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Writer: novels, poems, short stories, picture books Current WIP novel: The Secret Letter Writer Website: The Write Words Women's Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) Off Campus Writers Workshop (OCWW) #writingcommunity #literaryfiction #soon-to-emerge

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · 18h
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b... #book #books #new #fiction #nonfiction
The Best Books of the Year (So Far)

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · 18h
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05... #poets #poetry #psychoanalysis #JohnAshberry
John Ashbery’s Analyst by Hannah Zeavin

May 12, 2025 – “It turns out that for Ashbery, the big theory was psychoanalysis, the process by which secondhand knowledge becomes firsthand.”

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · May 9
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12 Things You Say Without Realizing You’re Quoting Poetry

Are you fond of telling people that “truth is stranger than fiction”? Thank Lord Byron.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · May 2
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‘Funny, sexy and a bit weird’: inside the new wave of literary parties

Fancy getting poetry performances and DJ sets all in one place? A growing number of event organisers across the UK are putting their own spins on literature readings – and there are queues out the doo...

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 23
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Meet the woman who initiated Socrates in the philosophy of love | Aeon Essays

In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really?

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 19
Everything You Need to Know About Emily Henry www.nytimes.com/article/emil... #books #book #romance #fiction
A Guide to Emily Henry and Her Romance Books

Her best-selling romances have made her a new standard-bearer of the genre.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 18
thebaffler.com/latest/a-pla... #books #book #HenryJames #literature #ex-pats #Americans #Europeans
A Place of Wounds | William Giraldi

In “Henry James Comes Home,” Peter Brooks investigates James’s complex accord with his homeland and its people.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 18
An uplifting story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #books #book #bookstore #Michigan
‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one

A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 18
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a... #books #book #fiction #literature
Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

‘Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless’, author playfully wrote in note weeks after horror novel published in 1897

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 16
Where the Precious Things Are: Maurice Sendak’s Art Collection to Be Auctioned www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/a... #art #books #kidlit #Sendak #picturebooks
Where the Precious Things Are: Maurice Sendak’s Art Collection to Be Auctioned

From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at Christie’s June sales.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 11
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/04... #kidsbooks #kids #books #children #childrensbooks #librarians
Kids Books Honoring Inspiring Librarians | The New York Public Library

These titles pay tribute to some notable library visionaries who dedicated themselves to making libraries available and welcoming to all.

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Kathleen Rooney handle.invalid · Feb 11
Finally putting my long-standing terror of the ocean to good use.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 10
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv... #comics #books
The Comic-Book Artist Who Mastered Space and Time

Jules Feiffer, who died in January, taught me many things, but one comic strip mattered most of all.

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Howard Lovy howardlovy.bsky.social · Apr 3
Thank you to @erikadreifus.bsky.social for mentioning my report from the #AWP25 writer's conference in her Jewish Literary Links newsletter. www.erikadreifus.com/2025/04/jewi...
Jewish Literary Links - Erika Dreifus

Items from the world of Jewish books and writing.

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Howard Lovy howardlovy.bsky.social · Apr 4
This is good news: Jewish Theological Seminary, Conservative Judaism’s flagship, launches an MFA for writers. The program emerges as Jewish writers report facing hostility in publishing circles following October 7, 2023. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Jewish Theological Seminary, Conservative Judaism’s flagship, launches an MFA for writers

The program emerges as Jewish writers report facing hostility in publishing circles following October 7, 2023.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Apr 4
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The Most Popular Book Genre in Each State, Mapped

Discover which literary genres captivate each state and Washington D.C.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 29
www.msn.com/en-us/travel... #festivals #cherrytrees #spring #trees
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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 29
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv... #-poetry-21st-century/681928/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJUQzRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUw2zrSN1xVw64UkkBG3vYs0an_BusVJtlSVcbbdrYvYqYx0b8WAK3bsLQ_aem_8WbCmtKG3X8AnCphI77QzQ #poetry #poems
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)

The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 28
yalereview.org/article/lynn... #Kafka #writing #drawing #books #portraits #literature
Lynne Tillman: “Kafka’s Double Portrait”

When Franz Kafka drew his mother and a self-portrait on the same page, what was he trying to express about their relationship?

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Kaye Publicity kayepublicity.bsky.social · Jan 29
Zibby Owens includes AGENTS OF CHANGE by @christinahillsberg.bsky.social in her list of most anticipated books of 2025:
My Most Anticipated Books 2025

+ Fire Support Update

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 14
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... #literature #books #book
Who is better, Dickens or Shakespeare? We asked nine prominent writers

Elif Shafak, Sarah Perry, Jeffrey Boakye and others tell us which of the two totemic literary figures they favour

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 11
Emily Dickinson’s Playful Letterlocking thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/emily-dickin... #Poetry via @mitpress.bsky.social #EmilyDickinson #poems #letters #books #book
Emily Dickinson’s Playful Letterlocking

Emily Dickinson used envelopes and seals to turn letters into poetry, layering hidden messages and playful forms.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 10
www.vox.com/culture/4024... #scottfitzgerald #GreatGatsby #books #book #fiction #literature
The great American classic we’ve been misreading for 100 years

The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 10
Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed #Children’s #Book #Author and #Illustrator, Dies www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dies

A Caldecott Medal winner, he turned childhood memories of fleeing the Nazis in Poland into magical stories.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 7
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ima...
Inside a Collection of 'Imaginary' Books

