#Book

Phil Wrede

PhilWrede

So, my last experiment for NEW BOOK RELEASE WEEK self-promotion is a thread of Netflix-esque "If you like [this thing], then you might like [this book of mine]" recommendations. Maybe

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

There are some ways in which Narnia is better, mainly as Christian allegory, but it is inferior in a great many others. Tolkien was just better at world-building, deeper in

Ahurrykara

ActualHurry

Friends and I definitely started watching The Untamed yesterday, and I am definitely still thinking deeply about all of it (translation: I started reading the book and I cannot stop)

Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali

WajahatAli

Ishmael Reed encouraged me to write a play when I was a student in his class and then he later helped produce it. Dave Eggers kept telling people I should

Lois Jackson #1Billion4MJ

lois_laniee

why I despise the Cascios: how unsuspecting #MichaelJackson was with them. After death, one Cascio faked songs and the other published a that was used by the media

Gerry Sloan

ItsGerrySloan

I’ve hung around on Twitter for too long under the belief that you need it if you want to make a career as a writer. I hate twitter, and it’s

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

Spent Baldwin's birthday yesterday thinking about how easy it is to take for granted how ubiquitous he's become in our discourse today. It wasn't always this way. There was a

Zoraida Córdova

zlikeinzorro

This week I have read over 200 first sentences for research. I often wonder how writers decide on first sentences. I haven’t been able to start a single book until

Somak Ghoshal

somakghoshal

#Thread | On #WorldBookDay some stories from @Mint_Lounge #archives that celebrate the love of reading. 1. A report on Bengaluru's beloved independent bookstoreshttps://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Bj2Yz1Qz7PKmzcTHHmEuOK/The-high-priests-of-Bengaluru

Paul Deaton

PaulDeaton_IA

I'm hearing a lot of new business is going to CSAs. If the market reopens this year, expect a shortage of product because farmers had to make decisions to maintain

ProfB

AntheaButler

I've been thinking about writing a " I told you so" thread but let's just call it- Academics "on here" are more prepared for the post Pandemic future than their

Gerry Conway Thinks Maybe Vote In Person

gerryconway

Comic book thread. Talking with @johnwordballoon on YouTube live yesterday, we had a “what I would do if I ran the world” conversation about the future of comic book publishing

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

There is a common theme to disaster response in 20th century American and European history. It goes like this: worse than the disaster will be panic and disorder. Our number

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Some recent Uber drives and conversations (so long ago I was in an Uber!) about the vaccines make me think about misinformation and how important epistemic rights are. Many of

Georgia is locked-down 🚪

sniphist

I'm looking for book recommendations for my bedtime audiobook listening!I read widely, but especially fantasy. I like queer, women and/or PoC lead characters and authors. Preferably minimal/no sexual violence (have

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

The Lost Cause narrative's emphasis on the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox #OTD in 1865, at the hands of an overwhelmingly superior Union army, distorts a