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David M. Perry
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it continues to be about activating voters rather than persuading people to shift positions. as it ever is ...
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648 followers 598 following 139 posts
Author of #kidlit (picture books, MG, Tween and YA), www.joknowles.com teacher at Mountainview MFA, mentor at revise-and-shine.com
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David M. Perry
@lollardfish.bsky.social
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it continues to be about activating voters rather than persuading people to shift positions. as it ever is ...
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Jennifer Laughran
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Hi. I’ve been answering your burning Publishing questions on Tumblr for like, a decade. There are thousands of posts on there! Chances are, if you’ve ever had a question for an agent, I have answered it. Check out the pinned FAQ post for a start, then dig in!
www.tumblr.com/literaticat
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Jo Knowles
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I wasn’t aware there was a 3 or 4 so this news is already too much.
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Jo Knowles
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"Dear Mrs. Jo Knowles,
You touched my heart. Your book made me feel like there were other people who could relate to my experience. To keep it short I could see a piece of myself in Fern...as I read this book I felt like I could be like Fern and still find happiness when I felt sad." #kidlit
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Dannagal G. Young
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67% voter turnout squashes fascism. Tell your friends.
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Kelly Barnhill
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social
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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.
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Jo Knowles
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Today during the student readings there was an unexpected turn that was so surprising I gasped “Oh!” very loudly and I hope the writer felt it in her core. 👏👏👏
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Kelly Barnhill
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It feels like journalistic gaslighting at this point
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Jo Knowles
@joknowles.bsky.social
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THRILLED!!!!! #kidlit #picturebooks
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Jo Knowles
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What is going on???? 😒
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Carl T. Bergstrom
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If you’ve never seen Dorothea Lange’s photographs of the World War II internment camps and the Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned there, today is a good day to see them and to commit to making sure this never happens again.
anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothe...
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Django Wexler
@djangowexler.bsky.social
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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation
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Jo Knowles
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Gotta lotta hard writing to do today. Appreciating the love anchor. #cats #writing #kidlit
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Jo Knowles
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Oh my gosh THANK YOU.
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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Author/Illustrator
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts
Some of my favorite queer middle grade novels. Check out these amazing titles! Give them (or make them available) to the 8-14 yos in your life. Read them yourself to heal your inner child & feel better about the world. 😄
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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Authors Against Book Bans has created candidate score cards along the axis of book bans! Join, and use them in your school board elections!!
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southpaw
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The Democratic Party’s reaction to their candidate having a bad debate substantially outpaces the Republican Party’s reaction to their candidate being convicted of multiple felonies, held liable for rape, and owing judgments in the hundreds of millions for defamation and fraud.
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Jo Knowles
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I guess at this point our only hope is that we can hold the house and senate. But that's a long shot, and it's not going to keep him from doing a hell of a lot of damage regardless.
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Jo Knowles
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Good point. I suppose a lot can happen in the next few months. But ugh, that was rough.
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Jo Knowles
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Feeling a profound sense of doom this morning after listening to the debate on my drive home last night and reading NYT this morning. If you have any hopeful angle on this I’d be glad to hear it.
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Chloë Lum
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It’s important to speak up against transphobia, not because you might change the hearts and minds of bigots, but to signal to them and everyone else in the room that their bigotry is not tolerated *and* yo be in solidarity with any trans folks or loved ones of trans folks who might be in the room.
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Jo Knowles
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Put my derby gear on the deck to dry out after practice during the heat wave here in VT. Didn’t realize my mouth guard was in my gear bag. That’s hot. And kinda gross. Sorry.
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John Scalzi
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10 times as much electricity for much worse results, ABSOLUTE GENIUS
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Jo Knowles
@joknowles.bsky.social
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Did you ever notice how cats and toddlers treat 100º temps the same in that they just want to be ALL OVER YOU even though it is a thousand degrees? (This is only one of many ways cats and toddlers are similar, actually. I'm going to start a list.)
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Jennifer Laughran
@literaticat.bsky.social
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Hey if you are interested in books and whatnot could you do me a favor and follow @andreabrownlit.bsky.social ? We are trying to migrate AWAY from Evil Empire type sites but we still get about a million percent fewer eyeballs here so it’s hard to leave — trying to boost BLUESKY! 💙🦋💙
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Kate Messner
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Teachers & librarians! Have you signed up for our free online summer writing camp, Teachers Write? This summer's theme is REVISION and it's going to be SO MUCH FUN. Here are all the details & a link to sign up! katemessner.com/announcing-t...
