gunmetal grey beadwork. I will ship this anywhere. Bid high and bid often. I promise you’ll get compliments like crazy!!!

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Custom Beaded Snapback

Auction item 'Custom Beaded Snapback' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

The bar I’ve spend the most time in didn’t even have the 1/2 wall privacy divider! 🤣🤣🤣 Just toilet next to toilet.

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I invite you to say "Palestine" and "Palestinian." Don't let my people be erased.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Jews calling for a cease fire have taken over Grand Central ✊ Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. A group that was persecuted and faced horrid violence, and genocide, cannot repeat the actions and claim justified. Being hurt does not offer license to hurt back. These are fundamental truths in my heart.

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Some of my best writing happens when @andrewkarre.bsky.social says, "Go further." Sometimes it had occurred to me that I could go further, but I didn't, and he sees it and calls it out. Sometimes I really thought I had. Always, it gets better.

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Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

BIG thanks to the organizers of this letter who circulated it so others could add our names to strengthen the pressure and overturn a very bad decision.

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Ace Week (Asexual Awareness Week) starts today! If you are looking for a book with an asexual or ace-spectrum main character, here's a showcase of 30+ books, put together for Ace Week. Here's where to find them: books.bookfunnel.com/asexual_awar...

Books for Asexual Awareness Week. Depicted is a heart in the colors of the asexual/ace flag (black, gray, white and purple stripes)

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

📣 Important work. #MuseumsAreNotNeutral

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Okay friends and foes: How are you discovering your book is being challenged or banned? How does the news make it to you, the author? Curious.

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Mike Jung @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Today, authors and illustrators are voicing our opposition to Scholastic Book Fairs' "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" program, which proactively supports the work of right-wing book banners. Please read, sign, and share. tinyurl.com/3vu9tsyj

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Statement from Authors and Illustrators on Scholastic Book Fairs' Policy of Separating and Excluding...

STATEMENT FROM AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS ON SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR’S POLICY OF SEPARATING AND EXCLUDING DIVERSE BOOKS October 20, 2023 (Please use this form to add your name to the statement) We, the ...

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/10/2023

Interesting article from School Library Journal on the current state of the YA / middle grade market, where sales are trending down teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...

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A Treatise on the State of Middle Grade and Young Adult Publishing Today

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses the current issues in middle grade and young adult publishing and their impact on reading and libraries

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Trying to finish writing an author’s note/essay on being fat, the intersections between fat activism and disability activism, and fat athletes/being fat while being active in nature. And it’s kicking my butt.

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 17/10/2023

In addition to Doctors Without Borders, I have donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which is an organization recommended by Palestinian activists as being on the ground helping right now, both medically and with food and other necessities .

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PCRF

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

It's not an "impossible dilemma," Scholastic. On one side you've got white nationalists and queerphobes; on the other you've got diverse books. You have chosen the bigots.

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Eve Tuck @tuckeve.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

For any so called “allies” to Indigenous people who want us to pursue existing legal routes to justice for incremental change, please have a hard look at what happened yesterday in Australia and The Voice referendum.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Once again: WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM. THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE. Everyone and everything else loses. Is loss. Is lost.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Reminder: If you’re looking to help those being impacted in Gaza right now, please consider Anera: www.anera.org They’ve been on the ground and helping since 1968. Here’s their Charity Navigator profile: www.charitynavigator.org/ein/520882226

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Anera - Anera

Support humanitarian response in Gaza DONATE NOW FAQs about our Gaza response. Sign up for news from the Middle East! The latest URGENT STATEMENT Statement on the Evacuation and its Humanitarian Conse...

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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter @jdotferg.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I tried to do what to me is a big deal interview today and it was clear after like 3 minutes of trying that neither me or the host could do the work the honour it deserved. I want to say that it’s okay to not do book promo rn. It’s okay to need to use your energy elsewhere.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Attn US Historians! My dept. at Rutgers-Camden is hiring! We seek a historian with expertise in US history since 1945. Engagement with public history a plus. Tenure-track, 2-2 load, with R1 library & research support. Apply by Nov 27. Full info here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/212...

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Assistant Professor- History

The Department of History at Rutgers University-Camden invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning in Fall 2024. A Ph.D. in history, American Studies, ...

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Out of Office @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

omg my first 2 weeks in this gig, hopping into ongoing projects midstream, has been CHAOTIC but so fun too, I'm learning so much about this side of publishing. The BEST PART is amazing staff (EIC and my 2 EAs), but SECOND BEST is working w/ subs, I can't WAIT to share what we're working on w/ you!

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Thank you to We Need Diverse Books! Looking forward to presenting at the closing session of the American Association of School Librarians annual conference in Tampa on Saturday afternoon October 21 with @samiraahmed.bsky.social, Tracey Baptiste, and Cornelius Minor. A call to action!

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