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So cool that TTYA is advancing but unfortunately it’s up against Flesh in the next round haha. RIP me!
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bradley babendir
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this summer, i ran a newsletter series on PTA leading up to the release of OBAA. the contributors were are all so smart and made the project so much better than i hoped or deserved. if you’re looking for OBAA writing this morning, i think you’d like this review roundup:
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The One Battle After Another Mega Newsletter
The final entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a this is a newsletter series.
https://thisisanewsletter.substack.com/p/the-one-battle-after-another-mega
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coming soon: my investigation into the type of person who partakes of a free public massage in the middle of London Book Fair, as all—and I do mean all—of the world’s publishing professionals stream by
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Jeremy Gordon
24 days ago
If you are in Baltimore, I’m talking with
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about her excellent novel THE TEN-YEAR AFFAIR at Greedy Reads (the one on Remington) on Thursday night (that's tomorrow). Be there or be square:
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Ron Charles
about 1 month ago
After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-186865843
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Miles Klee 🦉
about 2 months ago
Big news that I'm delighted to no longer be keeping a secret: Next week I join
@wired.com
as a senior writer! As everyone knows, this is a top-tier publication and indispensable record of digital life today. I'll be covering internet culture in all forms, as I have for almost 15 years now.
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Jon Irwin
about 2 months ago
As someone who devoured this book over the holidays, I'm delighted to hear her next book may return to the same town and fill in some of those gaps.* *Double entendre intended
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I was profiled by the Sydney Morning Herald 🐨
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The first great book club novel of 2026 is here
This is adultery, rebranded for people who have air fryers and money anxieties.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-first-great-book-club-novel-of-2026-is-here-20260105-p5nrpf.html
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New England Public Media
about 2 months ago
📚✨ Love to read? Join the NEPM Book Club! 📅 Next meet-up: Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. 📖 Book: "The Ten Year Affair" by Erin Somers 🎤 Special Q&A with the author! Don't miss out! Sign up now at
nepm.org/bookclub
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Erik Hane
about 2 months ago
I wrote a short essay for
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-other-peoples-children/
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Canongate
2 months ago
The Ten Year Affair is a witty, emotionally-charged exploration of marriage, family life and the roads not taken, that ultimately asks: do we really want our fantasies to come true? 'Somers's wit is as cool, caustic and dry as liquid nitrogen' TONY TULATHIMUTTE
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Canongate
2 months ago
Happy publication day to this wondrous stack of books! The Writing Life – Annie Dillard The Swedish Art of Ageing Well – Margareta Magnusson The Wardrobe Department – Elaine Garvey Grace – Chika Unigwe The Ten Year Affair – Erin Somers Available in-store and online!
uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...
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Adam Dalva
2 months ago
This fall, I had the pleasure of re-reading Karl Ove Knausgaard’s work for the New York Times. I’m grateful for the assignment, the brilliant editing, and Knausgaard, for giving me so much to think about, as always:
www.nytimes.com/article/karl...
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The Essential Karl Ove Knausgaard
https://www.nytimes.com/article/karl-ove-knausgaard-books.html
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Alex Segura
2 months ago
Reading and enjoying
@somers.bsky.social
's fantastic novel, THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR, which is funny, messy, and heartfelt. Reminded me of this great interview she did with
@thelincoln.bsky.social
at his must-read COUNTER CRAFT newsletter:
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
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Processing: How Erin Somers Wrote The Ten Year Affair
The author on comic writing, reading drafts aloud, and being "lower than a worm" while writing
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/processing-how-erin-somers-wrote
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A. Natasha Joukovsky
2 months ago
Save the date for MEDIUM RARE’s launch
@strandbooks.com
in NYC on MARCH 4 alongside two of the best writers alive
@somers.bsky.social
& Elizabeth Winkler After my debut events were all on Zoom in 2021, I could not be more excited for this 🏀🪽
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
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A. Natasha Joukovsky
3 months ago
“After her intensely smart Portrait of a Mirror, A. Natasha Joukovsky goes for another retelling, this time landing on the myth of Icarus by way of a Washington lobbying firm, college basketball and pipe dreams.” Thank you
@ourculture.bsky.social
!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Our Culture’s Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2026 - Our Culture
It’s the best time of the year! Winter straddles the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, which means it’s both a time of reflection and new beginnings. After we covered 27 books and author...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/our-cultures-most-anticipated-books-of-winter-2026/
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chris
3 months ago
favorite novels published this year: Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor / The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers / Pilgrims by Devin Kelly / Audition by Katie Kitamura
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Jon Irwin
3 months ago
Funniest gift I got yesterday was THE TEN-YEAR AFFAIR by
@somers.bsky.social
, not since it's funny (though it is!) but because I mentioned it to my wife as a book I wanted, who mentioned it to my mother-in-law, who got me a book with a cover blurb "the best book about infidelity since Madame Bovary"
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Wow, thank you Financial Times!!
3 months ago
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Los Angeles Review of Books
3 months ago
"These are not extraordinary people, these are not unique circumstances. We could be them—which is what makes these otherwise quiet, funny novels feel so dangerous." Annie Berke considers timelines not taken in “The Ten Year Affair” and “Wreck”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/theres-no-telling/
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Very cool to that a lot of people read Pleasantries!!
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3 months ago
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Fun!
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Joel Erickson
3 months ago
So many times in this story, I read experiences of other people and felt seen for the first time. The loneliness is brutal, which seems odd as you’re with another person or people all day. But the person you want to be with is barely home. Thank you, Erin.
