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How Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, and Leigh Brackett Defined a Strand of Midcentury American Literature

In June 1943, Patricia Highsmith tagged along with a friend on a social call to the Greenwich Village apartment of Stanley Edgar Hyman and his wife, Shirley Jackson. Highsmith’s interest was mostly…

Yet with little grenades of POD troubleshooting or the thrill of an unanticipated run on something to keep things spicy.

I am very excited for the National Book Awards, but once again want to point out that it's probably not a good thing that 7 out of 10 finalists for fiction and nonfiction are published by PRH.

Update: she was being a dinosaur, and the dinosaur wanted a crisp

Breaking: my British/Irish toddler cousin, visiting for a wedding, just asked if she could have a “crisp.”

Delighted to see The Translator’s Daughter by @gracelp.bsky.social on this list!

MBmatteristbooks.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 1:00pm

11 Books by Taiwanese and Taiwanese American Women electricliterature.com/11-books-by-...

11 Books by Taiwanese and Taiwanese American Women - Electric Literature

These writers are redefining an identity that has been co-opted, contested, appropriated by outsiders for centuries

Abolish the death penalty

Another case of election errors driving rumoring today (this time over on X). Posts highlighting the 'mistake' receive quotes/replies that falsely suggest that the mistake was intentional and ignore remedies (downstream security measures) that would mitigate any impact. apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin capital city sends up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots, leading to GOP concerns

Up to 2,000 voters in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital of Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots, but a city spokesperson says that none had been returned, all affected voters were being c...

McSweeney’s says yes

I'm sorry, we cannot approve your $800 expense report for the academic conference you attended, because the hotel you reserved, although it was $100 cheaper than the conference hotel rate, was not on our approved vendor list, & you did not submit the proper itemized receipt for your $15 lunch.

EMbrunalab.bsky.socialSep 12, 2024 7:20pm

Sasse: “there’s no way I could make things worse!” Sasse: “Hold my beer.” www.wuft.org/fresh-take-f...

Lavish catering under ex-UF president: $38,610 sushi bar, holiday party that cost nearly $900 per person

The University of Florida’s then-president, Ben Sasse, dished out over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.