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Samantha Dunn

@samydunn.bsky.social

Author Failing Paris, Not By Accident & more. Senior editor, Southern California News Group & BOOKISH virtual show. sdunn@scng.com

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Clearly she had it coming…

18.01.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Karen Palmer with Samantha Dunn, discusses and signs "She's Under Here".

LA friends. I'll be reading from She's Under Here and discussing the book with the magnificent @samydunn.bsky.social at Diesel Bookstore on Sunday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. Please comeβ€”I'd love to say hi. (p.s. A reservation helps the store plan.)

dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

22.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same. And I want it right now.

19.07.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This article from Persuasion on Substack stopped me in my tracks today: β€œIs America Still a Free Country?”

16.07.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œGinsberg: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.
Twitter: Hold my beer.”

I have real work to do yet here I am, immersed in this addictive crack thing of a novel by @marksarvas.bsky.social
#amreading

12.07.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mexico sent more than thoughts and prayers.

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Me!

29.06.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is pretty astounding. 79% of Republicans are happy with the way America is right now, 4% of Democrats are.

03.06.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe only journalists will get this, but damn I still laughing…

18.05.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One guy…who is enabled by countless others in order to make all of this possible.

10.05.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bookish with Meghan Daum and Matthew Specktor
YouTube video by Southern California News Group Bookish with Meghan Daum and Matthew Specktor

Is our creative class disappearing?
What does it mean to be "problematized"?
Matthew Specktor and Meghan Daum are two of America's most exciting writers at the intersection of cultural criticism and personal narrative. Experience them both on this episode of BOOKISHβ€”

02.05.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Connecticut doctor born in Pennsylvania told to leave the U.S. by Homeland Security A Connecticut physician is seeking an immigration attorney after Homeland Security ordered her out of the country via email. Dr. Lisa Anderson was born in Pennsylvania.

Surreal.

www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/17/c...

18.04.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Literally was just going to type the same thing when I saw your post… yes, so good.

12.04.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSlouching toward tyranny” is a phrase. I read the other day, and it seems to be more and more accurate…

11.04.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The White Lotus season 4 should be set among the crisis PR staff at White Lotus headquarters, just dealing with everyone constantly dying at all their properties

07.04.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1192    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 21
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If my husband is actually being paid by George Soros as MAGA contends the protesters are, we might actually be able to afford groceries now that the tariffs have kicked in…

06.04.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bookish with Lidia Yuknavitch and 4th annual Noteworthy authors of 2024
YouTube video by Southern California News Group Bookish with Lidia Yuknavitch and 4th annual Noteworthy authors of 2024

β€œYour failures and fears are portals. Step through.” Spent some time with the luminous Lidia Yuknavitchβ€” enjoy our conversation here:

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A More Realistic AWP Schedule 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM - Daily Meditation Room For People Who Have Been Submitting to the New Yorker and Poetry for Years Without an Acceptance 9:00 AM...

For all who celebrateβ€¦πŸ˜‚
A More Realistic AWP Schedule www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-m...

25.03.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why β€˜Chronology of Water’ author Lidia Yuknavitch revisits the past in β€˜Reading the Waves’ While Kristen Stewarts turns β€˜The Chronology of Water’ into a movie, its author revisits her past in a new memoir, β€˜Reading the Waves.’

β€œI have chosen to spend my life creating literature as resistance.”
Lidia Yuknavitch does indeed.
Read our conversation: www.ocregister.com/2025/03/14/w...

17.03.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No surprise that the Democratic Party approval ratings are in the toilet right now.

16.03.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions.

apnews.com/article/5050...

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β€œThe world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” β€”Albert Einstein

14.03.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought austerity plans were for when a country is in a recession or depression, not to put us in one.

13.03.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

And how are you enjoying your dystopia?

10.03.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

06.03.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1486    πŸ” 587    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 32

Crystal clear.

04.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Per Heather Cox Richardson: Martin Matishak of The Record, a cybersecurity news publication, broke the story that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stop all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

Gee. I wonder why…

03.03.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s astonishing.

02.03.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So this is where we are.

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White House Correspondents’ Association cedes control of pool reports to Trump administration The move breaks from decades of cooperation between the White House and the journalists who cover the president.

β€œWhite House Correspondents’ Association sees control of pool reports to Kremlin.”
There, I fixed it.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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