Mary Ardery

A Lineage of Women and Writers: A Conversation with Melissa Fraterrigo After publishing two books of literary fiction—Glory Days and The Longest Pregnancy—Melissa Fraterrigo’s first book of nonfiction, The Perils of Girlhood, comes out in September 2025. This wide-rangin...

"When looking at the manuscript as a whole, I could see how I had diminished my truths, even years later...In the essay form, I could not hide behind fictional characters or situations."

@mardery.bsky.social interviews @mfraterrigo.bsky.social on The Perils of Girlhood, @univnebpress.bsky.social:

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

My first book LEVEL WATCH is officially out today!! <3

Level Watch — June Road Press A poetry collection by Mary Ardery

Congratulations to contributor @mardery.bsky.social ! Her collection LEVEL WATCH is released today from @juneroadpress.bsky.social .

Thank you so much!! <3

A Lineage of Women and Writers: A Conversation with Melissa Fraterrigo After publishing two books of literary fiction—Glory Days and The Longest Pregnancy—Melissa Fraterrigo’s first book of nonfiction, The Perils of Girlhood, comes out in September 2025. This wide-rangin...

"I tell my students that they do not have to write every day—I am unable to ask this of myself—but they do have to widen the scope of what they consider writing to be."

@mardery.bsky.social interviews @mfraterrigo.bsky.social, author of The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays:

Join us for a cozy Sunday-night virtual craft chat on 9/28 to celebrate the launch of Level Watch in two weeks, featuring Abbie Kiefer! Register at bit.ly/level-watch-launch ✨

Thanks so much! <3

miCRo: "Benevolent Ruler" by Mary Ardery An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women's health

"My sister's unborn baby was as big as a striped skunk that week. Or, romaine lettuce." This week's miCRo, "Benevolent Ruler" by @mardery.bsky.social‬, is an essay that presents the mundane but also demonstrates the complexities of women's health treatment. More on our site:

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Level Watch — June Road Press A poetry collection by Mary Ardery

I'm so very excited to share the cover of my book LEVEL WATCH. It's out September 23rd from June Road Press ♥️ Learn more at the website:

www.juneroadpress.com/level-watch

Finding Shape in the Dark on writing difficult narratives a generative writing workshop July 5: 9-11am (ET) July 19: 9-11am (ET) with Han VanderHart, PhD, MFA author of Larks

Hi friends—I’m offering this workshop twice in July, to raise money for our upcoming year at @riverriverbooks.bsky.social 📚💙

It’s a suggested $100 donation to attend, & you can donate here to save your seat: tinyurl.com/mnbtc3ks

Then email riverriverbooksevents@gmail.com & let me know which day!

Thank you so much! <3

Bring on the windchimes. Bring on the orchards with their glowing rows of ripe apples like a realmthat might offer salvation. Bring on the childrenplaying in the schoolyard at recess, how they staythe same age every year. I praise that potent y…

Thank you, @nataliesolmer.bsky.social and The Indianapolis Review. I love that this hometown poem founds its home in Indiana<3

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Because pleasure // counts big time.

Hell, you can order DIRECT FROM SMALL PRESSES 📚💙 Like @riverriverbooks.bsky.social and @juneroadpress.bsky.social and @lightscatterpress.bsky.social and @perugiapress.bsky.social 🔥🔥

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Here is a great litmag fundraiser that comes with awesome swag—adore @nataliesolmer.bsky.social and The Indianapolis Review. Support them here: www.bonfire.com/the-indianap...

I wore my Indianapolis Review "make art not kings" t-shirt to the protest today <3

We’re delighted to announce our new authors for this year—two Marys (go figure)! Mary Ardery and Mary Simmons will have woodsy, wonderful debut collections out in the fall, and we’ll be sharing lots more details along the way. But first: AWP next week in LA! Find us at at table 318! 😎☀️

oh my gosh I love this

The Ultimate Homesickness by Mary Ardery A Review of Abbey Kiefer’s Certain Shelter Abbie Kiefer’s debut Certain Shelter (June Road Press, October 2024) opens with “In Praise of Minor,” a list poem that underscores the beauty in things we…

I wrote a review of @abbiekiefer.bsky.social's stunning debut Certain Shelter—you can read it now in Museum of Americana: themuseumofamericana.net/the-ultimate...

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For those looking for a writing prompt to start off the new year, consider writing (and submitting) to this stellar one from @riverriverbooks.bsky.social:

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@driftwoodpress.bsky.social is the best

This was my first year applying for an NEA. I got rejected, as anticipated, but the email actually made me feel really encouraged to try again because 35 fellows out of 2,003 eligible applicants is way better odds than many first-book contests😅

I’m here mostly for the writing community, but I’m also here for pictures of your pets. Here’s mine, with his pet pumpkin roll.