Shara Kronmal

This is the second lawsuit of the day filed/separate from the first amendment suit.

Do you own a business? You can boycott Uline's products and find alternatives here: refuseuline.com

One of my action items for @roganslist this week.

I really liked Somewhere toward the End. A great book about aging.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.

Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...

Chicago, you showed up tonight what an amazing turnout! ✊

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

While Kennedy once claimed that he was increasing the number of scientists and front-line workers, ProPublica found that more than 1,050 scientists, physicians and public health specialists left or were pushed out of the CDC from January to mid-August.

#CHICAGO PROUD

#CHICAGO PROUD

Chicago says NO to ICE and the National Guard! No apocalypse in this city.

No notes

Quote from Gov. JB Pritzker: Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace.

Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.

Unfortunately epidemics that start there won't stay there.

US CDC chief fired after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign Susan Monarez has been fired less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.

In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.

RFK is restricting vaccines, including covid boosters, from Americans and firing experts who make science-based decisions for public health. Sign the @standupforscience.bsky.social petition to fire RFK and send a quack-o-gram ($3)! And
CALL YOUR REPS. #FireRFK #StandUpForScience #ScienceNotSilence

Image of mass walkout of staff at CDC in Atlanta

BREAKING: CDC STAFF STAGE MASSIVE WALKOUT AGAINST RFK. JR. AND TRUMP’S DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES.

Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.

"More people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living," says @roncharles.bsky.social.

For @worldlittoday.bsky.social, I spoke with freelance and full-time book critics about the vanishing professional market for book reviews. worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...

Not Gone, Just Busy Translating Women, by The Third Coast Translators Collective A survey of recent and forthcoming releases from the Third Coast Translators Collective.

I'm so proud of the work we do together in Third Coast Translators Collective! Thanks to @izidoraangel.bsky.social for putting together this blog post in World Literature Today: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...

HAPPY NEW YEARS by Maya Arad, tr. Jessica Cohen (@newvesselpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @skron11.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/happ...

Pirkko Saisio's LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg, is in wonderful company in the PEN America Translation Committee's #WomenInTranslationMonth reading list! cc: @catranslation.org

Looks like an interesting book. Good choice!

"That’s what translators do: We find original forms of expression for unoriginal material." — Boris Dralyuk in conversation with Sara Gear on the question of whether one has to be a poet to translate poetry 🧿 www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...

Should I admit I'm on a plane to London? Is it better that I'm heading to a translation conference? I hope you get there soon.

Planning a trip to London?

The future of American science and innovation is at risk, but there's still time to prevent more devastating cuts.

American innovation, like the moon landing 56 years ago today, makes this country great.

So why are Trump and his allies in Congress looking to gut funding for critical science programs?

Tell your representatives to protect American innovation for all of us. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org

I love these old covers. They look like pulp fiction but aren't. Zola was pretty scandalous back in the day.

Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts

My crazy lyric essay "A Wild Goose Chase" is out in VCFA's lit journal HUNGER MOUNTAIN. Can't wait to read the rest of this issue! I needed something light and funny today, which has been a real bummer. Thanks to the editors, and to Geoff Dyer for making me laugh.
hngrmtn.org/issues/hunge...

The Big Ugly Bill has passed. Over 11 million Americans will lose healthcare. History will not be kind.

Congrats!!!

I hope you're beating the heat! And that while you do, you've got good things to read.

Need inspo? @necessaryfiction.com's editors weigh in with their annual list of summer faves:

necessaryfiction.com/reviews/summ...

In our summer flash fiction series, this week's story is "One of the Lies I Tell My Children (#23)" by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social‬. necessaryfiction.com/stories/one-...