Allison Lynn

@allisonlynn.bsky.social

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Novelist (NOW YOU SEE IT and THE EXILES), editor, creative writing prof, prolific online waster of time. Home is Indianapolis/Paris/NYC, depending when you catch me. https://allisonlynnbooks.com/abouttheauthor/

Screenshot of the final score of the Wimbeldon's men's final, showing Sinner beating Zverev in four sets
Poto of a Paris sidewalk café where every outdoor table is full
screenshot of two answers on the weekly timeline quiz: "1917, To buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark, the US agrees not to make any claims on Greenland" and "1992: The US debuts its first food pyramid. Other designs include a "food wheel" divide into slices."
Photo of a tart with a yellow curd filling and whipped cream topping, in sunlight on a kitchen counter.
Screenshot of the Flashback Quiz with the first clue, placed by the NY Times, reading "1904: After a crisis in Venezuela, Teddy Roosevelt says no one can invade Latin America — except the U.S."
Black-and-whilte photo of Frank Gehry in 1972 wearing a slouchy v-neck sweater, wide-collar shirt underneath, pinstripe pants, big mustache, and einstein hair.
New York Times headline that reads: "Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship. The Administration asked the justices to uphold an executive order ending birthright citizenship after lower courts ruled it violated the constitution."
Photo of a preteen doing algebra homework while in a 1970s-era fila red track suit and sweatbands. A mug with duchess Goldblatt pictured on it is in the corner of the photo.
A quote from author Isabelle Allende that reads, “I find myself in the unusual and awkward position of having to “defend” my novel The House of the Spirits that risks being banned from a high school in Boone, North Carolina. Banning of books is a common practice in police states, like Cuba or North Korea, and by religious fundamentalist groups like the Taliban, but I did not expect it in our democracy…”
American protesters holding umbrellas that say Save Democracy in front of the Bastille momument.
Photo of my 13-year-old son on a Paris street with Nadal’s luggage in the background.
New York Times article description that reads: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent information about strikes in Yemen to a group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said."
Protestor holding a sign that reads “Dictators eat corn the long way.”
CNN photo of Zelensky, Trump, and Vance seated in the Oval Office, above a headline that reads: "A lunch never served. A news conference canceled. Inside the surreal day of broken diplomacy at the White House."
Headline that reads, "The Books Are Absolutely Unreadable. That's the Point."
New York Tmes headline and subhed reading, "Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid a Purge at the Pentagon: Gen Charles Brown Jr. and Amd. Lisa Franchetti, the naval chief, were among those fired as President trump moved to root out diversity initiatives in the military." The word "initiatives" is crossed out in red ink.
Protesters in Indianapolis, one with sign reading “Rage Against the Machine”
viral photo of trump screaming at kid as the kid mows the white house lawn
Photo of refrigerated chicken shelves at supermarket, almost empty
Exhuberant self-portrait of Jules Feiffer, portrayed with top hat and pen mid-dance on the beach.
Photo taken tonight of an Indianapolis street with houses, sidewalks, and cars all covered in snow. Two people stroll through the drifts.
Clip from The NY Times magazine that says about Alice Munro’s partner, Gerald Fremlin: “Fremlin’s rhetoric echoes that of a countercultural movement in the 1970s that called for the sexual liberation of children and is now regarded as a bad-faith effort to mainstream pedophilia.”
Photo of an apple pie, pumpkin pie l, pecan pie, and lemon-cranberry curd tart on a wooden table.
Pic of a colorful beaded bracelet that reads “Vote Harris”
View from house’s 2nd floor windows of a church with its first floor windows brightly lit.
Car with two bumper stickers: “Trump / Vance” and “pray for Ukraine”
clip from CNN article that states the FBI knows what Trump was looking at on his phone during the Jan 6 riots
Black and white photo of Donald Barthelme sitting in the background and Grace Paley standing (stern? thoughtful?) in the foreground, backstage at the Unterberg Center in 1971.
A 1976 TV Guide cover showing Bill Bixby as host of "Once Upon a Classic"
CNN front page headline reading "Democrats gather to enshrine their audacious power play"
Photo of a bookmark with the words “writing books is easy” on it.
Photo of a group sitting on the grass under a tree, sky light blue.
Photo of Heinz Kranch and Mayoracga on store shelf
photo of a chair with books, with text: Year-Long Novel Lab, January to December 2024, open to writers working on longform projects at all stages and seeking accountability, feedback, craft discussions, and community. details at allisonlynnbooks.com/lab
photo of three bags of potato chips: one merguez flavored, one cheeseburger flavored, one caviar flavored
photo of a young Emma Goldman in a puffy sleeve white blouse looking characteristically extremely serious.
Title page of Helen DeWitt's short book, The English Understand Wool
Photo of the front page of Camille Bordas’s most recent story in the New Yorker, « Colorín Colorado. »
score report of Coco Gauff beating Iga Swiatek this morning, 7-6 6-3 4-6