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Leila Taylor

@leilataylor.bsky.social

creative director, library booster, writer, purveyor of gloomth, future crone.

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NAYLAND BLAKE | Matthew Marks Gallery Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Nayland Blake , the next exhibition in his galleries at 522 and 526 West 22nd Street. For decades, Nayland Blake has made vital contributions to contemporary a...

If you want to see my current show, and can't make it to New York, you can get a look here:

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The cover of Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread, by Leila Taylor. It's red and depicts a black Victorian-style house both upright and reversed.

The cover of Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread, by Leila Taylor. It's red and depicts a black Victorian-style house both upright and reversed.

Anyway, I loved what this book had to say about Gray Gardens -- among other things. Highly recommend @leilataylor.bsky.social's latest.

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For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #98 Cloudy with a chance of curious

Come get a tiny bit weird! With a mention to @leilataylor.bsky.social 's awesome book Sick Houses!

open.substack.com/pub/bullshit...

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Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and then later used her fame to champion conservation.

Jane Goodall died on Wednesday at 91 after a life spent revolutionizing the study of primates and then bringing her global fame to the cause of conservation.

Here are snapshots from her life and career.

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Grey cat with yellow eyes poking her head out of a red shopping bag.

Grey cat with yellow eyes poking her head out of a red shopping bag.

Also I got a cat! Introducing Miss Purrleen Mouse aka Mousie. She's really into this bag from Marshall'shjgewo(
Ko9p0... that was her walking across my laptop. As I was saying she really loves this bag.

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Book covers: "In Open Contempt" by Irvin Weathersby Jr., "Sick Houses" by Leila Taylor, and "Defiant Acts" by James Stewart III. Rally Reading Series. Pete's Candy Store, Oct.2nd, 7pm

Book covers: "In Open Contempt" by Irvin Weathersby Jr., "Sick Houses" by Leila Taylor, and "Defiant Acts" by James Stewart III. Rally Reading Series. Pete's Candy Store, Oct.2nd, 7pm

So excited to be reading with some excellent company at @rallyreading.bsky.social‬ This Thursday at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn.

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AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes, in conversation w/ Leila Taylor | Astoria Bookshop Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.

Dears! We have an amazing lineup of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION tour stops starting next week! We begin @astoriabookshop.bsky.social on release day, 9/30 with the inimitable @leilataylor.bsky.social! RSVP here, NYC! πŸ–€
astoriabookshop.com/events/32552...

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9/30! Launch Day! Join us at the lovely @astoriabookshop.bsky.social where we'll be in conversation with one of our favorite authors, @leilataylor.bsky.social, so you can get AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC signed at the same time as Leila's latest, SICK HOUSES, which makes an amazing pairing:
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Maru the Box-Loving Cat, Once the Most Viewed Animal on YouTube, Dies at 18 Maru the cat, a Scottish Fold feline, died at the age of 18 following a decline in health and a cancer diagnosis. The feline is famous for squeezing into boxes, antics that were documented in popular ...

A tragedy has occurred today.

Please, let us mourn one of our best, taken from us too soon.

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Fifteenth-century handwriting as seen in The History of Ink (1860), a book including beautiful samples of penmanship from 1500 BC to 1834 AD: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-history-of-ink-including-its-etymology-chemistry-and-bibliography-1860

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Trump criticises Smithsonian over Drexciya-inspired Afrofuturism exhibition The White House listed the exhibition as an example of "anti-American propaganda" for its depiction of an Afrofuturist utopia populated by the descendants of slaves

I never thought I’d see his name and Drexcyia in the same sentence but apparently even imagining a world where the slave trade never happened is un-American.

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It’s opening day at Twisted Spine, NYC’s first horror bookstore, and the line is all the way down the block! Faith in humanity restored. πŸ–€πŸ“šπŸ¦‡

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@leilataylor.bsky.social Sick Houses is so freaking insightful, witty, cutting, deeply researched and I cannot put it down. I love this book!

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Darkly by Leila Taylor: 9781912248544 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A fascinating journey into the dark heart of the American gothic that analyzes its connections to race and racism in 21st-century America Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats unde...

Starting Wednesday season 2 reminded me (bc I do think an aesthetically amazing show that didn’t have bad politics is possible, but probably not with Tim Burton) of @leilataylor.bsky.social’s amazing book, β€œDarkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul.” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609185...

