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Jason Roberts

@jsnr.bsky.social

Writer. Author of EVERY LIVING THING and A SENSE OF THE WORLD.

Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

We are nearing the point where certain factions will attempt to reframe racism, sexism, homophobia and other bigotry as forms of “freedom”. You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

This is quite a brilliant essay, and I’m honored that Seán used EVERY LIVING THING as a springboard for his thoughts.

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’m reading from EVERY LIVING THING tomorrow, July 3rd, at Tally Ho Books, the cool new bookstore on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland. Details here: tallyhobookstore.com/events/28789...

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Jason Roberts | Tally Ho! Books

Oakland's newest queer and women owned independent bookstore

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Donald Trump will be the clown-villain of American history. Or there will be no American history.

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

So, this was one amazing evening. Congratulations, Josh!

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I was honored to both be interviewed and have my book Every Living Thing featured in this lovely, in-depth dive into the nature of naming Nature, on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s Ideas programme. Amazing work by producer Moira Donovan www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

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As biodiversity declines, researchers race to name millions of species unknown to science | CBC Radio

In 2023, scientists discovered thousands of unknown life forms in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery highlighted an unsettling fact: 86 per cent of land species and 91 per cent of marine species remain ...

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I wish this wasn’t the feeling I was bringing into January, 2025. But yeah. Here we go again.

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

An interesting (and totally accurate, so far as I can tell) review of EVERY LIVING THING from The Inquisitive Biologist. inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/24/b...

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Book review – Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

An epic history of taxonomy across three centuries, Every Living Thing charts the lives, works, and legacy of Linnaeus and Buffon.

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Recipe? Or CBGB’s playbill, 1981?

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Jason Roberts @jsnr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Lafayette, I am here. (And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.

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