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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️

Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Tomorrow at the LA Times Festival of Books, I will apparently be signing books as "Joe Pain," my actual Christian name. If you're around, stop by Booth 360, where I come full circle back to my roots, signing copies of Florida Palms. No Pain, no gain.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Dear friends, This week I'm asking folks who've read FLORIDA PALMS to consider leaving a starred review or helpful sentence on Amazon, Goodreads, or StoryGraph. Thanks in advance! Joe bit.ly/PalmsAmazon bit.ly/PalmsGoodreads bit.ly/PalmsStory

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Florida Palms

New York Times Editors’ Choice A Best Crime Debut of 20…

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Dear friends, If you’ve read FLORIDA PALMS, please consider leaving a starred review or helpful sentence on Amazon, Goodreads or StoryGraph. The paperback version is due out in July, which I’m very much psyched about. Thanks in advance! Joe bit.ly/PalmsAmazon bit.ly/PalmsGoodreads bit.ly/PalmsStory

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

CrimeReads is a big deal to me. It's LitHub's sister publication that focuses on Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers, often with a literary bent. Florida Palms took 20 yrs to write and publish. And I get to celebrate this with my mom in town. I'm so grateful.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

If someone you know likes books, especially lyrical literary crime mystery thrillers, which isn't a real thing but IS what my book has been called in reviews, consider picking up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS, named as a Best Book of 2025 by Library Journal, which caters to, you guessed it, librarians

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Looks like the Ukrainian translation of FLORIDA PALMS just dropped. How badass is that! I love the cover: the wild colors, the exposed palms in their symbolic struggle with an unrelenting gale of adversity. Thanks Family Leisure Club and S&S! #booksintranslation #floridapalms #ксд #ukraine

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I made a meme. Doing field research on the next novel. Couldn't resist.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I’ve never owned vanity plates before but my book bought this car and put me on a nearly two-month roadtrip so hell why not.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

To add something good to the world, I built a tiny library for the neighborhood. Now I just have to paint it the colors of my house.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

THE BOOK TOUR ENDS We left LA on July 25th, a couple of kids with a big blue car and a box of dreams. Actually two boxes. Tonight we returned, 47 days later, full of stories and irrevocable memories. Thanks everyone who picked up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS or came out to one of our many events!

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

If you’re at Bouchercon in New Orleans and see this guy, stop him and say hello!

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

There’s a New York Joe’s Pizza in Harvard Square now, and a Joe Pan in the New York Times Book Review, both delighting in unexpected places. ——— @nytbooks @simonbooks @joespizzanyc #joepan #floridapalms

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I'm coming to St Petersburg / Tampa and will be reading at TOMBOLO BOOKS tomorrow Aug 18th and chatting with Shane Hinton. Everyone says this bookstore is incredible and the people I've met who work there have been nothing but the best. Very excited. ____ @tombolobooks #joepan #floridapalms

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

If you're in Florida I might pop up on your NPR station during "Morning Edition" or "All Things Considered" over the next week or so. Or you can simply listen to my short interview here: bit.ly/NPR-Pan Special thanks to Cathy Carter of WUSF. ____ #joepan #floridapalms @wusf.org @npr.org

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I've been trying to get on Mitch Kaplan's radar for a while now. He runs the Miami Book Festival as well as the Books & Books chain of bookstores. Turns out he's a fan of FLORIDA PALMS. This makes me joyous.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

MIAMI !!! Join me Thursday as I answer curveball questions from the poet Reed Smith at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 7pm, where they invented both coral and gables. Incredible!

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

As we wrap up the first third of the book tour, I'm going to share some longer interviews alongside new updates. Here's the book launch at Skylight Books in Los Angeles where I chat with writer Tom Bissell. A wild, memorable night with friends, neighbors, and HBO execs! bit.ly/JoePanBookLaunch

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Author Joe Pan at Skylight Books Q&A with Tom Bissell, FLORIDA PALMS book tour July 2025

This is the first event on the two month book tour for Joe Pan's debut literary crime novel FLORIDA PALMS, a New York Times Book Review Critics' Choice pick for 2025.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

“Award-winning poet Joe Pan confidently delivers an uncompromising look at the criminal underworld of Central Florida... FLORIDA PALMS ushers in a new talent.” -South Florida Sun-Sentinel We are headed your way Miami! Catch me at BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables on 8/14! bit.ly/MiamiJoe #booktour

