I am grateful for all my phenomenal women writers mentors and friends. I wish I could list them all…@Vanessa_LaLoba Zelda Lockhart, PhD Zahra Noorbakhsh Chelene Knight Redbud Writing Project Jp Cooper fans Rachel Thompson 📚💗 The Lit Mag Love Course @megpokrass Diane Zinna Faith Adiele Connie Pertuz-Meza #IWD2022

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Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Summer Concert — Bright Lights, Big City Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh, NC

So, I, uh, won The New England Book Award for fiction. Congrats to all the finalists! And winners in other categories!

Behind the Doodle: Celebrating Tito Puente youtu.be/O-qakaF62ss via YouTube #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth

Maybe no one will see this so, omg OWNER OF A LONELY HEART reviewed in The New York Times ! ❤️Scribner nytimes.com/2023/07/01/boo…

Tengo el libro perfecto para acompañar mundial femenino! FURIA se trata de una futbolista de Rosario, donde nací y crecí. Recibió el premio Pura Belpre a la mejor novela escrita por un/a escritor/a latino/a viviendo en EEUU. Parte de Reese's Book Club

As of today, there are about half a dozen books being sold on Amazon, with my name on them, that I did not write or publish. Some huckster generated them using AI. This promises to be a serious problem for the book publishing world. janefriedman.com/i-would-rather…

I'm so thrilled to be revealing the cover for The Waves Take You Home with the help of The Nerd Daily. Go take a look! Art by the amazing Raxenne Manequiz. Click the link to learn more and read an excerpt! This cover😍 Let me know what you think! 🌺 thenerddaily.com/the-waves-take…

Here's a new story by me in Frigg for your Monday! Thanks to Ellen Parker for her dedicated editing, and check out the other work, too, particularly some fantastic micros by Wigleaf editor and writer extraordinaire Scott Garson. friggmagazine.com/issuesixtytwo/…

Announcing the first of the finalists for the SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition 2023 #TheMikey: "Chicken" by Natalie Warther (previously published in HAD) Natalie Warther

BAM! PRIETA IS DREAMING: A CUENTOS-NOVELA A new collection from the late, legendary Gloria E. Anzaldúa, coming in Nov from SUNY Press. Ft. cover art from the archive, by a dear friend of Gloria's. Available for preorder NOW. sunypress.edu/Books/P/Prieta…

Excited to share my interview with Joanna Kalbus at The Rumpus Enjoy this interview, additional conversations and content at The Rumpus An Exodus and a Beginning: A Conversation with Joanna Choi Kalbus therumpus.net/2025/12/12/an-… via @the_rumpus

The 93 Best Novellas, including novella and short fiction recommendations from Stephen King and other authors on the list. greghickeywrites.com/best-novellas #novella #booklist