James Anderson

I usually refrain from the overtly political but....
"Trump suggests 'homegrown criminals' in US be sent to El Salvador prison."—CNN
SO....does that mean Trump is sending himself to El Salvador?
(Asking for a friend. 😊)

The Power and Paradox of a Sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks (Gift Article) Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks.

I've been away from the magnificent work of Gwendolyn Books for way too long. Thanks to A.O. Scott for his stellar commentary.
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Denzel Washington Has Finally Found His Purpose (It’s Not Acting) The legendary actor discusses the prophecy that changed his life, his Oscar snub and his upcoming role starring alongside a “complicated” Jake Gyllenhaal in “Othello” on Broadway.

This is an incredible interview.
Denzel Washington Has Finally Found His Purpose (It’s Not Acting) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/m...

Wow, Clarence Major's new poem in The New Yorker is terrific. Barbershop. Clarence is eighty and doing some of the best work of his long and amazing career. My decades of admiration for Mr. Major's work continues to grow.

YouTube video by American Film Institute Nora Ephron Highly Recommends Having Meryl Streep Play You

I miss Nora Ephron. Today, especially today, I missed intelligence, compassion, wit, humor, extraordinary, effortless taste and style, incredible talent, and above all, language employed by someone who had all those qualities.
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"Thinking about writing is not writing. Talking about writing is not writing. Research is not writing. Only writing is writing."—E.L. Doctorow And yeah, like you, sometimes I disagree. In fact, I plan on disagreeing in about an hour. 😉

Wonderful book. 👍

There is no fiction writer more gifted and mesmerizing than Jenn Givhan. I've followed her career pretty much since the beginning. Can't wait for this new one, due out soon. If you don't know her work, look it up.

As always, Cinderella is way pretty than you! Enjoy, my friend.

There is no fiction writer more gifted and mesmerizing than Jenn Givhan. I've followed her career pretty much since the beginning. Can't wait for this new one, due out soon. If you don't know her work, look it up.

As I kid I watched some of my friends fall to polio. My mother took me to visit a friend in an iron lung at the hospital. He was nine years old. It seems to me that American exceptionalism begins with individual exceptionalism. It can't happen to me because (insert magical thinking here)

Thanks for this. "The must be something very beautiful inside me. I am so happy." The lines of Northern Pike by James Wright. A truly gifted and rightfully celebrated poet.

SOUTHLANDS, FUORI IL VIDEO ‘ON THE BORDER’ - AZ Press 'On The Border' è il titolo del nuovo videoclip dei Southlands, band che sta avendo un grosso successo con il suo roots rock

part 2A few years ago when my Italian publisher (NNEditore) hosted me for a book tour, I walked out on stage in Sardinia to be greeted by a crowd of thousands who were there to enjoy a rock opera based on The Never-Open Desert Diner. A treasured and surreal experience.

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SOUTHLANDS, FUORI IL VIDEO ‘ON THE BORDER’ - AZ Press 'On The Border' è il titolo del nuovo videoclip dei Southlands, band che sta avendo un grosso successo con il suo roots rock

Nothing amazes me or humbles me more than the artists and people in foreign countries (in this case Italy) who have been influenced by my novels. nuovo-videoclip/

Post a photo of your favorite independent bookstore.

a few of the many fab bookshops you should support:
BookMoon www.bookmoonbooks.com
Harriet's Bookshop www.oursisterbookshops.com
@greedyreads.bsky.social www.greedyreads.com
Charm City Books www.charmcitybooks.com
The Ripped Boddice www.therippedbodice.com
Wild Geese Books www.wildgeesebookshop.com

Angry Candy is one of my all-time favorites, especially the intro. I spent several hours with Harlan in the 1990s. I'm still laughing.

Congratulations, Jodi! Rare, privileged company indeed!

YouTube video by Keb' Mo' Keb' Mo' - Put a Woman in Charge feat. Rosanne Cash (Official Music Video)

Uh-Huh! Thanks to Keb' Mo' and Roseanne Cash
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Tom! It's wonderful to be in touch again. Thank you.

A stack of the nine books shortlisted for the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews, Spear by Nicola Griffith, Brother Alive by Zain Khalid, Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera, Geometries of Belonging by R.B. Lemberg, Meet Us By the Roaring Sea by Akil Kumarasamy, Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell, and The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

Next week, the recipient of the 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction will be announced in an online event hosted by Alicia Vikander, featuring readings from all nine shortlisted novels! Join us at 5:30 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, October 25th: www.crowdcast.io/c/leguinpriz...

Ken! Wonderful. Thanks!

Hello, bsky. Glad to be here.