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I write with a heavy heart that my cousin Sama, 7 years old, has been killed in the air strike on their house along with 18 members of her family, which is my extended family. In the house was the grandmother, Fatima, who was my grandmother’s sister. She was killed too with two

Israel is literally wiping out apartment buildings in Beirut tonight. Let that sink in—residential buildings full of Lebanese families. In what universe is this considered “self-defense”?

Israeli public media is posting the Jabalia death march as the ultimate victory picture of Israel's genocide. Children, men & women caged in a concentration camp, starved & bombed, then rounded up & forced to move to the next concentration camp to be caged, starved, & bombed!

Yousef was delivering fresh produce just today and then Israel targeted and killed him. My heart is absolutely shattered.

‼️ Nika Soon-Shiong, whose family owns the Los Angeles Times, confirms the decision not to endorse a candidate was made bc of Kamala Harris’ support for genocide in Gaza. “Our family made the joint decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate. This was the first and only time I have

Please amplify this: For more than 22 days, not a single drop of water or food truck entered north Gaza.

"We have lost everything in this hospital. Even our children. Everything we've built, they have burned. They killed my son. They burned the hospital entirely. I buried my son by the hospital wall." Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza

What if we told you we’ve written a second book? Remember our first? Of course you do. amazon.com/Astro-Poets-Yo…?

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Society peaked when you could hear this on the radio all the time in the car as a kid tbh

On the third anniversary of the war on Ukraine, the The Yale Review is publishing - I'm excited to say - a massive, ambitious new short story by László Krasznahorkai, that comes with an interview with Hari Kunzru. Brodernists of the world, this one is for you! yalereview.org/article/kraszn…

Just eight months from now, my first book, WRECKS, finalist for the Noemi Press Book Awards, will be out in the world! I'm grateful to Noemi for believing in this book — Sarah Gzemski, Suzi F. Garcia, Anthony Cody, Mariah Bosch, and especially my amazing editor, Diana Arterian. ✨

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This extraordinary, essential book hits US shelves today.

Thanks to Mike Rosenwald The New York Times for giving my girl the send-off she deserves. I will always be proud that I got to be her biographer. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/sci…

If Katy Waldman reviews a novel, I will be there. One of the last great book critics out here. Study her. Thank me later. Oh yes, you can also study Adam Kirsch.