CITY OF LAUGHTER (Grove Atlantic, 2024) | Writer + queer anti-Zionist Jew | she/her | 2020 Rona Jaffe Award | Repped by @imaginarysmd | Co-host @petesreading 🍉
Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2009
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@nytimesbooks reviews my debut!!! "City of Laughter argues that flouting convention makes space for more authentic, expansive stories and more authentic, expansive lives." ✨I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS REAL.✨ nytimes.com/2024/01/13/books…
One week from tonight! I am very excited for this one. 🔥
One week from tonight! Come bask in the literary brilliance of Aria Aber, Grace Byron, Rebecca Novack, and Issa Qunicy. With your trusty hosts @temim and @briangresko & books provided by @greenlightbklyn !
Next Thursday! 😍
One week from tonight, join us on Thursday, January 15th 7:30pm at Pete's as we welcome Jaquira Diaz, @deenaelg , Melissa Lozada-Oliva, & Jen Percy! Hosted by @temim & @briangresko , with books provided by @greenlightbklyn . Hope to see you there!
So excited for this one! One week from tonight. 😍
Next Thursday 12/18, don't miss this 🔥 lineup: @mariskreizman1 (I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN), Zefyr Lisowski (UNCANNY VALLEY GIRLS) @MeghaMaj (A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF) & Lauren Morrow (LITTLE MOVEMENTS) along w/ hosts @both_and_yes & @bgresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn !
WE'RE BACK and we're 25!!!
Pete's Reading Series is ✨25✨! On 9/18, come celebrate 🍾 our very Brooklyn reading series' bday with a killer lineup of Brooklyn-born alums: Naima Coster, Xochitl Gonzalez, Rachel Lyon, & Soraya Palmer! W/your trusty hosts @temim & @briangresko + books from @greenlightbklyn !
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Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani.
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Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim democratic socialist has won the NYC primary for Mayor!!!!!!
LET'S DO THIS! Hydrate, gather your friends and fam, and get out and vote, NYC! Rank @ZohranKMamdani and @bradlander and whatever you do, DO NOT RANK CUOMO.
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Thread of upcoming workshops that are still very under-enrolled! Please help spread the word and register for one or two or several if you can! 🧵🧵
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HAPPY PRIDE NYC 🌈 I won’t just be your ally in words but in action, policy and funding—12 months a year.
Israel is implementing its final solution in Gaza, slaughtering hundreds of starving Palestinians in a matter of days. U.S. media must name what is happening: genocide. Anything less is shameful.
@nytimes
Israel is implementing its final solution in Gaza, slaughtering hundreds of starving Palestinians in a matter of days. U.S. media must name what is happening: genocide. Anything less is shameful.
@CNN
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TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT 😍
Come on down to Pete's to close out the season with us! Next Thursday, May 15th, brilliance from Anelise Chen (CLAM DOWN), series co-host @briangresko (YOU MUST GO ON), & Emma Smith Stevens (THE AUSTRALIAN), w/hosts @both_and_yes & Brian Gresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn
Delighted and honored to learn that City of Laughter was @nypl ‘s book of the day yesterday! 🥰😍
In 'City of Laughter' by Temim Fruchter, reeling from her father's death and her first queer breakup, Shiva delves into family history and Jewish folklore and lands in Poland walking the paths of her ancestors to find a sense of belonging.
#BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3Z44s50
Next Thursday! Our last Pete's of the season! Hope to see you there! (And so excited to celebrate co-host @briangresko 's new book! 🤩)
Come on down to Pete's to close out the season with us! Next Thursday, May 15th, brilliance from Anelise Chen (CLAM DOWN), series co-host @briangresko (YOU MUST GO ON), & Emma Smith Stevens (THE AUSTRALIAN), w/hosts @both_and_yes & Brian Gresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn
