Bex Writes

Bibliophile. Writer. Indie bookseller. Former assistant editor for Wellstone Press. Visit my book blog or find me on Facebook.

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"...we are the children of Hogwarts, and more than anything, we just want to be sorted." Robin Sloan's delectable and brilliant SOURDOUGH.

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My radio debut on @JeffExchange! Summer Reads With Bloomsbury Books (Ashland) https://t.co/PXA3iKytWM

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"What do you do with a sick chemist? Helium. Or curium. Or barium." Love CHEMISTRY, by Weike Wang. Wise, concise, and unexpectedly funny.

[Fresh Air @nprfreshair]

"Language is a living thing, stories are a living thing — they shape our societies." https://t.co/FlnSkwbeXK

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March 7th is International Womens' Day! DEAR IJEAWELE, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie came out… https://t.co/XJehjIuUNU

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On sleep walking, being a Hufflepuff, book recommendations, and more. Q&A w/ RABBIT CAKE author @annie_hartnett
https://t.co/XFB0rrjJaY

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Happy pub day @annie_hartnett. Big-hearted RABBIT CAKE explores grief and celebrates life (sometimes w/ cake!) https://t.co/asl3QpHp7k

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"The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everything."
My review of @acthomasbooks searing debut: https://t.co/s2mJc3SCsE

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Zadie Smith reads her short story “Crazy They Call Me”: https://t.co/lErtmahAA3

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"What you have in your independent bookstore is very, very different than what Amazon is providing." https://t.co/a6aBarxg8D

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Churchill: “A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize; it is the most dangerous foe of tyranny."

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Binc Ambassador Ann Patchett (Parnassus Books) along with Emma Straub on the importance of bookstores. https://t.co/KJKbhUhF45

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Return of the editor: @CalMorgan on his time off from and his re-entry into publishing. https://t.co/P9Y86MrT3A

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"Despair is also often premature: it's a form of impatience as well as of certainty." February… https://t.co/hApljTjpi1

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@melvillehouse, and I meant every word. You can't help loving a character who checks wardrobes for Narnia.

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Caitriona Lally's "sweetly off-kilter" debut EGGSHELLS gets a nice review in today's @ShelfAwareness: https://t.co/44kH1Veaap

[Melville House @melvillehouse]

And @bex_text calls the book "Charming, quirky, full of literary allusions...surprising and satisfying"!!! https://t.co/aFqZsWtJOz

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Bookstores are sanctuary, and bookselling is a political act. My takeaways from #Wi12 @ABAbook @indiebound https://t.co/wtKBBeV12p

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From classics to new seminal reads, 8 books on politics @PoliticsProse recommends we read now, via @NewsHour: https://t.co/cvTkeAxzGF

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All are welcome here. #BloomsburyAshland #noplaceforhate #indiebooksellers https://t.co/IrphNXFo6y