If you are going to the Rutgers workshop next week just know that I am writing a whole new talk for you AND I HOPE YOU LIKE IT

Perhaps with age comes not just wisdom, but honesty, humor and generosity? I'm so grateful to these couples for sharing with me the psychologically tough parts of retirement that don't get talked about enough: nytimes.com/2024/05/05/mag…

seen a lot of beautiful & heartening things at the penn gaza solidarity camp these past 10 days… these kids marching for ceasefire and taking turns leading chants last night might have taken the cake ♥️🖤🤍💚

Let us know if you're joining the #1000wordsofsummer band wagon!

Oh my! People are reading the book! Liking the book! Thank you for this so so much!

will I be attempting this? yes. will it be successful? prob not but we push thru! I’m going to be writing essays for my substack and I do need topic suggestions!!

My novel, Playworld, about a New York child actor in 1980, will be published by Knopf in January 2025.

Wow #1000wordsofsummer starts four weeks from TODAY, on June 1. Are you doing it this year? What are you going to be working on? (I will be working on a new novel set in New Orleans.)

everyone's eloping these days, no one can deal

Over 200 of us faculty, representing a range of political views, have signed this letter to the editor, decrying the use of force against our students this week. tulanehullabaloo.com/66280/views/le…

Good morning from New Orleans. 💜🌴🐶

My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.

Letter to the Editor | Tulane faculty letter concerning campus protest: tulanehullabaloo.com/66280/views/le…

INTRODUCING: Jami Attenberg! 📝 The kick-starter of the viral #1000WordsofSummer movement is leading a workshop for all you writers ✍️ out there. Register on the Greensboro Bound website under festival > events > WORKSHOP with Jami Attenberg - How to Carve Out a Creative Life !!

Distilled from a Mary Oliver poem that has walked with me since the first time I read it.

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Thrilled to have an excerpt from First Love up at Slate today! This is a kind of meta essay, essentially about the book I *didn't* write, and why. bit.ly/3QueMzf