CITY OF LAUGHTER (Grove Atlantic, 2024) | Writer queer anti-Zionist Jew | she/her | 2020 Rona Jaffe Award | Repped by @imaginarysmd | Co-host @petesreading 🍉
Joined March 2009
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13 Jan 2024
@nytimesbooks reviews my debut!!! "City of Laughter argues that flouting convention makes space for more authentic, expansive stories and more authentic, expansive lives." ✨I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS REAL.✨ nytimes.com/2024/01/13/books…
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Feb 12
One week from tonight! I am very excited for this one. 🔥
Feb 12
One week from tonight! Come bask in the literary brilliance of Aria Aber, Grace Byron, Rebecca Novack, and Issa Qunicy. With your trusty hosts @temim and @briangresko & books provided by @greenlightbklyn !
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Jan 8
Next Thursday! 😍
One week from tonight, join us on Thursday, January 15th 7:30pm at Pete's as we welcome Jaquira Diaz, @deenaelg , Melissa Lozada-Oliva, & Jen Percy! Hosted by @temim & @briangresko , with books provided by @greenlightbklyn . Hope to see you there!
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11 Dec 2025
So excited for this one! One week from tonight. 😍
11 Dec 2025
Next Thursday 12/18, don't miss this 🔥 lineup: @mariskreizman1 (I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN), Zefyr Lisowski (UNCANNY VALLEY GIRLS) @MeghaMaj (A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF) & Lauren Morrow (LITTLE MOVEMENTS) along w/ hosts @both_and_yes & @bgresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn !
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5 Sep 2025
WE'RE BACK and we're 25!!!
5 Sep 2025
Pete's Reading Series is ✨25✨! On 9/18, come celebrate 🍾 our very Brooklyn reading series' bday with a killer lineup of Brooklyn-born alums: Naima Coster, Xochitl Gonzalez, Rachel Lyon, & Soraya Palmer! W/your trusty hosts @temim & @briangresko books from @greenlightbklyn !
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25 Jun 2025
iconic.
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25 Jun 2025
🔥🔥🔥
25 Jun 2025
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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25 Jun 2025
Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November.
Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani.
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25 Jun 2025
Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim democratic socialist has won the NYC primary for Mayor!!!!!!
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24 Jun 2025
Run don’t walk to GO VOTE FOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI FOR NYC Mayor!!!
Rank Zohran #1
Brad Lander #2
Adrienne Adams/Scott Stringer/Michael Blake or Zellnor Myrie #3 to #5.
DO NOT RANK TRUMP BILLIONAIRE-FUNDED SEX PREDATOR ANDREW CUOMO
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24 Jun 2025
LET'S DO THIS! Hydrate, gather your friends and fam, and get out and vote, NYC! Rank @ZohranKMamdani and @bradlander and whatever you do, DO NOT RANK CUOMO.
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7 Jun 2025
Thread of upcoming workshops that are still very under-enrolled! Please help spread the word and register for one or two or several if you can! 🧵🧵
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3 Jun 2025
HAPPY PRIDE NYC 🌈 I won’t just be your ally in words but in action, policy and funding—12 months a year.
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22 May 2025
Israel is implementing its final solution in Gaza, slaughtering hundreds of starving Palestinians in a matter of days. U.S. media must name what is happening: genocide. Anything less is shameful.
@nytimes
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22 May 2025
Israel is implementing its final solution in Gaza, slaughtering hundreds of starving Palestinians in a matter of days. U.S. media must name what is happening: genocide. Anything less is shameful.
@CNN
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15 May 2025
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT 😍
6 May 2025
Come on down to Pete's to close out the season with us! Next Thursday, May 15th, brilliance from Anelise Chen (CLAM DOWN), series co-host @briangresko (YOU MUST GO ON), & Emma Smith Stevens (THE AUSTRALIAN), w/hosts @both_and_yes & Brian Gresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn
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7 May 2025
Delighted and honored to learn that City of Laughter was @nypl ‘s book of the day yesterday! 🥰😍
6 May 2025
In 'City of Laughter' by Temim Fruchter, reeling from her father's death and her first queer breakup, Shiva delves into family history and Jewish folklore and lands in Poland walking the paths of her ancestors to find a sense of belonging.
#BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3Z44s50
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6 May 2025
Next Thursday! Our last Pete's of the season! Hope to see you there! (And so excited to celebrate co-host @briangresko 's new book! 🤩)
6 May 2025
Come on down to Pete's to close out the season with us! Next Thursday, May 15th, brilliance from Anelise Chen (CLAM DOWN), series co-host @briangresko (YOU MUST GO ON), & Emma Smith Stevens (THE AUSTRALIAN), w/hosts @both_and_yes & Brian Gresko, & books from @greenlightbklyn
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