On May 7, I'll be reading here with friends and fellow writers to raise funds for We Are Not Numbers, a youth-led nonprofit in Gaza that shares Palestinian stories. Join us. For tickets: eventbrite.com/e/freedom-to-w…

today is the day that ✨IN UNIVERSES✨ is born into the world!!! I'm not saying that this book made me trans, but I can say that I was a very different person when I started editing this book, and now am a very different person because of it <3

Very glad to see Brian K. Goodman's 'marvelous new book' get some deserved attention lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-tran…

Tuesday the 30th ⁦Changing Hands Bookstore⁩ Tempe is the local launch for HATCH. This reading is with the women the books is dedicated to, writers who I respect & appreciate so much: Kalani Pickhart, Winslow Schmelling, Arya Naidu,Tarah Knaresboro (& ⁦⁦Christina D'Antoni⁩ in spirit)

This is tonight!

Thank you Publishers Weekly for featuring CACTUS COUNTRY in your Endnotes section! I am so grateful to my incredible ABRAMS Books editor Abby Muller, agent Maggie Cooper, and cover designer Kelly Winton, for all of the care that made my book what it is: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

“In real life you aren’t allowed to say you’re angry but in music you can say anything.”

-Sinead O’Connor in Rememberings

So much to love in this conversation but I especially liked this on research:

I'm thrilled to finally, officially announce that I'm turning my historical detective adventures into a book! SO EXCITED to be working on The Secret-Seekers with Elizabeth Mitchell at HarperOne and ever grateful to Mollie Glick, my rock and encourager. 💞
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NEW: The Appeal has published the first national database of prison commissary prices. The project covers 46 states, revealing an exploitative system that forces incarcerated people to pay up to 5x the outside price for some items. theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

This would never have happened if not for Gilbert_King and Kelsey Decker, whose investigation into Leo's case in the podcast BONE VALLEY showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was wrongly convicted.

I hadn't cried about publishing my first book until today, when my wonderful editor's wonderful assistant sent me... the index?

Words of wisdom from Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Let's reflect on her powerful message as we anticipate Delivering Democracy 2024.

Join us on April 13th to delve deeper into these vital discussions. Register now at csrd.asu.edu/dd2024 and secure your spot!

Finally read Sarah Viren’s beautiful & harrowing book TO NAME THE BIGGER LIE, which is a gorgeously written memoir & moving intellectual deep dive into questions of truth, knowing, and living in a society. Absolutely impressed & grateful for the work bookshop.org/p/books/to-nam…

This gorgeous debut by Kathleen Blackburn is out in a week. Get your pre-orders on.

1864. That's 160 years ago. And now it's law again.

azmirror.com/2024/04/09/abo…

Oh you wanted NEW Helen Garner???? We got you. Pantheon Books

Here’s a writing exercise for National Poetry Month: bit.ly/3xv4BDR
I’ll offer another tomorrow to celebrate THE SELECTED SHEPHERD, a volume of Reginald Shepherd poems I culled for you, which will be out in 24 hours. Please preorder it today here: a.co/d/580tp4W

Guy behind me on plane is talking loudly about the “knife problem” they have in England.

“People are getting knifed!”

Meanwhile, we’ve landed… in Texas.

Happy National Poetry Month Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Join us April 12, a reading, conversation and book signing by Kelli Russell Agodon & Sati Mookherjee. Let's share & celebrate all words can do! With ASU English Dept., ASUopendoor