Beautiful essay about one adolescence: summer, bike, and a boy ripe with desire to harm a girl. @daynabateman.bsky.social www.pacificareview.com/differential...

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— Rima Praspaliauskiene (@begoniavasa.bsky.social) May 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Congratulations to #THAlum @daynabateman.bsky.social on winning the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Essays, judged by Jaquira Díaz! Dayna, we're so proud and thank you for writing with us! Read it here: americanliteraryreview.com/2025/04/07/d...

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— Tin House (@tinhouse.bsky.social) May 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM

This wonderful essay by @daynabateman.bsky.social won the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Essays. It's amazingly rich and surprising for such a short piece. Check it out.

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— Fernando Gros (@fernandogros.com) April 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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Our pleasure, & thank you for making a beautiful thing 💯🔥

— pacificalit.bsky.social (@pacificalit.bsky.social) May 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM