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Joqatana @joqatana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Joy Amina Garnett @joyamina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cover reveal!! THE BEE KINGDOM: A MEMOIR by Joy Amina Garnett Paperback / 366 pages Gaudy Boy, January 2027 “TRUE, STRANGE, FAMILIAR, AND FANTASTICAL.” —YOUSSEF RAKHA “A VIBRANT MEDITATION ON ART AND IDENTITY.” —DALE PECK

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Most people have not heard of Yaqub ‘James’ Sanua. For specialists in nineteenth-century Egyptian history, though, this oddball has attained cult status over the past few decades . . .” —“The Historians of a Nation Are Not Careless Men” by Raphael Cormack. evergreenreview.com/read/the-his...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Your Martin Luther King sits on top of Mount Rushmore, cast in stone, like a death mask, visited once a year. My Martin Luther King is wearing his best blue suit to host the freedom ball tonight.” —“The Day Du Bois Died” by Calvin Baker. Art by W. E. B. Du Bois. evergreenreview.com/read/the-day...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Damn it. Dr. Bunch is terrific.

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Joy Amina Garnett @joyamina.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In 2013, when Marcia L Qualey of ArabLit proposed an interview re: my Abushady project, I was far along w the research but my idea for a book had yet to gel. Her questions provided the germ from which more writing could sprout. Forever grateful. The interview is here: arablit.org/2013/08/26/1...

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AZ Abushady: Revolutionary Egyptian Poet, Feminist, Beekeeper, and More

Artist and writer Joy Garnett is working on a book about her grandfather, Ahmed Zaki Abushady, the Egyptian poet and bee scientist. She answered a few questions about AZ Abushady, his work, and her…

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

SUMMER READING IDEA: Order a perfect facsimile copy of the summer 1957 issue of the Evergreen Review, Vol. 1, No. 3! $16 (+ shipping), exclusively at the Evergreen Review online store: evergreenreview.com/shop

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“On the plane ride from Miami to Tegucigalpa, Owen Mills thinks more about money than he thinks about his mother. Valerie has been out of his life too long to be more than an idea. She’s a concept, right?” —“Bad Blood” by Mark Jacobs. Art by Pablo Zelaya Sierra. evergreenreview.com/read/bad-blo...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“She’d married Desire because she was sure. He would provide the kind of life she never feared would split at the seams. . . .” Up now: “Reimagining What My Mother Would Have Done If She’d Had the (Eye)” by Zibusiso Mpofu. Art by Michalina Janoszanka. evergreenreview.com/reimagining-...

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Just Lisa @anyalogan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This country needs to be ashamed of itself. Leave these kids alone and let them live their lives. Mind your business. #transrightsarehumanrights

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Phang: I have standing to be able to get Todd Blanche to comply with Judge Sullivan’s order, which is now telling him that on or before July 2nd, he either has to put up or shut up. He either has to bring forth unredacted files or show cause as to why he should not or cannot do so.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Ossoff: I don’t think many people are tuning in because he’s lost it. But more importantly, what we’re seeing is how destabilized he is by his global humiliation in the Middle East, which he cannot deny or lie away. He has cemented his place in history in disgrace.

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Lord Moose @l0rdmoos3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

THE POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERS THE MAIL, THEY DO NOT DECIDE WHAT MAIL SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE SENT. How is that a difficult concept for these fucking MAGAts?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2026

PETERS: If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list to the federal govt, will Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule? STEINER: No PETERS: So it basically coerces states to hand over their absentee voter rolls or face consequences of not being able to vote by mail

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Actively annoyed by seeing some AI people smugly agree with each other that the reason we hate their shitty technology is that we resent it "lowering the barriers to entry" for the arts, which apparently the world of software development has always done.

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Read an excerpt of @livingjelly.bsky.social's GLORY HOLE in @evergreenreview.bsky.social: evergreenreview.com/read/glory-h...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“As we sit at this juncture of hospicing the old and dreaming the new into being, I think deeply about the literary legacies we live and love . . . .” —“Somehow We Survive: Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Soweto Uprising” by Uhuru Phalafala. evergreenreview.com/read/somehow...

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Somehow We Survive: Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Soweto Uprising

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“Fifty years constitute more than a mere chronological milestone; they represent a half-century of a ‘telegraphed punch’ that landed on the jaw of an empire.” Up now: “The Rhythms of Resistance: The Soweto Uprising Fifty Years Later” by Maakomele R. Manaka. evergreenreview.com/read/the-rhy...

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The Rhythms of Resistance: The Soweto Uprising Fifty Years Later

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

POTUS44: As we approach America's 250th birthday, we must remember how unprecedented self-government was. The Framers of the Constitution fell short of the Declaration's promise, but they left us with a framework. Until "we the people" came to mean not some of us, but all of us.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The crowd breaks out into applause as President Obama reminds us the nation was founded on the idea there would be "no kings."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

Obama: "The Founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery in tact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property. But in drafting a constitution and bill or rights, they did have the foresight -- the genius -- to provide us with a framework."

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Sam Robotham @hamrobotham.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I don't care if you're not a Knicks fan. I don't care if you're not a New Yorker. Watch this speech.

