Gillian Devereux

NOT YET Not tomorrow night but the night after tomorrow Not tomorrow but the night after tomorrow Then the moon will be full Then the moon will be full

Joanne Kyger

Reminder: Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.

“If you want to have loving feelings, do loving things.” - Anne Lamott

What I am is tired of jam

Have you seen this @tashacoryell.bsky.social ?

That sounds pretty appealing tbh

No, I was really scarred by Eileen

Hearting this post for solidarity, not because I like it

And yet you appear to be awake

It usually starts with a lot of sleep

SEND AN EMAIL: Protect the Right to Read in Massachusetts Help prioritize new protections for reading in schools and libraries.

Hey Massachusetts! It's your turn to make Right to Read legislation Right to Read law! You can use this form from @everylibrary.bsky.social to contact your state representatives! SEND AN EMAIL: Protect the Right to Read in Massachusetts share.google/Ik2RUuc4ZmWI...

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

🚨 The Watertown Free Public Library (MA) has been receiving organized harassment for including 2 books on suggested summer reading lists. Support the library and defend the freedom to read JULY 31 at 7 pm at the library board meeting at the Watertown Middle School. @authorsabb.bsky.social 🧵

The Boston Public Library has a new $25,000 Illustrated Children’s Book Fellowship (applications due Aug 15th; must be a resident of New England but doesn’t require residency at the library): www.associatesbpl.org/events-and-p...

It's so good - a perfect August read

A New Call for Pitches for a New Appalachian Era We continue to tell the stories of our region, with an eye toward deeply-reported modern-day stories of Appalachia’s challenges and triumphs. And if you’re a writer or journalist in the region, we wan...

Student & early career journalists in Appalachia, send pitches! We're looking for different kinds of stories—politics, labor, education, cultural trends, life + identity, and more! Rates start at $100 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting & can increase based on scope. Pitch guide and form below:

But the parents are so lost they don’t even realize that it’s not the classes that changed your kid, it was separation from YOU. No gender studies, sociology, or history class could ever accomplish what three months of not having to live with your bullies will do.

just want to share this Lincoln line from his "electric cords" speech.

"So I say in relation to the principle that all men are created equal, let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."

It explores the factors that might prevent the king from returning when he’s needed

I feel like your daughter would enjoy the Raven Boys cycle by @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social

Call for Zines from archivists and archives. 📜📚
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I’ve read and enjoyed 4 of these. Guess I should read the 5th.

I’m alive!

Good luck!

Even as a child, I felt that he truly understood my feelings about the world

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, or the Transformers

More people in California--six million-- voted for Trump than did in Idaho. More Texans--four million-- voted for Kamala Harris than in Vermont and Massachusetts.

There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.

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So tired of people peddling hatred. You have one life and this is what you chose to do with it.