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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.

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John Copenhaver @johncopenhaver.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I loved talking with @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, and @alexsegura.bsky.social about what happens when writers jump genres. The risks, the surprises, the freedom. If you’re interested in how reinvention fuels craft, check out the article: www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

One of my favorite types of announcements!

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/09/2024

Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)

ON TV TONIGHT (columns for 8:00, 9:00, 10:00)

ABC: Attack On America
America Attacked
America In Crisis
America Still In Crisis

NBC:
A Nation Looks Around For Someone To Hit
America On The Verge Of Flying Off The Handle
America's Time Of Trial: Who Fucking Wants Some? You? Do You? How 'Bout You?

CBS
Dan Rather's 83rd Straight Hour On The Air
Dan Rather Seriously Loses His Shit
Medicating Dan Rather

BET
Wartime At The Apollo
Tavis Smiley Presents: Terrorists Strike America-The
White Man Finds Somebody Else To Fear And Demonize For A Change

MTV
The 100 Greatest, But, In Light Of Recent Events, Not As Important As Being Good To Our Loved Ones, Videos Of All Time
Yo! MTV Extends Its Condolences
Talking To Blink 182 About The Tragedy
Carson Daly In Way Over His Head

Lifetime
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls

History
Last Tuesday In History
Two Weeks Ago, As Told By Those Who Lived It
Last Tuesday In History (rerun)

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Lou Berney @louberney.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Out today!

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 12/08/2025

the youtube algo has been feeding me hbcu marching band videos and now I’ve watched this approximately 50 times in a row

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Apologies for a Substank link, but I promise double pinky swear this is worth it. @nikkipaynebooks.bsky.social writing about Political Blackness in America, and Interracial Romance.

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Tyla Flopped. The Black Diaspora Did Too.

How a Grammy winner’s crash-and-burn exposed our messiest Black love politics.

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Lisa Unger @lisaunger.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Join me tonight at @tombolobooks.bsky.social! I’ll be chatting with my pal Eli Cranor about his stellar new novel MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42. Whenever we get together we have so much to discuss - crime, football, writing life, books, creativity. See you at 7pm for a lively conversation and laughs!

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

And I read the sample pages and AWESOME, @booksbydlwhite.com. Clickety-click!

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Had fun talking with Nick K for Crime Reads (which dug up Baby's First Author Photo for the illustration). Ending quote:

Quoting myself: "“The other reason for writers to avoid working in Hollywood,” Harper says, "and this has nothing to do with the She Rides Shotgun movie and everything to do with my career in television, which I am currently trying to drown in the bathtub: there’s no reason for a novelist to expose themselves to the cheap greed and loathsome brainworms of so many Hollywood executives.

Go write books, and keep your skull clean."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This is the best thing you'll see today, and I say that as a person who wrote something awesome today and does not lack for confidence.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 15/07/2025

The Payback is out today, and you can buy it wherever books are sold. It comes highly recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, The Boston Globe, Vanity Fair, the LA Times, the NYT, and dozens of people who hang out on this very website.

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I was thrilled to talk with David and @thethrillerzone.bsky.social about Fog and Fury, writing and surviving! Please check it out! youtu.be/smvVOLFnXj8?...

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RACHEL HALL SHOW

YouTube video by The Thriller Zone

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

It's my book birthday! FOG AND FURY is officially published today, and I'm so excited that everyone will now get to meet Sonny Rush, P.I. I hope y'all love her like I do! www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8LKRQ3K

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Fog and Fury (Haven Thrillers Book 1)

Amazon.com: Fog and Fury (Haven Thrillers Book 1) eBook : Howzell Hall, Rachel: Kindle Store

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Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

For generations, Gullah Geechee families on St. Helena Island buried loved ones in the Big House Cemetery. For a year, private landowners have blocked them visiting and burying their loved ones in the cemetery. Now, the residents are suing. NEW: capitalbnews.org/gullah-geech...

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South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee Are Denied Their Right to Bury Their Loved Ones

For a year, residents on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, have been blocked from their ancestral cemetery by gates erected by property owners.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2025

If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now. When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥 @kamlager-dove.house.gov

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We feed you. They hunt us.

