@hsmithwrites.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief, Washington Independent Review of Books. Loser-in-chief, "Jeopardy!" season 39. "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."
Join host Glo Shines at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social at 14th & V in DC tonight at 8 p.m. for a poetry, music, and spoken-word open mic! It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/tue...
25.11.2025 22:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I just went to unholy lengths to wrestle the guts out of a half-frozen turkey, and I may need to work a few things out in therapy now.
25.11.2025 21:40 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
Lesson: Never plot a coup.
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25.11.2025 17:51 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1Over at @wirobooks.bsky.social, WHERE THE BONES LIE has been named one of their favorite books of year! “Kolakowski mixes these standard ingredients into a satisfying blend that keeps the reader turning the pages." Check it out!
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An Interview with Tiffany Hopkins. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @hachetteus.bsky.social #booksky
25.11.2025 17:24 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Very pleased to be on this list.
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Today's "No-Pressure Reading Recommendation" to my students...
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Moments of brilliance brighten this otherwise overstuffed slog. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @penguinpress.bsky.social #booksky
25.11.2025 11:24 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you @wirobooks.bsky.social
25.11.2025 10:29 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0💙🥰
25.11.2025 04:31 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I’m so honored to see When the Tides Held the Moon included among WIROBooks’ Favorite books of 2025!! Thank you!!
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I just finished this outstanding book and don't quite know what to do with myself now.
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“The barn’s preservation means our voices, our land and our legacy will finally be part of how the world remembers Emmett Till — and how it learns from him.”—Gloria Carter Dickerson
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It's here! It's here! @wirobooks.bsky.social's breathlessly awaited "51 Favorite Books of 2025"--oh so many to choose from. Is your favorite on here? Some that you've missed? Time to update that already-towering TBR list . . .
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A federal judge also dismissed the criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
24.11.2025 17:44 — 👍 561 🔁 114 💬 6 📌 10This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
24.11.2025 17:36 — 👍 15834 🔁 3655 💬 595 📌 553We could make a new cat from the hair I just cleaned out of the Roomba.
24.11.2025 17:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love to be on this list with such an incredible group of writers!
24.11.2025 16:24 — 👍 28 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0So, @wirobooks.bsky.social continues to be incredibly kind and creates lists that don't look like a lot of others. (Very grateful WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON is on here.)
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Also, I spy @ambersparks.bsky.social,
who launched HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE deep in our national existential crisis, in an occupied city.
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Our 51 Favorite Books of 2025! Congrats to @erikaswyler.bsky.social @americangwyn.bsky.social @imaniperry.bsky.social @nkolakowski.bsky.social @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social @melissafebos.bsky.social @venessakelley.bsky.social www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our...
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