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Penina Roth

@peninaroth.bsky.social
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Curator of Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Calling all readers! The #BKBF2026 schedule has been officially announced 📚✨ We cannot wait for you to join us in Downtown Brooklyn, online, and across all 5 boroughs for these wonderful literary events. Which program are you most excited for? Visit BrooklynBookFestival.org for the full schedule 🔗
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Brad Listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
'I highly recommend reading books about sand if you want hope for the future.' I had a fascinating talk w Deb Olin Unferth in Episode 1049. Her new novel is called EARTH 7, available from @graywolfpress.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts.
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also, I highly recommend the amazing podcast Dolly Parton's America, which is full of tremendous reporting and unusual insight, as well as a terrific interview with Dolly: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.
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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Here it is! LIGHT, BRIGHT advanced copy. Thank you @600mildollarman.bsky.social, @spacejamkamart.bsky.social, and @graphicmundi.bsky.social! Available in bookstores Feb 2027.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wrote about Rihanna for Elle! September cover story! Ooh La La. www.elle.com/culture/cele...
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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Mud on the Moon spans nearly a century and two continents, from my father's Philippines to his adopted Alaska to the America I grew up in..." Nita Noveno shared a playlist for her memoir Mud on the Moon at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/19/n...
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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"In the canon of art by immigrant daughters trying their best to be worthy of love, Mitski’s 'Best American Girl' is a crown jewel..." Malavika Kannan shared a playlist for her debut novel Unprecedented Times at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/20/m...
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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In two days... #poetry, #booksky, #Brooklyn Honored to be a part of this series...
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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Some non #SDCC comic news to share - Today i can share the cover for the LIGHT,BRIGHT, a new YA graphic novel by @600mildollarman.bsky.social and @spacejamkamart.bsky.social (& me, i was on the team, too) Coming February 2027 from @graphicmundi.bsky.social
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
MONDAY, 7PM, at Crown Inn: Join us for Poets Night at Crown Inn Reading Series, an offshoot of the Franklin Park Reading Series! Hear readings by @quincyscottjones.bsky.social, Grisel Yolanda Acosta, Vincent Toro, Ruthie Chen, and Kate Welsh in a gorgeous backyard! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Monday’s Franklin Park Reading Series event was a blast! Huge thanks to mesmerizing authors @debolinunferth.bsky.social @juliebuntin.bsky.social @elizabethcrane.bsky.social Patricia Park, Sarah Wang & @rebeccachace1.bsky.social & ❤️ to our amazing audience! 🗓️Save the date for our 9/14 Fall Kickoff!
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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tonight in Greenpoint, I'll be reading with Rosh Harper, Joel Walkowski, Aug Stone, and Scott Laudati. It's a collaboration between @wordbookstores.bsky.social and the 61 Franklin Street Garden; things kick off at 61 Franklin Street at 6:30.
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Honored to be featured in this piece, along with @roxanegay.bsky.social, @debbiemillman.bsky.social, Parul Sehgal, Chloe Malle, David Remnick, and other lit luminaries and celebrities! Huge thanks to @jvojdani.bsky.social and @nymag.com!
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
TONIGHT, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Powerhouse Women Night! Readings by stellar authors @debolinunferth.bsky.social, @juliebuntin.bsky.social, @elizabethcrane.bsky.social, Patricia Park, Sarah Wang @rebeccachace1.bsky.social+ book raffle! #Free www.facebook.com/share/1HC2Si...
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
TONIGHT, 7PM: Join us at @crowninnreadings.bsky.social Emerging Writers Night, an offshoot of Franklin Park Reading Series, for readings by Annabelle Allen, Carissa Chesanek & Stephanie Leke + featured authors @aaantons.bsky.social,Tenacity Plys & Devyn Defoe! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights #free
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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The countdown is on! Only 12 days left to submit your work to our Annual Poetry Contest: www.narrativemagazine.com/eighteenth-a...
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We had a blast at Franklin Park on Monday, celebrating the release of Scott McClanahan’s novel Fights! Huge thanks to Scott and our other stellar readers, @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton, and Kathy Joyce! 🗓️Our next event is Aug. 10!
