Kristin Henley

Reader. Writer. Managing Director for The Center for Fiction. Frequent voter. Infrequent tweeter.

[Kristin Henley @kdronimo]

@IdraNovey @weslpress @pswordwoman 🎉🎉🎉

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

They can cancel PPP loans, though.

[Kristin Henley @kdronimo]

@andevers So very sorry for your loss.

[Kristin Henley @kdronimo]

@corinneblalock So sorry Corinne—I remember meeting her briefly and she was lovely in just those few minutes. Love to you and your family.

[todd dillard @toddedillard]

next time someone asks "what do you do for a living with a degree in poetry" I am going to show them this

[Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22) @CabanD22]

The Mayor is trying to cut $75M from libraries over the next four years.

“We have become more efficient, but at some point you get to the bone,” the head of NYPL told the Council. “This may push us over the edge.”

$75M is 0.013 of the NYPD’s operating budget for just one year.

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

Happy Birthday, Sylvia Plath, who would have been 90 years old today.

[Susan Gonzalez (@susangonzalez.bsky.social) @TheNewsan]

THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF APPLICATION IS OPEN TELL YOUR FRIENDS https://t.co/wCFqwrHJGB

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

We are thrilled to announce the recipients of The Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil 2022-2023 Emerging Writer Fellowships. Congratulations to Sara Aboulafia, Natalie Adler, Han Chang, JP Infante, Diana Kole, Emmanuel Lachaud, Sabrina Helen Li, Juliana Roth and Jiaming Tang!

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Neither of Florida’s 2 Republican senators voted for Florida to receive federal disaster funds.

Rick Scott voted no.

Marco Rubio did not show up.

[Kristin Henley @kdronimo]

@mecca_jamilah @Center4Fiction @DaphnePalasiA @isabelkaplan @noor_naga @anarasong @vauhinivara @jessaminechan So excited for you!

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for our 2022 First Novel Prize! Congratulations to Daphne Palasi Andreades, Jessamine Chan, Isabel Kaplan, Noor Naga, Alyssa Songsiridej, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, and Vauhini Vara. Learn more here: https://t.co/cggZWnTdyo

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

We're psyched to announce the special guests for Born Freaks: A Katherine Dunn Reading Group! Mary South, Chloé Cooper Jones, Jeff VanderMeer, Michelle Tea, and Rachel Yoder will discuss Geek Love, Toad, and Dunn's impact on their work. Register here: https://t.co/hbKB7S8TLO

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

We're hiring! Are you our next Assistant Librarian? Help manage our 200 year-old membership library. Candidates must have an MLS degree or be in the final stages of their MLS degree program. Learn more here: https://t.co/OA5XCIJjxt

[Michael W. Twitty @KosherSoul]

Hey everybody! I have an outrageous request. Please help me RT this to 240 here on Twitter. Since one program is postponed I want this one to go extremely well especially because its in conversation with the great Joan Nathan. Once we are at 240 I will shut up lol. #Philadelphia

[Kamran Javadizadeh @kjavadizadeh]

Linda Gregg, who would have turned 80 today.

“It is possible to be with someone / who is gone. Like the silence which / continues here in the desert while / the night train passes through Marfa / louder and louder, like the dogs whining / and barking after the train is gone.”

[Kristin Henley @kdronimo]

@rebeccamakkai Huff and Puff

[cph @cathyparkhong]

A week of headlines about how Britain was going thru a heatwave this summer and the climate catastrophe in Pakistan where thousands are dead or missing is buried in every mainstream news site I read. A disgrace.