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Episode 3 in NESHAMA series. Can the ghosts of your ancestors help you feel brave?

Welcome to the first video installment in my October Neshama series!

Happy birthday, @marcellapixley.bsky.social!

Loving County Kerry and County Clare in Ireland!

Great to catch up with my editor Liz Bicknell and her wonderful wife, Library Guru Grace Worcester at Vermont Studio Center today.

Wonderful, soul affirming week as the Visiting Writer at Vermont Studio Center. This experience has reminded me of why I write, and it has renewed my faith in humanity. What a joy giving readings and craft talks and best of all, talking with amazing, talented writers about their glorious work.

So happy to read from NESHAMA tonight to a room of writers and artists at Vermont Studio Center!

So happy to see NESHAMA in the wild at Politics and Prose in Washington DC. Happiness is an impromptu signing at my favorite DC bookstore.

Thank you for sharing your insights and congratulations on your success! 📚

Neshama: Unearthing Family Stories to Heal Complex Identities, a guest post by Marcella Pixley In Judaism, neshama describes the holy, everlasting spark inside every human being that lasts in the universe. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/05/13/n... @tltkaren.bsky.social @marcellapixley.bsky.social

@marcellapixley.bsky.social happy book birthday for NESHAMA!!! So excited to see this out in the world!

Tomorrow @ 7:30p ET! 🎉 NESHAMA: Virtual BOOK LAUNCH with @marcellapixley.bsky.social! 💙 WIN a FREE virtual author visit with Marcella for your students + a signed book! Must attend to enter. 💜 Register free + pre-order option! xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/CvLsOeoU?... @candlewickpress.bsky.social

Help me celebrate the book birthday of NESHAMA my very first novel in verse that comes out May 13th from Candlewick Press! Tuesday, May 13th, Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Acton MA-- 7 PM. Wednesday, May 14th, Bookelicious online event -- 7:30 PM EST. Saturday, May 17th Concord Library 2 PM.

NESHAMA: Virtual BOOK LAUNCH with @marcellapixley.bsky.social! 💙 5-14-25 @ 7:30p ET 💜 Conversation, classroom connections, & a chance to win books and giveaways! Register free + pre-order option! xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/CvLsOeoU?... @candlewickpress.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Five #VerseNovels releasing April-May The Foal in the Wire by @robbiecoburn The Only Branch on the Family Tree by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social I can't even think straight by Dean Atta The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com Neshama by @marcellapixley.bsky.social

So happy to talk books at MRA today with Kara Laroux and Ellie Swartz.

NESHAMA: Virtual BOOK LAUNCH with @marcellapixley.bsky.social! 💙 5-14-25 @ 7:30p EST 💜 Conversation, classroom connections, & a chance to win books and giveaways! Register free + pre-order option! xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/CvLsOeoU?... @candlewickpress.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky

So happy to announce the online book launch for NESHAMA! Come for the book talk, reading, book swag, free giveaways and more! May 14th at 7:30!

This is what democracy looks like.

Thrilled that the very first hardcover of NESHAMA came in the mail today from Candlewick Press. I am falling in love with Vesper Stemper's artwork all over again!!

Snuggled up in bed imagining beasts this evening.

My spirits are happy. NESHAMA was just named a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2025!!

More book joy. The word "inventive" doesn't come close.

I can't wait to share this story of bravery, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to express your own complex identity. NESHAMA comes out 5/13. Pre-order now!!

So thankful to have made a lovely new connection with the fabulous Lesléa Newman who suggested we do a book swap. I sent her Neshama and she sent me A Joyful Song I am in love with this gorgeous, glowing book on this Joyful day.

I thought that SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE was gorgeous, but oh, my heart, FOSTER by Claire Keegan is even better. The development and depth of the child protagonist has me swooning.

Thank you to Erica Lyons for this feature in Judith Magazine about NESHAMA judithmagazine.substack.com/p/neshama?fb...

@newtonvillebooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social so thankful to find happy copies of Trowbridge Road at Newtonville Books this morning. Can't wait to introduce Neshama later this year!

Just one candle can drive out the darkness.

Exploring ice caves in Cristman Falls.

Happy holidays from our docile beast to yours.

My students were complaining about too many days of annotating so we took a well earned break to create a paper bag puppet opera.

Views from backstage!!

Being a Pixley means this.

My ARCs of NESHAMA just arrived in the mail!! @candlewickpress.bsky.social

My dog wears hats!

Very excited to introduce NESHAMA, my ghost story in verse, to the world in May. Still glowing from NCTE last weekend. Perfect pre-launch!