Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
Alexander Chee
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This is nonsensical. Libraries buy huge numbers of books you wouldn't otherwise sell. They're a massive discoverability vector for authors. The reasons behind the declining author earnings are not hard to guess. People read less, have less $ to spend, +media is being consolidated by megacorporations
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A new edition of Trans Central Station by the late, beloved trans legend Rachel Pollack, with an introduction by @sarahschulman.bsky.social.
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This is why all of you have a DUTY to stop paroting austerity language at the Federal level. The money is there. It's just not going to supporting life affirming institutions and programs.
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The Post corrected this quickly, but it makes you wonder what their inputs were.
Raman didn't concede. Her full speech was on C-Span, 12 minutes, easy fact check. The "she cried bc she lost" stuff was entirely RW X/YouTube chatter.
New: Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people. Seemingly every week there's a new case, the details usually similar. Cops use unfettered access to Flock to surveil an ex. They most often search their plates hundreds of times over course of months
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Another horrifying consequence as.ft.com/r/f56800b7-4...
"Dozens of women continue the relay of the labor and hunger strike saying, 'We are mothers, daughters, sisters. We are people and we demand justice.'"
Foreword by Sarah Schulman 'No, I was not trapped in the wrong body. I was trapped in the wrong universe. In order to become who I was, I had to break the world open.’ Trans Central Station reflects o...
Displaced Palestinians are struggling to survive in a world of filthy rubble. Now they must contend with rising pest numbers as well
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You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Max Kennerly
Dave Weigel
Jason Koebler
The Washington Post editorial board printing a straight up right-wing lie
A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...
Congress voted to give ICE and CBP another $70 billion through 2029.
"There is no question that this bill passing will make it incredibly difficult to reverse the creation of a huge deportation machine at the hands of President Trump,” @naynagupta.bsky.social tells @washingtonpost.com.
Becky Spratford
NEW: Women inside Delaney Hall have issued new demands over repression, violence, and forced transfer against hunger and labor strikers.
They carry on earlier demands while calling for investigation: "Women report that they have made multiple complaints of sexual abuse against a female officer."
W.E.D.em Boyz
ICE and CBP will be able to keep spending money at a scale that will transform immigration enforcement and with fewer checks and balances.
