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Hey. @susie_dent has a new book coming out. "An Emotional Dictionary" And Susie's kindly agreed to do dedications exclusively via us! "Obscure compliments/insults/favourite words a speciality. All requests welcome" Order here. https://t.co/rtqcnZ46Rb TELL EVERYONE! https://t.co/VzIuRpYyNf

There’s so much talk of good and bad sex scenes in literature. But how about some great masturbation scenes? https://t.co/MCdgv6BXY5

‘For all its sentimental and antiquarian dimensions, the cult of the founders has damaging political consequences – in particular, abject deference to the constitutional machinery devised in 1787.’ Colin Kidd on American Revolution mania, from 2005: https://t.co/lAA5OTBJGM

"My mission remains the same: Get good books in kids’ hands and be a safe place for anyone who needs it." https://t.co/15IeqOM6kf #ad @ForgeReads

@susie_dent (please).

It's 4th of July—be radical, read books that envision a better future, and work toward revolution. https://t.co/LuuYHekqEG

"Whether you’re a live music person or not, books about musicians are fascinating attempts to catch lightning in a bottle." https://t.co/mvFVaOagHN #ad @GalleryBooks

‘How much does it really matter whether we trace the origins of the American version of pluralist, democratic modernity to the late colonial era, or to 1776, or to the triumph of the Jeffersonian opposition over high-toned Federalists?’ @JRakove in 2001: https://t.co/jS972jXuGE

Nishant Batsha on creating a fictional country that combines elements of many countries to create something entirely new. https://t.co/OslWr91qO0

What do you think is the book of the year so far in 2022? https://t.co/ciU1DhYd5O

‘Her earliest text-based works were published in the conceptual magazine 0-9. One shows a grid, divided into minutes, into which Mayer scored an ‘X’ each time she heard a firecracker on the night of 4 July 1968.’ @francescawade on Rosemary Mayer: https://t.co/Up4PDf6CWA

"I want to be one voice helping to normalize Indigenous language writing in the United States." https://t.co/HFGDRB7yO8

‘The Civil War has captured the country’s main historical attention, possibly because it evokes one of the most anguished social problems in the United States today. The Revolution does not have the same link with the present.’ Theodore Draper in 1995: https://t.co/VIcLzhBVpQ

"The list of things I had not written about, and which could only be written about in fiction, kept growing and mocking me." https://t.co/UkMBLj3xvb

‘For all the undeniable “shuffering and shmiling”, as Fela Kuti put it, there’s a creative energy in Lagos that matches the restlessness of its streets.’ @majapearce on Vagabonds! https://t.co/Y8KQPTdC3v