The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson with Seated Woman with Bent Knees by Egon Schiele, taken by photographer Elisabeth Preininger, Vienna, Austria. (@elisabeth_p)

Elisabeth Preininger and I met here on Mastodon when I searched for a Vienna-based photographer willing to take a photograph of my book and the painting on its cover. The painting normally lives in the National Gallery in Prague, but is currently part of the Egon Schiele Last Years exhibition at the Leopold Museum.

I'm thrilled that the novel and the painting can be together in time and space, in the city where my family once lived and much of my novel is set!

See more of Elisabeth Preininger's stunning photographs of Vienna here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26796178@N07/sets/72157658569859061/

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@elisabeth_p wunderschön!! Danke!

The Historical Novels Review picks The Expert of Subtle Revisions as an Editors' Choice! Many thanks to Fiona Alison for the thoughtful review.

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San Francisco, #mayday

With input from a Stanford lab, Common Sense Media concludes the AI systems can exacerbate problems like addiction and self harm. https://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/30/kids-should-avoid-ai-companion-bots-under-force-of-law-assessment-says

To celebrate the release of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS, I made a trip up to Boston, where I visited my friend, author Daphne Kalotay, who led me on a whirlwind tour of the area’s gorgeous indie bookshops. I gathered the shop locations and photos into a single blog post so that anyone interested can take the tour. It's a fun way to explore the city--and to pick up some great books!

https://kirstenmengeranderson.com/blog/the-expert-of-subtle-revisions/my-boston-area-indie-bookshop-tour/

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My character Josef's story was inspired by Johann Nelböck, a young man who murdered Moritz Schlick, the leader of the Vienna Circle (and the inspiration for my character Walfried Engelhardt). Like the clemency petitions that proclaimed Nelböck a hero and Dr. Schlick an unsuitable educator, Josef’s defenders claim he's rid Austria of a dangerous thinker, and Josef feels free in a world that does not condemn him.

Justice is often depicted as a solitary individual, a blindfolded woman, but it can also be caught in the press of the crowd, pushed forward or back with the energy of its motion. Josef’s story is a reminder that justice is not divorced from the humans who determine it, and that we must remain vigilant.

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It was wonderful to talk about THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS with writer and visual artist Tanya Young at Symposium Books last night, just ahead of Independent Bookstore Day (today!). Thanks to Symposium for hosting me, and to indie bookstores everywhere for all you do. I've never been to Providence, RI before, but I felt right at home.

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@elisabeth_p danke!

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Ich habe es noch nicht gelesen, ich empfehle es hier aber trotzdem.
The Expert of Subtle Revision von Kirsten Menger-Anderson.
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CNN - Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire service position in the daily press corps rotation altogether. https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/media/white-house-pool-wire-services-ap-reuters-bloomberg/index.html

A [very creepy] letter sent to Harvard on Friday by the Trump administration demanded that the university make a series of policy changes in order to continue to receive federal funding.

"We expect your immediate cooperation"

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/14/us/trump-harvard-demands.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.3fjT.h3bD3E_UP3T9&smid=url-share

I mirror my Mastodon account to Bluesky, but can't follow/respond/engage with Bluesky accounts unless they also choose to mirror by following @ap.brid.gy, More info for anyone interested here: https://fed.brid.gy

@christopherroche.bsky.social Thanks for reading and for your note! I'm very happy to hear that you like the book.

I’m enjoying @kma500’s new novel, Expert of Subtle Revisions. A well-spun story of math, love, and possible time travel(?), partly set in 2010s SF and partly in 1930s Vienna, where the theme of rising fascism resonates a lot (I wish it resonated less).

@scott Thanks for reading! I'm glad you are enjoying the novel. And, yes, I also wish the rising fascism theme didn't resonate so much.

"The Trump administration’s decision to order the banning of certain books from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library is a case study in ideological censorship, alumni and academics say."

"The purge at the library is extremely rare and possibly unprecedented at an institute of higher education, said Philomena Polefrone of American Booksellers for Free Expression, a group representing independent booksellers."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E4.wPUi.FLsIMYyEknwm&smid=url-share

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“The government’s censoring of pool reports to suppress information it deems unflattering is a dangerous and hypocritical breach of its supposed commitment to transparency and opposition to censorship.” - Tim Richardson of Pen America https://pen.org/press-release/white-house-censorship-of-journalists-pool-reports-is-a-blatant-effort-to-keep-the-public-in-the-dark/

@scott Thanks, Scott! I follow Bridgy and mirror my posts on Bluesky, but I'm not sure how to find folks that do it the other way (from what I understand, Bluesky accounts following @ap.brid.gy, so I can follow/interact from here). Regardless, I figured I'd try, see what happened, and hope for the best!

@isilova.bsky.social not sure if this will reach you cross platforms (I'm only on Mastodon), but thank you for your piece. You might be interested in my novel: https://sfba.social/@kma500/114308659764688061