Bethanne Patrick
@TheBookMaven
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Angry feminist, lifelong depressive, stalwart ally. Critic @LATimes, more. Teaches: @WriteinDC Speaking @TuesdayAgency Podcast, book, social links below⤵️
McLean, VA
Joined August 2008
This just in:. Simon & Schuster today announced that Jonathan Karp, Chief Executive Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to step down from his role as CEO.
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ICYMI: . @AAKnopf TO PUBLISH NOBODY’S GIRL: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVING ABUSE AND FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE BY VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE, ON OCTOBER 21, 2025.
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A posthumous memoir by prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre is set for release on Oct. 21.
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RT @ajkeen: Getting Queerer Quicker: No, The Literary Man Isn't Disappearing—He's Just Not Longer White or Straight , by @ajkeen
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Now THIS is understanding the assignment ;) . (CONFESSION: I have not read MOBY DICK, either. Saving it for my dotage by the sea, which is coming up pretty quickly.).
@goodreads I have never read Moby Dick! So there’s one. But it’s a long list. Lots of classics to get through.
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I need this, except perhaps with an all-women-writers stack. (Austen and Brontes and Burnett and. Homer?).
Completely obsessed with the keyring someone gave me for my birthday
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LIT SIRENS ON!!!. Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, will publish Vigil, a new novel by the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders, on January 27, 2026.
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Caught in the middle of a political battle, @BlackRock reaffirmed its focus is helping millions of Americans save for retirement. They warned that injecting politics from either side risks undermining financial performance.
prosperityretirementalliance.com
Millions of Ameircans depend on the security of their retirement savings to live with dignity after a lifetime of hard work. That’s why the Alliance for Prosperity and a Secure Retirement (APSR)...
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Harriet the Spy.
If you could swap lives with any book character for a day, who would it be?.
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Season 3 is live! Listen to my interview with Martha Anne Toll on substack:
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LIT SIRENS ON 🚨🚨🚨. Amazon Buys Don Winslow’s Short Novel ‘Collision’ From Author’s New Collection THE FINAL SCORE In Major Deal; Jake Gyllenhaal To Star & Produce.
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EXCLUSIVE: In a major deal that was highly competitive with multiple bidders, Amazon has bought the rights to Collision, a short novel in Don Winslow’s upcoming story collection The Final Score for...
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LIT SIRENS ON 🚨🚨🚨. @VikingBooks to publish STAYING GOLD: THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE OUTSIDERS by Danny Boy O’Connor, founder of The Outsiders House Museum + Tulsa World pop culture writer Jimmie Tramel, on S. E. Hinton's 1967 groundbreaking novel to the blockbuster film. 11/25.
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LIT SIRENS ON 🚨🚨🚨. The 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction was won by Yael van der Wouden for THE SAFEKEEP: an unsettling, tightly-plotted debut novel which explores repressed desire and historical amnesia set against the backdrop of the Netherlands post-WWII.
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RT @ajkeen: We Get the Non-Fiction We Deserve: From AI Empires to Wokeness Critiques to a Year Without Sex , by @TheBookMaven @ajkeen http….
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RT @ajkeen: We Get the Serial Killers & Heroes We Deserve: From a WW2 French Sisterhood to American Male Psychos, by @ajkeen @TheBookMaven….
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RT @QueenMab87: I just learned this about Susan Brownmiller today. It’s horrifying and undermines the importance of her work which I admit….
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Get your reading engines started. .
🏖️📚SUMMER READING SEASON 😎☀️ officially kicks off this weekend, and here is @lauriemuchnick with a helpful preview of coming attractions! (You can thank her later 😉) @doubledaybooks @tjenkinsreid @randomhouse @veschwab @torbooks
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(In the vein of "that's what she said") . when we have privilege.
Be mindful that we, most times, have a choice on how to respond to life’s demands.
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This is so important. Finding a Virginia venue for our daughter's wedding meant crossing out A LOT of places connected to enslavement. We found a beautiful spot that was built by a Yankee in the 1930s. That doesn't mean it's free of racism, but it's better than a plantation.
Shoutout to Whitney Plantation, who has always BANNED WEDDINGS at their location and allowed the entire facility and its grounds to be an indoor and outdoor museum. It also houses the genealogical records for over 100,000 enslaved people. You can search for your loved ones in
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RT @saminthecan: I've never wanted a strike to happen more in my life. All solidarity with NJ Transit Engineers!
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