Fantastic campus novel posing as an MA thesis plumbs the depths of the desire and power nexus. Fun, painful, compelling. Seduction Theory is the perfect late summer read. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

"Fiction, through artifice, can arrive at truth. Artifice isn’t incidental but essential to the task." @tonydomestico.bsky.social on @adremily.bsky.social, Tom Wolfe, and the campus novel: www.commonwealmagazine.org/emily-adrian...

Always wanted to buy a brilliant friend’s book at an airport and now thanks to @adremily.bsky.social i can!

Such a thrill to read this review of my book 🥹 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/b...

Emily Adrian’s SEDUCTION THEORY is a clever, layered tale that pokes fun at academia, particularly at the rituals and eccentricities of a graduate creative-writing program.

If you’re in NYC next week, come to my launch at Books Are Magic! I’ll be in convo with the brilliant Megan Nolan. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-e...

‘I hated myself for being alone, for being fertile or not fertile.’ Fiction by Emily Adrian. granta.com/retrieval/

New story in @grantamag.bsky.social today! granta.com/retrieval/

Go beyond the cover (and see how this book cover trend started) with SEDUCTION THEORY. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/b...

Psyched about this Kirkus 🌟 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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The Globe's Summer Reading list includes fiction by @kashana.bsky.social‬, @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social‬, @megiddings.bsky.social‬, @adremily.bsky.social‬, @shteyngart.bsky.social‬ and others not on Bluesky. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/a...

wrote about dogs in the work of Joy Williams, Kelly Reichardt, and Alex Colville (plus some of my own personal dogs): emilyadrian.substack.com/p/three-dogs...

Gals

I wrote about...vomiting. A lot. emilyadrian.substack.com/p/on-morning...

Felt emo, started a substack emilyadrian.substack.com/p/never-unle...

We have a couple of spots left in this class starting January 8!

Dogs on a walk look so happy. Some look like they're working and they're really proud of the job they're doing, some look like they just got out of work and they're off snowboarding for the weekend, and some look like they just got engaged and they're still too emotional to speak.

7yo, as we drive past a store called SOUP GIRL: watch out Mama. They're gonna boil you.

"I don't like it any more than you do." - my husband after I weepingly explained the Free Willy whale's irl fate to him

My new book has a cover and some wonderful blurbs. Seduction Theory comes out August 12 and you can preorder her now!

Men love to solemnly admit they can't drive stick

biggest lie I ever told my husband was neglecting to mention that the rescue from which we adopted our Great Pyr speculated he might be mixed with Newfoundland

Need to pad out your 2024 books read pile? Here are four great (and very short) translated novels I enjoyed this year countercraft.substack.com/p/four-trans...

Emma, to her friend who comes over every day: at least we’ll finally get to look at a hot person 🙄

No one’s self esteem is higher than my kid’s on horseback

7yo to his grandpa: you’re a really good talker Grandpa: yeah? 7yo: yeah you’re really good at letting me talk

relayed my harrowing anxiety dreams to my husband and he said he dreamt the University of Florida recruited him to play basketball

Oh hey

Imagine being this pleasant

Gonna reread all of Austen, watch at least one adaptation per novel, and then it’ll be time to have a baby

Every morning the 7yo takes one pre-coffee portrait of his dad and one of me, then admires his work, snickering maliciously.

Sign up now to study Joy Williams with me and Alex! Get feedback on your own WIP too! Only a few spots left!

7yo who has lived in New Haven for four years whispers to me, "Does all pizza kinda taste the same?"

Finally running a new class for @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in January, this time co-taught with @alexhigley.bsky.social ! We're doing a deep dive into the short fiction of Joy Williams. Join us: greatplacebooks.com/joy

might start using this website to document when I cry at the trampoline park

Finally running a new class for @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in January, this time co-taught with @alexhigley.bsky.social ! We're doing a deep dive into the short fiction of Joy Williams. Join us: greatplacebooks.com/joy

Still a few spots left in my 92 St Y workshop. Class starts Tuesday evening on Zoom. Half workshop, half seminar, syllabus full of authors I adore. Join us! www.92ny.org/class/fictio...

The thing I love about this conference is that it's an actually energizing day. People leave excited to go home and write, and feeling like they've figured some things out. You don't get that at most similar events (which also typically costs 4-5x as much)

Very very very happy about this 💕

This class (my last until the fall) begins this week! Still time to join!

Starts in a couple weeks, still a few spots left! Join us. Going to be a fun class; my last one until the fall.

I've always loved when my students watch film adaptations of what we studying and share their insights in class. Decided to make a new seminar out of it! Join us for lots of close-reading, discussion, and feedback on your own WIP! greatplacebooks.com/film

New @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story! tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva

How does a ten-page short story lend itself to a two-hour movie? How can we make sure our own work is equally complex, rich, and open to interpretation?

How does a ten-page short story lend itself to a two-hour movie? How can we make sure our own work is equally complex, rich, and open to interpretation?

New @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story! tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva

Cover reveal for Pilar Fraile’s English language debut EUPHORIA DAYS, translated by National Book Award Nominee and finalist for the PEN Translation Prize @lizziedavis.bsky.social