Dana Murphy

Dana Murphy

@manadurphy.bsky.social

part-time garbage person, full-time literary agent at @ Trellis Literary Management

6,186 Followers 234 Following 40 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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Incredible work by @sandyernestallen.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social. Extra grateful to see my beloved BEATING HEART BABY included. 🥲

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Is The Phillies' Good Luck Charm A Dedication To Himbo Culture And Showing Clavicle? [Update] | Defector Now, as a fan, you may be wondering why Major League Baseball would want to rob us of bare-chested boys of summer.

We'll always have this @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social blog. And the home runs. defector.com/is-the-phill...

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1 month ago

It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

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1 month ago

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

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2 months ago

oh you MUST listen

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2 months ago

if you’d asked me “what are the most famous Christmas songs (non-hymn)”, I would have easily put DTD in the top 10. Maybe even top 5? Can’t believe my life has been a lie!!!

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2 months ago

I was recently informed that “Dominic the Donkey” is a regional phenomenon? that not everyone knows about “the Italian Christmas donkey”???

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5 months ago
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What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...

i loved the 2025 philadelphia phillies. no playoffs can make me hate them. defector.com/what-ill-rem...

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5 months ago

that’s how they get you!

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5 months ago
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the scammers are back on their bullshit. if we’ve emailed you from a random hotmail account? (literally) no we didn’t.

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5 months ago

gonna need a public mural of her in philadelphia STAT

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7 months ago

nothing hotter than a union man

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7 months ago

brave and also wise

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7 months ago

another absolute banger from @printrunpodcast.bsky.social, who always speak about this weird work we do so thoughtfully.

And thank god they do bc when I try to talk about it, just an ear-bleeding feral scream that only bog creatures can hear comes out??? Anyway, reopening to queries next week!

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8 months ago
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I Want to Burn This Place Down A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this fo...

Hello. After months and months of self-consciously self-promoting, the day has finally come. I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN is available wherever books are sold. www.harpercollins.com/products/i-w...

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8 months ago

the lesson that has positively affected me the most in my adult life, the lesson I’m most proud of having learned, is the difference between FEELING unsafe and BEING unsafe

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9 months ago

ilysm

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somehow, about a decade ago, the internet gave me both @kristenarnett.bsky.social and @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social and god what a fucking gift that I get to know them! My two beautiful pals!!!!

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9 months ago

KATE

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9 months ago

Genuinely can’t even put into words how fucking lucky we are to have a book-length compendium of Kate advice. This shit is gold!!!

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9 months ago

YES

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9 months ago

everybody lock in, it’s time to tee hee hee with our friend Josh!!!

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11 months ago

I never feel more simple than during our first stretch of sixty+ degree weather every year when my will to live returns like a slap in the face

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1 year ago

get tickets to come see me and kelsey in boston next week!!!!

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1 year ago
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Selling Art At The End of an Empire I’ve spent all week doing interviews, and I will spend all next week doing the same. I feel really grateful to do interviews, to talk to curious reporters...

i also wrote a newsletter about how weird it is to try and sell art in this month in particular, and decided to donate one dollar for every presale to The Attic Youth Center here in Philly buttondown.com/mckinneykels...

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1 year ago

who the fuck do you think ruined our discoverability models in favor of social media algorithms in the first place??? we are facing a very real literacy crisis that is agnostic of age and y’all are NOT HELPING.

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1 year ago

I can’t listen to one more smug millennial whine about young ppl’s reliance on tiktok for recipes and music as if y’all popped out knowing how to read a paper map or use the dewey decimal system or drive stick.

you sound like a boomer. grow up.

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1 year ago
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Support The Music Community - Fire Loss

editable/addable spreadsheet of music industry folks who have lost their homes to the fires, along with gofundme links and immediate requests where applicable. for sharing docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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1 year ago

Can also vouch for Eva et al., they do amazing good in the community

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