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Jami Attenberg

@jamiattenberg.bsky.social

Author of 10 books.The latest: 1000 WORDS and A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. Come write with me: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com

8,493 Followers  |  67 Following  |  1,252 Posts  |  Joined: 04.05.2023  |  1.9351

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This is not writing. Do not let people express this delusion in your face.

08.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Rubinsteins. They’re Messy, but They’re Mensches.

It's been a minute since I wrote an actual book review but it was a pleasure to review Allegra Goodman's latest for the NYTBR www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...

07.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ticket link is live for the Lauren Groff launch event for her new short story collection BRAWLER in my backyard on March 7 (Feat. soul/r&b artist Sabine McCalla!) Gonna be incredible! @legroff.bsky.social @bluecypressbooks.bsky.social

bluecypressbooks.com/event/Lauren...

06.02.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Meet the Rubinsteins. They’re Messy, but They’re Mensches.

Sorry gift link here! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...

07.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Any chance I have to write about whitefish...

07.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the Rubinsteins. They’re Messy, but They’re Mensches.

It's been a minute since I wrote an actual book review but it was a pleasure to review Allegra Goodman's latest for the NYTBR www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...

07.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice

06.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5065    πŸ” 1027    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 27

This feels like a good road trip event to NOLA for the @legroff.bsky.social super fans

06.02.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's so good!

06.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gutted I cannot attend, so please buy a ticket and exacerbate my FOMO.

06.02.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ticket link is live for the Lauren Groff launch event for her new short story collection BRAWLER in my backyard on March 7 (Feat. soul/r&b artist Sabine McCalla!) Gonna be incredible! @legroff.bsky.social @bluecypressbooks.bsky.social

bluecypressbooks.com/event/Lauren...

06.02.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

"It is DIY or die."

Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage

05.02.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Careers - Verite News New Orleans Apply for a career at Verite, a Black-led non-profit news organization in New Orleans.

News jobs in New Orleans. veritenews.org/careers/

05.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With the WP book section closing and other publishing news, I think literary people really need to adopt a punk rock mindset. It's DIY or die these days.

05.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say

04.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 13
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β€˜They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo

Black Americans have always been at the heart of the country’s democracy movement and attacking and humiliating them is key work of those who hate democracy.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

03.02.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

How to describe the feeling of finishing and delivering a massive amount of work you are proud of only to realize that now you have no excuse left not to do your taxes.

03.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's maybe the truth I hate most in the world, yet it's truth nonetheless.

Now I'm imagining a Ship-of-Theseus essay where not a single word or idea from the first draft ended up in the final text.

03.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Needed this

02.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As I'm revising, revising, revising....
#writinglife Helpful words from @jamiattenberg.bsky.social.

02.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When All Else Fails, Burn It Down My writing advice for myself, anyway.

β€œWrite the worst version to get to the best version, I told myself.” 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/when-all-e...

02.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
sanctuarysupplydepot | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors

Hi everyone, with no eviction moratorium happening in Minnesota, mutual aid organizations like @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social could always use more donations (I mean they always could be, but the need is getting ever bigger): linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

02.02.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jesus Christ.

The first review for American Rambler is a Kirkus star. ⭐️

02.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you, Chantal! πŸ‘‘

02.02.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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28 Films for the 28 Days of Black History Month 28 Films to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month

What a list from @mayascade.bsky.social for the @blackfilmarchive.bsky.social!

blackfilmarchive.substack.com/p/28-films-f...

02.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

I haven’t done an event in Atlanta in easily a decade so I’m super excited.

02.02.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re in Atlanta I’ll be doing an event there on April 30. Details TK.

02.02.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Wherever: A Novel A Novel

one of my standing complaints is every february 1st a lot of you are like read Black writers! and then name the same five people to read. Some writers who could use your pre-orders:

The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

01.02.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

30.01.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15202    πŸ” 8365    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 335

You know what, people always want to know how you know when a book is done, and honestly it is when you know you are so fucking sick of it and would like to never look at it again, which I am, right now.

30.01.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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