The Literate Lizard

RIP Isaiah Zagar.
Eyes Gallery in the early 1970s. Having dinner with him and Julia in Ecuador in 1988. My wife placing pieces of mosaic high on a wall of the Magic Gardens. She sold her jewelry at Eyes Gallery, and the Zagars came to her 70th birthday party in 2013. Great memories of a true artist.

I guess next the Trump administration will bring felony charges against the children for obstructing the work of law enforcement.

#Booksky #CurrentlyReading
I am 3/4s through The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman, and am reminded with every page that resistance is not something you can turn on and off, but must commit to for the long term. Also, every IRL horror story has hundreds of unsung heroes.

He left out the usual "with tears in their eyes" and "sir" when he said 'please help us' because he was so excited to get to the part about forcing himself on them.

Happy publication day to our eight 20% off new book picks of the week.

YouTube video by Nightloop Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽

Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

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Even as Rev. Jesse Jackson has died, his afterlife has begun through us. Through our undying struggle against racism. Through our eternal organizing of rainbow coalitions against resurgent ethnostates. Through our everlasting striving to “Keep Hope Alive!” Rest peacefully, Rev. Jackson. 🕊️💔

Authors of this week's picks on Bluesky: @mariapopova.bsky.social @dazeher.bsky.social

Publishers: @atriabooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @penguinpress.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through February 28th, 2026: - A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage: A Novel, by MK Oliver - Railsong: A Novel, by Rahul Bhattacharya - Everything Lost Returns: A Novel, by Sarah Domet - Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, by Heather Fawcett

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through February 28th, 2026 - Traversal, by Maria Popova - A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, by Gisèle Pelicot - Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, by Daisy Hernández - The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster, by Shelley Puhak

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...
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Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment.
#Booksky

Not one dime.

‘They All Tried to Break Me’: Gisèle Pelicot Shares Her Story

Tuesday is the publication date for Gisèle Pelicot's memoir A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, about the sexual assaults she suffered from her husband and others he invited. Order for 20% off: theliteratelizard.com/book/9798217...

Free link to an interview: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

ICE point weapon directly at woman peacefully protesting, just inches in front of her face.

Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called
"less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.

Authors of this week's books who are on Bluesky: @mayarupert.bsky.social @drmargenaxan.bsky.social @lukeepplin.bsky.social @lmichellesmith.bsky.social @angeliqueroche.bsky.social @lgions.bsky.social

Titles and authors of this week's post about books of interest to Black readers: - End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America, by Chris Jennings - The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family, by Dorothy Roberts - Faith Over Fear: Harnessing Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty, by Michael Leach - The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home, by Wil Haygood - The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic, by Maya Rupert - The Chosen and The Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States, by David J. Silverman - It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy, by Dr. Margena A. Christian - Remember the Times: A Memoir, by Teddy Riley - Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball, by Luke Epplin - Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, by L. Michelle Smith - Cocina Puerto Rico: Recipes from My Abuela’s Kitchen to Yours, by Mia Castro - I Hope You Find What You're Looking For: A Novel, by Bsrat Mezghebe - First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, by Angélique Roché, illustrated by Alvin Epps, Millicent Monroe and Bex Glendining - Keeper of Lost Children: A Novel, by Sadeqa Johnson.

Our weekly contribution to Black Kos/@dailykos.com of this week's newly released books of special interest to Black readers: www.dailykos.com/comments/236...
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Book links in the linked post.
Authors of this week's books on Bluesky can be found in the comment thread.

Incredible

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Here's a last-minute gift idea for all the panicking people who are just now realizing that today is Valentine's Day. It's sure to melt the heart of the object of your affection.

Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781250...

Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780593...

Happy Valentine's Day! Here are the covers of two new books on the science behind the smooches: Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last by Tom Bellamy Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection by Paul Eastwick

Happy Valentine's Day!
Here are two new books on the science behind the smooches:

Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last
by Tom Bellamy

Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection
by @pauleastwick.bsky.social
Links to buy in comment 🧵

Authors of these books who are on Bluesky: @lmichellesmith.bsky.social @mayarupert.bsky.social @lukeepplin.bsky.social @drmargenaxan.bsky.social @scottshanenyt.bsky.social (editor of The Writings of Thomas Smallwood)

Books on Black History and Culture published the week of February 8th 2026, and featured at 20% off in our Black History Month promotion, discounted through Feb. 28th 2026. - Remember the Times: A Memoir, by Teddy Riley - Faith Over Fear: Harnessing Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty, by Michael Leach - The Writings of Thomas Smallwood, edited by Scott Shane - The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic, by Maya Rupert - Moses and the Doctor: Two Men, One Championship, and the Birth of Modern Basketball, by Luke Epplin - It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy, by Dr. Margena A. Christian - The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family, by Dorothy Roberts - Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church L. Michelle Smith - The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home, by Wil Haygood

These brand-new books on Black history and culture, published just this week, are part of our 20% off Black History Month promotion, which features over 100 titles in all. Titles/authors in alt-text.
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Authors who are on Bluesky in the following comment. 🧵

That post I make of the week's newly published books on @dailykos.com is a comment I make in one of the two weekly Black Kos stories (Tuesday and Friday.) I usually post it on Friday. Here is last week's list: www.dailykos.com/comments/236...
I'll post this week's list there tomorrow.

I do have a 20% off sale of a hundred or so mostly recent books over ten categories every year for Black History Month: theliteratelizard.com/black-histor.... But year-round I always feature diverse voices, and each week I post a list of the week's new books on Black subjects at @dailykos.com

Every day brings another revelation about Bondi's corruption. She needs to be removed from her position. She likely needs to be indicted as well.

"I believe you just lied under oath. "

Defund these thugs. In the meantime, arrest them for their unlawful and dangerous actions.

You didn't try to avoid it. You DID it, along with all your other dangerous, unlawful and fascist acts. Defund these thugs!

Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

This is disastrous and evil. Spread the word. Call your members of Congress, even if you don't live in these states.

Happy publication day to our 20% off new release book picks of the week. Here's the direct link to this promo: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...
You'll find lots more 20% off promos on our home page, so take a look: theliteratelizard.com
Don't give your book biz to Bezos!

Read them all. And then do everything you can to end this horror. Defund ICE. Enact real immigration reform.