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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here in VA Congressional District One, gotta say the most winning ad for Dem Shannon Taylor so far is her opponent Wittman calling her a "progressive prosecutor."

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On the first page of my new novel, the President cancels elections and declares martial law. www.tonygentry.com #books #writing #booksky #scifi #dystopian #politics #RVA

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Whew boy, Shannon Taylor's (D candidate VA District One) new tv ad is all about her taking down a sleazy Democrat as a county prosecutor. Is she running for Congress or for Attorney General? C'mon,Wittman's ripe for the taking and his good ol' boy ads that downplay his suck up to Trump, I mean....

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11/09/2026

“Motherless Brooklyn” author Jonathan Lethem wrote about his first thoughts in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. His essay, published in Rolling Stone’s Oct. 25, 2001 issue, is now online for the first time. Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Sara Hudson @saraphudson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

RVA friends - lots going on at @bookpeoplerva.bsky.social this month. Join us!

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A reflection on how it changed our lives. tonygentry.com/post/9-11-25...

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

and yet, if you watch the Talarico tv ads that list in 30 seconds what he'll do in Congress or the Ossoff ads that hit at Collins for the damage in the BBB he voted for....

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Appreciate that - I had visited her website, yet wonder why her goals are not in her ads?

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

yeah, the only ad I've seen - over and over on YouTube - is the one where the cops call her tough and then that snarky thing at the end where a cop says she'll even hold Democrats accountable. Nothing about Wittman and more importantly nothing about what she would do in Congress for her district.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you to writer Harry Kollatz for this shout out in September's Richmond Magazine. #rva #writing #novel #booksky

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Guess I'm disappointed that she launches her campaign on the defensive, when he's the incumbent with all the damage from BBB to account for.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As a Virginia District One voter who can't wait to see Rob Wittman out, can anyone explain to me why Shannon Taylor's ads are basically Harris' law-and-order prosecutor pitch all over again, when she could be telling us what she's gonna do if she wins?

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

how can I find your smoke poem?

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

In the mountains of Virginia, Christiansburg, to be precise. These shots one block away from each other, last Saturday. As our Heartland bard John Mellencamp opined, ain't that America...?

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Looking forward to this event! And grateful to be an invited guest author there.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Watching the Fauci "hearing", Paul and the other GOP Senators striving to rewrite history so Trump looks good, sent me back to this photo I posted in July 2020, 4 months into the pandemic. That number, as we know, just kept growing....

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Sandinistas seemed like a peoples' alternative to the U.S.-backed dictator Somoza when I was in college; they improved living conditions after they took power, then had to fight the U.S.-backed Contras. Ortega corrupted by power, as these things go, things bleak there these days

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Sandinistas seemed like a peoples' revolt against the U.S. backed dictator then, but yeah, guess I was a sucker

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm so old, I remember when he was the Good Guy. Whew boy

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Okay, as the author of several young adult biographies of famous Black Americans, I do have a dog in this fight. But the biographies on this list, all white males, I mean, come on! #books #bannedbooks #booksky #Texas #reading

nytimes.com

Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read (Gift Article)

What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

For local readers, Book People here in Richmond has these books in stock: @bookpeoplerva.bsky.social

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sharing this on point review that includes my new novel Covenant City (and another one by my longtime friend Katy Munger), plus a bunch of worthy indies. #books #booksky #speculativefiction #SF #bookreview #RVA

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13 Underrated Books You've Probably Never Heard Of

YouTube video by Topher's Library

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

whew, hadn't considered that. So sad.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Gotta say (cough), it is a kind of marvel that my splitting headache down here in Richmond, Virginia is caused by the vaporous molecules of burning trees in Canada. Not gonna write a poem about it or anything, but still.... #RVA #wildfires

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Book People RVA @bookpeoplerva.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is what supporting local authors looks like in our shop. Face out, front and center, best shelf in the place. Yes, you can get bestsellers and big names here, too. But our local friends don't compete for space. They own the space. #ShopLocal #SupportLocalAuthors

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy to have participated in this Authors Against Banned Books Event - now let's get to writing our lawmakers! #books #bannedbooks #writing #RVA

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ahead of tonight's Authors Against Banned Books event here in Richmond, have been thinking about the banned books that have meant so much to me, among them these twelve. Hard to imagine where I'd be without each of them falling into my hands at exactly the right moment. #books #booksky #RVA

