Polly Farquhar

These were my husband's favorite books as a boy, he still talks about them, they 💯 % formed him (logic AND a junkyard!)

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I read POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY by Alice Walker and THE HANDMAID'S TALE in the same week one summer in college, and then I could only do mysteries for the rest of it.

Lawsuit Accuses Writer of Using Classmate’s Story in Best-Selling Memoir

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If you need a distraction, may I suggest a little genealogy. One week in on my husband's fam and we've debunked a Civil War story (ggg grandpa was from VA!) and now there's a pretty good chance I've found a bigamist. (Cuz who was getting a divorce in 1930?)

Paging Leroy Ninker!

#KidLit

Paging Leroy Ninker!

#KidLit

This morning on Exmoor …

Why Matthew Brennan couldn’t drink the podium beer after Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Matthew Brennan revealed he has coeliac disease after refusing the traditional celebratory drink on the podium at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, saying even a single gluten exposure could derail his season.

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Whenever I have to tell my kids "Come here if you want to talk to me" I think, Oh, damn, my mom was so right. 😂

Remember the announcement a few years back that @stephenking was going to have writing residencies at his former home in Maine? They're now open for applications stkfoundation.org/writers-resi...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

Someone should 100% write a TV series about Neil Sedaka, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow & Carole King growing up at the same neighborhood in Brooklyn

Musicians would probably be proud to be on that list unlike the other one

Forget what Epstein was listening to. What about the survivors? What music has helped them heal and speak out?

Saw someone refer to men’s doubles luge as Seated Rivalry and we need to just make a place for that in our hearts.

If you'd like to use these slides, especially if you can connect with other folks in these districts the files are here. If every person who calls their reps about this ALSO gets one other person to call and that person ALSO gets one other person to call & so on, well, that's collective action.

a blue graphic with red and white text that reads: If you are represented by the congresspeople listed above: Call your reps. Tell them they must oppose this bill at every turn. It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. If you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. If you are represented by one of the members of this committee listed below, they need to hear from you. Rep. Kevin Kiley, California (CA-3) (Chair) - entering vulnerable election cycle; Rep. Mary E. Miller, Illinois (Vice Chair); Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Pennsylvania; Rep. Burgess Owens, Utah; Rep. Michael A. Rulli, Ohio; Rep. James C. Moylan, Guam - entering vulnerable election cycle; Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Pennsylvania - entering vulnerable election cycle; Rep. Mark Harris, North Carolina; Rep. Mark B. Messmer, Indiana Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon, Ranking Member; Rep. Jahana Hayes, Connecticut Rep. Summer L. Lee, Pennsylvania; Rep. John W. Mannion, New York; Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, Florida; Rep. Alma S. Adams, North Carolina; Rep. Adelita Grijalva, AZ

a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision-making power over what books make it into the library. Misleadingly called the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act," H.R. 7661 is a national-level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language, "(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism." This means any book about a trans person or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the United States.

blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.

We've had a day to pull a few things together, so here's a thread some more targeted info opposing the potential national book ban just proposed in the House of Representatives.

Photo of the door of an apartment, numbered "404".

🎵 Can't find my way home 🎵

“Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
—Gertrude Stein

WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF.

Same frustrated loser energy, different decade. @jesseduquette.bsky.social

Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children. Gary Lineker

People are stupid. I'm ashamed to be human. Kurt Cobain

Had a dream a certain ketamine user left this earthly realm (+ not on a space ship!).

Do you know of published #KidLit #MGLit or #YALit authors/illus who able to market themselves and their books in creative and authentic ways?

Reply with a link to their main social where they are most active but pls keep reading first 🧵👇🏽

One of my top 3 craft books!

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Single-panel cartoon by Ellis Rosen. Scene is a literary agent's office, but sitting on both sides of the desk are dogs, not people. The agent holds a manuscript and is telling the eager-looking client: "If you introduce a stick in act one, somebody needs to throw it."