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Lyn Miller-Lachmann

@lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social
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Author, translator & Lego builder. Winner 2023 LA Times Book Prize for YA Literature for TORCH. Author of MOONWALKING (co-authored with Zetta Elliott) & EYES OPEN, both historical novels in verse.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This was the plan the entire time and it was always going to be targeted towards Democratic run cities. It’s not about law and order. It’s about controlling by force the areas where Trump does not control by ideology.
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Jolly Fish Press @jollyfishpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
We are thrilled that THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon is the #ForewordINDIES Gold Winner for Juvenile Fiction! ❤️ www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...
2024 GOLD Winner for Juvenile Fiction

The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree

Contributor(s) Lucille Abendanon
Publisher Jolly Fish Press
ISBN-13 978-1-63163-820-6
Publication Date Jan 23, 2024
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Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Fault Lines in Our Constitution should be read by every single adult who lives in America. And then we need to meet in small book clubs to discuss it. With cookies. And soothing beverages. This book is EVERYTHING. @msnbc.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @velshi.com
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Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I appreciated the last four years, knowing that our government wasn’t actively trying to cull us.
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Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Don't forget to register for our in-community retreat @highlightsfound.bsky.social champ.ly/jb7W_MNy #picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #AutisticPride #adhd #adhdsupport #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #writingcommunity #WritingJourney #writinghelp #ptsd #mentalhealth #booksky
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Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
There's magic in being surrounded by other neurodivergent authors. Our retreat at Highlights Foundation gives you that opportunity and more! Join us July 3-6, 2025! - Tips and tools to help w/ writing - Communication techniques - Retreat time with others who understand you! champ.ly/jb7W_MNy
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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Yes, we included chapter books on the WeAreKidlit Summer Reading list! @sujeilugo.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/8-incl...
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Don’t fire the librarian of Congress! bit.ly/4jOmvEZ
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PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
17 picture books for summer from We Are Kid Lit Collective. More: www.slj.com/story/17-joy... @sujeilugo.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social @antwaneady.bsky.social @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @erikadraws.bsky.social @aidawrites.bsky.social @authorjamilah.bsky.social
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/05/2025
No notes. h/t @ianbremmer.com
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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We've added 6 of the cutest board books to the We Are Kidlit Summer Reading List. Find out more about them www.slj.com/story/6-ador... @sujeilugo.bsky.social @sambloom28.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social #summerreading #inclusive #weneeddiversebooks #kidlit #boardbooks
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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This essay is damning and terrifying. You should read it. www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/w...
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Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dame Magazine
My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of ...
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Periodic reminder that there is nothing you can give the far right that will satisfy them. Remove a right, they’ll go after another. Attack a minority, they’ll want worse attacks and find new groups to attack. There’s no end to the authoritarianism. Just more, and worse, until everyone’s crushed.
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Sujei @sujeilugo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
@aventurasenesl.bsky.social <3 bsky.app/profile/suje...
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. 

Expository text:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05
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Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I’m so glad to see this recommendation — thank you, Katie! Folks in Austin, mark your calendars for June 1 when fellow contributors Liz Garton Scanlon, Sean Petrie (he’s also the publisher), and I discuss SPINNING TOWARD THE SUN at Birdhouse Books.
Birdhouse Books and Gifts Presents

Sunday, June 1, 3 P.M.

Liz Garton Scanlon
Sean Petrie
Chris Barton 

Spinning Toward The Sun: Essays on Writing, Resilience, And The Creative Life

Curated by
Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Benefitting the recovery of Asheville, NC, after Hurricane Helene

www.birdhousebooksatx.com
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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This was the book I didn't know I needed but really needed to read during these difficult times as a writer. Highly, highly recommend this book of essays. And best of all, all proceeds go to helping with Hurricane Helene relief. ❤️
My hand holding a book. The book is Spinning Toward the Sun: Essays on Writing, Resilience, and the Creative Life. Benefiting the recovery of Asheville, NC after Hurricane Helene. Curated by Nora Shalaway Carpenter.  The cover art depicts an abstract sunrise in orange shades.
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Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Why are we doing this? Find out why a scholarship to Highlights Foundation is so important to @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social here: champ.ly/7-Pbc5Sk #diversebooks #autism #autismacceptance #adhd #neurodivergent #kidlit #writingcommunity #ptsd #ocd #anxiety #mentalhealth #booksky #actuallyautistic
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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
FIFA and the IOC should start making noises now about moving the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. If other countries cannot send their athletes & fans into the US without fear for their safety, we are not fit to host international sporting events.
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Lexxi 🦋 🦋 🇺🇲 / 🇨🇦 💙 @lexximagic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
*A company that sells foreclosed farms to overseas investors. Acretrader by the Traitor.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Attn: Trump stated, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” Many have interpreted this as an indication that he or his allies are using knowledge of tariffs for personal financial gain. This raises serious concerns about insider trading and market manipulation.
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Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I’m at the Hands Off rally fighting for our democracy and freedom. I’m a student of history and know that dictatorships target the neurodivergent and disabled first. Stories are how we fight back for our dignity and humanity. #neurodiverse
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Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
First up for our #Fundraising Auction is our very own @medenkuyatt.bsky.social All proceeds fund our Scholarship at @highlightsfound.bsky.social Auction Preview: champ.ly/xSRrqf-V #autismacceptance #autismsupport #adhdsupport #neurodivergent #kidlit #childrensbooksauthor #writingcommunity
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Congratulations to #SCBWI members Eva Apelqvist, @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social and Claire Storey, whose translations appear on the 2025 GLLI #YA Translated Book Prize shortlist! #SCBWITranslation #xl8 #kidlit #worldkidlit @scbwi.bsky.social glli-us.org/2025/03/20/2...
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Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize
The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes p…
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you. If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you. If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you. We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
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Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📣 Who’s going to #TXLA25? 📌 I hope you’ll join @kerryomalleycerra.bsky.social @alitereseauthor.bsky.social @nancytandon.bsky.social & @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social & I on Thursday 4/3 for our #kidlit panel from 2-3 pm
Join us at TXLA
Kidlit quest: spurring, activism, and social justice through children’s literature. Infused with the hope that all voice Have a place in this world We’ll explore issues of equity, disability representation, social and courage. Thursday, April 3, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm, Ballroom C2