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The Films of Larry Fessenden: Volume 1 - Habit & No Telling 2025 Subscribers: This is included in your subscription package. This special limited edition 4-disc, 2 x 4K UHD/2 x Blu-ray, set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + dual slipcover combo (designed

recently announced: THE FILMS OF LARRY FESSENDEN VOLUME 1, from @vinsyn.bsky.social , featuring some incredible exras, including an audio comentary on HABIT with me and the amazing @leilataylor.bsky.social . Now available to preorder! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

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The Vibes Are Off: Horror and Foreboding Architecture We've all come across a room, house, or building that gave off bad vibes. This book is a fascinating look about the architecture of dread.

My latest @bookriot.bsky.social post is live, in which I talk about @leilataylor.bsky.social's magnificent book Sick Houses: Haunted Homes & The Architecture of Dread.

Add this book to your TBR asap!

bookriot.com/sick-houses-...

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A deal announcement for OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm

A deal announcement for OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book about a Palestinian haunted house that fights back against its occupiersβ€”and the three generations of Palestinian women who are connected to itβ€”then be on the lookout for Deena Helm’s debut!

Coming to you in Sept 2026 from Tor Nightfire! πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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N.K. Jemisin on Truth, Education, and Speculation Podcast Episode Β· Borrowed & Returned Β· S9, E2 Bonus Β· 21m

Check out this fantastic interview with @nkjemisin.bsky.social on the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social podcast Borrowed & Returned!

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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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Jaws (1975): It’s Only An Island If You Look At It From The Water It is summer in America and everywhere you look you see people in denial. You are waiting for someone to turn the boat around.

β€œIt is the Fourth of July and it is summer in America, goddammit.

It is summer in America and everywhere you look you see people in denial. You are waiting for someone to turn the boat around.”

- @eccantwell.bsky.social

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Published today in the UK!
(a couple of months later here in the US)
. . .
Notable perhaps - given the date today, and the headlines - that it includes a chapter discussing how we are all being ghosted by our so-called elected representatives and civic leaders.

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From the authors of A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN comes AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes. The book cover features a teal background with a central haunted house (typical Gothic, mansard roof, eerily lit interior, surrounded by encroaching mist and overgrowing forest.) The text is in white script and the subtitle in a rich goldenrod yellow that mirrors the filigree detailing and quatrefoil corner pieces of gothic detailing around the edges.

From the authors of A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN comes AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes. The book cover features a teal background with a central haunted house (typical Gothic, mansard roof, eerily lit interior, surrounded by encroaching mist and overgrowing forest.) The text is in white script and the subtitle in a rich goldenrod yellow that mirrors the filigree detailing and quatrefoil corner pieces of gothic detailing around the edges.

AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION launches 9/30 via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social!
9/30 night, @andreajanes.bsky.social & yours truly talk with the amazing @leilataylor.bsky.social at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social!
See you there, NYC!
Let's sign spooky books together! πŸ–€

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Old cartoons of black people being used as alligator bait

"Seems like a good time to mention that white supremacists have had a long standing fixation with alligators eating Black and Brown people. This isn't new and it's not about 'illegal immigration.'"

Old cartoons of black people being used as alligator bait "Seems like a good time to mention that white supremacists have had a long standing fixation with alligators eating Black and Brown people. This isn't new and it's not about 'illegal immigration.'"

Christ, I just went down this rabbit hole and there is a LOT

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There’s a reason I say I was technically born in Ohio but I’m not β€œfrom” there.

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Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

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Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero & a makeup client.

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero & a makeup client.

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 100 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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CFP: Call For Proposals: Gothic Blackness: Exploring Ethnogothic, New Black Gothic, and Afro-Gothic Themes in Literature, Film, and Culture

Special Issue of American Gothic Studies
Guest Editor: Dr. DeAnna Daniels, University of Arizona
Proposals due 8/15/25, with essays due 2/1/26

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I’m glad I voted early! Please, please, please come through NYC.

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Experience Jordan Peele’s US Like Never Before With FANGORIA X Film at Lincoln Center Giveaway FANGORIA is teaming up with Film at Lincoln Center to give away a copy of US: THE ANNOTATED SCREENPLAY and a pair of tickets to their screening of the film.

FYI: FANGORIA is teaming up with Film at Lincoln Center to give away a copy of US: THE ANNOTATED SCREENPLAY and a pair of tickets to their screening of the film.

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Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service

The federal suicide-prevention hotline is no longer providing specialized support for LGBTQ callers

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...

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