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@theHillisHome anyone else reporting a water outage? No water near Brent Elementary tonight.

@WinningSolo I'm sending subscribers a big list of new books and writer birthdays every Tuesday. literairyland.beehiiv.com/subscribe

@nbarron Link? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's curious as to what it's all about.

Freelancers & consultants: If you only had time for TWO business-building initiatives in Q1 of '24, what would you focus on? Comment if you like - I love to see what others are working on - but the important thing is that you know this answer, so you can prioritize accordingly.

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Notable writer bdays for the upcoming week. And a book trivia question! In one little email going out at 6 a.m. ET tomorrow.

There are 75+ new books hitting shelves tomorrow. @HollySRoberts has one of them. @martinsolares, too. Get a list of all these titles, plus...

Today is the birthday of Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The writer, expelled from the USSR, found a home in Cavendish, Vt. @NEHgov has the story. neh.gov/humanities/201…

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."

"Forever is composed of nows."

In honor of Emily Dickinson's birthday today, here are some of my favorite Dickinson quotes. 👇

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published #otd in 1884.

#LouiseGluck as a #SchittsCreek fan was not on my 2023 #poetry bingo card...

Poets, let me share your book or chapbook with Literairyland subscribers. Submit this short form, and I'll include your book in the email the week your book is published. forms.gle/Tm4pJETBieXd7h…

Enjoyed @GeoffRBennett's interview with @TimAlberta about "The Kingdom, The Power and the Glory." pbs.org/newshour/show/… This quote sums up my people (rural, white Christians), even in the 80s and 90s: "There is a sense of impending doom for a lot of these people."

What was your favorite book of 2023? 📚

@gracebuiltco My Search for Warren Harding. Technically not a new release, since it was a rerelease, but it was new to me this year.

#OTD in 1980, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon, then sat down to read The Catcher in the Rye.

Happy Hanukkah! Tonight, my husband and I will light our menorah and then sing and dance to a song he grew up singing. Sure, it's probably ridiculous for two married adults to hold hands while singing and dancing in a circle in their living room, but TRADITION.