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Samina Najmi

@snajmi.bsky.social

Writer, professor, mother. California State University, Fresno. 2024 Aurora Polaris Award in creative nonfiction for Sing Me A Circle. Pre-order from Trio House Press. saminanajmi.com

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30.10.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to my local NPR station for the interview ahead of the book launch. Link in comments.

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Here are 12 debut books that will make your October spooky fun!

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01.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Publication Day, @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, and Elline Lipkin! See you tonight at the YouTube Release Reading!

01.10.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In her debut memoir-in-essays, SING ME A CIRCLE, @snajmi.bsky.social, meditates on memory, displacement, and the enduring ties of family.

Discover the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing

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29.09.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow, October 1 β€” join us on YouTube for this stellar @triohousepress release reading by Elline Lipkin, Samina Najmi (@snajmi.bsky.social) and Renee Gilmore (@reneethewriter.bsky.social)!

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Mark your calendars! Our fall release YouTube reading featuring @reneethewriter.bsky.social, @snajmi.bsky.social & Elline Lipkin is on Wednesday, October 1! 5 pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern. See you there!

bit.ly/YouTubeTrio

27.09.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What an honor for Sing Me a Circle to be included among Bonnie Hearn Hill's selections for the Great Day Book Club!

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The Fall Trio House Press YouTube release happens October 1 β€” preorder from us before 9/20 and receive your copy of October releases by @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social & Elline Lipkin by October 1, so you can follow along!
triohousepress.myshopify.com

15.09.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So pleased to see @snajmi.bsky.social’s forthcoming Sing Me a Circle announced in @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social! πŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’œπŸ’›

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Thank you, Theo Nestor!

Come read the full blurb at saminanajmi.com and preorder the book from @triohousepress.org and internationally from Amazon.

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See what all the buzz is about β€” @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social and Elline Lipkin share the inspirations behind their forthcoming books, releasing October 1!
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08.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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E-book alert - and it includes two additional essays!

06.09.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark your calendars! Our fall release YouTube reading featuring @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, and Elline Lipkin, October 1 at 7 pm Central! bit.ly/YouTubeTrio

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Thank you, Angela Morales, for the inspiration that you and your book have been in my writing life. @professorbgirl.bsky.social

30.08.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@snajmi.bsky.social reads from Sing Me a Circle in @pw.org!

29.08.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Only a few more days to get free shipping on all print titles, including pre-orders of books by @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, Brother Anthony of Taize, and Elline Lipkin!

triohousepress.myshopify.com

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In the countdown to publication, let me share some very generous blurbs my book received from six writers I admire. . . .

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Sing Me a Circle by @snajmi.bsky.social is featured in @pw.org’s New Nonfiction! Read it here or in the print edition. Preorder from @triohousepress.org and get free shippingβ€”book arrives in late September! πŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’œπŸ’›

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Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts

"When we cast our hollowings onto the page, we re-embody them. We give them shape and form. We re-member ourselves."

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Gorgeous essay by @snajmi.bsky.social (her memoir-in-essays out soon with @triohousepress.org)

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Thank you so much, Davi!

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SLM fam accomplishment alert!🚨Contributors @sfmontgomery.bsky.social and @snajmi.bsky.social will be featured at the Fresno Writers Summit! buff.ly/QrmgfWk

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Celebrating a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social of Sing Me a Circle by @snajmi.bsky.social! πŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’œπŸ’›
Read it here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781949487480

11.08.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RSVP for the Zoom link at PENSouthAfrica@proton.me

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PEN South Africa literary reading this Thu! Join us for this global gathering of writers at 5 pm South Africa time, 8 am Pacific, 8 pm Pakistan.

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Last couple of days to win a free copy before the Oct. 1 publication date!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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@triohousepress.org is so pleased to announce another Editors’ Selection: Leila Farjami’s Daughter of Salt, slated for publication in 2026. Congratulations!!

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