Tom Smith
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I have blamed
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
September 25, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I have blamed
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
December reading. Not pictured: Time Regained by Marcel Proust. Favourites were the Proust, Buzzati, Teffi, and Plyäinen. #NYRBWomen25 #Proust2025
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
December reading. Not pictured: Time Regained by Marcel Proust. Favourites were the Proust, Buzzati, Teffi, and Plyäinen. #NYRBWomen25 #Proust2025
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GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
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Is the Press Free yet?
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Is the Press Free yet?
Books read in November. One for #NYRBWomen25 and a couple for Native American Heritage Month. Sad to see the end of the Barrøy Chronicles and Roy Jacobsen. 5 years from reading the first to the last was too long a gap, so a re-read is planned.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Books read in November. One for #NYRBWomen25 and a couple for Native American Heritage Month. Sad to see the end of the Barrøy Chronicles and Roy Jacobsen. 5 years from reading the first to the last was too long a gap, so a re-read is planned.
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
October reading with Scandinavia well tepresented. Not pictured: The Captive by Marcel Proust. I enjoyed all but the Garcia Marquez. My favorites were Orbital, The Postcard, and Mirror to Shoulder, Signal. #NYRBWomen25
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
October reading with Scandinavia well tepresented. Not pictured: The Captive by Marcel Proust. I enjoyed all but the Garcia Marquez. My favorites were Orbital, The Postcard, and Mirror to Shoulder, Signal. #NYRBWomen25
Just finished Slouching Towards Babylon. Next up are I Used to be Charming and Didion & Babitz. #NYRBWomen25
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just finished Slouching Towards Babylon. Next up are I Used to be Charming and Didion & Babitz. #NYRBWomen25
September reading. Favorites were Occupation Journal and Look at Me. #NYRBWomen25 #SpinsterSeptember
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
September reading. Favorites were Occupation Journal and Look at Me. #NYRBWomen25 #SpinsterSeptember
Couple of visitors this morning.
June 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Couple of visitors this morning.
Read in January. The highlights for me were Tom Jones, Trees, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Spent a lot of time with Lies and Sorcery and Swann's Way. #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 #Proust25
February 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Read in January. The highlights for me were Tom Jones, Trees, and The Omnivore's Dilemma. Spent a lot of time with Lies and Sorcery and Swann's Way. #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 #Proust25
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It's because everyone's going to have extra fingers
Uhm, sorry, what? Starmer thinks AI is going to DOUBLE UK productivity in less than 5 years?
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's because everyone's going to have extra fingers
Finally posting November and December reads. Too many slow reads in November, but December was very productive and everything was great. Finished 21 of 23 for #NYRBWomen24 skipping two rereads.
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally posting November and December reads. Too many slow reads in November, but December was very productive and everything was great. Finished 21 of 23 for #NYRBWomen24 skipping two rereads.
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#NYRBWomen25 Here’s our page guide for the first half of LIES AND SORCERY. Starting tomorrow!
January 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
#NYRBWomen25 Here’s our page guide for the first half of LIES AND SORCERY. Starting tomorrow!
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Wow! A world used to exist where Barbara Loden could go on Dick Cavett to promote her singular independent masterpiece, Wanda, to an audience almost certainly unfamiliar with her and it. Even more remarkable, the clip is a full 2 1/2 minutes long and the first full minute is dialogue free.
December 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Wow! A world used to exist where Barbara Loden could go on Dick Cavett to promote her singular independent masterpiece, Wanda, to an audience almost certainly unfamiliar with her and it. Even more remarkable, the clip is a full 2 1/2 minutes long and the first full minute is dialogue free.
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Okay, this is our final 2025 subscription giveaway of the year. Repost this and be entered to win a 2025 subscription. Or, even better, sign up to receive 7 books for $100. Come January, the subscription does NOT include a backlist title of your choice. sandorfpassage.org/product/sand...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Okay, this is our final 2025 subscription giveaway of the year. Repost this and be entered to win a 2025 subscription. Or, even better, sign up to receive 7 books for $100. Come January, the subscription does NOT include a backlist title of your choice. sandorfpassage.org/product/sand...
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From now on I'll be referring to Twitter as "the old country."
November 29, 2024 at 8:49 PM
From now on I'll be referring to Twitter as "the old country."
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If you have Holocaust survivors or their children at your Thanksgiving table, please encourage them to get a free DNA test. It can be an incredibly powerful tool for connecting families that have been severed. We also provide free genealogical consults to build back. holocaustreunions.org/dna-test/
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November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
If you have Holocaust survivors or their children at your Thanksgiving table, please encourage them to get a free DNA test. It can be an incredibly powerful tool for connecting families that have been severed. We also provide free genealogical consults to build back. holocaustreunions.org/dna-test/
Post a film still from the year you were born.
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Post a film still from the year you were born.
Recent review of Lili Anolik's Didion & Babitz #NYRBWomen24 wapo.st/4hYbsII
Review | Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, celebrity writers whose friendship soured
Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz” is a sparkling and ardent look at the conflicting sensibilities of two iconic Californians
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November 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Recent review of Lili Anolik's Didion & Babitz #NYRBWomen24 wapo.st/4hYbsII
October was a good reading month for me. Finished The Vegetarian just before the Nobel announcement. It was a favorite, along with the Freya Stark and the two Deborah Levy books. #NYRBWomen24
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 AM
October was a good reading month for me. Finished The Vegetarian just before the Nobel announcement. It was a favorite, along with the Freya Stark and the two Deborah Levy books. #NYRBWomen24
October reading. I enjoyed them all, but perhaps the Solnit was my favorite. Loved the references to two books I own: Views of the Mississippi and Death Valley in '49. Read two for #NYRBWomen23 and the Jackson for #1962club.
November 2, 2023 at 8:58 PM
October reading. I enjoyed them all, but perhaps the Solnit was my favorite. Loved the references to two books I own: Views of the Mississippi and Death Valley in '49. Read two for #NYRBWomen23 and the Jackson for #1962club.
Great time in Iowa City last night seeing Werner Herzog in conversation with Andrei Codrescu about his new memoir.
October 17, 2023 at 4:46 AM
Great time in Iowa City last night seeing Werner Herzog in conversation with Andrei Codrescu about his new memoir.