It’s been a wonderful week for my book!

So excited to hear this news, and grateful to the judges!

Looking forward to these upcoming New England events for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! #BookSky

This piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social is the best thing I have read in Fucking ages

They’re back!

This @mcsweeneys.net piece from @devorahblachor.bsky.social is an absolute delight. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oh-...

What a blast I had on the Gold Coast Book Fair’s “I ❤️NY” panel today discussing LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO with the great Joan Silber, Cynthia Weiner, and our mighty moderator Jessikah Chautin.

If you have a genius short humor piece, send it to @pointsincase.com! We’re always open for submissions and we pay! More info and guidelines are here: pnca.se/submit

Had a fabulous time at Slackjaw Live last Sunday!

New humor piece up at Slackjaw today! I’ll be reading it in NYC this Sunday at Slackjaw Live. medium.com/slackjaw/we-...

"We got married and bought a little yellow house, marveling at how much more expensive it would have been in LA, and my husband promised he’d paint it pink. Four decades later, and this split-level ranch is still the color of morning urine."

Excited to share my new generational manifesto, up at @oldstermag.bsky.social today! oldster.substack.com/p/geriatric-...

I wrote this in 2021, and it serves as a great reminder of all the terrible, terrible places my partner and I saw while house hunting.

Channeled my suburban night-driving angst into this humor piece for Slackjaw - one of two pieces I’ll be reading at Slackjaw Live in NYC on April 26. It’s Me, A Short Woman With A Long Dark Commute, And I Love It When Your Big Bright Headlights… medium.com/slackjaw/its...

I wrote about the dilemma of the MAGA Springsteen fan in @mcsweeneys.net last year. Wonder how that guy is doing now? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...

Terrific review of LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO up now at Zoe’s Book Log! zoezolbrod.substack.com/p/last-night...

This Thursday night, 3/19 at 7 pm! I loved THE POHAKU and can’t wait to discuss it with @jasminiolani.bsky.social at @portersqbooks.bsky.social Cambridge. See you there!

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

I went home to face yet another lonely ol’ night with my husband, only to learn that he had lost my entire month’s tips in a poker game. As I started to lay into him, he waved me off. “Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow,” he muttered cryptically as he headed to the bathroom.

Got this from @kenmartin.bsky.social & @democrats.org today. “Taking the gloves off”??? I just can’t with these people. As a lifelong Dem I’m filled with disgust at how clueless party leadership is. People are being murdered for peacefully protesting, Ken, but sure, you file your lawsuit. JFC.

"Maybe I could have tolerated the location if our relationship was great, but once the first bloom of romance wore off, he started talking about wanting it to hurt so good. That’s really not my thing."

If you’re old enough to remember John Mellencamp’s mid-80s hits, perhaps you’ve wondered whatever happened to that L.A. Doll in “Small Town”? My latest for McSweeney’s. #johnmellencamp #smalltown

I had so much fun talking with @splturnthepage.bsky.social about LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! Love this podcast!

A few of you suggested it, and we did it! @jasperdyne.bsky.social and I are selling these t-shirts (there are sweatshirts too) through Bonfire, with all profits to be split between @aclumn.bsky.social (ACLU of Minnesota) and Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. www.bonfire.com/justice-for-...

At the risk of sounding hopeful in a time with little hope, I think it's a good sign that WaPo & NYT are both accurately reporting that the videos contradict what ICE is saying. It means they're aware they'd just lose even more credibility. It could even mean they think regime change is coming.

The way he’s being targeted is why so many in Congress don’t speak out about this regime. I am so grateful for Captain Kelly’s courage.

There is one spot left in my Novel Reactor class, starting January 26. All classes held on Zoom. Details here: mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...

4 and 19 hit so damned hard yo

We just wrapped up posting @mcsweeneys.net's most-read pieces of 2025. Thanks again to our contributors and readers this year. I like everything we publish, of course, but I’d like to point out some great pieces that didn't receive as much attention. #McSweeneysHiddenGems2025

My first time on a @mcsweeneys.net Most Read Pieces of the Year list! This ran in January and I wish the political stuff was not still relevant, but sadly, it is.

Looking for a novel-writing class in 2026? Check out my offerings! mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...

“What is a politician? What is felching? I googled, read, heaved. Then we felched twice.”

It’s been a thrill for me to see readers connect with my deeply flawed and oh-so-unreliable protagonist, Lynda Boyle. Sharing a few of my favorite Goodreads and NetGalley reviews, with gratitude for the book love. 🪩💃❤️ #booksky #lastnightatthedisco @netgalley.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social

Thanks for the shout-out, @misdonnacolta.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read OFELIA AND NORMA, coming next fall from @regalhouse.bsky.social.

I teamed up with @janineannett.bsky.social for this perimenopause or Thanksgiving quiz up @mcsweeneys.net Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

Had a blast of a disco brunch at Thunder Road Books this morning. Saw friends and family and my beloved fifth grade teacher. Met new friends and readers! Profoundly grateful for the support and love I’ve felt on this whole trip. Indie bookstores and libraries are the best places in the world. ❤️

Giving the sequins a rest today, then two events this weekend in Philly and Spring Lake, NJ for Last Night at the Disco. Can’t stop the dance!

South Jersey! I’ll be dressed in my disco finery at the Millville Public Library tonight as part of the NJ Authors Series, 6:30 pm. Come for the fun 70s slide show, stay for a discussion of my new novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO. 🪩 💃🪩

Fabulous night with @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon at the amazing Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ. Next stop: Millville NJ, Thursday night!

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

If you are a Senate Democrat and you just watched your party base crush election night and put 7 million people in the streets for No Kings and your response in this moment is to cave in on the shutdown, you should immediately resign. Just get out of the way.

Fight don’t fold.

The glamorous life (sometimes!)😂😂😂

Hitting the road with my 70s slide show and some awesome conversation partners for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO book events in the motherland of NJ! First up: Words in Maplewood NJ this Tuesday, 11/11 at 7:30 pm, with the amazing @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon!

Let me answer any questions about the math pre-emptively: I wrote this in 2017!

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Dems in ARRAY

Books about women who are trapped between two worlds, even if the traps are of their own making. (@lisaborders.bsky.social)