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The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

Black/white and orange cats resting in chair.

Sorry, boss, can’t work. My work chair has been requisitioned for #caturday service.

An anatomical drawing of a cross-section of a man's head. The eyeball has been replaced by an RSS logo. To the left of the face is a "code waterfall" effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movie. To the right are clouds of grey roiling clouds, infiltrating the brain as well.

Never let them tell you that enshittification was a mystery. Enshittification isn't downstream of the "iron laws of economics" or an unrealistic demand by "consumers" to get stuff for free.

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Got to hear and meet the incredible Tim Reid tonight and get his book. The man is truly an icon . 🙌

Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant

I worked in a number of abusive and sexist restaurants in New York decades ago, never high profile ones like this. Guess some things never change, regardless of price tag or attention.

Inspectors General must be independent & nonpartisan. Reports say DOL IG Anthony D’Esposito plans to run for Congress. I asked if he’s running or doing campaign activity while serving as IG. He refused to answer. That is concerning given reports he put his mistress and fiancee’s daughter on payroll.

It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."

Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

Shortlist announcement

Thrilled that SPIT by David Brennan has made the shortlist for The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize! #QMPrize26

Congrats to all the amazing publishers and authors on the shortlist and longlist for this important literary prize.

#books #bookcommunity #epoquepress #booksky

By the way
KING OF ASHES is eligible for an Anthony Nomination for best hardcover novel
See y'all at BoucherCon

Ad idea: A child in the hospital can’t get the oxygen tank they need covered on Medicaid, because there’s a moratorium on Durable Medical Equipment because of “fraud.”

Cut to economist on MS Now saying that 100k kids could have healthcare covered for a year for cost of planes just shot down in war.

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.

Savak had no comment.

Got to hang with my friend the brilliant Erinie Carson as she signed copies of her new amazing novel BLOODFIRE BABY at Liz's Book Bar in Brooklyn tonight
and yes she is taller than me lol 😆

Dilapidated barn with trees and full moon behind.

I’m a city boy who is surrounded by farms. This barn will - eventually- be a writing room and wood workshop. Life is filled with wonder sometimes.

Opinion | Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor

The chicken hawk is strong in this one.

*Mario voice* here we go!

The United States of America and Israel has just bombed a school full of students in Iran.
~40 students killed and 48 injured.
This violates Article 52 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly doesn’t apply to the U.S. and Israel. #cdnpoli

social media tile - Ellie Marney's new book NO ONE IS SAFE is displayed in three formats (digital, audio, paperback) in a cover mockup on a teal background, with the words OUT TODAY IN ALL FORMATS in large yellow and blue font surrounding the covers

Terrible timing (when isn't it these days??) but I refuse not to celebrate that I have a book releasing today.

Happy book release day to NO ONE IS SAFE, now available in all formats 🎉😁 I hope you all like it very much!

Fun interview. Oates has some interesting takes on Didion, the difference between good true crime writing and the current true crime craze.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

Victorian house at night with moonlight drop back and soft lights illuminating more than a dozen windows.

TM said I can have the top room to read and write. I’m good with that.

Air war accomplishes one thing: the destruction of civilian landscapes and the murder of noncombatants. It may accomplish other military goals in the process, but the wanton destruction of innocent life is its purpose and its innovation.

I wrote this 5 years ago, in my @newrepublic.com review of Malcolm Gladwell’s execrable The Bomber Mafia.

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The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: February 2026 The best reviewed crime fiction, nonfiction, mystery, and thrillers of the month, via Bookmarks. Ian McGuire, White River Crossing (Crown) “Thrilling … Expertly paced … Predictabl…

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: February 2026 crimereads.com/the-best-rev... via @crimereads.bsky.social

Breakthrough Study Shows Sound Stimulation May Help Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques Forty-Hz auditory stimulation increased amyloid clearance markers in aged primates and produced lasting effects, supporting its potential as a non-invasive Alzheimer’s therapy. Scientists at the Kunmi...

I read about this study in an article from Science Daily but in that study the sound therapy was also coupled with super fast flashing lights.

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My new video with Mayor Mamdani just dropped 📼

Our partnership has shown that politics doesn’t have to be sour or ego-driven. It can be a team sport in pursuit of values and our hopes. ⬇️

It's been more than 20 years since Tony wrote Munich. Watching the film get written, shot, and released was an extraordinary experience, and I don't think anyone has talked to Tony about it with more thoroughness and insight than Corey has here.

The most stupid (..ah, it’s you..) sure, but the worst? Kind of rough.