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tonight at @bookpeoplerva.bsky.social, joining in this event, where I'll be reading from the original banned book Lady Chatterley's Lover (the tale that launched a sea of romance novels). #bannedbooks #books #Booksky #writing #bookstores #RVA

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

welp, won't be watching that then.... Not one we subscribe to.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Chris' mom Pat so adored that show - and somehow I've never watched even one episode

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Don Delillo Paul Witcover Percival Everett Geoff Dyer Michael Ondaatje

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Grateful for this thoughtful and insightful discussion of my new novel by uber-reviewer Topher's Library (check out his Youtube channel here: www.youtube.com/topherslibrary/ (in ALT see the longer review I cut and pasted from Fable):

Excerpt from Topher's Library review on Fable:

I’m not sure I can fully put into words what it was like to read Covenant City by Tony Gentry. On one hand, this is a fast-paced, immersive, and highly accessible novel told from the perspective of a 19-year-old. On the other, the subject matter feels so unfortunately plausible that there were moments when I found myself bordering on nausea. This is a dystopian, coming-of-age-esque novel set in Richmond, Virginia, and because I live in the area, the setting made the story especially immersive. I could picture many of the places being described, which made the world of the book feel that much closer and more unsettling. Because the story is told from the perspective of a 19-year-old, it occasionally reads like YA, but I think that is intentional. It does not diminish the impact of what Gentry is doing. If anything, it makes the book incredibly easy to enter and difficult to put down. What the novel captures particularly well is how quickly a society can slide into groupthink and accept ideas that once would have seemed unthinkable. By the time people finally stop and ask, “How did we ever get here?” the machinery is already in motion. The book explores fascism, racism, racial purity, and what can happen when certain beliefs about identity, power, and belonging are carried to their logical extremes. Some of what unfolds may initially feel far-fetched, but history has shown repeatedly that societies are capable of normalizing things that once seemed impossible. That awareness is part of what makes the novel so uncomfortable. That is one of the reasons I think Covenant City could be an excellent book club selection, particularly for a group made up of people with different beliefs, ideologies, and political perspectives. With clear boundaries and a willingness to listen, this could lead to an incredibly rich discussion. This is a book I would encourage almost anyone to pick up.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Made an Apple Playlist, with an added bonus tune: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On the Big 250: One old man's highly personal Top Ten list of pop songs that explain America (see gloss in ALT tag). #4thofJuly #America250 #popsongs #music

10. The great American poet Chuck Berry's most overtly patriotic song, though everything he sang was straight up America
9. The saddest song every sung about American capitalism, and what is America but that?
8. Like Chuck Berry, everything the Band sang was about America, though in the Band's case, its folk history. So could have picked any of theirs - this one will do.
7. Close second to Holiday's critique of capitalism, with a dollop of cronyism thrown in for good measure
6. Bruce, too, is of, by, and for America, the American workingman to be specific. Considered choosing Darkness on the Edge of Town, considered Rosalita, but couldn't not add this one, right?
5. Name me a better song about the American dream and struggling for it
4. I first heard Charles' version on his LP "A Message from the People" I got from Columbia House mail order in high school. That whole album is an overlooked gem from his later years
3. This was Simon's Bicentennial dirge in the wake of Vietnam and Nixon. 50 years later, more on point than ever, ain't it?
1. Tie for Number One. We sang Guthrie's song in grade school, around the time Dylan was hitting his stride. Like Berry, and the Band, and Bruce, everything our nation's two great folk tune bards have sung is about these United States.

Okay, anyone care to play? What would you add or subtract from my little list?

Happy 250 everyone - may we survive to 251.

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you missed this mind-bending novel first time around, you can grab it now:

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Just wow. The thrill of seeing two of my books displayed at a bookstore (here at Book People RVA @bookpeoplerva.bsky.social). #books #writing #booksky #bookstores #RVA

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

aw man, woulda happily shared my copy, but hey!

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Don't know this book, but Wikipedia tells me he followed Dos Passos' American Trilogy pastiche technique - that one of my favorite novels. Thanks for tip!

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Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Don't know if this answers your question, but I use Vellum for formatting documents created on Word.

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