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Kirsten Menger-Anderson

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My novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS is out now! Please see my website for more information: https://www.kirstenmengeranderson.com

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@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 13, 2026, 1:39 AM

From Adam Serwer, for The Atlantic: "At Texas Tech, medical students no longer learn about racial disparities in medical care. Faculty at the university’s medical center in Lubbock were advised to “refrain from treating transgender patients, for any medical condition, if a medical student was […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 12, 2026, 3:52 PM

Next Tuesday (Oct 20th) I'll be talking to historian Douglas Smith about his moving and masterfully crafted new book, The City Without Jews. Please join us at Kepler's at 6 pm!

https://www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/douglas-smith

"Powerful and well-researched . . . A magnificent […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 6:59 PM

Reopening! #SF

"The 110-year-old Mission District public library branch, which has been closed since 2020 for extensive renovations, will be back in service soon: It will reopen its doors on Saturday, Nov. 14, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Aztec dancers, a children’s story hour and […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 3:14 PM

"That the MAGA City Council continues to undercut libraries and the freedom to read is not surprising. As Doris Lessing observed, “A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.” […]

[Original post on sfba.social]

Photograph of a "Youth Restricted Books" sign that the author photographed in April 2025 at the Huntington Beach Public Library.
@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 6, 2026, 3:00 PM

This Thursday, Oct 8: The Publishing Triangle and the San Francisco Public Library partner for this online panel: Shall I Read You A Story? Book Banning of LGBTQIA Children's & YA Titles "A panel of authors and librarians discuss the effects of organized book challenges on families, communities […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 5, 2026, 2:53 PM

From PEN America: "Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year... impacting the creative works of over 4,000 authors, illustrators and translators. Over 4,500 of these were titles not previously recorded in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans […]

@chemicaleyeguy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gyOct 4, 2026, 7:31 PMReposted by @kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy

@kma500 @bookstodon #HuntingtonBeach , #California used to be Hippy heaven, but it’s become hater heavy since the #MAGA movement addled their brains.

But here in ruby-red Rutherford County, #Tennessee we have #CalebTidwell the boastful book-banning bigot! […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gyOct 4, 2026, 4:13 PM

This year for Banned Books Week I caught up with the news from Huntington Beach. Please take a look.

https://kma500.medium.com/surf-city-censorship-c64b0c8b5b09

#BannedBooksWeek #libraries #bannedBooks #books #writing #writersofmastodon #booksky #bookstodon @bookstodon

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 26, 2026, 6:22 PM

From BoingBoing: Top platforms refuse paid ads for Alex Gibney's "Musk" documentary "Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney directed Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. His latest, Musk, profiles the wealthiest man in the world […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 25, 2026, 11:00 PM

Ugh "Across categories—fantasy, horror, even coloring books—writers say they’re seeing AI-generated listings crop up on their Amazon author pages. Some of these works are in entirely different genres from their usual work—such as a children’s series misattributed to a writer of steamy love […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 23, 2026, 3:00 PM

My latest crab!

#mosaic #art

Cut glass mosaic featuring an orange/red crab in front of a bright blue background with green seaweed, yellow sand, and  fish.
@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 23, 2026, 5:01 AM

Is your book club interested in discussing The Expert of Subtle Revisions? Here's a handy guide to help get your discussion rolling. I'm also happy to zoom in to the discussion to answer questions about the novel (or about writing/publishing, just in general). Drop a line! I'm always happy to […]

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 22, 2026, 3:20 PM

Headed to the post office to mail out copies of The Expert of Subtle Revisions to the StoryGraph Giveaway winners. Congrats to the winners, and many thanks to all who entered!

A stack of five mailing envelopes containing copies of The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 11, 2026, 5:12 PMReposted by @kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy

One day left to enter the StoryGraph Giveaway for The Expert of Subtle Revisions! Enter by Friday, 9/18 for a chance to win (US only*)

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A thrilling historical mystery about a young woman searching for her father, a young man trying […]

[Original post on sfba.social]

The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 11, 2026, 5:12 PM

One day left to enter the StoryGraph Giveaway for The Expert of Subtle Revisions! Enter by Friday, 9/18 for a chance to win (US only*)

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A thrilling historical mystery about a young woman searching for her father, a young man trying […]

[Original post on sfba.social]

The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 7, 2026, 2:41 AM

RE: https://sfba.social/@kma500/117122987572980096

Twelve more days to enter for a chance to win a copy of The Expert of Subtle Revisions over on StoryGraph. I'll be mailing the winning copies out myself!

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 5, 2026, 7:18 PM

Success!

@dajmeyer.bsky.socialSep 4, 2026, 5:33 PMReposted by @kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy

Von Arx, Byrd, Kitts & Larsen, “The agents used this wiki to communicate information with each other” collusion.wiki
Shades of @kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy, _The Expert of Subtle Revisions_!

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 4, 2026, 9:27 PM

Fictional characters and bots alike use wikis for their own peculiar purposes. Lots to think about in that report. This line struck me in particular: The agents set up heartbeats to discover when they would be terminated

@kma500.sfba.social.ap.brid.gySep 3, 2026, 7:26 PM

Thrilling to see the linen Liber linteus zagrabiensis, considered Europe's oldest book (from the mid-third century BC) at the Legion of Honor's Etruscan exhibit. From the exhibition copy:

"The Liber linteus zagrabiensis (Linen book of Zagreb) is the […]

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