I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“

Hot damn. substack.com/@saribotton

Over the moon excited to be featured on @saribotton.bsky.social’s Memoir Land Substack memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir...

Darcey Steinke, author of This is the Door, reflects on aging: "I am filled with wonder more. I see, say, bare branches before a streetlight in the dark and it just sends me. I can feel the sorrow people carry. I am less self-consumed." @oldstermag.bsky.social H/T @saribotton.bsky.social

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Save the date, NYC: Excited to join this amazing group of performers/storytellers for @saribotton.bsky.social and @oldstermag.bsky.social's Gen X Piano Karaoke Night, June 10 at Sid Gold's Request Room. www.eventbrite.com/e/oldster-ma...

Returning via Amtrak from a long weekend in NYC, where I went to college and imagined I’d stay forever… only to develop, within 3 years, a desperate need to see a horizon line. This book is perfect for this train ride. Thanks @saribotton.bsky.social

I’m so excited to share this deeply personal piece about seeing myself in the window of a passing house when I was walking & being shocked at how I looked. Thank you so much to @saribotton.bsky.social for seeing my story. oldster.substack.com/p/is-the-ima...

Check out @saribotton.bsky.social’s interview with @courtneykocak.bsky.social on @memoirland.bsky.social’s Substack! 💜💛💜💛 open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...

Thanks to @saribotton.bsky.social for sharing my essay about Osteoporosis on this weekend’s Oldster roundup!

I answered some questions about turning 50 for @saribotton.bsky.social’s incredible substack publication, @oldstermag.bsky.social oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-50...

On the 25th anni of my book Twentynine Palms, @saribotton.bsky.social links to my LAT piece about walking away bc emotional toll. But the desert came and got me in Venice. A muscle car with Joshua Tree plates skidded to a halt; a battered woman was thrown out. memoirland.substack.com/p/memoir-mon...

Contributor Sari Botton went on a hunt for a pair of stylish clogs that wouldn’t aggravate her arthritis. She was looking for one pair, but ended up with ten.

I told Becky Tuch I had tremendous respect for how she took responsibility for her part in the “Bad Art Friend” drama. She said she had more to say about it, and so I had her write about it for Memoir Land’s “First Person Singular” series. memoirland.substack.com/p/showgirls-...

Tickled and full of gratitude to discover that @saribotton.bsky.social included my recent @electricliterature.com essay "Masking My Autism Made Me Sick" in her Memoir Monday Roundup!! If you're not subscribed to Sari's Substack, go sign up immediately; it's a pure gem!

“It did not occur to me ever that I would be starting the best phase of my career at 60” @saribotton.bsky.social

NYT, baby! This woman rocks in all the ways. Dear @saribotton.bsky.social, thanks for being you! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

absolutely hijacking international women's day to suggest that you consider purchasing a copy of THREE CHORDS AND BLESSED NOISE, a chapbook written by a woman about Patti Smith's Horses 50th Anniversary tour! jukeboxgraduate.bigcartel.com/product/thre...

@oldstermag.bsky.social in the Sundayprint edition of the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

What my husband lovingly calls my "media empire." I call it "Botton, Ink." http://

Wordle lets me use some French words but not others. 🧐

love to see what happens when someone commits to an idea because they *really* believe in it. team sari.

So nice to see this interview with editor & writer @saribotton.bsky.social, who found success starting her own thing in @oldstermag.bsky.social. "It did not occur to me ever that I would be starting the best phase of my career at 60.”

Oldster is FANTASTIC! Been a fan for years now

I love this with all my being! It’s time and @saribotton.bsky.social is bringing the, really, good stuff. Bravo!

so nice to see @saribotton.bsky.social finally get the literary profile treatment in the nyt today. sari has been out here doing the good work for writers for SO LONG, and as a fellow not-young i am extremely grateful to have her in our corner!

This is so good. There is so much to life past 40, I'm all here for all of those stories.

I love @oldstermag.bsky.social and I love @saribotton.bsky.social.

Great profile. I was proud last year to publish in Memoir Land. memoirland.substack.com/p/67a042fa-0...

Congrats to the wonderful @saribotton.bsky.social and @oldstermag.bsky.social!

hell yes.

Congratulations! @saribotton.bsky.social in The New York Times today. Here’s a gift link to learn more about her excellent work. She’s one of my favorite writers here. Please check her out if you aren’t already. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

American publishing regularly punishes women in their 50s by simply not interviewing them for new jobs in the way @saribotton.bsky.social describes here. So it’s great revenge that she launched Oldster magazine on her own, now with 70k subscribers.

Love this so much!!! Sari is one of the coolest people in our industry, and definitely one the most thoughtful and supportive. And Oldster covers a subject I find so relevant and interesting, especially for women. I’m thrilled for you, Sari!

Had the good fortune to talk a bit about Oldster Magazine with Kasia Pilat at The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

How were the mid-90s THIRTY YEARS AGO?

memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir... Great interview. It's always nice to get a peek at my work through an author's eyes: "[Mad Creek has] an amazing commitment to publishing creative nonfiction, with a focus on essays." @saribotton.bsky.social

Honored that my short piece, ”I Throw Pottery. Would I Throw My Career, Too?” was included in this week‘s #memoirmonday! Thanks @memoirland.bsky.social and @saribotton.bsky.social !

Journalism jobs! We currently have four (4) open positions at @pcmag.com: • Senior Writer, Software • Senior Writer, Mobile • Writer, Mobile • Editor, Shopping & Deals Listings here: www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs I'm not involved in the hiring process, but feel free to DM me with any questions.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Why are completed structures called build*INGS* and not builts?

You really should read this stunner by @rochellejohnson.bsky.social in The Georgia Review. Thx to @saribotton.bsky.social & her Memoir Monday for the link. www.thegeorgiareview.com/posts/phanto...

Thanks @saribotton.bsky.social - subscribe to Oldster, everyone.

“An entire generation saw The Ramones, and in the words of Danny Field, the band’s manager, they all said: 'Look at them. They can’t play. They’re terrible! They don’t know more than three notes…. Let’s start a band!'” - @evanischwartz.bsky.social in Oldster. oldster.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Tickets are on sale for the next Oldster Magazine Variety Hour! This one will be at Joe's Pub in Manhattan on Weds., March 4th at 7pm, and will feature Ophira Eisenberg, Mike Albo, Joyce Wadler, Ross Rice, Brian Macaluso, and me, your host... publictheater.org/performances...

The new version of Instagram that's shown up so far only on my iPad is dreadful.

‘The women in my neck of the woods in eastern Vermont are professional agers. They do it with great style and can do more chin-ups than I will ever be able to’

I think a senior love connection might have just happened in the comments on an Oldster piece...?

Do you think he's going to tel...os anything more? Or mission accomplished?

To recap, negging unfortunately works.