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There are people who ask “what’s the point of reading” and the best answer remains “because it’s FUN.” Fiction is a pleasure. Learning is a pleasure. Reading is not a chore but our greatest escape from the pressures and perils of living.

Sometimes I think about quitting twitter but where else is a sitting senator posing next to a statue of a hodag and claiming it as a wonder of humanity

Brat summer is over. We're all getting ready for Incredibly Well Behaved Kindergartener Autumn My 5 y/o: [frowns skeptically]

[me looking for size 5T khakis for my son's uniform at 11pm on a Monday night] Meghan Markle and I have so much in common

Book publishers, not authors, should cover the cost of indexes

the real trick to worldbuilding is to make the moon fucked up. you don’t even have to explain it. just fuck up that moon it’s always cool

We all had to learn how to pronounce "Reince Priebus" a decade ago and that guy is still mispronouncing "Kamala" 2 months from the election?

Not enough people are talking about how "Kamala Harris" scans to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby"

Seconding Tayla Burney's newsletter here--Steve Inskeep's NYT-bestselling book on Lincoln DIFFER WE MUST is "a darn delight," especially on audiobook. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670070/d…

Why do I keep letting myself be persuaded I have to watch these things to be an informed citizen

The secret to getting kids reading is the same thing that worked in the nineties. Reading Rainbow. Free pizzas. Shakespeare rom-coms. A million Jane Austen adaptations. Movies where a guy gifts his beloved an enormous library. Dog who acts out the classics.

The Connecticut-born millennial urge to start rewatching Gilmore Girls as soon as the leaves turn

Maybe 2025 will be the year that I, a person with a graduate degree in English and a longstanding career in book publishing, will finally spell "bureaucracy" correctly on the first try

Thrilled to announce "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Coming from Scribner June 10, 2025. A long journey but perfect timing for 2025's Harlem Renaissance centennial milestones. Excited that this icon's REAL story will finally be out in the world.

Thinking of starting a book club but the texts are my high school classmates' unhinged tweets

My ancestors are dancing and my heart is full… 💜🙏🏾

My toddler just announced "Is time for sleep," and then lay down immediately in her crib without protest This may be the greatest day of my life

Man, can you even imagine a world in which a GOP candidate takes this case...or a Supreme Court sides with them greenwichtime.com/opinion/articl…