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Jo Knowles
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Hello new followers! So excited more children's lit people have found this space! (And that I finally figured out how to put the app on my phone so I use it more). When I searched for it in the app store the first choice that came up was TRUTH SOCIAL! NOOOoooo. What? Anyway. Hi!!! 😍
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Jo Knowles
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Thank you!!!
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Jo Knowles
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My semester is over so I have 0 excuses left for not writing. Yesterday, I set a timer for 1 hour. "Just try for 1 hour," I told myself. I wrote 4 pages of mush. Today, I set the timer again and re-read what I wrote, sobbing as I edited. These essays will either be the end or the beginning of me.
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Jo Knowles
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Guilty on all counts. Amen.
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Jo Knowles
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The news about Trump's NDA's over his bad behavior toward women during the previous campaign are not surprising, but predictably gross. How many more are out there for far WORSE offenses? My guess is... a lot.
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
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Looking for a list of book bans and challenges in the U.S.? @tasslyn.bsky.social has partnered with @everylibrary.bsky.social to create a Book Censorship Database: www.everylibraryinstitute.org/book_censors...
Also see my Book Bans & Libraries feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
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kottke.org
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A Massachusetts “millionaire’s tax” (extra 4% tax on $1M+ incomes) has earned the state more than $1.8 billion in income for fiscal 2023. That’s about double the estimates and the funds will be spent on education and transportation. [wgbh.org]
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Jo Knowles
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Ridiculous that it took READING THE BOOKS to realize they were fine. But… I guess it’s nice that there’s some publicity about someone who actually read them and came to this conclusion, even if it was after the damage was done.
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Lincoln Michel
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Memory eternal
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Jo Knowles
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Had lunch with some 6th, 7th, and 8th graders last Thursday and can confirm 💯
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Jo Knowles
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Update from Crooked Media: "Barron Trump won’t be a delegate to the Republican National Convention after all. Following news that Donald Trump’s youngest son had been selected as an at-large delegate from Florida, Melania’s [sic] Trump says Barron has 'prior commitments.'" 💯
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Ghost Dansing ☠️ 👻👽
@ghostdansing.bsky.social
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reminder that while judge cannon delays the criminal trial against trump for stealing and conspiring to move boxes of highly classified documents, this person was jailed immediately, and served 5 years for stealing and mailing one classified document.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality...
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Jo Knowles
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Just yesterday a 6th grader asked me what it felt like to have one of my books banned. First, I feel like I must have done something wrong. Then, I feel angry because I know I didn't. Then, I just feel really, really sad.
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Jo Knowles
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Barron Trump has been chosen as a delegate at the Republican convention and I can't possibly be the only one praying that when he takes the mic to officially nominate his father he refuses and drops the mic and becomes an instant anti-hero.
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Jo Knowles
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PSA for my tiny-chested pals: I'm 53 and FINALLY discovered today where they keep the best bras in my size: IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION of TJ Maxx. Bonus: They're way cheaper and the pads are sewn in so you don't have to search everywhere for the inserts and re-stuff them every time you wash 'em! 🤩
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Jo Knowles
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Funny the NYT didn't share that part in their minute-by-minute coverage happening right now 😱
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Jo Knowles
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There are many things that should never ever be run like a business with $$ being the bottom line: Education, Health-Care and Prisons, for starters.
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Jo Knowles
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Ooooh! Hmmmmmm
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Jo Knowles
@joknowles.bsky.social
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Tempted to set up an out of office reply to make it seem like I'm off doing something work-related while I'm actually in the garden tending to my mental health.
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Jo Knowles
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My sister is a school librarian and invited me to speak at her school on Thursday. The middle school kids read See You At Harry's so my sister bought letters to make "Be" shirts, like Ran wore. 😍
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Jo Knowles
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File under: Things that make me happy and hopeful 😍
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Jo Knowles
@joknowles.bsky.social
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Thank you! YES. I feel like I _know_ this but always forget. :)
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Jo Knowles
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Oh! Yes, that is such a good tip/reminder. Thank you!
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Jo Knowles
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I have a full day school visit tomorrow and I feel a bit out of practice and super nervous. Author friends: What are your go-to methods for dealing with nerves? I used to take beta blockers my anxiety was so bad but my prescription ran out. 😱
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