Hey, if you havenβt already, please check out my article on books about #longcovid and how the publishing industry suppresses illness narratives. And subscribe to Who Even Reads if you like it, we will have more content like this! #booksky www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
27.02.2026 15:33 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover of The Renovation by Kenan Orhan featuring a clear tarp overlaid on top of a view of Istanbul, featuring minarets and a river
Just started reading but can already highly recommend The Renovation. Itβs a tense, absurdity-tinged book about displacement, language, and yearning for a place that no longer quite exists. Itβs also about a woman who contracts a new bathroom but receives instead a Turkish prison cell #booksky
26.02.2026 23:38 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in February 2026
Our takes on six books forthcoming in February 2026, including novels, short story collections, and nonfiction.
Happy pub day to @legroff.bsky.social, a Who Even Reads favorite. BRAWLER was on our list of February Books We Like the Looks Of and it does not disappoint. We have more coverage of this book forthcoming. #booksky www.whoevenreads.com/books-we-lik...
24.02.2026 23:53 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
An Olympic announcer just said βit works just like a horse. Itβs smooth in one direction and grabs you in the other.β
You know. Horse.
22.02.2026 05:01 β π 69 π 10 π¬ 7 π 0
Review: Aoife Josie Clements' Persona and the Horror of Being
Personaβs title and premise of two women who seem to share some aspects of their identities is evocative of the Bergman film of the same name, but it is also a rich exploration of technological isolat...
But seriously, check out @cookschicken.bsky.socialβs fantastic review of Persona by Aoife Josie Clements if you like books about unstable, terminally online women. And subscribe to Who Even Reads for more like this. There will be more like this #booksky www.whoevenreads.com/review-aoife...
19.02.2026 22:44 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover of Persona, against a sickly green background that matches the title text, featuring the lower half of a person's face with eyes blotted out by grey brushstrokes.
Our review of Aoife Josie Clements' Persona (@littlepuss.net), which includes mentions of Tony Tulathimutteβs Rejection, Fariha RΓ³isΓnβs Who Is Wellness For, and Joyce Carol Oates' infamous keyboard (you'll just have to read it to find out why!) #booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/review-aoife...
19.02.2026 19:32 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1
Minnesota Booksellers Not Nice in Response to ICE
Indies continue to step up to support their communities
How Minnesota booksellers have resisted and responded to ICE (community support, donations, closure). Sobering stories about to what degree communities have been affected, but they also highlight the ongoing social and community relevance of indie bookstores
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
17.02.2026 18:22 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Drawing of a whistle with thick black text reading "REPENT, COWARDS" overlaid. Jagged black and yellow lines emanate from front and back of whistle.
"I was reading an advance copy of Sarah Bruniβs second novel Mass Mothering on January 7 when ICE agents occupying Minneapolis murdered a mother of three, RenΓ©e Good, while she and her wife were observing and recording their actions in the community..." #booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/witnessing-a...
16.02.2026 18:59 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Magenta text, image, and main background against blue/turquoise cover of Senaa Ahmad's The Age of Calamities. The magenta image is of a knight on a horse slaying a dragon.
In our latest piece, @runtalien.bsky.social reviews Senaa Ahmad's debut short story collection The Age of Calamities, featuring Anne Boleyn, Lizzie Borden, and other figures you might not expect to see in a work of contemporary fiction πΈππ° #booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/review-lizzi...
10.02.2026 22:02 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
In the year of our Lord Superbowl-halftime-show-in-Spanish-twenty-six (and long before), no book review should be criticizing an American-published title on the basis of it including languages other than English, or assuming its intended audience only speaks English
11.02.2026 03:21 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
If you like feminist alt history, check out my review of The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad! #booksky
11.02.2026 01:14 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Here it is! Review of @ninamcconigley.bsky.social's fantastic How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder with personal essayistic touches from @cookschicken.bsky.social Enjoy!
#booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/review-nina-...
06.02.2026 16:35 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2
Coming soon: Our review of Nina McConigley's accomplished novel How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder from @pantheonbooks.bsky.social #booksky
(Including some reflections on being biracial in 1980s America, Halley's Comet, and more)
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04.02.2026 23:29 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
Joyce Carol Oates put something on the Other Site about how it's more DH Lawrence's "scrimmage of life" over there and Bluesky is too "good" for her and the thing is, no judgment towards anyone who's still there but it seems like we're past the point of that level of whimsical romanticization of it
03.02.2026 15:50 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
We have upcoming coverage planned for Sarah Bruni's Mass Mothering (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social), out now!
04.02.2026 02:21 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Covers of the February 2026 books Mass Mothering, Language as Liberation, Citizenship, The Renovation, Brawler, and I Am the Ghost Here on a deep yellow background. White text reads, "February 2026."
Our first monthly book list is out! These are our anticipated titles with February release dates, including work by @kenanorhan.bsky.social, @legroff.bsky.social & @kimsamek.bsky.social, among others #booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/books-we-lik...
30.01.2026 00:39 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2
ICYMI: Check out the piece I wrote about some recent books engaging with #longcovid from a #covidconscious perspective. We will be running more content like this, so if you like it, please subscribe!
26.01.2026 20:51 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
As we're having these conversations, let's take this a step further and put Indigenous sovereignty, reparations for slavery, and the dismantling of white supremacist systems, including the federal government as we know it, at the center of whatever happens next πͺπ
25.01.2026 22:02 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you so much to everyone who has read, shared, and supported this article! We honestly had hoped it would get some traction but didn't expect to be getting donations this early. We're very excited to keep doing what we're doing with you all! β€οΈ
23.01.2026 15:36 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The cover of Bryan Washington's Palaver, featuring the glow of a vending machine and murky surrounding cityscape, against a light pink background.
Our next review! Lisa covers Bryan Washington's NBA finalist Palaver (@fsgbooks.bsky.social): "...in the fishbowl of your own queer life...you might not recognize that the people who have always surrounded you do not treat you with a great deal of care" #booksky
www.whoevenreads.com/review-readi...
22.01.2026 20:59 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks to the legend Jim Neill for playing my new single "You, So I" on WRSI tonight. The single comes out on Feb 6 followed by the album, "Almost Always Overwhelmed" on March 6.
It's nice to hear it on the airwaves.
18.01.2026 23:26 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Hey #booksky! We're an independent fledgling books publication with stuff you can read right now: a review of Quan Barry's The Unveiling below and a feature on Long Covid in fiction here www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th...
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16.01.2026 21:55 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Canary in the Coal Mine: Long Covid in Fiction
The ongoing pandemic is affecting authors just as it's affecting everyone else. Weβre not supposed to talk about it, and weβre treated with disdain if we take precautions to prevent infection. Just th...
Our first feature article, about the presence (and absence) of Long Covid in fiction, explores Will There Ever Be Another You by @tricialockwood.bsky.social (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social), writing by @madelinemiller.bsky.social & more www.whoevenreads.com/canary-in-th... Thanks for reading! #booksky
16.01.2026 17:52 β π 15 π 11 π¬ 1 π 1
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