Alison Cerri

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed" so succinct! so good!

CBH Talk | Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi Discuss “Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler” | Brooklyn Public Library Susana M. Morris’s new book, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, is a magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongsi...

✨ I curated an event in honor of a new Octavia Butler biography w/ author Susana M. Morris and Ibi Zoboi on 09/30 at the Center for Bklyn History at 6:30 pm.

There will be convo AND stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association! ✨

RSVP here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...

Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters In the world of drag, reading is fundamental. It’s one of those great lessons from the documentary classic Paris Is Burning, and reading has also found its way into our lexicon thanks to the pop cu…

@ninawest.bsky.social on literature, the necessity of Drag Queen Story Hour, and why reading is fundamental.

Fiction: ‘The Lack of Light’ by Nino Haratischwili Plus Angela Flournoy’s “The Wilderness.”

National epics aren't written so often these days, but Georgian author Nino Haratischwili has made them her stock-in-trade. This weekend's WSJ Fiction Chronicle leads with her big, operatic, immersive latest, 'The Lack of Light,' a story of friendship in a broken country. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

PEOPLE’s Best Books of September 2025: Powerful Memoirs from Charlie Sheen, Emma Heming Willis and More See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of September 2025, including new memoirs, novels and more.

“Elena Ferrante fans, this bestselling European author might become your next obsession”—THE LACK OF LIGHT by Nino Haratischwili is one of People’s best books of September

The Sadomasochistic Chain of Post-Soviet Society - Electric Literature Nino Haratischwili discusses nostalgia and the chaos of 1990s Georgia in her epic novel “The Lack of Light”

Nino Haratischwili and Morgan Leigh Davies discuss her new novel “The Lack of Light,” nostalgia for hard times, and post-Soviet corruption.

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For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.

The instagram post saying TeaTime Book Club / September

The next slide on the post, showing the cover of The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto, translated by Brian Bergstrom

In a frankly wild turn of events, Dilemmas of Working Women has been selected as the September title for Dakota Johnson(!)'s TeaTime Book Club!

I was asked to write a few messages that will be posted in the Book Club's Insta channel throughout the month. Join up!

www.instagram.com/p/DOERxI3icX...

Review | A witty Japanese bestseller considers how our work defines us “The Dilemmas of Working Women,” by Fumio Yamamoto, explores how our identities are shaped by our jobs, or lack thereof.

For @washingtonpost.com, I wrote about Fumio Yamamoto's first book to be translated into English, "The Dilemmas of Working Women," which is delightful and also extremely unfortunately relevant to our end-stage capitalism days (gift link):

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‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler

“‘Positive Obsession’ reissues Butler’s clarion call for us to join her in building a better world. Morris, in turn, delivers the invitation with the requisite care and clarity we need to see Butler’s enduring vision with fresh eyes and renewed resolve.” #OctaviaButler

What to Watch and Read This Weekend: What Octavia Butler, John Wick, and Hermit Crabs Have in Common - Reactor There are only two weekends remaining before, somehow, September returns. Some people may feel this is an appropriate time to urge everyone to make the most of it! Get outside! Do things!—well, that f...

🔮 Reactor Magazine has seen it...you will be watching John Wick and debating the merits of dark academia...this very weekend... 🔮

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Your attention, please. Your attention, please. This is NOT a drill. I repeat, this is NOT a drill.

Happening TODAY on IG live! Spread the word!

a golden retriever is laying in a bed with the white comforter wrapped around his head like a hood, so only his face is visible. he looks exhausted. please leave him be for at least 3 business days.

This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, years after her death A new biography reveals the innermost thoughts of the groundbreaking novelist whose work in the 1980s and ’90s predicted our lives right now.

POSITIVE OBSESSION is in NBC News today! Such a lovely piece about Susana Morris’s biography of Octavia Butler and highlighting the #OctaviaKnew trend. The book is on sale 8/19 💫

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

13 out of 29 of the novelists longlisted for the Center of Fiction Debut Prize identify as men. I think we can stop pretending that increased movements toward equity is some form of cultural collapse

The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories Stories

Really enjoying Fumio Yamamoto’s The Dilemmas of Working Women (trans @brianbergstrom.bsky.social).

So far, it’s a strong contender for my favorite translated Japanese book of the year.

Out now in the UK+, out next month in North America.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

If you don't know much about the debate over transgender athletes and think that Gavin Newsom sounds reasonable, please give this a watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSS...

The Millions’ Great Summer 2025 Book Preview Here you’ll find just over 100 titles out this summer that we’re excited about here at The Millions.

I love The Millions’ most anticipated roundups to find my next reads—nice bonus to see three summer books I’m working on included!
The Dilemmas of Working Women (8/12)
Positive Obsession (8/19)
The Lack of Light (9/9)

themillions.com/2025/07/the-...

“I have lost a third of my body weight after nearly 21 months of war … Once [hunger is] controlling your own mind, you cannot think straight. Once you feel that your stomach, your brain, your body, are craving something, you will not be afraid of anything. You will do anything to get food.”

at my parents’ house and had the equally wonderful and horrible realization I have a storage container full of books (wonderful because I knew I had some missing books, horrible because I have to go through them all)

When a Democrat says,"this discrimination against trans people is just a distraction", what they mean is "trans people are a distraction".

If you can't stand up for trans people, I can't trust you to stand up for anyone else who isn't you.

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

One of our leading citywide elected leaders and candidates for mayor peacefully asks masked ICE agents to see a warrant and is violently arrested.

Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

Handmade sign at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia. It says "Billionaires Are The Only Minority Ruining This Country"

#NoKings

Thousands of New Yorkers march in lower Manhattan calling for ICE out of New York.

Starting at Foley Square and organized by PSL, the masses have flooded the streets and are moving west. This demo is permitted but even if it wasn’t, it would be far too large for NYPD to contain.