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Mary Helen Specht

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Mary Helen Specht @mhspecht.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Congrats to @ninamcconigley.bsky.social for this fab review of her brand new novel! www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...

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Review | In ‘How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder,’ two sisters hatch a risky plan

Nina McConigley’s novel considers the legacy of colonial violence through the story of one Wyoming family.

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Mary Helen Specht @mhspecht.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

From the NYer: "English describes acoustic pitch using a verticality metaphor (high-low) but... in the case of some Zimbabwean instrumentalists [they use] 'crocodile' (low pitch) and 'those who follow crocodiles' (high pitch)." Amazing.

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Mary Helen Specht @mhspecht.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This was entirely predictable from the minute HBO acquired them.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s death