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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And the friendly neighborhood dinosaur🪶

Blue heron standing in shallow water near a platform

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Instead of an earnest post about Autobiography of Red I should have just posted this on Anne Carson Nobel Day

Screenshot of The L Word scene where Marina asks Jenny about reading Anne Carson and they bond over Eros the Bittersweet

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Also reminder that its feet look like THIS #birds

Same black chicken but you can see its feet which are covered in long black feathers

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This chicken’s eyes are a bit TOO HUMAN but I love her #birds

Black chicken with red comb scratching at a hole in the grounf

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She can’t read 🥲📚💙@tricialockwood.bsky.social

Piper, an orange cat with white paws and belly, lies on a copy of Agate Head / Stone Soup by Patricia Lockeood

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s FALL 🧡🎃🍺🍁🐈

Piper, an orange cat with white chest and paws, sitting on a tv stand next to a decorative cat skeleton and looking spooked

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Good job being a Libra 🎉🎉🥳🥳

Piper, a somewhat rotund orange cat with white chest, sitting on a gaming chair’s armrest, looking at the camera pleasantly

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This book really should win every award #thedisappearers 📚💙

Text from The Disappearers by Marlon James: “You know the question that I am afraid to ask myself. Have you ever read Joyce Carol Oates? Of course not, you old British cunt”

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yess! Intellectualism! Your cat is beautiful

Orange cat sitting on a footstool surrounded by bookshelves

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

She never used to be like this, I’m so glad she’s come around 🐈

Me, lying in bed with my arm around Piper, an orange cat. Her face is buried in my arm. I am wearing a Dolly Parton t-shirt

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can’t believe I’m reading this on Bisexual Visibility Day 📚💙 #thedisappearers #iseeyou

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Incidentally I started The Disappearers last night and HOLY SHIT📚💙

A paragraph of text from The Disappearers

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Again, seriously, look at this thing’s fucking feet. Incredible

Black chicken standing on a deck. Its feet are covered in long black feathers

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thanks April! We appreciate your support!

Orange cat with white belly and paws lounging on a cat bed with emoji stickers

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In my ongoing series of photos of “squirrel with thing in its mouth”

Close-up of a squirrel in a tree surrounded by leaves. It has a round green fruit in its mouth

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What’s Piper reading today? Oh look it’s Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman, a novel in six acts centered around a country house and its mysterious owner from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. She’s really reading it, she’s just taking a lil break 📚💙

An orange cat with white paws and belly dozes on a couch; her paws are resting on a copy of Helen of Nowhere

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And these things! With their feet!

Two black chickens standing on a boardwalk path. Their feet are covered in feathers

Close up of a black chicken’s feathery feet

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Look at this specimen! A real hen’s hen

A massive tawny hen standing on a boardwalk path looking pensively to the side

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am completely obsessed with the neighborhood chickens #birds

A red junglefowl chicken with reddish black iridescent feathers

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In the NYT defense Charmaine Wilkerson did write this review but without knowing that it really looks like they confused one Black woman author for another. Get it together New York Times. Actually don’t, I don’t care 📚💙

Screenshot of google with NYT headline “The Book of Chuck by Charmaine Wilkerson.” The Book of Chuck is by LaToya Watkins

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Also saw this squirrel on a rooftop trying to Lee Harvey Oswald us today

A squirrel lying on its side leaning over a gutter on a house’s roof. It’s little arm is hanging down over the gutter and it is making intense eye contact

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This rabbit is growing a Booker tail like @tricialockwood.bsky.social

A brownish rabbit in a field of green plants with a lock of reddish brown fur at the nape of its neck

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Has the NEW YORK TIMES ever considered that Girl books are BORING to men? Men don’t care about FEELINGS and RELATIONSHIPS they care about CRIMES and DUNES 📚💙

That ridiculous infographic going around about whether men should read books by women

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“It was one of his personal commandments that a couch must absolutely always be made of leather. If your couch was made of chintz or something, go live on fairy island.” - Priestdaddy, by @tricialockwood.bsky.social 📚💙 Highly recommend the audiobook

The cover of Priestdaddy, which features the title spelled out on a gold necklace, resting on a freckled neck

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What’s Piper reading today? Oh wow, it’s God’s Country by Percival Everett! Great taste, Piper! 📚💙 @april-now.bsky.social

An orange cat with white paws and white belly reclining on a copy of God’s Country by Percival Everett. It almost looks like she is reaching for a container of Chobani yogurt

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thank you! He’s such a pain in the ass but I love him!

