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  1. Sarai Walker: Subversive but Fun

    In this interview, author Sarai Walker shares her motto, what doesn't get talked about enough in publishing, and more.
    The post Sarai Walker: Subversive but Fun appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/sarai-walker

    #Genre #Literary #MysteryThriller #WriteBetterFiction #AuthorSpotlight

  2. Sarai Walker: Subversive but Fun

    In this interview, author Sarai Walker shares her motto, what doesn't get talked about enough in publishing, and more.
    The post Sarai Walker: Subversive but Fun appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/sarai-walker

    #Genre #Literary #MysteryThriller #WriteBetterFiction #AuthorSpotlight

  3. This. Build our own institutions. They'll succeed.

    "#Keene is the eponymous tastemaker at the helm of a new #imprint within #WickedSonPress, a 5-year-old #publisher that has released mostly #nonfiction that leans right.

    #MegKeene #Books will release four to six #novels over the next year that she and #WickedSon’s founders believe will elevate #Jewish voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish #literary conversation. She’ll also edit a forthcoming #literarymagazine designed to shape the Jewish #book-buying audience.

    “My goal is to make Jewish #publishing feel really cool,” Keene told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

    “I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male authors, female authors, romance, thriller, literary fiction — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

    jta.org/2026/07/28/culture/fee

  4. This. Build our own institutions. They'll succeed.

    "#Keene is the eponymous tastemaker at the helm of a new #imprint within #WickedSonPress, a 5-year-old #publisher that has released mostly #nonfiction that leans right.

    #MegKeene #Books will release four to six #novels over the next year that she and #WickedSon’s founders believe will elevate #Jewish voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish #literary conversation. She’ll also edit a forthcoming #literarymagazine designed to shape the Jewish #book-buying audience.

    “My goal is to make Jewish #publishing feel really cool,” Keene told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

    “I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male authors, female authors, romance, thriller, literary fiction — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

    jta.org/2026/07/28/culture/fee

  5. It would be exciting to stop begging for inclusion and just suck it up and move on.

    "#Jewish #writers say they are dismayed to learn that one of the nation’s largest free outdoor #literary festivals is scheduled to take place during the two days of #RoshHashanah, September 12 and 13.

    #PrintersRowLitFest, an outdoor #bookfestival that draws thousands of #authors and $book lovers to the streets of #Chicago’s South Loop, announced the festival’s dates in April. But only recently, amid rising concerns about #antisemitism in the #publishing world, did some Jewish authors realize the schedule conflict. This year’s Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, Sept. 11 and ends at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 13.

    #BrianBerg, a spokesman for #PrintersRow, said that scheduling difficulties caused the overlap with Rosh Hashanah."

    forward.com/culture/books/8413

  6. It would be exciting to stop begging for inclusion and just suck it up and move on.

    "#Jewish #writers say they are dismayed to learn that one of the nation’s largest free outdoor #literary festivals is scheduled to take place during the two days of #RoshHashanah, September 12 and 13.

    #PrintersRowLitFest, an outdoor #bookfestival that draws thousands of #authors and $book lovers to the streets of #Chicago’s South Loop, announced the festival’s dates in April. But only recently, amid rising concerns about #antisemitism in the #publishing world, did some Jewish authors realize the schedule conflict. This year’s Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, Sept. 11 and ends at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 13.

    #BrianBerg, a spokesman for #PrintersRow, said that scheduling difficulties caused the overlap with Rosh Hashanah."

    forward.com/culture/books/8413

  7. Nykyajan paikoin Orwellilaisia sävyjä maistellessa sopii muistaa, että IEP:ssä on Mark Sattan kelpo entry miehen ajatuksista niin poliittisen filosofian, tietoteorian, mielenfilosofian, kielifilosofian kuin taide- ja kirjallisuusfilosofiankin alueilla,

    iep.utm.edu/george-orwell/

    #orwell #filosofia #philosophy #dystopia #orwell1984 #epistemology #politiikka #politics #yhteiskunta #society #iep #linguistics #literary #kirjallisuus #thinker #thinking #socialism #animalFarm #propaganda #history #ai

  8. Nykyajan paikoin Orwellilaisia sävyjä maistellessa sopii muistaa, että IEP:ssä on Mark Sattan kelpo entry miehen ajatuksista niin poliittisen filosofian, tietoteorian, mielenfilosofian, kielifilosofian kuin taide- ja kirjallisuusfilosofiankin alueilla,

    iep.utm.edu/george-orwell/

    #orwell #filosofia #philosophy #dystopia #orwell1984 #epistemology #politiikka #politics #yhteiskunta #society #iep #linguistics #literary #kirjallisuus #thinker #thinking #socialism #animalFarm #propaganda #history #ai

  9. Our Editor, Kolby Granville, has done a ton of podcasts talking about After Dinner Conversation. Here is a partial list link. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to interview him about running a #philosophy #ethics #shortstory #literary magazine!

