Arrive at the cemetery and a woman gardening calls out, ‘You looking for Sylvia? She’s over there.’ Then we see all the pens, flower bunches, and the endearing objects left for a woman we know only through her words. Yes, we’re here for Sylvia. 🖤

Fire on the Lake

'I don't think it was just the tequila, either, at least not entirely, though I'm not saying all those double margaritas poured over ice cubes in large tumblers with no salt didn't have something to do with the rosy glow in which it all still basks.' ♥️ this sentence -Eve Babitz

Here’s my contribution to the latest “Fall” issue of @bookforum — a somewhat lengthy rummage around the life, novels, letters, and legacy of the Scottish writer Muriel Spark, with cameos from Waugh, Trollope, Compton-Burnett, Updike, Robbe-Grillet, Kermode https://t.co/sPfvMJN566

📚 Thank you to everyone who has read and shared their thoughts on our first 4 books – your love for these stories means the world to us! 🌊 Don't forget, if you love translated fiction, you can subscribe to Foundry Editions 2025! https://t.co/Iqlky5Li7r

SPANISH BEAUTY by Esther Garcia Llovet and Richard Village is publishing today! “A very well-written and disconcerting book, that is short, elusive and genre breaking, all set beneath “clouds scattered strangely like spelling mistakes.” - The Critic. https://t.co/2ib3oaa1wZ

New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.

Under a golden sun.

Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!

Say what?? Number 6 in the Apple book podcast charts and listed as a top show after only 1 week? 🎉🥳🙌Thank you to all of you for downloading and subscribing - I am so grateful and don’t forget episode two is out tomorrow so please do download! #TheTorturedWritersPodcast

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. https://t.co/TgHP4d0hrg

Fascinating drop in traffic of the traditional media. I wonder how much this has to do with their clearly biased Gaza coverage destroying trust in traditional media, and the new space this has created for other sources of news

The Hind Rajab Foundation announces it has submitted a 120 page filing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, revealing the names of 24 Israeli soldiers implicated in the killing of Palestinian child Hind Rajab, six members of her family, along with two

A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest. They’ll tell you fascism in this country is a working-class phenomenon. That’s a lie. It’s the ruling class, and their snivelling lackeys like

Nightingale & Co in #translation by @MarinaSofia8

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #BookTwitter @HutchHeinemann

You can protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and unequivocally condemn the antisemitic terror attack in Manchester. Don’t let politicians or the media tell you that you can’t do both.

I am honored beyond words can say. I look forward to our embrace, people of Apartheid-free South Africa. You shine.

I am in Italy & can confirm that the entire country seems united behind the slogan 'Viva La Palestina' "Italy’s Gaza protests raise pressure on Meloni. Strikes & demonstrations are intensifying Italian opposition to Israel’s war, challenging the PM" https://t.co/w5xxNvT7RK

'...a very different feel to most murder mysteries.' @annabookbel kicks off the blog tour for A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir

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