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

iPhone cameras do this thing when photographing a cat in low light that I call “sad clown face.” I swear he doesn’t look like this! He’s a perfectly pleasant cat!

Orange cat eating out of a small dish. He is on a closet shelf and he has a slightly sinister expression

A close-up of the orange cat’s face and it looks like he’s wearing the Joker’s makeup or something???

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📚💙the little prince 🥰

Orange cat sitting on a green footstool in front of four tall bookshelves

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Saw these chickens on my walk today. I encounter chickens with surprising frequency for someone who has never lived in a rural area. Look at that thing’s feet! #birds

One black chicken running away, with the other giving chase

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This week we’re publishing our review of Claudia Rankine’s newest book Triage, out in two weeks from @graywolfpress.bsky.social. If you haven’t read any of Rankine’s books you are missing out. Her literary/visual pastiche format is so smart and effective 📚💙

Cover of Triage by Claudia Rankine’s, featuring two Black figures wearing orange who seem to have one shirt pulled over both of their bodies

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Look at the size of this caterpillar! Also it looks exactly like the emoji lol 🐛

A long neon green caterpillar on the sidewalk

Long neon green caterpillar next to chuck sneaker for scale. The caterpillar is about half the length of the shoe

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hmm what is Piper reading today? Oh, it’s Our Cut of Salt by @deenahelm.bsky.social, a literary thriller about generational trauma in the Palestinian diaspora out in September from @tornightfire.bsky.social! Great taste, Piper 📚💙

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just started Canon by Paige Lewis and it’s very charming and smart. I thought it might be too quirky for me based on the prepub reviews but I’m pleasantly surprised. Reminds me a little of Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red 📚💙

Cover of Paige Lewis’s Canon featuring a whale, salamander, and warrior with spear

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Still having my migraine but when I can read I am really enjoying All This Want (And I Can’t Get None) by T Clark. Short, slice of life style stories that pack enormous depth. You get a sense of how much careful thought (and likely revision) went into each one 📚💙

Cover of All This Want (And I Can’t Get None) by T Clark, pink background with arm with Black skin tone

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Female Life on Planet Earth is one of my favorites of the year so far. It’s a fresh and exciting take on the questions of what is womanhood, what is motherhood, and to what extent can these two identities comfortably exist in one person. 📚💙 Out in Sept from @harpercollins.bsky.social

Cover of Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi, featuring a hand holding a red flare surrounded by pink smoke

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

When you set off fireworks, this is who you’re scaring. I hope it’s worth it! She’ll be hiding in the bathroom for three days! 📚💙

An orange cat with greenish eyes looking into the camera. Her paws and chest are white. She sits on a windowsill next to some succulents

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Claudia Rankine writes about some of this stuff in her devastating new book Triage, out next month, which I will be reviewing. What is worth doing, and what are we capable of, while in a near constant state of collapse? 📚💙@graywolfpress.bsky.social

Cover of Claudia Rankine’s Triage, featuring two Black figures dressed in orange over yellow background. The figures are crammed into the same hoodie or jacket

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender with one image.

A black t-shirt with white writing that says Biggest Slut at the Public Library

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

She loves the laundry. For those of you keeping track

Orange cat on a pile of towels on a bed with an orange bedspread

Orange cat with white chin and chest on a pile of laundry with a hand petting her face

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Our neighborhood is literally like living in a @kellylink.bsky.social story 📚💙

A rabbit standing on its hind legs in the grass

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