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Years ago I learned the story of a talented Black engineer who moved to Russia in the 1930s in order to escape the racism of America. The Communist Party didn’t allow him to leave for 44 years. I wrote about him. The story is up live in POLITICO now!

#QConNY hallway conversation: Steve Wu: I’m speaking about streaming data out of the data lake with Apache Iceberg Me: Wow! That’s a first! How did you do it? Steve Wu: it’s easy. We use Apache Flink

💡Session: "Streaming from #ApacheIceberg - Building Low-Latency and Cost-Effective #DataPipelines" - Steven Wu, Software Engineer Apple and Apache Iceberg PMC. #QConNY #SoftwareConference #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment #TechConference

#ICYMI: "Rickey" by Marguerite Sheffer (pub. 24 March 2023)! thedreadmachine.com/rickey/ #dread #horror #reading #education #teaching #puppets #horrorcommunity #amreading #science #identity #equality #fairness #school #classroom

I told Marguerite Sheffer not to tell anyone but I'm telling you now: this piece wins surprise delight of the last batch! “‘An unfired pot is not a pot at all.’ Frankie looked around at the others. Were they hearing this shit?” havehashad.com/hadposts/re-en…

For Marguerite Sheffer via The Adroit Journal and Christophe Pineau and HAD 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️ #RandolphMFA Randolph College MFA

Bubbling up from the once-empty cosmos is the Crescent—a new asterism featuring six new writers and their unicorn-freeing, house-talking, snail-crushing, forest-pulsing, 新緑-breathing, inside-body-popping works. Click the link and see what you find. 🌟 astrolabe.ooo

Thank you to Astrolabe for publishing my short story about this beloved tapestry, "The Unicorn in Captivity" astrolabe.ooo/sheffer-the-un…

❤️This was part of a presentation @cecordasco and I led this weekend Barrelhouse, on design thinking + getting looser and unstuck in writing. If you're interested, we'll be running a longer, more interactive version online with X-R-A-Y in Jan 24!

#GeauxVote • Regional Transit Authority is free today • polls are open till 8 • if you’ve researched should take 10 minutes out of your day • If you haven’t ANTIGRAVITY Magazine & New Orleans DSA 🇵🇸 have great guides I know it’s easy to be disillusioned, but it is very important to vote.

New flash fiction piece up TheCosmicBackground - this one is about violence and hope. Thank you to @SamAsherwriter and #IgnyteNominated LP Kindred #AvowedDénouementSlut for picking this piece and ushering it into the world! thecosmicbackground.com/stories/margue… And check out this stunning art!

I’ve always dreamed of walking into a bookstore and finding my stories inside, and yesterday I got to stroll into Barnes and Noble and pick up the Nov/Dec issue of Asimov's SF Thank you to Sheila Williams and the team there--what an honor to be among so many amazing stories!

This story was scary to write, and I'm so glad it found a loving home Epiphany Lit Journal ! "Tiger on My Roof" is out in the Fall / Winter issue, and check out the gorgeous cover!

I have a new story up The Offing today, about science, discovery, and love. Thank you to the team there!

Thank you Astrolabe ! You can read the nominated story, "The Unicorn in Captivity," here - astrolabe.ooo/sheffer-the-un…. Congrats to the other nominees ♥️🔥

We are so proud to announce the winners of this year's Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award! Congratulations to Marguerite Sheffer and Sharon Wahl! Both collections will be published this fall. Please visit our website to learn more.

Big news re: my little stories ‐‐‐> real book! Fall 2024

My story "Tiger on My Roof" is now up as Epiphany Lit Journal audio, read by my dearest Russell Spitzer. It's a story about teaching, grief, and augmented reality You can find it here open.spotify.com/episode/7krQ1k…

I'm also happy to share with you that The American Daughters is a New York Times Editor’s Choice!!