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4 Nov 2022
Twitter is where #longreads got its start, and it’s where I first met so many people who became real-life friends.
If you're leaving, staying, or just aiming to spend less time here, please stay in touch. I send email updates no more than once a month:
markarms.com/newsletter/
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28 Jan 2025
We’re delighted to welcome Mark Armstrong (@markarms) as @niemanstory’s new editor. Mark founded the @Longreads website and co-founded @ursastory. He’s now eager to grow Storyboard’s audience and build our narrative nonfiction community. Join us! nieman.harvard.edu/mark-arms…
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15 Jan 2025
Last year, @destinyoshay published a short story, “The Jump,” only to have it pulled from publication less than a day later over disagreements with the editors. She talks with @DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton about it:
ursastory.com/destiny-o-bird…
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10 Jan 2025
Meet our new guest editor @markarms! The founder emeritus of @longreads and co-founder of @ursastory is bringing his storytelling expertise to @niemanstory. Read about his vision:
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/01…
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19 Dec 2024
Listen and find out why Dawnie's agent said, "Fuck Nev..."
18 Dec 2024
❤️ New Ursa Short Fiction!
@DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton break down the first chapter of Dawnie's debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.
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18 Dec 2024
❤️ New Ursa Short Fiction!
@DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton break down the first chapter of Dawnie's debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.
ursastory.com/final-revival-…
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14 Dec 2024
From my newsletter -- creating a joyful mission, and giving myself permission to make bad art.
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11 Dec 2024
"So I asked myself, What if Amazon Alexa was a Navajo woman?"
@DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton introduce "Snow Bath Season," a story by Stacie Denetsosie, performed by Nasheen Sleuth.
ursastory.com/snow-bath-seas…
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6 Dec 2024
The latest on Ursa Short Fiction! Dawnie and I interview our agents about the publishing industry, what it means to be a white agent representing authors of color, what makes an agent say “hell yes” to a pitched book, common red flags with scammy “agents,” and more!
4 Dec 2024
"Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience."
New Ursa Short Fiction: @DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton sit down with their own agents, @daniellechiotti and PJ Mark.
ursastory.com/agents-pj-mark…
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4 Dec 2024
"Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience."
New Ursa Short Fiction: @DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton sit down with their own agents, @daniellechiotti and PJ Mark.
ursastory.com/agents-pj-mark…
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27 Nov 2024
New Ursa Short Fiction: @DeeshaPhilyaw and @dawniewalton in conversation with @ReeAmilcarScott :
ursastory.com/rion-amilcar-s…
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21 Nov 2024
Women know that men don’t scheme to “dress like girls” to assault them.
They do it every day in broad daylight. And the ones in power protect each other to keep it quiet.
Just ask the House Ethics Committee. Or the President-elect of the United States.
Leave women alone.
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Mark Armstrong retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Ursa Short Fiction Member Exclusive: 'Sonny's Blues,' by James Baldwin
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13 Nov 2024
In our latest episode of @ursastory short fiction, @dawniewalton and I introduce an Ursa original audio production of “Telling Stories” by T.E. Wilderson, published in The Account magazine in 2021, and narrated by Jordan Cobb.
Listen here: link.chtbl.com/YdLpDkYD
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It's Wednesday, so as promised here's my literary news:
@ursastory has dropped the podcast reading of my short story, "Telling Stories."
Such huge thanks to @DeeshaPhilyaw, @dawniewalton, and @markarms for believing in my story and bringing it to life!🫶
megaphone.link/SAAMR16544172…
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7 Nov 2024
This imbalance when it comes to online influence is no accident. It is the result of massive structural disadvantages in funding, promotion, and institutional support." @TaylorLorenz #longreads
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Mark Armstrong retweeted
4 Nov 2024
in addition to being one of the best producers in the history of American music, #QuincyJones is the founder of VIBE magazine
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4 Nov 2024
"Over the past three months, several media outlets have filed reports on how well Trump’s unorthodox turnout army is performing. Most suggest it’s a five-alarm dumpster fire." @billscher @monthly
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3 Nov 2024
“Muldrow and the rest of her canvassing group of roughly a dozen people had just been fired en masse, after WIRED reported that they had been tricked and threatened as part of Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort.” @JakeLahut @wired #longreads
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