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Hello––I've been offline for 2 wks & a fair bit has happened here while I was away... For now, I'm digging in: I've met & seen too much that's good here to abandon now. & I'm reaching out: on Insta as @robgmacfarlane👋, & wd value interim thoughts on Mastodon. Oh––& have a moth. https://t.co/vnpRlMRtaQ

The opening round for the 2022 #GoodreadsChoice Awards begins November 15 - mark your calendars! 🗓️ https://t.co/6ITI1v7dLP

I sold a book on Mastodon today! But I haven't found any horses for sale on there yet. I'm @biggreenbooks@toot.community, if you are also on the planet Mastodonia

My neighborhood is turning into Succession. https://t.co/OW9yp0km45

OK, I don't know much about what to do yet but: @bethannepatrick@journa.host #bookstodon and if others call it #bookstadon I'll find out, I'm going with the spelling of Mastodon. . .

🍁 Check out NYPL’s Fall Staff Picks! Browse hundreds of recommendations from our librarians. https://t.co/c5IkptFNpD

"Enya lives in an actual castle that she renamed Manderley, after the house in Rebecca." https://t.co/wLKMqAri1C

Pre-order SIGNED copies of THE DRIFT, the brand new book by @cjtudor. It's out in January and CJ's kindly agreed to come round and sign copies once it's published! Order you copy HERE. https://t.co/g0gB5bpTWH https://t.co/5DGp18NGkw

‘A month after the rechazo’s resounding victory, a survey by the Laboratorio Constitucional at Diego Portales University found that 79 per cent of people still favoured a new constitution. So why did this draft fail?’ Tony Wood on Chile: https://t.co/gcknXhpz9s

“I’m dedicated to writing about women’s perspectives, and it’s impossible to do that without writing about what frightens us.” https://t.co/cFH1uy8R26

"It would be nice if at least one story had the woman deciding her partner wasn’t worth the trouble and finding someone who didn’t forcibly kiss her, flaunt his affair in front of her face, or gamble away all her savings." https://t.co/EV1vCu0hAx

‘How else to characterise his manic, comic poems except as scherzos or rondos? His odes are composed of runs and passages, not strophes. Even the name-dropping transcends itself because each name becomes a leitmotif.’ Ange Mlinko on Frank O’Hara: https://t.co/SCgNMZriKL

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Rabia Chaudry’s skill at describing flavors and mouthfeel in her memoir, FATTY FATTY BOOM BOOM, suggest that if she weren't an attorney, she might be a food writer. @AlgonquinBooks https://t.co/503JTe6mrg

When Steve-O isn't busy dangling over a pit of live 🐊🐊🐊, he's actually a certified bookworm—and an author twice over! Check out some of his favorite reads right here 👉 https://t.co/m5wDOMKmez