Truly honored to be a small part in bringing this deeply soulful, years-in-the-making work of art to readers soon. I have been such a deep admirer of Zaina Arafat and am thrilled to embark on this journey together!

Very excited to report that I've just signed a new book deal with Riverhead Books and the amazing Sarah McGrath--a project I can't wait to dive back into when I go on sabbatical next week:

RIP Alice Munro. Always did love this photo of her with Marilynne Robinson…

This podcast is one that has stayed with me for many years. What a tribute, and a loss. A life, really. newyorker.com/podcast/fictio…

gonna delete the dating apps and meet a man the old-fashioned way: by joining a nunnery and thirsting over the gardener

Men and boys in Gaza have repeatedly testified about the sexual assault and abuse they endured while in Israeli custody. But, writes iii_ra, their stories haven't received nearly enough attention.
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Mary Ruefle wrote basically the best Mother's Day card ever

*obsessed* with the brilliant endings of poems and short stories, come hop on this little carousel with me

wait, can we just vote for the worm? like, pencil it in?

Fuuuuck. One thing about a Diane Seuss poem is she’s going to lead you down a strange, specific road and the last line is going to leave you standing at the end of the road holding a wet knife or a toddler or something that you didn’t even know you were holding when you started.

this exchange between a husband and wife (from David Gilbert's brilliant story 'From a Farther Room')

'This Strange Eventful History' is Claire Messud's masterpiece. Here's my review for Star Tribune Going Out. W. W. Norton & Company is publishing on 5/14. Jill Bialosky Michael Taeckens. startribune.com/stretching-fro…

Loved this review for Myriam Lacroix - big thank you Autostraddle aamina inayat khan 'The prose is brilliant. It’s sophisticated and smart, and at the same time, it melts on the tongue like candy...a gorgeous, speculative exercise in romance.' autostraddle.com/how-it-works-o…

I love, too, this Matthew Olzmann poem in the new The Swannanoa Review theswannanoareview.com/issue1/matthew…

LA! wednesday 5/8!

cannot wait for this group reading with katya apekina x me x Antoine Wilson x sarah labrie x lisa locascio nighthawk at beloved North Figueroa Bookshop

I can’t adequately express what it’s taken Heather to write this book, but I can say that I just reread it and it’s incredibly brilliant and devastating, and I’m so glad it has found such great allies to shepherd it into the world.

one of my favorite stories i've ever written is live at The Baffler and it's got it all: traffic jams, honeymoons, endlessness, the biblical horror of nature, kissing. come read it now: thebaffler.com/fiction/promis…

😭 They made me the poet laureate of Vermont. I just love this state so much.

Thank you everyone for the messages I just happen to literally be teaching poetry in the woods today. Thank you Vermont Arts Council ❤️❤️❤️
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Helen Vendler was an absolute master at saying a hard no to invitations

I remember when an old colleague popped in to invite her to 'come for a getaway' at his beach house

She said, 'Thank you, Warner, but I don't like to 'get away''

Inspiring!