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Happy book birthday, @blacktopkid.bsky.social! Can't wait to dig into KING OF ASHES!

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Oh, Los Angeles. Shaped by the Fates: the 405, the 101, the 10 and the 110. Forged by the elements: brush fires, Santa Ana winds, earthquakes and now, ICE. You are my heart...

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Because the Black lady’s laugh was too much, right?

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thank you for grabbing FOG & FURY as your Amazon First Reads for June! Welcome to beautiful Haven - this slice of heaven will slice your neck.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Good morning

a pizza made with a roast chicken, cheese, tomatoes, chocolate sprinkles, and M&Ms with the caption, "When you incorporate the feedback from every critique."

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

So… like… How the hell did a gnat from Nome-freaking-Alaska find my glass of Beaujolais??!

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Out now... HIDDEN IN SMOKE! “An original, riveting read from cover to cover…” ―Midwest Book Review

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

READERS WANTED: @BookSparks’ #SRC2025 lineup just dropped, and I’m thrilled that Fog and Fury is on it! 🤠📚 I’m Saddling Up with BookSparks to wrangle the best summer reads! Which books made it on your #TBR list? 🐎✨ src2025.booksparks.com

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

HIDDEN IN SMOKE is out in the world and I'm thrilled to see how it's been moving up the charts on Amazon. Thank you, readers, for your continued enthusiasm and support! www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

tomorrow is pub-day for HIDDEN IN SMOKE! “A combustible story that moves at a scorching pace. Another fantastic book by Lee Goldberg, one of the most bankable authors in the genre for engaging, fun, smooth novels containing great characters and intriguing plots.” ―Best Thriller Books

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Almost time for the @latimes.com Festival of Books! I'll be all OVER this festival that I love the most, including @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social, Steamy Lit Bookstore and @mysterywriters.bsky.social to panels, including @rebeccayarros.bsky.social ! See you soon! events.latimes.com/festivalofbo...

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

While at the San Diego Writers Festival two weeks ago, I had the privilege to talk with Michele Glogovac and My Simplified Life podcast. Talking books and life and how all of it has led me to write what and how I write. Hope you check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR_h...

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#299 Breaking Genre Boundaries in Writing with Rachel Howzell-Hall

YouTube video by The Podcastmatchmaker®

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It was such an honor to talk with J.T. Ellison and A Word on Words on Nashville PBS about What Fire Brings. awordonwords.org/what-fire-br...

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What Fire Brings | Rachel Howzell Hall – A Word on Words

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/04/2025

Everyone raised on the AP Style Guide is having a moment with this one, thank you @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Hey, hey, HEY! FOG AND FURY just received a STARRED REVIEW from @kirkus_reviews! I can't wait for y'all to spend some time in beautiful Haven, California. Watch your backs, though... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Retacof @retacof.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Walk slower and linger longer.

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Looking forward to talking with @todgoldberg.bsky.social about books and stuff tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 6:00pm for @ucriverside.bsky.social Arts and Letters event. Details in the link below! events.ucr.edu/event/arts-a...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 13/03/2025

We live in the dumbest of times.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

WHERE THE BONES LIE, my twisty California thriller about a disgraced Hollywood fixer trying to solve one of the state's oldest and weirdest missing persons cases, is out today! Bookshop-dot-org 'cause shopping indie is cool... #mystery #amwriting bookshop.org/p/books/wher...

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Where the Bones Lie

Check out Where the Bones Lie - “WHERE THE BONES LIE is a road trip into California’s gleaming, seething underbelly. Movie stars, mobsters, wildfires—buckle up and hold on for a head...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Fascism is here. The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich. 🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

THIS will be a fun panel - and I can't wait to join @leegoldberg.bsky.social, @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social and Matt Coyle in April! Hope to see you, too!

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Rachel Howzell Hall @rachelhowzell.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Let's talk books in Tucson! Hope to see you in March at Tucson Festival of Books!

Bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hall appearing at Tucson Festival of Books on March 15-16, 2025 at the University of Arizona.

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