Jami Attenberg

“The three gas plants that’ll power Meta’s AI data center in Louisiana are built to operate for 30 years. By the time the plants are retired, most of Miami-Dade County will already be submerged by rising seas.”

Morning thought about last night’s debate: it’s astonishing how much Cuomo radiates that he doesn’t actually like NYC. Like he’s being forced to drag himself here and run for mayor.

I feel like I...learned things?

I haven't lived in New York in 9 years and I still enjoyed the hell out of that debate

The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual “It feels like I’m trying to make my robots talk to their robots.”

"Anurima, who has cycled through the same humiliations as many others, put it this way: '...If more of us stop accepting bad terms, we might see the strength we actually have, instead of being pitted against each other.'"

Sarah Thankam Mathews does such a great job here - inc scale/big-picture.

Am I the Literary Asshole for Letting AI Fix My Writing? Hey there, hi there, hello there! Welcome back to everyone’s favorite drunken advice column. That’s right, it’s once again time for Am I the Literary Asshole?, which is a lot like Reading Rainbow, …

Hot take! You definitely don’t need AI to be good at writing. @kristenarnett.bsky.social weighs in on this and other literary quandaries.

i think they should make the giant halloween yard skeletons taller. i don't think they're tall enough yet. they should make them taller & taller & taller, until they reach the moon & i can climb up on one & get the hell off this accurséd place

❤️❤️❤️

Happy Bad When Teresa first arrived, about a year back, she’d tried to smuggle in cocaine stuffed inside a ball of knitting yarn. No success! Kicks, shrieks. Sobriety. Headaches. Ravenous hunger, aversion to…

“When Teresa first arrived, about a year back, she’d tried to smuggle in cocaine stuffed inside a ball of knitting yarn.” Read from @delaneynolan.bsky.social’s new novel, Happy Bad.

NOLA do not miss this!

AHHH I will be in New York!!

Book parties for the end of the world

Whenever I plan an event for someone I think: What will the world even look like then? Who even knows? But then I think that's the best reason to plan something.

Plotting another backyard book party at my house for next spring with Lauren Groff 👀

I congratulate you on your discipline (and your wealth)

I have listened to several podcasts lately where rich and famous people say they don't ever get on social media or even that they only have flip phones and then they say, "But I have an assistant."

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

If you're in New Orleans I'll be interviewing @delaneynolan.bsky.social about her wonderful debut novel, Happy Bad, tonight at Garden District Books.

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

ONE WEEK AWAY—MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: We pushed this month’s reading off a week to the Third Monday, an exception to our usual Second Monday schedule. Can’t wait to host @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani!

hideous little malformed cub in the bookstore at o’hare.

left a hideous little malformed cub in the bookstore at o’hare

I could keep reading about Diane Keaton for months

reeeeelatable

can't wait for new jokes!!

New Orleans: I'm very excited to return to town and do a bunch of shows later this month! Come out and hear new jokes! :)

I am extremely excited my buddy @joshgondelman.bsky.social is coming to do 4 shows of comedy in NOLA October 24-25, do not miss it (I'm going Saturday night!) app.opendate.io/v/sports-dri...

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

If you didn't vote already, today's the day! antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

Southlands - Issue No. 2 - Contributor Guidelines.docx Issue No. 2 Pitch Guide Theme: PUBLIC / PRIVATE Updated: October 10, 2025 What is Southlands? Southlands is a new print journal that explores the diverse ways Southerners connect with the natural wo...

With Southlands Issue No. 01 getting set to ship next week -- it's time to start thinking about the next issue! See pitch guidelines here:

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What Is Zabar’s Without Saul? The family’s figurehead always insisted their famous store was bigger than one person. We’re about to find out if that’s true.

Paid tribute to the legendary Saul Zabar. www.grubstreet.com/article/afte...