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How embracing her heritage allowed Sanam Mahloudji to write ‘The Persians’ The novel by this Iran-born and LA-raised author has been shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Great interview with @womensprize.bsky.social finalist Sanam Mahloudji www.ocregister.com/2025/04/05/h...

A thrill to be working with Sanna Marin! #HopeinAction apnews.com/article/sann...

48 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2025 - Electric Literature Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Laila Lalami, Andrea Long Chu, Angela Flournoy, and EL's own Denne Michele Norris are among the most anticipated

R.O. Kwon’s 2025 list of most anticipated books by women of color is here!! Check out this excellent list featuring books by @lailalalami.com, Andrea Long Chu, and EL’s own @thedennemichele.bsky.social! electricliterature.com/48-books-by-women-of-color-to-read-in-2025

Writers to Watch: Spring 2025 This spring’s buzziest debut fiction has no shortage of drama, whether in biotech startups, Native American reservation politics, psychotherapy sessions, the Scottish theater world, or women’s volleyb...

Sanam Mahloudji (THE PERSIANS) is one of PW's Writers to Watch! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

50 books we can't wait to read in 2025 From a "Hunger Games" prequel to a matriarch's memoir.

Looking forward to Summer 2025, season of A FAMILY MATTER & THE SATISFACTION CAFE. www.today.com/popculture/b...

All I want for Christmas is Sylvia Plath’s annotated JOY OF COOKING. www.bonhams.com/auction/2953...

Downsizing, decluttering, Swedish death cleaning — why we're obsessed with clearing out our stuff Decluttering and Swedish death cleaning are less about saving our loved ones the hassle of dealing with our stuff after we're gone, and more about taking control over how we're remembered.

Never too soon to start! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

The Wine Lover's Gift Guide All the best stemware, wine keys, and other thoughtful accessories for the budding sommelier in your life.

WORLD IN A WINEGLASS by @rayisle.bsky.social makes a great gift! www.bonappetit.com/story/best-w...

37 of Winter’s Best New Books to Get You Through the Chilly Season Thrillers, novels, memoirs, and more hot new reads for your 2025 reading list

MENOPAUSE IS HOT in any season! www.aarp.org/entertainmen... @mariellafrostrup.bsky.social

Neneh Cherry talks motherhood, style and White women with dreads “Buffalo Stance” singer and style icon Neneh Cherry, 60, has a new memoir, “A Thousand Threads,” that stitches together a wildly creative, and itinerant, life.

"Lots of people write memoirs. Neneh Cherry has actually lived a life that merits one." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Opinion | Reckoning With the Connection Between Brain Injuries and Criminal Behavior In the fight to reduce recidivism, we may be ignoring one major element.

Important piece by @aliontas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...

Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers I’ve always been curious about why one chooses fiction for one story and nonfiction for another. For me it’s pretty simple—some stories need to be served straight up. That’s nonfiction. Others need…

“My problem was I thought you had to know what you were doing. Nonsense. You just have to start.” Abigail Thomas gifts words of wisdom to younger writers.