David Naimon

“In that spirit, we ask you to say ‘no’ to sponsorship from banks that profit from and facilitate the destruction of Palestine, that are deeply implicated in the global arms trade overall and which go against the spirit of the work of the writers you otherwise center.”

Hundreds of Authors Ask Portland Book Festival to Divest From Banks Tied to Israeli Weapons Andrew Jankowski

Signatories include Naomi Klein and Omar El Akkad.

i intentionally chose to listen to @davidnaimon.bsky.social
's
inspiring & profound conversation w/ Robert Macfarlane on the William Commanda Bridge which spans the Ottawa River between Ottawa & Gatineau. spirals not lines! time is a river. scale. whoa. soooo great.

just finished listening to this beautifully rich conversation between @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social & @davidnaimon.bsky.social. when she speaks of the role of ancestors...whoa. such a great episode.

Finally finished this and it was so wonderful and made me feel tender but also really had me thinking about the equally great Samatar/Zambreno episode and how their book locates tone in a color alongside a word, like melancholy blue, and what about fellowship as a tone and what color would it be

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Open letter to the Portland Book Festival
“We ask you to say ’no’ to sponsorship from banks that profit from and facilitate the destruction of Palestine.”
Consider adding your name:
lithub.com/an-open-lett...

Such a great episode of a wonderful book #podcast. Thank you, @davidnaimon.bsky.social, as ever! 💙📚 🗃

I like the strategy of not letting Dersh have any of the pierogis. I think this is scalable.

There’s a quote from Brian Eno about the Velvet Underground, saying that their album only sold 30k copies, but everyone who bought one went out and started a band.

Just something I’m thinking about today.

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

As recipients of Literary Arts' fellowship for publishers, we ask them to divest from genocide. Please sign and share. Free Palestine.

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Writers and literary organizations urge the Portland Book Festival “to say ’no’ to sponsorship from banks that profit from and facilitate the destruction of Palestine.”

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Anyone doing anything with Wells Fargo or Bank of America should
Stop. They are a gang of racist punks, some of the worst capitalism, in all its ignorance and greed, has to offer.

lithub.com/an-open-lett...

Signed! Thanks for sharing.

As a workshop leader for @literary-arts.org, as a former Oregon Book Award winner, as a Portlander, and as a Jew, I didn’t hesitate to sign this.

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Hey if you are or have been a participant/attendee/admirer of the Portland Book Festival or other Literary Arts programming please consider signing on to this divestment ask!! lithub.com/an-open-lett...

Love how she's wearing a necklace!!💜💖💕

“Let us come together to celebrate literature without lending these banks the shine of our collective dreams for a better future, without helping the reputations of those who profit off death in the shadows.” 📣📣📣

An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival We, the undersigned writers & literary organizations, many of whom have been a part of the Literary Arts ecosystem in some way—whether the Portland Book Festival, as finalists or winners of the…

Open letter to the Portland Book Festival
“We ask you to say ’no’ to sponsorship from banks that profit from and facilitate the destruction of Palestine.”
Consider adding your name:
lithub.com/an-open-lett...

Always worth your time. Really, really.

yes

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Check out One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER&nbsp;&bull; SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;From award-winning nove...

More and more this seems like the book of the year both because it's wonderful and because its message is so crystal clear. bookshop.org/p/books/one-...

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

I just relistened this wkend to El Akkad's conversation with @davidnaimon.bsky.social, it's as deeply felt as the book tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...

Thinking about this and also this: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...

Bookmarking

This is an amazing interview!

A section from an interview with Ursula K. Le Guin, where interviewer David Naimon cites Le Guin, having stated that resistance and change often begin in art, which often begins in the art of words. Le Guin replies, stating that dictators are always afraid of poets.

Love this from the last section of the interview on poetry. I've definitely seen this as the reaction to things here, on Bluesky.

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for making the shortlist for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards
ICYMI here is our conversation about One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Audio❤️💚🖤: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social
@textpublishing.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

💙🏊🐳🏊💙

Finally swam through this conversation today, and now I need to dive right back in to hear it again.

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

Congratulations to Omar El Akkad for making the shortlist for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards
ICYMI here is our conversation about One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Audio❤️💚🖤: tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social
@textpublishing.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk