Eden Robins’s Tweets

Nov 1

An incredibly generous thread, wow

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Nov 1

Of all the alternate history premises in fiction, the McGuffin of @edenrobins's debut, "When Franny Stands Up," is one of the most unlikely and - it turns out - rich. read.sourcebooks.com/fiction/978172 1/

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Nominate your favorites for the Best of Chicago

I'm going to make custom bookplates (fancy word for stickers that go in your book) for When Franny Stands Up, personalized & signed, & I'd love to send you one! Can be for you or someone else (I hear it makes a great holiday gift). If you want one, DM me your info!

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's best-of nominations are open, and well, I'm trying to be better about asking for things, so if you feel up for nominating WHEN FRANNY STANDS UP for "Best new novel by a Chicagoan" I'd be friggin delighted!

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From this list, I am especially excited for new-to-me book THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY and perfect-for-holiday-downtime epic read THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING

(Unrelated, I also shocked to report that "behoove" does not derive from "hoof" etymonline.com/word/behoove)

I am lucky enough to have experienced this personally, but Cory's reviews are meticulous and thoughtful -- an incredible rarity these days! It would greatly behoove you to read and share this thread and these books!

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Each year around now, I round up all the books I reviewed in the past 12 months; as a convenience for readers and to remind myself, I don't need to feel so horribly guilty about all the books I *didn't* review (to those authors: rest assured, I still feel horribly guilty). 1/

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Interior of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore.

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These are involuntary psychic reactions that woman comedians can induce in female audience members when they're really cooking. A book that feels simultaneously utterly contemporary and like an old, beloved classic. pluralistic.net/2022/11/01/ede 25/

Cory's full, incredibly thoughtful review here! pluralistic.net/2022/11/01/ede

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VIII. When Franny Stands Up by @edenrobins Here's the McGuffin of this debut novel: The advent of World War II and the rise of woman comedians (filling in the vacuum left by the departure of all the men) reveals the existence of Showstoppers. 24/

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The cover for Eden Robins' novel 'When Franny Stands Up.'

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VIII. When Franny Stands Up by

Is it too early for a year-end best-of list?

Here's the McGuffin of this debut novel: The advent of World War II and the rise of woman comedians (filling in the vacuum left by the departure of all the men) reveals the existence of Showstoppers. 24/

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New newsletter! My favorite books, movies, and abandoned New Years' Resolutions of 2022 + bonus lewd animal fact...

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Fuck it, let’s be naughty together

Nov 29

Chicago's best-kept literary secret is

@WritersWeekFHS

, truly you cannot believe the line-up this year and trust me I'm not talking about myself Fun fact, though, it started while I was a junior in high school there, mumble mumble years ago

Literary agents threaten to blacklist HarperCollins from upcoming author projects in support of...

Victoria Strauss

@victoriastrauss

Nov 29

In an open letter to HarperCollins, more than 150 literary agents say they will not submit clients' mss. to the company until an agreement is reached with striking employees #WritingCommunity

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Around 250 entry- and mid-level staff members, from publicists to editorial assistants, have been on strike since Nov. 10 over wages and workforce diversity.

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Nov 28

A simultaneous breakdown of how humor works AND a takedown of a deeply stupid website? Take my eight dollars,

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A thread about writing funny, and why this ain't it.

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Literary Iceland Revels In Its Annual 'Christmas Book Flood'

Vagina Museum

@vagina_museum

Nov 25

We don't know much about how people dealt with their periods in the past, because due to taboos, it often wasn't written down. This means one of the most direct accounts of dealing with periods in the 18th century comes from... a murder trial.

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If you, like me, have been wanting to celebrate the world's best holiday - Iceland's Jolabokaflod (Christmas Book Flood) - while simultaneously supporting your local bookstores,

@Bookshop_Org

has free shipping all weekend! bookshop.org

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Icelanders are voracious readers. Books have been the Christmas gift of choice in this small nation for decades. The annual "Book Flood" tradition begins with a publisher's catalog in every mailbox.