    buff.ly/qAFX3qR

  10. Our Editor, Kolby Granville, has done a ton of podcasts talking about After Dinner Conversation. Here is a partial list link. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to interview him about running a #philosophy #ethics #shortstory #literary magazine!

    buff.ly/qAFX3qR

  11. the long tides of our shadows have receded

    the long tides of our shadows have receded

    this morning early as we walked
    away from the beginning of the sunrise

    these shadows washed far they flowed deep
    into collegienstrasse toward the market

    they flooded away before us
    four times the length of our height then three

    darkened the cobblestones
    like wednesday’s rain did

    like the shadows of water darken
    the pebbles in the flaming* stream

    flooded into the square as we arrived there

    all the sunrise long our shadows receded

    now it’s midday
    the stones in the street have returned to the colour of dry

    all that’s left of our shadows
    are the puddles in which we stand

    by collegienstrasse return
    toward the sky the morning sun’s abandoned

    return to my chamber and fetch my pail for water

    step out of your own shade
    into the shadow of your foot


    *Fläming Heath- The Fläming Heath[1][2] (German pronunciation: [ˈflɛːmɪŋ] ⓘ) is a region and hill chain that reaches over 100 km from the Elbe river to the Dahme River in the German states Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
    #Dawn #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #marketDay #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #Wittenberg #writing
  12. the long tides of our shadows have receded

    the long tides of our shadows have receded

    this morning early as we walked
    away from the beginning of the sunrise

    these shadows washed far they flowed deep
    into collegienstrasse toward the market

    they flooded away before us
    four times the length of our height then three

    darkened the cobblestones
    like wednesday’s rain did

    like the shadows of water darken
    the pebbles in the flaming* stream

    flooded into the square as we arrived there

    all the sunrise long our shadows receded

    now it’s midday
    the stones in the street have returned to the colour of dry

    all that’s left of our shadows
    are the puddles in which we stand

    by collegienstrasse return
    toward the sky the morning sun’s abandoned

    return to my chamber and fetch my pail for water

    step out of your own shade
    into the shadow of your foot


    *Fläming Heath- The Fläming Heath[1][2] (German pronunciation: [ˈflɛːmɪŋ] ⓘ) is a region and hill chain that reaches over 100 km from the Elbe river to the Dahme River in the German states Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
    #Dawn #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #marketDay #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #Wittenberg #writing
  13. "Modern #textual #scholarship has shown that #ToledotYeshu never existed as a single, fixed #composition. Unlike the #Mishna or the #Talmud, whose textual traditions gradually stabilized through widespread printing, Toledot Yeshu remained fluid for centuries. #Scribes copied from whatever exemplars were available, frequently introducing additions, omissions, stylistic revisions, and entirely new #narrative episodes. Rather than preserving a single "original" version, the #manuscript tradition reflects a living #text continually reshaped by its transmitters.

    The #Łomżamanuscript is especially noteworthy because it preserves a substantially expanded #recension. Its elaborate title-page introduction immediately distinguishes it from many simpler copies. Throughout the text, the #Hebrew is unusually polished, employing a consciously #biblical style that lends the narrative an air of #antiquity and #literary refinement."

    jewishpress.com/a-medieval-jew

  14. "Modern #textual #scholarship has shown that #ToledotYeshu never existed as a single, fixed #composition. Unlike the #Mishna or the #Talmud, whose textual traditions gradually stabilized through widespread printing, Toledot Yeshu remained fluid for centuries. #Scribes copied from whatever exemplars were available, frequently introducing additions, omissions, stylistic revisions, and entirely new #narrative episodes. Rather than preserving a single "original" version, the #manuscript tradition reflects a living #text continually reshaped by its transmitters.

    The #Łomżamanuscript is especially noteworthy because it preserves a substantially expanded #recension. Its elaborate title-page introduction immediately distinguishes it from many simpler copies. Throughout the text, the #Hebrew is unusually polished, employing a consciously #biblical style that lends the narrative an air of #antiquity and #literary refinement."

    jewishpress.com/a-medieval-jew

  15. The Fall and Rise of Ronni Fairweather: A feel-good story about hope and new beginnings

    "FOLLOW RONNI’S JOURNEY FROM HIGH SOCIETY TO ROCK BOTTOM"

    Sale: $0.99 to FREE

    by Gina Hollands
    Rating: 4.3/5 (157 Reviews)

    #books #feelgood #hope #newbeginnings #humor #fiction #literary #kindle #booksky

    The Fall and Rise of Ronni Fai...

  16. The Fall and Rise of Ronni Fairweather: A feel-good story about hope and new beginnings

    "FOLLOW RONNI’S JOURNEY FROM HIGH SOCIETY TO ROCK BOTTOM"

    Sale: $0.99 to FREE

    by Gina Hollands
    Rating: 4.3/5 (157 Reviews)

    #books #feelgood #hope #newbeginnings #humor #fiction #literary #kindle #booksky

    The Fall and Rise of Ronni Fai...

