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Philip S Turner

@pstnyc.bsky.social
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Blogger @ TheGreatGrayBridge.com /editor @ PT Book Productions—http://philipsturner.com/about-ptbp. Live music&urban enthusiast HonouraryCanadian.com. Lifelong Cleveland sports fan

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I like DreamHost.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hi @mathitak.bsky.social, I’m trying to get in touch. If you can, please follow me here, and I’ll send you a brief DM. Thx, Philip
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks, sent you a DM on here.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks @mayor.nyc.gov for yr threat to sue Columbia if they won't open the gates to College Walk, a walkway that cuts thru Broadway and Amsterdam Ave at 116th St, which has been closed for the past three years, denying pedestrians access to local streets. www.columbiaspectator.com/city-news/20...
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Mamdani threatens to sue Columbia to open campus gates
<i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates. </i>
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hmm, Bluesky won't allow me to message you. Could you please follow me, if you don't already? 🙏
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kate, just wanted to let you know I’ve sent you a DM on Twitter. If you would, please take a look. 🙏
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When I left corporate publishing in 2009, and began working for myself, and author clients, I was constantly challenged by trying to figure out to get value/compensation for my time, effort, experience, and skills. Still working on it... #indielife
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's a review essay I wrote that covered "Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music," and "Have Not Been the Same: The CANRock Renaissance 1985-1995" by Michael Barclay, Ian Jack and Jason Schneider, pub'd by @ecwpress.bsky.social in 2001 and 2011. philipsturner.com/hearts-on-fi...
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“Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music, 2000-2005,” the Latest Addition to My CANRock Library – The Great Gray Bridge
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Canadian music blogger Michael Barclay reminds readers that today is the 25th anniversary of the landmark book he co-wrote, HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME: The CANROCK Renaissance 1985-1995. Congrats to him and all fans of #CANRock! #indiemusic #livemusic michaelbarclay.substack.com/p/still-have...
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Still Have Not Been the Same, pt 1
My first book turns 25 today. Plus: a contest!
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans oppose Medicare expansion to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage. Those are not luxuries. They are essential to living a full life. Republicans think seniors do not deserve them. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pleased to have licensed Janet Somerville's important book, YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: Martha Gellhorn's Letter of Love & War, 1930-1949 to Spanish publisher Malpaso. “It’s history as it was lived, and shared in intimate emotional detail…Curated with valuable context’”—Lyse Doucet, Guardian Books
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m glad to see the problems with distribution haven’t stopped it playing some places, like in this case, in Santa Monica. Has the problem been solved?
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Appalling, deliberate destruction of books by Russians targeting Ukrainian publishers’ warehouses, including textbooks for students beginning the new school year. Putin denies Ukrainian language even exists. Barbarian behavior, bastards. 😡🔥 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture
A publisher whose warehouse was hit twice said Moscow “thinks that books are more dangerous for them than military equipment.”
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just got a brilliant advance review of M. G. Turner's City of Dark Dreams: Tales from Another New York, out 1/12/27—"The author’s nom de plume brings to mind M.R. James, that turn-of-the-20th-century master of the ghost story....Unsettling stories of an uncanny New York and its haunted inhabitants."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks for spotting this, Hector. Grrrrrr, bastards everywhere.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Michael Velcheck, what a disgusting person.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi Dreamsquare, funny you should mention M. R. James. We got a blurb for City of Dark Dreams from author @danchaon.bsky.social, who wrote:
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interesting Q&A w/longtime literary agent and author Richard Curtis about his new book Digital Inc., in which he chronicles the transition from the print book world to digital publishing, while print still persists. #books #publishing www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Beyond the Book: Richard Curtis' 'Digital Inc.'
Publishing industry veteran Richard Curtis has sat on nearly every side of the book business: literary agent, author, and publisher. We spoke to him about his new book, 'Digital Inc.' (Rivertowns), wh...
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Elegant and erudite, M. G. Turner’s stories are an eerie, urbane, out-of-time conjuring of Faustian academics, grieving widows, and the undead. "Deeply unsettling, a breathtaking debut—postmodern Poe at its finest.”—Carol Bruneau, author of The Little Way @cbruneau83.bsky.social
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Out 1/12/2027: MG Turner's "City of Dark Dreams: Tales from Another New York,", short stories w/a literary horror bent. Unifying the tales is the setting, Manhattan's Upper West Side and a fictional college, Hudson University. #BookSky #LiteraryHorror #DarkAcademia philipsturner.com/mg-turners-c...
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M. G. Turner’s “City of Dark Dreams: Tales from Another New York” to be published Jan 12, 2027 – The Great Gray Bridge
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A mural in Scranton, PA, "Song of the City, Ode to Scranton's Vaudeville Era," will include images of Houdini; The Marx Brothers; W.C. Fields; Will Rogers; Mae West; Jack Benny; Buster Keaton; Bill Robinson; George Burns and Gracie Allen. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Next big mural in Scranton to highlight city’s past as Vaudeville stop
Scranton’s next big mural downtown featuring several notable entertainers who performed in the city during its bygone Vaudeville days could debut in the spring. The mural currently underway since Marc...
