Susan Thomsen

Northern Soul is thriving across the U.K. thanks to Gen Z looking to dance "Northern Soul is inherently up-tempo, Black American music that never really made it in America," says Lewis Henderson, one-half of the Deptford Northern Soul Club in the U.K.

Thank you, Brits, for keeping the classic soul flame alive. 🇬🇧
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…

For those of you waking up to news that someone burned the synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, here's a link to donate to fire recovery efforts.

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MELIA is spending her second Christmas at the shelter. Lets end 2025 with a bang! By finding her a forever adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Shes an amazing, smart, beautiful dog. Please adopt her

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793

Hell, yeah. And we fcking read, including the dark history of these 50 states, not just our own. We can teach y’all if you avoid the high horse and listen.

Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.

Of Gargoyles and Guttersnipes: How City College Stood Up to Fascism in 1934 - The Volunteer Antifascism has long been synonymous with American values. In 1934, student activists at New York’s City College arguably understood this better than many do today.

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one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

Hurry!

If you haven't been through the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, admission is free on July 2, the 100th anniversary of Medgar Evers' birthday.

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2025 Longlist Announcement - Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist. Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47...

What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.

“I love what I do and I love helping people.”

Meet Sarina, who has been operating a bus for 16 years with a personal love for driving. Her joy and dedication help us keep New York moving!

Not to like toot my own horn but *every time* I bring up tariffs on the radio I define them: "tariffs are taxes American businesses pay to import goods from abroad."

Given all the lies and the fact that many Americans didn't take international economics 101, I encourage others to do this as well.

Open Letter Books Partners with Deep Vellum Publishing Dallas’s Deep Vellum Publishing and will assume publishing, distribution, and marketing responsibilities for Open Letter Books, based at the University of Rochester. Open Letter’s editorial direction ...

Hello! Good morning to literature-lovers worldwide!

We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with the University of Rochester, and we welcome @openletterbooks.bsky.social as the newest member of the Deep Vellum family.

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Different one! But, still, the King! I have even been to Graceland.

Right? Yes, ma'am! Years ago I wrote a small gift book about Elvis, and just recently found out he is a distant cousin...at least on paper!

And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

Basket of Nean is one of my favorite artists in Madrid. I hate to see this!

Destruyendo el arte urbano a martillazos El Ayuntamiento de Madrid destroza obras del artista urbano Basket of Nean mientras llena las calles de muñecos de Meninas intervenidas por Pablo Motos o Susana Griso. Cuestión de prioridades

¿Dónde acaba el arte y empieza el vandalismo? El Ayuntamiento de Madrid destroza obras de pixel art de Basket of Nean mientras llena las calles de muñecos de Meninas intervenidas por artistas de la talla de Pablo Motos, Carmen Lomana o Susana Griso. Cuestión de prioridades
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From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

Y'all, these poems in the February issue of Bodega! They're fabulous. www.bodegamag.com/issues/144 #poetry

James by Percival Everett: 9780385550369 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved...

#FridayReads JAMES, by Percival Everett. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738749...

Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."

Photo shows traffic cone, orange fire hydrant in foreground. Orange/purple skies, traffic with headlights on, turning cars, glow of Mcdonald’s sign in distance

Nashville’s West End at sunset, for the #blueskyartshow with the theme of #light.

When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

Good Girl by Aria Aber: 9780593731116 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books An electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery—“a stunning coming-of-age story” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and a portrait of the...

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