Curtis Sittenfeld

Relatable Mom A short story

I wrote a new short story! And @theatlantic.com published it today! It's called Relatable Mom and features social media, weight, friendship, and assorted other topics

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Curtis Sittenfeld on Show Don’t Tell Bestselling fiction writer Curtis Sittenfeld joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of stories, Show Don’t Tell. Sittenfeld discusses the title stor…

NEW EPISODE: Bestselling fiction writer @csittenfeld.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of stories, Show Don’t Tell.

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I can't believe it but Prep was published 20 years ago today.Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being part of two decades of my angst, awkward sex scenes, overthinking about commas, and glorious human connection

11.01.2025 19:55 — 👍 127    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0

The Best Books of 2025—A Preview

Grateful for this exceptionally smart & generous capsule review of Show Don't Tell from Taylor Antrim at Vogue (also always find it super funny to be mentioned in Vogue as I type this wearing a fleece jacket, fleece hat, and fleece-lined sweatpants)

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02.01.2025 17:07 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I dedicated my forthcoming story collection to Sarah Coyne Sittenfeld--cancer doctor, delightful person to hang out with, and my beloved sister-in-law. This is right after I gave her an advance copy on Christmas Eve ❤️

30.12.2024 16:46 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When Most Anticipated / Best of the Year book lists don't feature yours, they're arbitrary and subjective and when they do, they're thoughtful and accurate (thank you Bustle!)

16.12.2024 23:44 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Goodbye to All That, Twitter Edition I should have left ages ago, back when Twitter became X and when, in January of 2023, the end of Book Twitter was officially declared. But I stayed, even when the new owner laid off 80 percent of t…

I wrote my most trite, navel gaze-y column of the year. lithub.com/goodbye-to-a...

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Real, actual merch made by my British publisher @doubledayuk.bsky.social to celebrate my forthcoming story collection 🤣🤣

Awkwardly, my teenagers have declined to join

11.12.2024 17:25 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Embarking on my bluesky journey with this auction for @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social, which works to diversify the publishing industry. The auction ends tonight at 9 ET, 8 central and you can bid on a Zoom book club visit from me and many other booktastic items

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