Editor, NPR Books. Sneaking Oxford commas past the copy desk since 2012. Buster Keaton's secret girlfriend. TOS is the One True Trek, don't @ me. She/her.
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Wolf had called at the Doctor's after breakfast & together they walked along the lanes away from the village, from the wreaths & hymns. Up Pooksdown they went & the Doctor smoked & Wolf was silent, for some things can't be spoken of, however much time has passed. #RemembranceDay
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Coming this Thursday check out the virtual stream of our New York Comic Con panel "Fierce Reads Remixes!!"
Link goes PUBLIC at 10am ET here: newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/ex…
Watch our fun convo about inclusive retellings w/ @BCMorrow @jenmathieu @KaylaAncrum @FierceReads & @petramatic!
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Get in the spirit of fall with these book recommendations from @petramatic:
📚 "Matrix" by @legroff
📚 "Harlem Shuffle" by @colsonwhitehead
📚 "The All-Consuming World" by @casskhaw
📚 "Peter Cabot Gets Lost" by @CatSWrites
📚 "Poet Warrior" by @JoyHarjo
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It's here it's here it's HERE!! This year's Summer Reader Poll list, 50 great books celebrating the past decade of sci-fi and fantasy, curated for your reading enjoyment by the best possible judges: @tithenai, @ann_leckie, @TochiTrueStory and @FondaJLee: buff.ly/37WNj2t
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If you need a little distraction right now ... dive into this incredible list from critic @Jason_Sheehan of the science fiction reads that have blown his mind over the past ten years -- and what they mean for the genre: buff.ly/3yUcyhC
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DUNGEON MASTER: sylvia the villagers are blocking your path across the bridge, what do you do
SYLVIA: Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air.
DUNGEON MASTER: (rolls dice) ok thats 27 piercing damage to villager number 3, nice work. ted, your turn
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Streaming now! Our @Comic_Con panel,Drawing Apart: New Coming-of-Age Comics, in which @lizzystewart, R. Kikuo Johnson and @glennohead sat down with NPR's @petramatic to discuss their new books! ow.ly/ccBo50FCIKp
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vladimir has joined the meeting
estragon has joined the meeting
waiting for host to start the meeting
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What's In A Genre Name? The Trouble With 'Asian Fantasy' npr.org/2021/05/30/100046667…
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📚 i was on @npratc for the first time (!!!) to gush about the ever-talented @AlexanderChee ! listen for reading recs from @SamuelCai & @MalakaGharib:
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If you're looking for great books by AAPI authors, check out this list from our very own @thatjanetlee (and a bunch of other NPR book-lovers): buff.ly/3yaNkeR #AAPIHM
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Glen talks to @mallory_yu and @petramatic about Netflix's SHADOW AND BONE, and Glen gets all the way through without making the James Bond joke again.
People can do hard things.
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I got to chat over email with Haruki Murakami about his new story collection FIRST PERSON SINGULAR! (No word on whether he liked the cat pic I sent him): buff.ly/3sWOwzt
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😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 npr.org/2021/03/26/311881785…
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When men frame a murderer's actions in terms of him "having a bad day" I can't help but hear them telling the world that they themselves are one bad day away from murdering women, & demanding empathy & recognition for that fact.
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A quarter past five and still a little light out. Days getting longer, and brighter. Can spring be too far behind?
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9/11 was a more violent attack than this. But today's assault on democracy does direct violence to American ideals. It is an attack on a free and fair election. An attack on the rule of law, which is the country's only true protection. And it is an attack from within.
