@lhertzel.bsky.social
Book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist." Next memoir, "Ghosts of Fourth Street," pubs in 2026. I review for StarTribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LATimes and elsewhere. Teach in MFA program at UGA-Athens.
Thank you!!
i'll find the butterfly.....
wait that was a heart---they also did a butterfly....
If you want a taste of my new memoir GHOSTS OF FOURTH STREET (pubbing March 31 from @uminnpress.bsky.social ) here's an excerpt in today's @literaryhub.bsky.social : lithub.com/family-ghost... Enjoy!
"I have a big family and there is no consensus on what I should or should not write." @publisherswkly.bsky.social talks to @lhertzel.bsky.social :
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
perfect. thank you.
aw, thanks! not book tour--a quick visit to a friend in California before the madness of pub month begins.
hoping to be lucky like that on wednesday. thanks!
I saw a story that says TSA lines are extremely slow because the TSA people aren’t getting paid. Does anyone know how bad the lines are in general at MSP airport? I will be traveling soon.
BREAKING: Two more people have died in ICE detention, per required notification to Congress.
what is going on in this picture?
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Republicans spend an incredible amount of time and energy finding new ways to obstruct justice and accountability. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
Oh great
It is just after 9 p.m. in Minnesota and I'm reminding Minnesotans to eat, hydrate, take meds, etc.
Reminding folks not in Minnesota that Minnesota is still under attack from the federal government & we really need help. See below post/links.
It's one thing to start a war with no apparent plan...and then to leave Americans stranded in the war zone...but to then to joke about it? "Mike Huckabee is facing criticism after joking that Americans sheltering during Iranian attacks who become pregnant could name their child after him."
also sort of like "Bad Sisters." Did you watch that one? Also Irish. It's so dark! And yet the Irish all call it a comedy. I loved it.
We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.
this is absolutely astounding. the government has absolutely no idea what it is doing.
we just finished it. it's ..... weird. funny and scary. gorgeous donegal scenery. slapstick at times. confusing at times. kind of twin peaks-y, i think?
It all happened very quickly? Like spontaneously? Like the president did not have anything to do with that?
Kristi Noem. Blames "anonymous sources" for something she said on the record. These people have no shame.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Why don't we ever use billions of dollars for good?
The World War II internment camps are pretty big aside. My best friend’s father grew up in one of them.
Could he be more sanctimonious and empty?
After Trump launched a new war on Iran, he did not rush back to the White House or make an Oval Office address to rally the nation as other presidents have done. He stayed at Mar-a-Lago to attend a glitzy political fundraiser. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
right. she's not. she's saying she's glad the Iranian leader is gone but she does not support the war. two very different and not even conflicting things.