  17. #BookTour: Choppiness on High Seas, by Arvind Wadhera @RABT #ChoppinessonHighSeas #ArvindWadhera #literary #fiction #Troubador #RABT

    Literary Fiction Date Published: 11-01-2024 Publisher: Troubador Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of his mother would haunt his conscience forever. Matthew’s journey takes him from the poverty of a cold stone granary to the opulence of…

    booksramblingsandtea.com/2026/

  18. #BookTour: Choppiness on High Seas, by Arvind Wadhera @RABT #ChoppinessonHighSeas #ArvindWadhera #literary #fiction #Troubador #RABT

    Literary Fiction Date Published: 11-01-2024 Publisher: Troubador Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of his mother would haunt his conscience forever. Matthew’s journey takes him from the poverty of a cold stone granary to the opulence of…

    booksramblingsandtea.com/2026/

  19. What’s the subReddit equivalent of #mastodon I’m looking to follow if you are:
    - working on an #autofiction project or reading #books on it
    - reading #literary #fiction
    - getting rejected by #litmags
    - love #socialhorror (“His House etc)
    - are a #journalist or #artist focusing on marginalised groups

  20. What’s the subReddit equivalent of #mastodon I’m looking to follow if you are:
    - working on an #autofiction project or reading #books on it
    - reading #literary #fiction
    - getting rejected by #litmags
    - love #socialhorror (“His House etc)
    - are a #journalist or #artist focusing on marginalised groups

  21. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  22. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  23. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  24. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  25. Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending

    In this interview, author Aruni Kashyap discusses the decade that went into writing his new novel, How to Date a Fanatic.
    The post Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/aruni-kashya

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  26. Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending

    In this interview, author Aruni Kashyap discusses the decade that went into writing his new novel, How to Date a Fanatic.
    The post Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/aruni-kashya

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  27. Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool

    In this interview, author Alicia Upano discusses borrowing characters from a different story for her debut novel, Everything to the Sea.
    The post Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/alicia-upano

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  28. Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool

    In this interview, author Alicia Upano discusses borrowing characters from a different story for her debut novel, Everything to the Sea.
    The post Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/alicia-upano

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  29. Tell us about a favourite read that led you to visit a new place or go on an adventure – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break A great novel can transport you to places you’ve never been,… #travel #booktourism #literary

    theguardian.com/travel/2026/ju

    Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

  30. I am in awe of people who manage to keep their body and soul in balance - not much to say in my case, I’m afraid…
    #poetry #poem #literary #naturepoem #isleofwight #poetrycommunity

  31. the stroll of the gentlewoman becomes a

    the stroll of the gentlewoman becomes a 
    march past the man who
    sags outside the door against the wall

    he with the eyes full of storm on the horizon
    that measure the soil on the clothes and the wear
    the number of teeth in the mouths of those who pass
    the men who enter and the men who go out

    until the sight of one as poor as he causes
    the dark clouds in his eyes to reverse themselves

    until he asks friend can you spare a heller

    that one for that one also leave
    a place in the contract for his name
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #HoratioDialogue #Imagery #literary #literature #panHandling #Poetry #poverty #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #writing
  32. the stroll of the gentlewoman becomes a

    the stroll of the gentlewoman becomes a 
    march past the man who
    sags outside the door against the wall

    he with the eyes full of storm on the horizon
    that measure the soil on the clothes and the wear
    the number of teeth in the mouths of those who pass
    the men who enter and the men who go out

    until the sight of one as poor as he causes
    the dark clouds in his eyes to reverse themselves

    until he asks friend can you spare a heller

    that one for that one also leave
    a place in the contract for his name
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #HoratioDialogue #Imagery #literary #literature #panHandling #Poetry #poverty #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #writing
  33. Literary tourism is booming — travelers are now choosing destinations based on bookshops, libraries, and reading spaces, making books a genuine reason to explore. #travel #booktourism #literary

    cntraveller.com/article/the-bo

    Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

  34. The Astral Library

    "A Fantasy Adventure Where Books Become Doorways to Literary Worlds, Danger, and Escape"

    Sale: $21.11 to $2.99

    by Kate Quinn
    Rating: 4.0/5 (6,276 Reviews)

    #books #fantasy #magic #library #booksky #adventure #fiction #reading #escape #literary #doorways #worlds

    The Astral Library

  35. The Astral Library

    "A Fantasy Adventure Where Books Become Doorways to Literary Worlds, Danger, and Escape"

    Sale: $21.11 to $2.99

    by Kate Quinn
    Rating: 4.0/5 (6,276 Reviews)

    #books #fantasy #magic #library #booksky #adventure #fiction #reading #escape #literary #doorways #worlds

    The Astral Library

  36. "The #Jewish #Literary Foundation has announced the return of its Jewish #Playwrights Programme for 2026/27, with applications opening to playwrights across the #UK for the first time. The programme will support the development of a full-length #play, helping foster the next generation of Jewish playwrights and championing #stories that reflect the richness and diversity of Jewish life in #Britain.

    Building on the success of its inaugural year, the Jewish Literary Foundation returns with its flagship development programme, which will support eight emerging and early-career playwrights from across the UK to develop new work for the #stage."

    broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/