Roller Coaster of Love nyti.ms/2XZmVgX

"On the summer day Monsignor O’Brien walked into my sister’s hospital room, he’d been the subject of abuse accusations for two decades." Mary O'Connell longreads.com/2017/09/18/wri…

Mary O’Connell affirmpress.com.au/publishing/mar…

Grateful to @LidaJames22 for editing my story in the Coachella Review.

Short stories are my first love. I'm thankful to have a new one in The Coachella Review, and to @LidaJames22 for her wonderful editing and camaraderie.

Navigating a World That Sees My Black Son's Suffering as Incidental lithub.com/navigating-a-w… via Literary Hub

Happy to be back at Lit Hub today!

"Your words targeted my restless loneliness, and I wanted to read you slowly, so that I might never lose the thrill of your perfect newness; I also wanted to devour every consonant and vowel." lithub.com/dear-catcher-i…

Beautiful story by Annie Gowen about @ladybirddiner and Meg Heriford. Meg is also an exceptional writer, and proceeds from her book, Ladybird, collected, will provide delicious lunches for the community. Buy the essay collection here: ladybirddiner.com

Thanks NYPL! Happy to see Dear Reader on this list. nypl.org/blog/2020/09/1…

The highlight of my day was chatting with these selfless and amazing scholars. The Lawrence Public Library Kids’ Action Club has worked to raise over $5,000 to benefit the Lawrence Community Shelter. Please take a moment to help their cause lawrenceshelter.org/kids-action-cl…. @kwamealexander

Thanks Taylor Swift as Books 💙❤️🤍🖤

Thank you to Ann Curry (and the The Sine Institute of Policy & Politics) for yesterday’s master class on the art and craft of the interview, and for your example of ethics and excellence in journalism.

#EC_FacultySpotlight: Jerald Walker, School of the Arts Professor of Emerson WLP was selected as Boston Magazine's Best of Boston's 2021 Best Author for his book How to Make a Slave and Other Essays 🤗🙌🏽bostonmagazine.com/best-of-boston…

Paul Weller and his wonderful band performing My Ever Changing Moods at Lytham Festival 2022 Paul Weller Paul Weller News Lytham Festival

Silver Spaceships - Creative Nonfiction creativenonfiction.org/writing/silver… by Mary O'Connell So grateful to Hattie Fletcher for her sensitive editing of this essay. (From issue #78, published in December)

Congratulations Zach Hill!! Public Relations & Strategic Communication/Political Science #2023AUgrad

My husband’s story about Taylor! I was lucky enough to be at the Kansas City concert…”asking, for a few brief hours, nothing more than what we have always asked of our idols: joy and deliverance.” kansasalumnimagazine.org/magazine-artic…

Denis Johnson had both a gentle manner and a fiercely charismatic presence: Mary O'Connell on her late, great writing teacher. ow.ly/GUMS30hTjuC