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Maybe let the New York Times help you find your next book... @nytbookreview.bsky.social

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Thanks to CrimeReads and Lizzie Steiner for this wonderful interview, where I discuss Florida as a fallen Eden, the difference between poetry and fiction, and the three-act setup of certain Korean horror films that influenced FLORIDA PALMS. bit.ly/CrimeReadsPalms

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Florida Man Writes Novel: Joe Pan on Philosopher-Bikers, Poetry, and Korean Horror Films

All Florida books are crazy; each Florida book is crazy in its own way. Any time a book has “Florida” in its title (or even hints at the inclusion of the Sunshine State on its flap copy…

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

"I think there’s a danger in underestimating or outright refusing to acknowledge the inner life and desires of poor people." Thanks storySouth for this interview in which I go in-depth on the economics of crime, Korean horror films, and growing up Florida bit.ly/StorySouthPan

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Day 5, Book Tour NY Times Book Review Editors' Choice, front and center at Village Well! Currently en route from Tulsa to St Louis, where we'll be signing books at Left Bank Books, the largest indie bookstore in Missouri! @nytbookreview.bsky.social @leftbankbooks.bsky.social #joepan #floridapalms

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

PBS book show "Between the Covers" gives FLORIDA PALMS a nice little shout-out for their Summer Series. Thanks Oline Cogdill for the nice words! I so appreciate it! #pbs #joepan #floridapalms #debutauthor #crimebooks @pbs.org @simonbooks.bsky.social

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Dear @stephenking.bsky.social, looking forward to reading Never Flinch! Wanted to share this review of my crime novel, Florida Palms, in the New York Times Book Review, hoping to maybe get a shout-out! The impossible dreams we dream. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/b...

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Party Drugs, Bikers, Hit Men: It’s Crime Fiction, Florida Style

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

OMG. GUYS. FLORIDA PALMS JUST GOT AN AMAZING REVIEW IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW!!! #newyorktimes #bookreviews #joepan #floridapalms www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/b...

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Party Drugs, Bikers, Hit Men: It’s Crime Fiction, Florida Style

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Wendy and I are about to venture on a 1.5 month book tour and we're getting prepped. Get ready folks, we may be coming to your town. Check out the comments for dates. #booktour #floridapalms #joepan

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Here's me as a young skater in Florida, pic part of the interview I did with Flamingo Magazine for my new novel Florida Palms. flamingomag.com/2025/07/09/j...

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A: The mythologizing of Americana, what we tend to celebrate. Epic family sagas of sex and violence. Books on poverty. Brooding, tense works that balance slow-burn character exploration/interrogation with sudden bursts of action and high drama. Feminist writers who focus on masculinity and violence.

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

FLORIDA PALMS BOOK TOUR DATES! (visit JoePan.com for more info)

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thanks for watching my unboxing video for my debut literary crime novel, FLORIDA PALMS, out July 22nd. Pre-order now and you’ll get it in 2 weeks! I’m also doing a 2 month cross-country book tour, so visit me at joepan.com and see me in your city! Thanks to all who made this possible! #fiction

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

If you weren't able to get him a Father's Day gift in time, might I suggest ordering him a copy of my crime fiction book, which arrives in July, and you can just lie about when you purchased it. Easy peasy. Click here: bit.ly/JoePanAuthorPage #fathersday #books #fiction

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

If you're interested in: 1) building community in literary circles 2) how to fight the pre-publication jitters 3) what happens after you sell your book to a Big 5 Me and some fellow Simon & Schuster writers chat with Courtney Maum #debutbooks @simonbooks.bsky.social

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Debuting in community—a conversation with Big Five authors about what publishing is really like

A video conversation with a Simon & Schuster author cohort - plus a summer fiction giveaway!

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

"Verdict: A must-read." LIBRARY JOURNAL gave FLORIDA PALMS a starred review! "Pan's intense drama has a Sons of Anarchy vibe but with greater pathos." Here's to all the librarians out there looking for a low-down dirty summer crime drama. Pre-order today. #literature #crimenovel #mystery

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Joe Pan @joepan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

My amazing group of fellow Simon & Schuster writers will be in conversation with Courtney Maum on Tuesday, June 3. Sign up, listen in, there's also a book giveaway--which I'll update you on closer to the date. Copy link: bit.ly/MaumSquad @simonbooks.bsky.social #books #debutauthors

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