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For
@gqmagazine.bsky.social
, I spent the summer talking to stay at home dads about what their lives are like. Huge thanks to everyone who spoke to me and to the magazine for handling the piece with such care.
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Dads Are the New Moms. How’s That Going?
American men are doing more parenting than at any other time in modern history. What does that really mean for work, marriage, friendship, and sex?
https://www.gq.com/story/story/what-dads-think-about-modern-parenthood?utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=%3Cmedia_url%3E&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Adam Morgan
3 months ago
My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me. Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
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I am such an admirer of Patrick Nathan’s writing, so I was thrilled to read his incredible essay about my book and the infidelity novel.
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The Horror of the Husband
Anna novels, Emma novels, and the original romantasy: fiction about affairs
https://patricknathan.substack.com/p/the-horror-of-the-husband?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
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Casey Stegman
4 months ago
So well deserved. THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR is funny and poignant and everything you want in a great novel.
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Maris Kreizman
4 months ago
I keep losing subscribers but I will not stop (for now) writing my damn newsletter! This week's offerings includes a very minor blind item, love for Jennifer Percy and Erin Somers, and a great list of Nuzzi-less newly published titles.
www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
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The Maris Review, vol 82
Forgive me for skipping last week's newsletter! I've been reading submissions for for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and I didn't want to use this space to write about what I read. That will be u...
https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-82/
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LitHub’s Best Books of the Year. Thank you
@literaryhub.bsky.social
!!
4 months ago
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TTYA is an NPR best book of the year 🙂
4 months ago
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The Ten Year Affair is NPR’s Book of the Day. Thank you, NPR!!!
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'The Ten Year Affair,' 'Sex of the Midwest' look at the role of sex in domestic life : NPR's Book of the Day
Two new books examine how sex fits into suburban and small-town life, respectively. First, Erin Somers explores marriage and desire in her novel The Ten Year Affair. In today’s episode, she speaks wit...
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/21/nx-s1-5616169/nprs-book-of-the-day-the-ten-year-affair-sex-of-the-midwest
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Casey Stegman
4 months ago
Loving the audiobook for
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THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR.
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Thrilled to be in
@bombmag.bsky.social
today talking about the book with brilliant, hilarious Laura Adamcyk!!
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BOMB Magazine | Erin Somers by Laura Adamczyk
Infidelity, millennial marriage, and the roads not taken (seriously).
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/11/13/erin-somers-by-laura-adamczyk/
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Extremely fun!!
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A small, nice thing we did at PM
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Sarah Weinman
4 months ago
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue." Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here:
www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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Brendan C. Byrne
4 months ago
Made it 8 pages before i laughed, out loud, at
@somers.bsky.social
's THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR
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Chris Scott
4 months ago
Absolutely loved
@somers.bsky.social
's new novel The Ten Year Affair. I really dug the original short story but everything she did to expand upon and deepen the characters is so thoughtful and insightful. It's also incredibly funny. Easily one of my favorite books of 2025.
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Ethan from Human Pursuits
4 months ago
@somers.bsky.social
on extra marital affairs, directionless dudes, complicated pita chips, and why she stays off BookTok
humanpursuits.substack.com/p/erin-somer...
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Ethan from Human Pursuits (@humanpursuits)
@Erin Somers on extra marital affairs, directionless dudes, complicated pita chips, and why she stays off BookTok.
https://substack.com/@humanpursuits/note/c-172209740?r=5epso&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Saturday! Come out LA!!
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Erin Somers presents THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR with Ruth Madievsky
Erin Somers presents THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR with Ruth Madievsky!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/erin-somers-presents-the-ten-year-affair-with-ruth-madievsky-tickets-1830941929599?aff=oddtdtcreator
4 months ago
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Thank you Wall Street Journal!!
5 months ago
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Lincoln Michel
5 months ago
Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news: 👀👻🏚️😱
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Jessica Francis Kane
5 months ago
This book is funny, astute, real and sexy. I think I had an affair with it? 10/10 no regrets. You should try it.
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Tim Fernholz
5 months ago
here's a gift link to read the Defector interview with
@somers.bsky.social
about her new book the Ten Year Affair
defector.com/erin-somers-...
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Erin Somers On The State Of Literary Fiction, Hudson Valley Life, And Reviving The Infidelity Novel | Defector
In recent years, the literary marriage novel has taken a backseat to the literary divorce novel, the novel of interpersonal discontent and cynicism, with forms like autofiction sometimes used as a mea...
https://defector.com/erin-somers-the-ten-year-affair-interview?giftLink=c093dec2a6224fdbaba41191ba73841e
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I talked Nicholas Russell
@defector.com
about The Ten Year Affair!!
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Erin Somers On The State Of Literary Fiction, Hudson Valley Life, And Reviving The Infidelity Novel | Defector
In recent years, the literary marriage novel has taken a backseat to the literary divorce novel, the novel of interpersonal discontent and cynicism, with forms like autofiction sometimes used as a mea...
https://defector.com/erin-somers-the-ten-year-affair-interview
5 months ago
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Come out and see me tonight at B&N in Brooklyn with
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5 months ago
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ICYMI, had a blast making playlist for the book!!
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David Gutowski
5 months ago
"These are the songs I would listen to during the crucial sanity walk between drafting sessions to try to invoke the right mood."
@somers.bsky.social
shared a playlist for her novel The Ten Year Affair at Largehearted Boy
largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/26/e...
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