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Terese Svoboda

@tsvoboda.bsky.social

Writer of fiction, memoir, biography, translation and poetry. Husband calls me Spitfire. Oy!

1,682 Followers  |  1,820 Following  |  191 Posts  |  Joined: 28.09.2023
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Hitler and My Mother-in-Law by Terese Svoboda - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Melissa Kutsche Β  Hitler and My Mother-in-Law by Terese Svoboda focuses on the life and career of the author’s mother-in-law, Patricia (Pat) Lochridge Hartwell. Hartwell was the first woman ...

MER gave Hitler a terrific review! (somehow that doesn't sound so good!) merliterary.com/2026/02/21/h...

26.02.2026 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caned by Terese Svoboda | Sandalwood Poetry Reed Diffuser | Urban Ganges A stick, pared clean-no, a silver-toppedbamboo-with-dagger, class doubling as club,the advantage of gravity lifted highovercoming the disadvantage of poking ahead.He demurs. Weakness either way.A man ...

Cranky Dad-inspired in India! www.urbanganges.com/product-page...

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Bibliocracy Radio

I talk about truth under Trump and many other things. www.bibliocracyradio.org

09.02.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Truth in memoir In our Orwellian moment, we need to start somewhere

Truth in memoir
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I keep getting notices that there are more troops in Greenland. Clickbait. No.

24.01.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter - Electric Literature Grab a warm drink and cozy up with these great new indie titles

Love this list of books not to miss from @electricliterature.com - #smallpress books by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @davidtromblay.bsky.social @tsvoboda.bsky.social @hayneswrites.com and others!

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This Is Textbook Nazism 1.20.2026

It's out in the open.
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maybe Trump's plan is to simply murder all the Greenlanders.

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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.

Masha Gessen lays it down -- now is the time! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

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visiting my favorite author Betty Fussell (The Kitchen Wars and last year's How to Cook a Coyote and next year's Murder in Mendicito!). She's 99.

18.01.2026 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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leaving California

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@book-soup.bsky.social I've been Book Souped! Toby and the brilliant Jim Ruland and myself, after eviscerating Hitler and My Mother-in-Law!

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15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter - Electric Literature Grab a warm drink and cozy up with these great new indie titles

Hurray for Hitler and My Mother-in-Law!
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Member Spotlight: Terese Svoboda - The Authors Guild Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? Writing expresses what’s going on in the mind battered by the world. An extension of orality, it requires f...

In the midst of national chaos, I offer a few words on my book. authorsguild.org/member-spotl...

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Knock hard. Life is deaf. Mimi Parent, Canadian Surrealist.

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with the 80 the US slaughtered last night, that makes nearly 200 Venezuelans killed for Trump

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Cuba will "fall" says 45. Fall? As in they can't keep it together? What is all this falling? Are there dominoes involved?

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Terese Svoboda's Hitler and my Mother-in-Law The art of confabulation

"Personally I’m suspicious of story, the ways in which the narrative format distorts our view of factual data and raw experience. Svoboda shares this suspicion, yet she is herself a riproaring storyteller." -- Dawn MacDonald reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/p/terese-svo...

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Book giveaway for Hitler and My Mother-in-Law by Teresa Svoboda Dec 23-Jan 04, 2026 Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 23-Jan 04, 2026. Readers will be riveted! Free 5 first edition signed copies of th...

Giveaway! Hitler and My Mother-in-Law! Until January 4 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Hitler and My Mother-in-Law A new memoir tells the story of Patricia Lochridge, a World War II correspondent who stole a painting from Hitler and danced with Hermann GΓΆring.

airmail.news/issues/2025-... Hitler and My Mother-in-Law on Air Mail

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AI or human-authored work? (including my story).The result:
Participants consistently rate AI-written stories as easier to read, and for those who are fooled by AI, the easier the story is to read, the more they like the story." Harvard, among others, ran the study.

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Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth) The first time I met my mother-in-law, Patricia Hartwell, she displayed her World War II trophies, the highlights being Hermann Goering’s medals and his tiny Minox camera, Goebbel’s silverware, a c…

Should I have written my memoir Hitler and My Mother-in-Law? lithub.com/hitler-and-m...

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Home The Santa Monica Review is a nationally distributed literary arts journal sponsored by Santa Monica College. The journal is published twice yearly, in Fall and Spring.

D.A. Hosek's new story in Santa Monica Review! @dahosek.bluesky.social
www.smc.edu/sm-review/in...

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Thank you so much!

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Reviews of Books I Got for Free or Cheap | Dawn Macdonald | Substack Concise, idiosyncratic reviews of books I got for free or cheap, with an emphasis on Canadian poetry. Click to read Reviews of Books I Got for Free or Cheap, by Dawn Macdonald, a Substack publication....

Dawn McDonald, winner of the Griffin Prize, gave Hitler and My Mother-in-Law a very nice review.
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@sfwp.bsky.social I've been longlisted for a new novel, Dot and Edward, about a wealthy couple in a lavender marriage in the dangerous 50s. ! buff.ly/W9BV5sP

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The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This December Body modification, annotated lyrics and more to close out 2025

Hitler and My Mother-in-Law makes a December read. www.insidehook.com/books/books-...

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Angelenos! I'm reading/powerpoint, singing and dancing at Book Soup January 15 at 7 PLUS a complete cross-examination by the illustrious Jim Ruland, punk historian and novelist extraordinaire. Be there and square. PLUS Today it's finally published!!! Three pub dates later.

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AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models

I don't know about "helping." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Witch Hunts Evergreen Review

A whole chapter of Hitler and My Mother-in-Law at Evergreen Review @evergreenreview.bsky.social. Order the rest of the book or ebook @ORbooks.bsky.social
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