Worshipful Company of Book Folk 📚 Senior Literary Agent, Enliven Endeavors ✨ “Please read.”
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When will the swan begin to sing?
We’re so weary of everything
And the swan on the river goes glidin' by
The swan on the river goes glidin' by
—Bob Dylan, “The Ballad of the Gliding Swan”
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new password rules:
• password cannot contain any word you know or have previously heard
• no earth languages
• must contain an otter
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Yes, this. Writers of color, of endangered communities, pitch me your books now. World needs to hear you.
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The most undertaught skill is the ability to say, without shame, “Wait, maybe I’m wrong,” and sit with it and mean it and use it as a prod to further improvement
I could be wrong about this
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Yesterday, my dad passed away.
He was warm, loving,
and a wryly gifted storyteller.
After it happened,
my family sat and told stories of him.
Always, he was helping people.
But making our lives
what they are today
was his greatest kindness
and the story he told with his life.
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Excellent, detailed breakdown of Spicer's photo claims. Boast re worldwide viewership is almost unsustainable now.
politico.com/blogs/donald-tr…
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Be careful out there this Halloween. I just held out a bowl of candy and three kids dropped in their manuscripts
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Reviewers: PLEASE take care not to misgender authors in your reviews. Check and double-check the pronouns against the publisher's copy or the author's website or social media bios; if there is any doubt, contact the publisher.
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Miss the old days when my dude was waiting at the subway entrance to ask where exactly you thought you were going
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Message to men:
1. Stop it
2. Stop other men from doing it
3. Listen to @ambertamblyn, @rosemcgowan, and other heroes
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This weekend,
four months after my father,
my mother, Janice Morgan,
passed away.
She was generous, loving,
a passionate cheerleader,
an unshakable idealist
of Dickensian enthusiasm.
She left everyone she met feeling
that somehow, without even trying, they had inspired her.
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GOOD MORNING
lithub.com/cal-morgan-return…
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Vera Tschechowa, German actress, abortion rights activist, and great-niece of Anton Chekhov, with a date, 1960
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I feel seen
and perhaps also attacked
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Where,
I ask you,
are the white ladies
with their cell phones
when an actual public threat appears
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PSA: don’t stop idly at the top of a subway staircase at 8:15am to read something on your phone
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Fascinated with this Amtrak train in my IG feed which appears to be making a steep landing at LaGuardia
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (UPI): Brandon Taylor is the 18th winner of the Story Prize, for his collection FILTHY ANIMALS. PICTURED: Brandon Taylor.
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Good morning!
If you’re so inclined,
pull down from your shelf
a book that you love,
take a photo,
and post it for us?
This will count toward
your good deeds for
the weekend.
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Mabel Bell and her husband, Alexander Graham, kissing in a tetrahedral kite with which they were experimenting, 1903
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Storytelling is all we have.
Storytelling is all we need.
Storytelling is all we must get right.
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Since "books"
are in the news this week,
may I humbly suggest that,
in addition to F&F,
you buy "others"
that will change your life
in differently exciting ways
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The trouble with me is that I always want the language to be beautiful. Richly beautiful, rough-hewn beautiful, whimsical or gravid, always throwing its own shower of sparks.
(Sorry. I know it’s early)
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From now on, my approach to editing will involve turning the manuscript to a 45-degree angle, then wrapping it perfectly in shiny green paper
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This difficult week was made so much harder by the loss of poet Molly Brodak, partner of my friend Blake Butler—two artists whose work have given comfort to many.
I wish no comfort were needed today.
I wish Molly were still alive.
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Technically a book deal is one of those oversized raviolis where you're like, OMG, two of these is the whole entree
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I can’t tell you
what joy has filled my heart
at the news that @blgtylr
has been longlisted
for @TheBookerPrizes!
THIS IS THE REAL LIFE
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My father
and his father
owned this house
for sixty years.
I never owned it,
but just briefly,
it convinced me
I could paint.
Edward Hopper,
it appears,
I ain’t.
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Pro tip: Before you send out a proposal or MS--especially if this draft has been revised--do two things:
- Make sure you've deleted all Track Changes comments, accepted changes, and turned tracking off
- Email it to a friend to confirm that emailing doesn't ruin your formatting
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The first letter of all of my 43,700 tweets
spells out the complete text
of Taylor Swift's unpublished novel
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Just read a paragraph, from the forthcoming novel by @blgtylr, that was so good I might have to spend the rest of the afternoon on the floor
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I want to thank everyone who's going back to school today - to teach, to study, to administer.
The world needs to be a better place, and you'll make it so.
If some teacher changed the course of your life, reply below and tell us how.
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What is the word for when you’re not obsessed with something, but the algorithm is obsessed with it on your behalf
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Is it just me or do you ever feel you're in a years-long dysfunctional relationship with the regulars in your Who to Follow queue
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This is unacceptable. No taxpayer money should go toward the service of a family member's unaccountable involvement in WH business
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Hey
listen
Here’s an idea
Think of someone
you work with
who does a great job
or takes the work really seriously
or even just could use some support
Then go and thank them
Try it
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The cast of the incoming administration, which I hear is highly overrated, should immediately apologize to us for their terrible behavior
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Don’t listen to others for a bit. Don’t give yourself concrete assignments or projects. Instead gather yr materials around you, whatever they be, and use them to meander, free-associate, pull threads that don’t need to go anywhere. Remember how good it feels to create w/o agenda.
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Because I was on a call —
and could not get her a snack —
the six-year-old came for me.
Her note complained of this dumb world —
And Despondency.
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This weekend,
find the time
to do something—
small or large—
to support an artist
you know or admire.
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Isn’t all your
hatred and bigotry
exhausting?
Isn’t it
making your life
a bleak bitter stew?
The people
you work so hard to hate
are your own community.
They’re just like you,
without the bias
against the disadvantaged.
Grow up,
drop the tribalism,
and embrace difference.
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BOOKER FINALIST
BRANDON TAYLOR.
IT HAS A NICE RING TO IT.
thebookerprizes.com/booker-p… @blgtylr @riverheadbooks @mere215
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Sure I’m looking forward to 2021
2 wake up in the morning and think
0 my god there’s finally a vaccine &
2 see Trump leave in disgrace bc Biden
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HEROINES. GREEN GIRL. BOOK OF MUTTER.
There is no writer on earth like Kate Zambreno.
Here, at last, a major new work, and her @riverheadbooks debut: the restless, brilliant, tender new novel DRIFTS.
"An extraordinary book." --Margo Jefferson
penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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I mean, everyone already knows what a great human @brandonlgtaylor is.
Wait till everyone finds out what a great novelist he is.
Welcome to @riverheadbooks, BT. So excited to work with you.
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I am being vaccinated at a fairgrounds, and if Norman Rockwell doesn't show up with some balloons and a fistful of Cracker Jack then I don't know what
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but this weekend was a timely reminder to think before you tweet, avoid taking cheap shots at good people, resist the temptation to make light of suffering, order from indies, eschew cynicism, and vote like your life depends on it
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my god, twitter,
i share the sentiment,
but it's a little early on Monday AM
for me to look up at my screen
and find the first trending topic
is READ THE MANUSCRIPT
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“It’s important the cats look good for my birthday”
is a sentence I just uttered
and also a measure of our isolation
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THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI,
this magnificent novel
of family, friendship, grief, and joy,
has just become @azemezi’s
first @nytimes bestseller.
I couldn’t be prouder to work with this truly visionary author.
Congratulations to them!
And to the amazing
@riverheadbooks team.
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