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
TONIGHT, 8PM: At the Franklin Park Reading Series, we’re celebrating lit legend Scott McClanahan’s new novel Fights! and hosting trailblazing indie press stars @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton, and Kathy Joyce! Free Admission! 618 St. Johns Pl, BK
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026
This is this Sunday!
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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NBCC board member Rebecca Morgan Frank covered seven July poetry collections for Literary Hub:
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Break to Sing: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in July
“Elegy, sing the bones to break / the cycle. The cycle: Sing to Break. Break to Sing.” –Philip B. Williams’ Lift Every Voice * This month, we see poets collaborating and conversing beyond words on …
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
THIS MONDAY, JULY 13, 8PM: Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates Scott McClanahan and his new novel Fights! He'll be joined by @geoffrickly.bsky.social, Michael Seidlinger, David Simmons, Hallie Elizabeth Newton & Kathy Joyce. #Free! 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights www.facebook.com/share/1EAi1x...
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Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New episode of Books Up Close out with THEE @garthgreenwell.bsky.social! 💙https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-37-garth-greenwell-small-rain/id1792209740?i=1000776247022
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Evil Dead Burn is a horrifying family drama before all the undead even get involved. @leahschnelbach.bsky.social reviews the latest addition to the iconic series, where no traumatic backstory can save you from an open dishwasher 🍴
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Evil Dead Burn is an Extreme, Gruesome, Darkly Fun Addition to the Series - Reactor
It turns out there are a LOT of uses for fountain pens.
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Monday’s Franklin Park Reading Series Summer Launch was a blast! Huge thanks to our mesmerizing readers, Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi, and Honor Jones, and lots of ❤️ to our anazing audience! 🗓️Next event is July 13!
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A student is asking me about open mic reading series in the NYC area—any recommendations?
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TONIGHT, 8PM: We're launching our summer season at Franklin Park Reading Series w/stellar authors Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi & Honor Jones! Drink specials + raffle for books & merch! #Free! 618 St. Johns Pl, #crownheights. www.facebook.com/share/14gMwT...
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Michael Scott Moore @michaelscottmoore.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I had a great time talking to Betsy Crane for Episode 32 of Radio Free Mike @elizabethcrane.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"To write this novel, I built out a four-hour-long playlist that tracked the plot, beat for beat. Musical cues helped me escalate tension, or keep the energy at a simmer..." @Natalie Adler shared a playlist for her debut novel Waiting on a Friend largeheartedboy.com/2026/05/29/n...
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
*️⃣Please note: Due to tonight’s 🏀Knicks game, this month’s Franklin Park Reading Series event has been pushed off to June 22, when we’ll be hosting Camille Perri, @catfitzpatrick.net, Natalie Adler, M Lin, Chiwan Choi, and Honor Jones! www.facebook.com/share/1D6Bmg...
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I talked to to Hannah Lillith Assadi about writing PARADISO 17, a novel inspired by the life of her Palestinian father who was expelled during the Nakba and traveled the world searching for home. countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
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Processing: How Hannah Lillith Assadi Wrote Paradiso 17
The author on writing through grief, the ghost of setting, and adding a layer of dream to reality
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Crown Inn Reading Series @crowninnreadings.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
TONIGHT, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for our first Poets Night, featuring @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba, and Marielena O. Gomez! 724 Franklin Ave. #crownheights #free
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Greg Mania @gregmania.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
dive into the summer book proposal generator—now enrolling bb!!!! 📚☀️ register here: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/summ... @shipmanagency.bsky.social
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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
NBCC board member Tobias Carroll interviewed Adrian Nathan West about translating two of Mario Vargas Llosa's novels for Vol. 1 Brooklyn:
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Adrian Nathan West on Translating Mario Vargas Llosa
What does it mean to translate the work of a Nobel laureate? That’s a task that writer and translator Adrian Nathan West has had to consider: among his body of work are translations of two no…
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Huge thanks to Monday's phenomenal Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is June 8!
