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A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

A nationwide book ban bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Here's what you need to know about HR7661, including who is behind it, the history behind such bills, and what you need to do to stop it.

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I mean, I did love Jesus’ Son, which is unrelentingly bleak and violent. But it felt oversized in Train Dreams. Glad there was more complexity in the film.

I truly disliked that book when I read it, and the film did improve upon the text on may levels. (There was a fair amount of SA and bestiality mentioned in the book that I appreciated was not present in the film.)

I just can't seem to find the same content--authors also reviewing books--on the other accounts. So Goodreads, as much as I might want to fully divest, still holds utility but also delight for me. Whose reviews do you follow? What account tips and tricks am I missing?

She is so smart and astute. @kjcharleswriter.com, like Alexis Hall, somehow manages to write, read, and review prolifically, and we are all the richer for it. I also cannot forget @roxanegay.bsky.social who is also a wonderful book reviewer who is also so thoughtful and generous in her book reviews.

One of my favorite book reviewers is Alexis Hall. His reviews are so detailed, thoughtful, funny, and generous. He asks that they not be quoted anywhere, but seriously I wish he would publish a book of his reviews ala Nick Hornby's Believer column. Next is @kjcharleswriter.com Her reviews are witty

I am loving PageBound and see why others love StoryGraph (still doesn't display accounts with a lot of books read in an easy to browse way for my purposes), but I remain on Goodreads for a number of reasons. A major reason being some of the prolific reviews by authors themselves.

A person standing in a bookstore reading from prepared remarks next to the author Nicola Griffith, seated in her wheelchair preparing to read from her new book

The cover of Nicola Griffith's new book entitled "She is Here"

Incredible to attend the @nicolaz.bsky.social reading and Q&A at Third Place Books last night - thanks for the invite, @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social 🥰 Wonderful discussion around queerness in literature, inspiration and what it means to take over someone's senses through story

No Such Thing as Duty by Lara Elena Donnelly — neon hemlock Publication date: April 8, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. In the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham—novelist, playwright, and spy—is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the ...

Lara Elena Donnelly - No Such Thing As Duty (Neon Helmock)

W Somerset Maugham as intelligence agent + vampire story. It gets in a way a lot of modern vampire fiction doesn't why vampires are both sexy and scary and how the two are linked. Does exactly what it intends in perfect novella length form.

Such sad news for the library community. So appreciative of Ettarh’s voice and work.

New pod is out featuring my convo(s) with @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social and Donna Seaman, and a note from @booklistaudio.bsky.social! Listen now! Or later!

nursesonja • 7h & Threads Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control. This is about total control. O240 Q5 G34 → 21

The nurses are pissed

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

notice something: there were 50k out there yesterday and there were no incidents. ICE was not there.

ICE is back today and this happens.

guess who the problem is

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

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It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.

We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.

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If you like post-modern lit, do I have a recommendation for you!

LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) is a work of genius. Hazel Jane Plante creates a world, a world within it, and vivid characters in both. It's one of the best things I've read in years.

www.hazeljaneplante.com/little-blue

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Loved this piece

Love you back, Wendy!! But yeah, learning and bettering yourself and committing to a journey of joyous curiosity and compassionate humanity that includes reading lots of different voices is fun as hell!

THIS! Opening your eyes to new ways of thinking and being in the world can be so enjoyable.

The paradox of reading (and writing) is that you go away from the world in order to come back to it closer than you were before. (It’s the same way that returning from a trip temporarily makes home more visible.) All good books provide this experience in some measure. Probably most good art.

I agree that we should frame reading as a pleasure and that reading is not necessarily a virtue. But why do we persist in allowing the framing that learning and expanding your thinking or even defending democracy can’t also be pleasurable and joyful?

Floptologist in chief

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a man in a suit with his arms outstretched against a white background Alt: Jarvis Cocker of Pulp dancing in a suit

Listening to Pulp’s “We Love Life” after learning that Jarvis Cocker is a Booker Award judge! What!?

A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…

I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.

you know you elected a good mayor when the NYT does this in a headline

Thanks Robin—and Jill!!