This ruling is bullshit. It hinges on the idea that a routine medical procedure, is not an “ordered liberty.” This idea explicitly states child-bearing people do not deserve the rights of everyone else in the country.

*Medical rights are human rights.* mailchi.mp/greyhorse/no-a…

Reminder that my team Grey Horse represents Plan C & Melissa Mills, daughter of “Jane Roe” (Norma McCorvey). Ping Rachel Ranie Taube to set up interviews. #standwithwomen #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights

'I want to be guided by what appears on the page as I write, by the emerging desires of characters and the dramatic demands of drafted scenes as well as by the acoustics of my sentences and the possibilities of the narrator’s voice.' —Matt Bell

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'Even if you sit at the same desk, drink from the same mug, watch dawn slip through the same window, something is changing...Maybe you can’t tell what it is right away, but the moment you do? That’s it. That’s art'

Love this from @racheltaube: 'Where I had envisioned absolute consistency, I now think of the writing life as a constant returning. If one version of it doesn’t work, we try another. Let ambition be something that exists over time' catapult.co/dont-write-alo… via Catapult

Such a fab piece and perfect timing as I'm nearing the end of my program. Thank you Rachel Ranie Taube!

my friend, the talented writer Rachel Ranie Taube, wrote a piece for Catapult about post-MFA life in a pandemic. She interviewed me and other members of our cohort (a word I miss using all the time). Happy Palindrome/Publication Day, Rachel Ranie Taube!

In which Becca and I take long winter walks as we figure out how to write

The official letter arrived, and Somerville feels ever more like home—extremely grateful to have received a 2022 artist grant from the Somerville Somerville Arts Council Mass Cultural Council!!

'The thing about the green ribbon is that it used to be red—it has nothing to do with gender at all.' !

Great advice here👇

Also: A lot of people don't realize you can tell interviewers ahead of time what you do/don't want to be asked about! There are no guarantees, but you or your PR can say, eg, 'Rachel would love to talk about her unusual process/niche community/new project.'

Me, closing Twitter to open Instagram

I have been thinking about this all afternoon, fiction writing as 'a strange urge to get things wrong.'

Loved this essay that spans the “destroy me” social media post, the college essay, Jia Tolentino, experiential capitalism, TikTok duets, and “the twin burdens of self-branding and resensitizing the world.”

In this great Mikaella Clements The Washington Post piece about the creative process, Claire Messud drops this lovely thought about visualizing the people you love, those 'known to you more intimately than by sight.'

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Today's Daily Spotlight: Abby Abrams speaks to Jane Roe's oldest daughter about feminism, abortion, and the future of Roe v. Wade ti.me/3qbCVwz

'We’ve come this far. They want to control our bodies and our lives. That’s not right. That just can’t happen. I don’t understand how it can happen.'

Melissa Mills spoke to TIME for her first full-length interview about her mother, Jane Roe:

time.com/6128139/roe-wa…

An absolute honor to work with this woman. Daughter of Jane Roe, and a powerful voice on abortion in her own right.

👇👇👇 Great thread on book publicity from jack-of-all-publishing Cassie Mannes Murray. Journalists will not magically find your book—so ask questions, be your own advocate, and do so *early*.

You worked so long and hard on your book, and it deserves every chance to find its readers.