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Journalist & author. Editorial at . Author of THE DEEP END & BORN READING. Alum , Magical Threads & .

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    7 May 2021

    So proud to see the 21st Century Federal Writers Project proposed by . You can read about the original in my book, "The Deep End." DM me & I'll share some source material from the 1930s.

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    Apr 13

    Libraries across the country are facing an increasingly coordinated effort to remove books from shelves. With , BPL seeks to combat the negative impact of censorship. Learn more at

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  3. Apr 21

    This thread outlines some fascinating ways you can create and refine text prompts for AI to generate as images (I'm obsessed with this lately).

    A dollhouse replica of a building being reclaimed by nature, left inside that same building. A sculpture project I wanted to do years ago, now generated with AI. 🪄
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  4. Apr 21

    “Our goal is to give both students and adults the chance to read and learn more about the books being banned in their districts and elsewhere and provide the rare opportunity to engage on the platform with the authors”

    We're excited to launch our new virtual Banned Books Club on social reading app . Each month the club will present a different work of recently barred in one or more U.S. school districts or states. Join the conversation!
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    Apr 20

    April 20, 1922: Life before the ballpoint pen. The only thing missing from this proto-Homer Simpson is a “D’oh!” (Baltimore Sun)

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    Apr 18

    The book we’ll be discussing on the next episode of Backlisted (Mon 25th April, earlier for supporters) is Natalia Ginzburg’s novel Lessico famigliare AKA Family Lexicon (1963).

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    Apr 17

    Our book for the month is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams! Want to know more about what you're getting into? Check out 's ultimate guide to the best selling novel!

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    Apr 17

    It’s here!

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    Apr 10
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    I read 70-80 books a year. Wish it were more. I love comics and graphic novels, but have moved away from them because my eyesight isn’t as good as it was. Now that I have reading glasses, maybe I can go back.

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    Apr 8

    You have until April 30th to nominate a book for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The prize will be given to a writer whose work reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work. Details here:

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    Apr 7

    Happy confirmation day to the Supreme Court of , y’all!

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  12. Apr 7

    "Journalists are the one thing in this country that keeps the forces in power in check. They’re the final guardians of this fragile democracy we have in Japan."

    Read TOKYO VICE together on Fable! First 50 signups for the club will receive the ebook as a gift! Then, relive the story with the TV adaptation of the thrilling memoir April 7th on HBO MAX!
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    Apr 6

    Getting my book fact-checked is a supremely humbling experience, but also reinforces how absurd it is that nonfiction books aren’t fact-checked as a matter of course!

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    Apr 7

    Our account would like to follow smaller, independent publishers. We want to expand our vision and we need your help. Who should we follow? Please let us know below.

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    Apr 6

    This is an important topic, and as Ruchika says the difference in advances is only the tip of the iceberg! I want to read in a world where the books that I read are written by people who want to write, not just people who can afford to write. Thank you !

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  16. Apr 7

    Come for the dialup modum, but stay for the breathtaking sound of a Walkman Sony WM-32 cassette player.

    The Museum of Endangered Sounds is a soundboard of dozens of sounds from old technologies, like dialup modems, ICQ notifications, rotary phones, dot matrix printers, Space Invaders, and cash registers.
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  17. Apr 1

    "The thing that used to worry him most was the fact that people always used to ask him what he was looking so worried about." It's a good time to be rereading Douglas Adams.

    Month 4 of the RM Book Challenge has begun! This month we'll be reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams with the Little Prince as our bonus book! Happy reading! 💜
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    Mar 31

    What are we reading, everyone, as we slide into spring?

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    Mar 23

    Gonna write a topical horror movie called Schismogenesis.

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  20. Mar 23

    Rereading “Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder” by Lawrence Weschler, one of my security blanket books.

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  21. Mar 21

    "one of the books was about life as a transgender teen. 'It is her biography of her life growing up as a transgendered teenager and obviously this group thought that was too much for their children to read,' Baker said."

    Texa librarian loses job after not removing books that a group called “inappropriate” or “pornographic” |
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