'60s, '70s, and '80s History

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Nov 23

Poet Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago. Photo by Slim Aarons (1960)

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Nov 24

Happy anniversary of the time my mom told a synagogue full of old ladies that because I was vegetarian, we'd be having "Turfuckey" for Thanksgiving

Nov 23

Always getting snookered into tapping on Instagram ads for toddler clothes thinking they're my size

inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended

@PatBlanchfield

Nov 21

and yes that might be distressing but IMHO at the end of the day the reflexive "sure abolition sounds interesting but who will be the cops if we don't have cops" means reckoning not just with the famous Cop In Your Head but the Cop-Shaped Holes in our Imagination and Hearts too

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I hate to list my fave books I've read this year so early, but let's start here & add more if Twitter holds out: Search History -

@lim_eugene

The Trees - Percival Everett Human Blues - Elisa Albert Noopiming - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson The Drowned Life -

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Remake every DeNiro movie with Natasha Lyonne

Nov 19

Okay who wants to hire me to write a remake of Midnight Run as a police abolition comedy starring Natasha Lyonne in the DeNiro-ish role and Kathryn Hahn reprising Grodin

Nov 19

Friends, today is my birthday, and I would like to use the guilt that is my birthright to convince you the only present I need is for you to read and review my book amazon.com/gp/aw/d/172825

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Nov 19

Sometimes I think about how the original Mr Potato Head required you to bring your own real potato, what a bunch of cheap fucks

Nov 18

The real question is... is it a sandwich

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Ashlie Danielle Stevens

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Nov 17

You guys. I just found a "Chicago-style turkey" online and I can't look away. Please help.

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When Franny Stands Up: A Novel | IndieBound.org

Nov 18

When Franny Stands Up has yer LGBTQ+ rep, yer non-Holocaust story, yer Jewish experience outside NYC, and a bissel of your tikkun olam

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Named a Best Book of the Month by Bustle and Buzzfeed!As praised by Book Riot, Autostraddle, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and more!The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel meets A League of Their...

And happy #jewishbookmonth! I happen to know a novel that'll knock off a few of these squares for ya...

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Dr. Erika Dreifus

@erikadreifus

Nov 8

I've developed what I've dubbed the #JewishBookMonth Reading Challenge. Details on the My Machberet blog: bit.ly/JBookMonth

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A bingo card (created by myfreebingocards.com) with five rows and five columns. Title: #JewishBookMonth Reading Challenge.

Top (first row), left to right: Holiday that Isn't Hanukkah/Mizrahi Experience/MG or YA/Disability Rep/Non-Holocaust Novel.

Second row: LGBT Rep/Exile/Sephardic Experience/Play or Screenplay/Short-Story Collection.

Third row: Social Justice-Tikkun Olam/Written by a Rabbi/FREE SPACE/Frum Rep/Weekly Torah Portion.

Fourth row: Set Before 1900/Israeli History/Comics-Graphic Narrative/Translated Book/American Experience (Outside NYC)

Fifth row: Picture-Book Biography (not Anne Frank or Ruth Bader Ginsburg)/Written by a Jew by Choice/Poetry/Written by a Jew of Color/Diaspora Experience (Outside the U.S.)

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I am lucky my debut novel came out just under the wire, but it also sucks! I hope you check out WHEN FRANNY STANDS UP -- my love letter to Chicago, a comedy about trauma where jokes are magic and women rule stand-up. Then come find me & let's chat!

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R.O. Kwon is on Hive @rokwon

@rokwon

Nov 18

oh while the lights are still on: y'all independent bookstores make a third of their sales between Thanksgiving & the end of the year, & in times of chaos I promise books are still good please consider getting holiday presents from local bookstores, many of which ship nationwide

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I will be here, following new people, until the bitter end

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Arley Sorg

@arleysorg

Nov 17

Folks are talking about genre awards season! As you decide what to read/vote on, and as you (hopefully) talk about your favorite finds... Take a look at your reading lists, your recommendations:

The one time someone told me it was "really not cool" to talk about putting Mr. Clean in erotic fan fic because he was a "known asexual"

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cait

@punished_cait

Nov 17

what's the funniest thing someone's ever gotten mad at you for on here. i think mine is when somebody told me i was rich and privileged for saying back service corridors at malls are scary at night when i was in the service corridor bc i worked there

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Nov 15

How many writers talked about the end of Twitter in therapy this week?

Nov 15

This is my gender going forward, thank you for your support

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Haggard Hawks

@HaggardHawks

Nov 15

In 19th century English, a female dandy was known as a DANDIZETTE.