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

POTUS44: Center focuses not just on policies but on the shared values that underlie democracy. A belief that military and LE owe allegiance to the Constitution, not a president. The peaceful transition of power. Values like compassion and empathy matter in public dealings as well as private.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026

this is honestly an excellent celebratory and motivational speech from Mamdani at the Knicks parade. i'm ready to run through a wall, and i'm not even a Knicks fan

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

POTUS44: Hard things are hard, especially in a big raucous noisy democracy like the United States. Democracy can be frustrating, slow, inefficient. Yet I hope this Center will remind us how special and precious our democracy is and what can happen when we embrace our responsibilities as citizens.

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

happy birthday Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini in Green Porno. she's dressed up as a praying mantis. i appreciate her whimsy and weird.

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

“There’s an aspect to these shootings that nobody talks about, a sense that by not getting gorped we’ve accomplished something . . .” Up now at Evergreen: “Hide” and two more poems by Edward Johnson. Art by Maritza Ranero. evergreenreview.com/read/explode...

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Exploded Portmanteaux and Wayward Palindromes and other poems

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sycamorenorcal.bsky.social @sycamorenorcal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

2/2 opposed the use of that money to lie about Becerra (who was a victim of embezzlement) and speculate without evidence about Becerra (he’s on the take from big oil). Becerra has a very good record over decades on the things most CA care about, civil rights, environment, heath care.

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sycamorenorcal.bsky.social @sycamorenorcal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

1/2 A lot of us on the left in California who believe inequality and destruction of the environment are connected voted for Becerra, and young democratic groups who care about the same issues endorsed Becerra. We opposed someone spending $200 million of their own money on a campaign. We

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Molly @mollybs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

What a self-serving asshole. We absolutely dodged a bullet. All he was doing during the campaign was going after the Democrat with the most experience. He did not even TOUCH the Republicans on the ballot.

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

“Marc Vincenz’s ‘No More Animal Poems’ is not so much a Cassandra cry in advance of impending ecological disaster as a paean to a prelapsarian world in which humans and animals intermix.” —“An Ode to Extinction” by Alexander Cigale. Art: @karsenheagle.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/an-ode-...

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An Ode to Extinction: Marc Vincenz’s No More Animal Poems

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John Madera @johnmadera.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Read Alexander Cigale's astute review of Marc Vincenz's NO MORE ANIMAL POEMS (White Pine Press) in EVERGREEN REVIEW! evergreenreview.com/read/an-ode-... (Message me for a review copy, etc.) Cc: @evergreenreview.bsky.social

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Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 09/06/2026

this is the way

a crowd of people sit in folding chairs and stand around a TV showing the Knicks game outside a deli in nyc

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/06/2026

looool it is definitely a new level to hear a guy at the bodega reply to “Assalam alaikum” from behind the counter with “Alaikum salaam, Knicks in four.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/06/2026

BREAKING: DDHQ calls it: Becerra and Hilton will advance to the general election.

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

“Jean’s overzealousness about Christ was the driving factor of her life, and my tame Muslim family was the perfect prey for her, since she’d never managed to convert her husband.” Up now: “The Dark Duality of US-Iran Relations” by Mohammad Hakima. evergreenreview.com/read/the-dar...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“Tonight, I learn the umami of iron by pulling a man through it and the fence quakes in my grip of green. The wire croons along my stem. Rust powders like dry skin . . .” —“Chambēlī Bleeds Between Borders” and more poems by Hannan Khan. Art by Adam Francis Scott. evergreenreview.com/read/chambel...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“Africa never ceases to amaze. Tatum and his hosts find an adequate three-star restaurant even in this forest. The cuisine includes a number of dishes that delight the palate.” Up now: an excerpt from “The Terrible Fives,” by Ishmael Reed. Art by Devan Shimoyama. evergreenreview.com/read/the-ter...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“The egret straightens himself, looks to the right and then left, looks up at the chandelier over the dining-room table, flies up onto the Medusa-shaped lights, and perches along the stem of her braids.” —“Emergency Room” by Bram Gunther. Art by Tanya Marcuse. evergreenreview.com/read/emergen...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“In academia the use of the word ‘cult’ is controversial. The reason? ‘The cult wars.’ Which I’d never heard of until I sold ‘American Trickster’ to the University of California Press.” —“The Cult Wars” by @rumarshall.bsky.social. Art by Jean-Frédéric de Waldeck. evergreenreview.com/read/the-cul...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“The morning’s events were embarrassing, and that was being nice about it. The eviction trucks came—loudly drove up their cul-de-sac at eight AM.” Up now: “Naked Elijah and the Twin Flames,” a new short story by Emelda Gwitimah. Art by Raffaele Mainella. evergreenreview.com/rea/naked-el...

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The Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

“Both left and right overstate her influence, flatten her philosophy, and use a particular image of Rand for their own advantage. But most egregiously, she is so rarely thought about as a novelist.” —@ciaramoloney.bsky.social on ‘The Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand. evergreenreview.com/read/on-the-...

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Joy Amina Garnett @joyamina.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Here to remind you that Steyer is trash.

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Here to remind you that Steyer is trash.

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timewaste.bsky.social @timewaste.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I think both she & Steyer thought they could pick up Swalwell voters & leave Becerra behind. They’re furious abt his rise in the polls, & they’re resorting to lies. I once thought they were well-meaning, albeit unqualified, but they lack the character as well as the experience to do this job.

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Derrick @dmartincampbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

was so happy when @evergreenreview.bsky.social finally put my Big Family has a Funeral ghost story into the world evergreenreview.com/read/dori-wh...

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Dori (Who Walked Barefoot Over the Mountain)

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