great piece highlighting the beautiful painting on the cover of TTYA

These series that Brad edits are so good. A bunch of really interesting writers with different voices on one filmmaker. Highly recommend!!

ICYMI: I chatted with the publishers of HAGFISH, a great small press that reissues underread women authors.

So cool that TTYA is advancing but unfortunately it’s up against Flesh in the next round haha. RIP me!

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:

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

If you are in Baltimore, I’m talking with @somers.bsky.social 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:

After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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.

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

I was profiled by the Sydney Morning Herald 🐨

📚✨ 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

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-...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

“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...

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

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"

Wow, thank you Financial Times!!

"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/

Very cool to that a lot of people read Pleasantries!!

Fun!

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.

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.

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...

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.

So well deserved. THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR is funny and poignant and everything you want in a great novel.

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...

LitHub’s Best Books of the Year. Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social!!

TTYA is an NPR best book of the year 🙂

The Ten Year Affair is NPR’s Book of the Day. Thank you, NPR!!!

Loving the audiobook for @somers.bsky.social THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR.

Thrilled to be in @bombmag.bsky.social today talking about the book with brilliant, hilarious Laura Adamcyk!!

Extremely fun!!

A small, nice thing we did at PM

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...

Made it 8 pages before i laughed, out loud, at @somers.bsky.social's THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR

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.

@somers.bsky.social on extra marital affairs, directionless dudes, complicated pita chips, and why she stays off BookTok humanpursuits.substack.com/p/erin-somer...

Saturday! Come out LA!!

Thank you Wall Street Journal!!

Happy Halloween, everyone. And, uh, some spooky personal news: 👀👻🏚️😱

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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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-...

I talked Nicholas Russell @defector.com about The Ten Year Affair!!