@RussSpitzer

Actively breaking distributed systems for fun and profit. @russellspitzer@hachyderm.io

 New Orleans, LA
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Joined July 2012
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I'm also happy to share with you that The American Daughters is a New York Times Editorā€™s Choice!! ā€“ at Baton Rouge, LA
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My story "Tiger on My Roof" is now up as @epiphanylit audio, read by my dearest @RussSpitzer. It's a story about teaching, grief, and augmented reality You can find it here open.spotify.com/episode/7krā€¦

( ; ) "Tiger on My Roof" by Marguerite Sheffer

Epiphany Magazine Ā· Episode

open.spotify.com
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Big news re: my little stories ā€ā€ā€> real book! Fall 2024
U of Iowa Press@UIowaPress6 Feb 2024
We are so proud to announce the winners of this year's Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award! Congratulations to @mlensheffer and Sharon Wahl! Both collections will be published this fall. Please visit our website to learn more.
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U of Iowa Press@UIowaPress6 Feb 2024
We are so proud to announce the winners of this year's Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award! Congratulations to @mlensheffer and Sharon Wahl! Both collections will be published this fall. Please visit our website to learn more.
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Thank you @ooo_astrolabe ! You can read the nominated story, "The Unicorn in Captivity," here - astrolabe.ooo/sheffer-the-unā€¦. Congrats to the other nominees ā™„ļøšŸ”„

The Unicorn in Captivity

Now the trumpets of battle blare; the castle is under siege. The young queen thinks: the unicorn is me; treasured, trapped but able to see beyond its flimsy cage.

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Astrolabe@ooo_astrolabe29 Jan 2024
Congratulations to our nominations for Best Small Fictions! šŸŒŸ @mlensheffer, @Erin_Calabria & others!
Astrolabe Best Small Fictions nominees -- Marguerite Sheffer - "The Unicorn in Captivity" Erin Calabria - "Sealsong in Cryosleep" Claudia Wair - "A Guide to Burning Bridges" [sarah] Cavar - "Skim" Max Wheeler - "Life Cycle"

ALT Astrolabe Best Small Fictions nominees -- Marguerite Sheffer - "The Unicorn in Captivity" Erin Calabria - "Sealsong in Cryosleep" Claudia Wair - "A Guide to Burning Bridges" [sarah] Cavar - "Skim" Max Wheeler - "Life Cycle"

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I have a new story up @theoffingmag today, about science, discovery, and love. Thank you to the team there!
The Offing@theoffingmag12 Dec 2023
"You can drown in love; Iā€™m sure thatā€™s not a novel notion, but it was new to me, to be allowed to." Read "The Observerā€™s Cage" by @mlensheffer theoffingmag.com/backoftheenā€¦
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This story was scary to write, and I'm so glad it found a loving home @epiphanylit ! "Tiger on My Roof" is out in the Fall / Winter issue, and check out the gorgeous cover!
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Iā€™ve always dreamed of walking into a bookstore and finding my stories inside, and yesterday I got to stroll into Barnes and Noble and pick up the Nov/Dec issue of @asimovs_sf Thank you to @sheilawilliam10 and the team there--what an honor to be among so many amazing stories!
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New flash fiction piece up @theCosmicbgr - this one is about violence and hope. Thank you to @SamAsherwriter and @LPKindred for picking this piece and ushering it into the world! thecosmicbackground.com/storā€¦ And check out this stunning art!
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#GeauxVote ā€¢ @NewOrleansRTA is free today ā€¢ polls are open till 8 ā€¢ if youā€™ve researched should take 10 minutes out of your day ā€¢ If you havenā€™t @antigravitymag & @NewOrleansDSA have great guides I know itā€™s easy to be disillusioned, but it is very important to vote.
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ā¤ļøThis was part of a presentation @cecordasco and I led this weekend @barrelhouse, on design thinking + getting looser and unstuck in writing. If you're interested, we'll be running a longer, more interactive version online with @xraylitmag in Jan 24!
todd dillard@toddedillard26 Sep 2023
I was introduced to the idea of a ā€œfeedback menuā€ this weekend and I think it is such a creative and simple idea, like ā€œthese are the things I generally want in feedback, let me tell you the specific things I am looking for now, and I am allergic to these kinds of responsesā€
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Thank you to @ooo_astrolabe for publishing my short story about this beloved tapestry, "The Unicorn in Captivity" astrolabe.ooo/sheffer-the-unā€¦
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Astrolabe@ooo_astrolabe22 Sep 2023
Bubbling up from the once-empty cosmos is the Crescentā€”a new asterism featuring six new writers and their unicorn-freeing, house-talking, snail-crushing, forest-pulsing, ꖰē·‘-breathing, inside-body-popping works. Click the link and see what you find. šŸŒŸ astrolabe.ooo

Astrolabe

Astrolabe is a literary magazine in the form of a dynamic universe.

astrolabe.ooo
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For @mlensheffer via @adroitjournal and @pinch and @havehadhavehad šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø #RandolphMFA @RandolphMFA
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HAD@havehadhavehad17 Jul 2023
I told @mlensheffer not to tell anyone but I'm telling you now: this piece wins surprise delight of the last batch! ā€œā€˜An unfired pot is not a pot at all.ā€™ Frankie looked around at the others. Were they hearing this shit?ā€ havehashad.com/hadposts/re-eā€¦

Re-entry by Marguerite Sheffer

The idea of moving her hands through clay enticed Frankie. It was a dark time in her lifeā€”she knew it even then, knew she would talk about it that way later, though she did not know when later would...

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#ICYMI: "Rickey" by @mlensheffer (pub. 24 March 2023)! thedreadmachine.com/rickey/ #dread #horror #reading #education #teaching #puppets #horrorcommunity #amreading #science #identity #equality #fairness #school #classroom

Rickey

We never had a puppet student before Rickey. He is sitting on his glove-hands, maybe to keep himself still. His fuschia felt torso is breathless. He spins silently in the chair. The paler pink...

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Years ago I learned the story of a talented Black engineer who moved to Russia in the 1930s in order to escape the racism of America. The Communist Party didnā€™t allow him to leave for 44 years. I wrote about him. The story is up live in @politico now!
POLITICO
@politico10 Feb 2023
A young Black engineer from the U.S. sought opportunity in the Soviet Union. He ended up at the center of an international incident. politico.com/news/magazine/2ā€¦

ā€˜The Americans Got Together and Decided to Drown You in the Riverā€™

A young Black engineer sought opportunity in the Soviet Union. He ended up at the center of an international incident.

politico.com
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šŸ’”Session: "Streaming from #ApacheIceberg - Building Low-Latency and Cost-Effective #DataPipelines" - Steven Wu, Software Engineer @Apple and Apache Iceberg PMC. #QConNY #SoftwareConference #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment #TechConference
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Gwen (Chen) Shapira
@gwenshap13 Jun 2023
#QConNY hallway conversation: Steve Wu: Iā€™m speaking about streaming data out of the data lake with @ApacheIceberg Me: Wow! Thatā€™s a first! How did you do it? Steve Wu: itā€™s easy. We use @ApacheFlink
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