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Ellen Kushner

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Author & woman around town. Married to Delia Sherman. Wrote Swordspoint. Host/writer of public radio’s Sound & Spirit. A new gig every 17 years. Back to writing novels. Seeking for further amusement. I would probably like you.

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New York Blood Center urges donations as shortage hits during National Blood Donor Month • Brooklyn Paper With National Blood Donor Month underway, New York’s blood supply is running dangerously low, prompting the New York Blood Center to declare an emergency and

www.brooklynpaper.com/new-york-blo...

23.01.2026 22:59 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Isn't this what the 2nd Amendment was supposed to prevent?

23.01.2026 14:27 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I think right believes a lot of their own bs. They thought libs and left really were just a bunch of hysterical snowflakes who would instantly crumble. I'm sorry the good people of Minnesota are being assaulted but they have proven their mettle and their heart.

23.01.2026 01:48 — 👍 45    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

“ICE might not break into my house and try to take one of my family members, because we’re all white,” Fee told me. “But I’m not going to not care just because it’s not going to happen to me. That’s irresponsible, that’s disrespectful, and it’s sinful, honestly.”

- NY Times

23.01.2026 15:20 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

We already had the real-world experience of unvaccinated people getting measles, and it's why we invented the vaccine for measles.

It's one thing to be a sociopath playing with the lives of others. It's another to be gleefully stupid about it.

23.01.2026 14:47 — 👍 1722    🔁 551    💬 105    📌 16

Dude my refrigerator can add a frog shit dispenser but I’m not gonna start pushing the button

20.01.2026 18:00 — 👍 414    🔁 53    💬 6    📌 0

At least they were stupid enough to fuck with Minnesota first (if they had to fuck with anyone at all) bc Minnesotans are now setting an amazing precedent for the rest of the nation.

23.01.2026 00:51 — 👍 65    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

A good time was had by all!

21.01.2026 19:54 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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TONIGHT: I’ll be reading something 🌶️ HOT & SPICY 🌶️ 🥵to keep you warm!

(NYC predicting 17F🧊at 7pm)

20.01.2026 19:28 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Probably not

20.01.2026 19:23 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

this is good

more cops saying stuff like this please

20.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 3197    🔁 538    💬 46    📌 9
Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho | IDEALS

Guess what, the full catalog to my Sappho exhibit is now available for free download!!! 52 pages of full color! :)

20.01.2026 18:51 — 👍 27    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Richard Thompson
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Angelique Kidjo
The Bobs
Mary Chapin Carpenter

20.01.2026 04:53 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 6
Authors Amanda Cockrell, Ellen Kushner, Caitlin Rozakis and Michael Swanwick - Brooklyn Books Booze January 20 at 7pm at Barrows Intense

Authors Amanda Cockrell, Ellen Kushner, Caitlin Rozakis and Michael Swanwick - Brooklyn Books Booze January 20 at 7pm at Barrows Intense

Tomorrow! NYC, don't miss this reading with me, @amandacockrell.bsky.social @ellenkushner.bsky.social and @michaelswanwick.bsky.social at @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social!

I'm going to be reading from my upcoming STARTUP HELL, so this is your chance for a sneak peek!
MORE: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

19.01.2026 16:25 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

What a gorgeous cutting board!

20.01.2026 04:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You know what to do!

20.01.2026 04:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You cannot be entirely sad when your home smells of baking bread.

19.01.2026 21:31 — 👍 51    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 2
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Happy 97th, Dad: a 20c American immigrant memoir Plus: I'm giving a reading in NYC this Tuesday, Jan 20th (footnote: there will be Riverside cocktails!)

My father ruminates on why being born in 1929 to immigrant parents was a lucky break.

I also invite you to my reading in Brooklyn this Tuesday - and reveal a cocktail created for my Riverside books!

19.01.2026 16:39 — 👍 21    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

NYC! TOMORROW 1/20!!
What would you like me to read to you, please?
a) WIP
b) obscure short story excerpt
c) from book I wrote you’ve already read

19.01.2026 15:20 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

So kind of you!

19.01.2026 05:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm glad. Thanks! Stay well.

19.01.2026 02:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

not.....yet.....!

19.01.2026 02:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, yes. The genus Scribblerius Solus. It has been recorded.

19.01.2026 02:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy 97th, Dad: a 20c American immigrant memoir Plus: I'm giving a reading in NYC this Tuesday, Jan 20th (footnote: there will be Riverside cocktails!)

Brand new!

19.01.2026 01:52 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Oh we do have the same taste don’t we

18.01.2026 07:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Every time I see someone say "why are people afraid if they aren't breaking the law" I want to force them, Clockwork Orange style, to read 100 articles about people who were legal immigrants! with work permits! with no criminal history! who were kidnapped by ICE.

Anyway donate to this guy please

18.01.2026 02:14 — 👍 416    🔁 111    💬 4    📌 0

The Laws of ξενία are no longer honoured in the Lands of the Amerikoi. Their King is greedy and exacts weighty tribute from all who visit his court, while flatterers and informers whisper in his ears day and night.

To paraphrase Euripides, "Alas, what evil government reigns in America!"

17.01.2026 03:37 — 👍 23    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

There’s a whiting close behind us and he’s treading on my tail

18.01.2026 07:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Secret Truth: Writers are just pathetically needy. Pay us enough intelligent attention and you basically own us.

18.01.2026 07:26 — 👍 47    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 3

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