Sarah Harrison Smith

Full-time faculty at Johns Hopkins; author of "The Fact Checker's Bible." Lots of writing and editing at the New York Times and as editorial director at Amazon.

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

Fun! Pop-up surprise planned for winter at Homewood https://t.co/Hl35xcc87A via @HubJHU

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

Really fun to teach Brillat Savarin and MFK Fisher @JohnsHopkins today. She translated “The Physiology of Taste” in the late 40s and you can hear echoes of him in her prose.

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Super engaged bookclub discussion of #MegRosoff 's "The Great Godden" tonight. (We all loved it.) Was the protagonist nonbinary, or what? And was Rosoff giving a nod to Rumer Godden's "Greengage Summer"? (Any excuse to discuss Rumer Godden.)

[WSJ Books Section @WSJBooks]

Biographer Ann McCutchan recounts the life of Pulitzer Prize winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a “maverick” who was clearly ahead of her time. @SHSmithBooks reviews the story of the “brilliant and brave” Rawlings https://t.co/vhQsexFs8v

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You’ll enjoy Ann McCutchan’s biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings even if you’ve never read Rawling’s work. It’s a fascinating depiction of a self-supporting, self-critical female writer living in a period of momentous cultural change. @wwnorton @WSJ

https://t.co/q31F0cWEqS

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@katherine_heiny I teach Colwin's "Home Cooking" @JHU_CLE. You can hear echoes of her voice in a lot of current food writing. I'm thrilled there's a pretty new edition of "Happy All the Time" - I reread it last summer in a tattered library copy. Congratulations on the intro!

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Four fantastic books to help kids with friendship, from @PeachtreePub @LevineQuerido @candlewick @abramskids
https://t.co/bZgXrwfR43

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@saraoleary Very nice to see your work praised in Sara Franklin’s roundup on @lithub today!

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Your holiday shopping list...

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

The most notable picture, middle grade and young adult books of the year, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor https://t.co/5pKduzGkga

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@SophieBlackall @nytimesbooks @ChronicleKids Congratulations!

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@KJDellAntonia @ReeseW So great!!!

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

I'm seeing some amazing summer internships for writing students, such as this one, for budding arts critics, at the Wall St. Journal. Deadline is Dec. 13. Happy to advise. @JHU_CLE @TheWritingSems https://t.co/o0yIbAj2KG

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

Students @JHU_CLE who are looking for a DC-based internship: This one, @EWG, would have you working with top "science communicators" on crucial issues related to the environment and human health.
https://t.co/OWOhzdrYfS

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

Loving what a former @JohnsHopkins student wrote to me about the Ruth Shalit Barrett debacle in #theAtlantic: "Once again I am amazed by the drama of the journalism world and the importance of accurate fact-checking!!!"
https://t.co/QHcpM8o4eR

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

As a kid, I found Joan Aiken's books almost unbearably exciting. How fun to learn more about the childhood that nurtured her imagination. Like a child during the pandemic, she didn't go to school -- and then later she lived in a bus! #kidlit

[Lizza Aiken💙💛 @LizzaAiken]

An early Birthday present for Joan Aiken friends from @GuardianBooks - a picture history of how she came to be a writer...such treasures...first book advance £25.00!!!
https://t.co/8aDQfVDS0g

[Sarah Harrison Smith @SHSmithBooks]

@bookcritics @nytimesbooks Thanks so much for sharing this!

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@hilary_mckay Can’t wait to read your next. Plot is overrated and 27 variations on Louis would be a pleasure to read ;-)

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What a treat to write about THE TIME OF GREEN MAGIC for the New York Times. "Iffen" you read this wonderful new novel, I bet you'll love it, too! @hilary_mckay

https://t.co/y9HDZMdqK8

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@TomBeerBooks Barbara Trapido's 1981 novel, "Brother of the More Famous Jack"-- totally fun, smart, and cheering. @BloomsburyPub

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@skeetermeeter Ugh, how terrible. I feel lucky to have met her. What a loss.