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Crown Inn Reading Series @crowninnreadings.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
THIS MONDAY, 7-9PM: Join us at the Crown Inn for Poets Night (every 3rd Monday)! Enjoy readings by poets @ceciliakcecilia.bsky.social, Abi Pollokoff, Natalya Sukhonos, Andres Cordoba and Marielena O. Gomez, drink specials & backyard vibes! 724 Franklin Ave., btwn Sterling & Park #Free #crownheights
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
TONIGHT, 8PM: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts acclaimed authors Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell for a night of fresh fiction and poetry! www.facebook.com/share/18KcUw... #Free #crownheights
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
. @theflytrapmedia.com republished my piece for Bitch from a few years ago about postpartum psychosis in The Upstairs House by @finejuli.bsky.social and Nightbitch by @rachelyoder.bsky.social, now with added updates about the movie adaptation, and Die My Love www.theflytrapmedia.com/mother-monst...
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Mother Monsters
"Nightbitch," "The Upstairs House," and "Die My Love" bring postpartum psychosis and depression to the big screen.
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Crown Inn Reading Series @crowninnreadings.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Huge thanks to Tyler Wetherall for featuring tonight’s @crowninnreadings.bsky.social launch in her excellent Reading the City newsletter! readingthecity.substack.com/p/126-readin... #crownheights
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TONIGHT, 7PM: Launch of Crown Inn Reading Series for emerging writers, cohosted by Franklin Park Reading Series! Readers: @deirdrekoala.bsky.social @jtprice.bsky.social & Wil Turner + featured authors @ellomelissa.bsky.social @sashafletcher.bsky.social. Beer specials, custom cocktails! #crownheights
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Met Gala? No gracias. Go buy my horror novel TINY THREADS about fashion, predators, and capitalism. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723976...
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Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera: 9780593600498 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In this sinister, slow-burn novel of supernatural suspense, a young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of high-stakes fashion. “Lilliam Rivera...
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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"A lot of what I find very worthwhile are pursuits that are full of friction... This notion that everything is supposed to get more and more convenient simply because it can is really poisonous to the development of taste and the work of making art."
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Book editors and Hagfish co-publishers Julia Ringo and Naomi Huffman on the joy of discovery – The Creative Independent
Book editors and Hagfish co-publishers Julia Ringo and Naomi Huffman discuss reading as a communal and private pleasure, making a commitment to the people you work with, and feeling empowered by indep...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 04/05/2026
At the MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp exhibit, what all the works on display share “is a disregard for capital and for the way it shapes or encroaches on artistic practice, corrupting the freedom of the mind,” Hilton Als writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yzOn0t
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The Many Forms of Marcel Duchamp
How the shape-shifting artist radicalized art itself.
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Emily Nemens @emilynemens.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
So pumped for this!
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This Monday, May 4, 7pm: Join us for the launch of our emerging writers/poetry series at the Crown Inn in #crownheights! #Free!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 26/02/2026
"I think the pressure is off with a short story. It’s the purest expression of my ideas, my sense of humor." @katiecoleman.bsky.social interviews @kimsamek.bsky.social about I am the Ghost Here (@thedialpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/QUmxVyQ
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Kim Samek @kimsamek.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It’s an extraordinary honor to be named a winner of the O. Henry Prize. Thank you to Tommy Orange, Jenny Minton Quigley, and Zyzzyva. lithub.com/announcing-t...
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Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction
Tommy Orange was awarded a much-deserved MacArthur Genius Grant this fall for breaking from the tradition of reservation-based Native American literature to write new, illuminative, and realistic N…
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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 16/03/2026
Kevin Sampsell's new novel sees the world through the eyes of a two-year-old (who believes their departed father is the moon). The novel follows young Tony Volcano Ventura through his childhood as he grows from a very curious baby into a street-smart toddler and preschooler.
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Kevin Sampsell’s New Novel Looks at the World Through a Baby in the Night
When we find stuff to hate it means we’re becoming more like grown-ups.
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