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fascinating article about people with limited hearing and music. "Programs such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Listen to This series can help make classical music more accessible by providing that broader context. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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How Deaf people experience the power of classical music
Deaf musicians have shaped classical music for centuries, but only recently have innovations like haptic vests and Auslan signers enabled deeper connections.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Three cheers for actor Christian Bale who's helped establish a village in California that will provide housing for up to 72 foster children. #KindnessMatters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Why Christian Bale Built a Foster Village in the California Desert (Gift Article)
The actor has been working for almost two decades to build a foster care nonprofit outside Los Angeles.
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seen at #kennedycenter
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge crowds at the Kennedy Center protest.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Livestream now from Washington, DC, hands off the Kennedy Center! www.youtube.com/live/cwN2RN4...
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'Hands Around the Kennedy Center' Rally
YouTube video by The National Desk
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
as someone pointed out to me, it looks like the placard could read "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION"
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you Mayor Mamdani for helping lay a wreath at the beautiful memorial fountain for fallen firefighters—erected decades ago, long before 9/11, very near my apartment. It’s a favorite place. I don't recall another mayor coming to the upper west side to do this. www.instagram.com/reel/DdJmCnH...
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CBS News on Instagram: "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined FDNY officials Friday to lay a wreath at the Firemen’s Memorial in Manhattan, honoring the 343 firefighters who were killed responding...
14K likes, 1,854 comments - cbsnews on September 11, 2026: "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined FDNY officials Friday to lay a wreath at the Firemen’s Memorial in Manhattan, honoring the 343 fir...
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I wasn't so active on Bluesky for previous anniversaries of 9/11/2001, so here's a personal essay I published in 2012 about my experiences that day, with photos of first responders from around the world who visited NYC eleven years on. Thanks for reading it. philipsturner.com/remembering-...
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Remembering 9/11/01–Running through a Dust Cloud in Lower Manhattan – The Great Gray Bridge
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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Excellent article with an adorable, literary surprise at the end
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How Ancient Farmers Used Floral Designs to Track Goods (Gift Article)
A Mesopotamian culture’s decorated ceramics show some early roots of math, researchers argued.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2/ complex article complex and the fact of these earlier negotiations and why they broke down is critical for understanding the context of the warning from the UAE.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 08/09/2026
Absolutely damning reporting here, from @haaretzcom.bsky.social. Worth reading the entire thing. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Enjoyable obit of Jeannette Etheredge, RIP, who owned Tosca, the San Francisco bar across the street from City Lights bookstore. When I visited the Bay Area for publishing sales conferences in the 2000s, I stayed in N Beach, and Tosca became my regular. Great vibes! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...
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Jeannette Etheredge, Who Hosted San Francisco at Tosca Cafe, Dies at 85 (Gift Article)
As the North Beach bar’s proprietor for 33 years, she turned it into a hub for actors, directors, writers, dancers and politicians.
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve been thinking a lot about this, David. The things we’re gonna have to tear down, and the things we’re gonna have to rebuild are going to be so mega-numerous, if we can win the midterms and then in ‘28, despite tampering and suppression. #Vote @talkingpointsmemo.com
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the elevation of 7 Army officers to the rank of two-star general as part of his ongoing mission to destroy the military’s merit-based promotion system and replace it with personal loyalty and fealty to MAGA ideology: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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The Pentagon Purges Will Continue Until Morale Approves
Black and Female Officers Targeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/09/2026
Vance’s pose as an enforcer of chivalry and rectitude in our politics is ludicrous. Just look at his apologetics for President Trump’s nonstop personal smears and his compromises with factions in the MAGA coalition who are viciously bigoted. trib.al/Dm8x0sn
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump's propagandists on Fox are all required to say his war on Iran is a world-historical military triumph. But then they can't explain why he's unable to force Iran to do his bidding. Me and @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on Fox/MAGA coping with Trump's impotence: newrepublic.com/article/2145...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#Theater #OralHistory @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Love seeing our agency client Shauna Kelly discussing her book, "I've Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman." An essential theater book. One actor interviewed in her oral history is Willem Dafoe, who gives a great performance in the current film Late Fame. #BookSky youtu.be/qgIfeOU0j4A?...
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Meet Shauna Kelly, Author of "I've Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman"
YouTube video by Queens Public Library
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is great to see, Ray—congrats to you and thanks for the shoutout!
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
...with a prison cell next to Eichmann’s. Vonnegut’s dark humor is on display, as Eichmann asks him for publishing advice. TIME Book critic Richard Schickel: [An]intensely charged book…Vonnegut…find[s] in intensified comic art the magic analgesic for the temporary relief of existential pain.”
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In “Mother Night,” pub’d in 1961, Vonnegut imagines an American writer in Berlin who early in WWII is recruited by US intelligence to be a double agent, a function he fulfills during the war, though after it he’s seen by the Allies as having been loyal to the Nazis. He’s put in the dock...
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fascinating review/essay Peter Eisner in SpyTalk on Kurt Vonnegut’s early novel “Mother Night.” Eisner writes it’s “a novel about fascism, complicity, and the lies people tell themselves in order to keep going.” www.spytalk.co/p/a-forgotte...
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A Forgotten Vonnegut Spy Novel Offers Warnings for Today
The author of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” a World War Two combat veteran, saw Nazis up close as a German POW
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sending strength from NYC in solidarity with all Canadian neighbors and friends—elbows up across the border! I know we've messed up letting him get into office again, and that you guys are bearing the brunt of the wrecking ball, but we are going to turn this mess around starting November 3. #Vote
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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What a juvenile delinquent he is.
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