Some of these books were lost and never found; others were never even written.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 7
daily.jstor.org/twin-curtain... #WizardofOz #books #kidlit #kids #Oz #Russia #Russian #literature #fiction
Twin Curtains: Oz and the USSR - JSTOR Daily

Aleksandr Volkov’s The Wizard of the Emerald City reimagined L. Frank Baum’s classic, imbuing the story with a love of labor for readers in the Eastern bloc.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 5
Stories by Harper Lee to Appear for the First Time in a New Collection www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b... #HarperLee #KillAMockingbird #fiction #books #book #literature
Harper Lee’s Early Short Stories to Be Published for the First Time

Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 5
What's your favorite #library? Here's some beautiful #Chicago #libraries: www.facebook.com/reel/9417526...
251 reactions · 81 shares | Romanticizing Chicago’s libraries and bookstores—escape into spaces that feel straight out of a love story. 💘📖 #chicagogram #thingstodoinchicago #chicagoarchitecture | atp...

Romanticizing Chicago’s libraries and bookstores—escape into spaces that feel straight out of a love story. 💘📖 #chicagogram #thingstodoinchicago #chicagoarchitecture.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Mar 3
How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wrote Her Way Through #Loss www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/b... #grief #mothers #mother #motherhood #fiction #book #books #literature
How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wrote Her Way Through Loss

When her father died, the author of “Americanah” produced a slim work of nonfiction. When her mother died, she poured her grief into a sprawling 416-page novel.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 28
When William #Faulkner Set the World Record for #Writing the Longest Sentence in #Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom! www.openculture.com/2025/02/when... #book #books #fiction
When William Faulkner Set the World Record for Writing the Longest Sentence in Literature: Read the 1,288-Word Sentence from Absalom, Absalom!

Image by Carl Van Vechten, via Wikimedia Commons “How did Faulkner pull it off?” is a question many a fledgling writer has asked themselves while struggling through a period of apprenticeship like tha...

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 26
www.elle.com/culture/book... #book #books #fiction #NewYorker #literature
Curtis Sittenfeld on the Book She Thinks Everyone Should Read

The Show Don’t Tell author takes our literary survey.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 24
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/02... #MobyDick #Melville #book #books #opera #literature
How Do You Write an Opera Based on Moby-Dick? - The Paris Review

“Ironically, the art form that opera has the most in common with is silent film.”

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 21
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Four Women Shaped Jewish Poetry | Jewish Women's Archive

Writing in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew, these four Jewish women poets, transformed language, identity, and poetry itself—yet their names remain overlooked in literary history.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 20
daily.jstor.org/the-sociopol... #books #book #fiction #literary #Forster #India #British #GreatBritain
The Sociopolitical Impact of A Passage to India - JSTOR Daily

E. M. Forster’s novel captured not only the tensions between colonizers and colonized but also the fraught internal politics that shaped India’s fight for independence.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 17
A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental #Books. It Paid Off. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/b...
Tilted Axis Press Took a Big Risk on Translated Literature. It Paid Off.

The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re coming to the U.S.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 11
At 83, Anne Tyler Has a New Novel. She’d Rather Talk About Anything Else. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/b... #books #book #fiction #literary #AnneTyler
At 83, Anne Tyler Has a New Novel. She’d Rather Talk About Anything Else.

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery to it, Tyler says: Start on Page 1, then keep writing.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 11
The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang newrepublic.com/article/1907... via @newrepublic.com #book #books #fiction #literary #HanKang
The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang

The Nobel laureate’s new novel “We Do Not Part” grapples with an atrocity and the difficulties of bearing witness.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 7
36 Hours in St. Petersburg, Fla. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
36 Hours in St. Petersburg, Fla.: Things to Do and See

St. Petersburg can come as a surprise to visitors expecting malls and subdivisions. There are beautiful beaches, yes, but also a museum with Salvadore Dalí’s early works and a bar that encourages dog...

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Feb 7
Classic Romance Novels: A Starter Pack www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #books #book #romance
Classic Romance Novels: A Starter Pack

These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Dec 27, 2024
Which Parts of These Images Are A.I.-Generated? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #A.I. Can you guess what's real and what's fake?
Which Parts of These Images Are A.I.-Generated?

This quiz shows genuine images that were edited with A.I. tools. Your job: Find what’s fake.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Dec 27, 2024
Édouard Manet Illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, in a French Edition Translated by Stephane Mallarmé (1875) www.openculture.com/2024/12/edou... #books #Poe #Manet #art #The Raven
Édouard Manet Illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, in a French Edition Translated by Stephane Mallarmé (1875)

Edgar Allan Poe achieved almost instant fame during his lifetime after the publication of The Raven (1845), but he never felt that he received the recognition he deserved. In some respects, he was rig...

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Dec 17, 2024
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... #poetry #poetrycommunity #poets
The Shoals of Prose | Ange Mlinko

Two recent books by poets embrace lyrical, subjective criticism to breach the porous border between verse and prose.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Dec 14, 2024
The Best #Poetry #Books of 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/b...
The Best Poetry Books of 2024

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.

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kathymirkin kathymirkin.bsky.social · Dec 13, 2024
The Best Children’s #Books of 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b... #kidlit #picturebooks #children'sbooks #children
The Best Children’s Books of 2024

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

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