Images of Becky Calzada, moderator & AASL President, authors: Ali Terese, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Kerry O’Malley Cerra, and Nancy Tandon shown with book covers of titles they’ve written.
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Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Also on this list and from @enchantedlion.bsky.social is my translation of Our Beautiful Darkness, the first book for young readers translated into English by the acclaimed Angolan author Ondjaki, with luminous illustrations by António Jorge Gonçalves. Congratulations, Lawrence! Great company!
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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
@ambsmcbride.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social
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Lyn Miller-Lachmann @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Today is the launch of a new #anthology to which I contributed, SPINNING TOWARD THE SUN: ESSAYS ON WRITING, RESILIENCE & THE CREATIVE LIFE. Proceeds benefit 2 organizations helping western NC recover from Hurricane Helene. lynmillerlachmann.com/anthology-launch-day-spinning-toward-the-sun/
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Anthology Launch Day: Spinning Toward the Sun | Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Announcing a new anthology to benefit two organizations crucial in the recovery of western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you're an author who has or will be publishing a books and you'd like to fight for the freedom to read & against book bans, we'd love to have you join Authors Against Book Bans. (OK, not the most creative name, but, you know, communicative!) All the info & the sign up form at
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Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2025
Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
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nerdcampct.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We are excited for the #nErDcampCT in just over a week in New London, CT! Check out our amazing list of #authors who will be joining us, along with almost 100 educators and/or lovers of #literacy. @tcasl @aasl @americanlibraryassociation #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis @mrslussierlibrary
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 17/02/2025
Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these 40 outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace. Download the full list here.
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40 Outstanding International Books for Children from USBBY
Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these 40 outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace...
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
You know what, credit where it's due.
Kathy Hochul's statement on congestion pricing, which reads: "Public transit is the lifeblood of New York City and critical to our economic future—as a New Yorker, like President Trump, knows very well.

Since this first-in-the-nation program took effect last month, congestion has droppeddramatically and commuters are getting to work faster than ever. Broadway shows are selling out and foot traffic to local businesses is spiking. School buses are getting kids to class on time, and yellow cab trips increased by 10 percent. Transit ridership is up, drivers are having a better experience, and support for this program is growing every day.

We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We'll see you in court."
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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 10/02/2025
Zetta Elliott is a prolific written who has paved the way for self published writers by challenging many of the barriers that exist in the publishing industry. Her books include fiction for all ages of readers. poetry collections, plays, and a memoir. pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/02/10/9...
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10 Feb: Zetta Elliott
Celebrating Zetta Elliott
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Crystal Brunelle @librarygrl2.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Speaking of Zetta Elliott, here is a wonderful interview regarding her poem Moonscape. www.ethicalela.com/a-poem-for-y... #yalit #poetry #booksky
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A Poem for You: Moonscape by Zetta Elliott - Ethical ELA
"Moonscape" by Zetta Elliott is offered to educators and students as an open resource -- free to share and print through Just YA on Open OkState. We invite you to read this poem and listen to the inte...
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 12/02/2025
What a lovely No Rules Tonight review from @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social for the Global Literature In Libraries Initiative! @penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Thank you to @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and www.authorsagainstbookbans.com for giving us one concrete way to fight back. Direct action can produce results--I just got news of that happening in an AABB letter-writing campaign I participated in Visit the website to find out more and get involved
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Authors Against Book Bans
Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...
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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
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DankMatter @dankmatter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Kudos to #SCBWI members Tal Goldfajn, @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social, Lena Traer, and @kellyzhang.bsky.social, whose translations appear on the USBBY Outstanding International Book List, 2025! www.usbby.org/outstanding-... @usbby.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social
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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
NEW 2nd EDITION -- with a “PARDON” for Homer Plessy-- of the book about the historic 1896 “Plessy v. Ferguson” Supreme Court decision: "TOGETHER: An Inspiring Response to "Separate-but-Equal" www.pauldrybooks.com/products/tog...
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