Emily Nemens

Thanks! Hope you continue to enjoy the book. Would love @brownalumni.bsky.social BAM to feature it—couldn't have written CLUTCH w/o the friends I made on College Hill!

Five Best: Vacations That Don’t Go to Plan Selected by Emily Nemens, the author of the novel “Clutch.”

CLUTCH opens with a vacation that nearly goes off the rails. Here are five books about sideways holidays that I love. Happy spring break! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

What a pleasure to write these three #craftcapsule essays. Thanks, @pw.org!

Today on the program, @emilynemens.bsky.social reads an excerpt from her new novel, CLUTCH (@tinhouse.bsky.social), a story of contemporary female friendship across decades.

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

BOMB Magazine | When a Painting Knows How You Feel How Wayne Thiebaud’s Supine Woman became the cover of Clutch.

I have deep affection for my cover (see: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...), so feeling very chuffed that it's on several best-of-the-month lists!
lithub.com/the-11-best-...
www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2026/02...
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Had so much fun talking to Brad! Please check out the episode:

Three weeks of Clutch-ing A dispatch from the road, plus new classes and upcoming events

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“Can we push up that peak to something closer to euphoria? What about when something bad happens: Might it be even worse, more devastating?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social reflects on adjusting rising and falling action across time in fiction. at.pw.org/NemensCC2

“...their friendship, though flawed and caked in contemporary culture, defines rebellion.”

Katrina Ray-Saulis reviews @emilynemens.bsky.social's Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social).

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“I was trying to solve for that artificial feeling of scenes by manipulating the time signature of storytelling.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) reflects on poetic time, dialogue, and writing effective scenes. at.pw.org/NemensCC1

New class alert! fawc.org/fawc-online/...

Emily Nemens' novel 'Clutch' tells the story of 5 women and their lifelong friendship NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Emily Nemens about her latest novel, Clutch, which tells the story of five women and their lifelong friendship.

A singular honor to speak to @jsummers.bsky.social about CLUTCH this week. Listen to the conversation here: www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

Can We Be Friends? Writing Friendship in Fiction & Poetry with Emily Nemens Join us for a generative writing workshop led by Emily Nemens on Saturday, February 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM! Limited seating!

Atlanta! www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-be-...

Workshop at 1 , reading at 6pm, both at Lostintheletters. <3

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On Writing My Faust Novel Author Emily Nemens discusses navigating life and writing a novel that felt like the result of a Faust-style deal.

I wrote about Faustian bargains and my new book: www.writersdigest.com/on-writing-m...

Thank you for reading!

Clutch: A Novel A Novel

just finished CLUTCH by @emilynemens.bsky.social and I loved it — it reminded me of the best of Margaret Drabble (& not just because I’ve been reading a lot of Drabble—the way EN constructs scenes & perspective here is very reminiscent). Highly recommended! Out Tuesday bookshop.org/p/books/clut...

Congratulations to Issue 22 contributor @emilynemens.bsky.social on the release of her newest novel, Clutch, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social!

#fiction #novels #NewRelease

Clutch Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:03 PM Carson: There better be a gd pool. What is time, really? It can be measured in centuries or seconds, calendar years or costume periods, milestones or metamorphoses. Som…

“Carson: There better be a gd pool.” Read from @emilynemens.bsky.social’s new novel, Clutch.

Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

Auction open until 11:45pm! I'm giving away signed copies of CLUTCH but there are so many great items, with proceeds going for a good cause. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Hao Nguyen (@haonguyen) @Emily Nemens has occupied one of the most prestigious seats in literature: editor of The Paris Review. But leaving that institutional power to focus on her own writing required a major pivot.  Her d...

It's me! And my DIY budget. Never thought anyone would come to me for financial advice, but glad to be candid about how the bills get paid.
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CLUTCH praised in NYT Book Review Podcast I've never been so happy to be called deranged.

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The Books We’re Looking Forward to This Winter

In which my novel is called "companionable and demented" (in a good way). Thanks to NYTBR for previewing CLUTCH on the latest pod! (starts at 29:30)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/b...

Read “Asymptotes” by @emilynemens.bsky.social in Issue 22!
Get your copy here: www.storymagazine.org/store/autumn...

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Not freaking out or anything.

Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for highlighting CLUTCH as one of its 2026 most anticipated books! It's hard to believe that my novel is out in just four weeks. Preorders are open and much appreciated! @tinhouse.bsky.social @zandoprojects.bsky.social
emilynemens.com/books/

A very kind review of CLUTCH in Booklist! "More than plot, the draw here is spending time with these friends, whose complex lives Nemens cannily and sometimes heartrendingly portrays as they go through so much, together and alone."

Please consider preordering CLUTCH: emilynemens.com/books/

Good news! B&N is having a sale—25% off preorders, including CLUTCH! Now through 1/1.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/clutch-emi...

Details: B&N Rewards members get 25% off preorders. Becoming a Rewards member is free and can be done online.
Coupon code is PREORDER25

Re-upping this pre-order pitch! If you've got readers on your holiday gift list, please consider a little deferred gratification: CLUTCH preorders will ship out (with friendship bracelets!) the first week of February.

Happy to share I have a new story in the new issue of @storymag.bsky.social! I hope you read "Asymptotes" and enjoy the whole issue:
www.storymagazine.org/asymptotes/