'Although the band is not directly mentioned in Shae, I had to put a little Black Sabbath in here...'

Mesha Maren shared a playlist for her novel Shae at David Gutowski largeheartedboy.com/2024/05/24/mes… Algonquin Books

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For my most recent Literary Hub column, I wrote about comp titles and how important and also meaningless they are. lithub.com/its-out-of-afr…

Got to talk about my second favorite love after books - style! And style + bodies! And how bodies should not define style! cupofjo.com/2024/05/21/van…

When Isle McElroy Vulture says nice things about your book! 'Together, the two must confront how they feel about art produced by people who do harm — and the limits of their compassion.' <3 <3

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& SOP makes TIME's summer reads list too! time.com/6980315/best-b…

🐍YOU ARE THE SNAKE, video #2: Screen Tests🐍 Thank you to my beautiful subjects for being willing to sit for 3 mins doing nothing.

The spoken lines are from the last story in the collection, 'Is it Jackal or is it Dragon.'

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Very happy to see STATE OF PARADISE on Oprah Daily's list of summer reads! oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

!!!!!!! So very excited !!!!!!! to see !!!!!!! WOMAN OF INTEREST !!!!!! in the Vulture summer reading recs !!!!!

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Huge pub day congrats to Mesha Maren on her new novel Shae! We can’t wait to welcome her back to the Franklin Park Reading Series on July 8!

Happy publication day to the genius Mesha Maren and her genius book SHAE!!!

loved talking with Literary Hub & jane ciabattari about obsession, art, ambition, & how in some ways EXHIBIT tilts toward singing an ode to close, sustaining friendships with women artists

Thank you Literary Hub for making space for my thoughts on Barbara Loden, Joy Williams, Joan Didion, and the quietly unlikeable female characters who are sisters to Shae lithub.com/drifters-searc… via Literary Hub

Claire Chee (Claire Chee) talks with “The Story Game” author Shze-Hui Tjoa (@shzehuitjoa) about the trap of being labeled “smart” as a kid and how complex-PTSD contributed to the structure of her memoir.
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Today! This book is wildly special and very close to my heart -- it's been such a joy to work with Shze-Hui Tjoa and I can't wait for you all to read her brilliant, genre-defying memoir 💜

For Esquire I wrote about how ideas of queer morality and the fear of being a 'bad queer' are changing contemporary American fiction. Tysm Adrienne Westenfeld for the glorious edit <3

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Tomorrow in NYC!

'Fun fact: Sufjan and I went to grad school together, and I’ve always found his music to be A++++ to write to.'

Alison Hart shared a playlist for her novel April May June July at David Gutowski largeheartedboy.com/2024/05/20/ali…

Loved talking to Elaine Szewczyk for this piece! Farrar,Straus&Giroux

Pantheon is on of the most diverse imprints in America thanks to Lisa. And to not even allow her five years. I think it's pretty shameful.