A. Natasha Joukovsky
@joukovsky.bsky.social
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author of THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR and MEDIUM RARE (forthcoming March 2026) joukovsky.substack.com
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Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
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SFWP
about 1 month ago
Only on
@therumpus.net
can you find
@egjames.bsky.social
's interview with
@joukovsky.bsky.social
!
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Start listening to MONA AT SEA by Elizabeth on
#audible
right here:
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Writing A Series of Trojan Horses into a Novel: An Interview with A. Natasha Joukovsky - The Rumpus
ā I envisioned this novel as a series of Trojan Horses on the topic of identity: a feminine novel inside a masculine one, but then a human one inside that. I wanted the novel to work on all threeā¦
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Jacke Wilson
about 2 months ago
Always fun talking to
@joukovsky.bsky.social
. Check out her new novel! (And Go Blue!)
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The Economist
about 2 months ago
They are all slam dunks
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Six books about basketball to read after March Madness
A selection of books about basketball, from David Halberstamās investigation of the Portland Trail Blazers to literary novels using the sport as metaphor.
https://econ.st/4dntCns
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The Rumpus
about 2 months ago
"...we are mimetic creatures, ever enamored of our own reflections." Writing A Series of Trojan Horses into a Novel:
@egjames.bsky.social
interviews
@joukovsky.bsky.social
about Medium Rare (
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
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Melville House
2 months ago
@joukovsky.bsky.social
worked on this story for years... and.... Kalshi just.... tweeted it out.
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Washington Independent Review of Books
2 months ago
In filling out a perfect March Madness bracket, a man flies too close to the sun.
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Medium Rare: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/medium-rare-a-novel
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Rachel Vorona Cote
2 months ago
D.C. locals should come out to
@solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social
tonight! I'm going to be talking to
@joukovsky.bsky.social
about her excellent new novel, Medium Rare, and we're going to have so much fun. Details here!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
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T. Benjamin White
3 months ago
Iām halfway through
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ās Medium Rare, and it is very good!
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hayden
3 months ago
@joukovsky.bsky.social
Medium Rare is insane in the best way possible I havenāt been able to put it down
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Chicago Review of Books
3 months ago
"The whole idea of novelistic truthāthe deeper truthāthatās what Iām looking for here: the truth that is truer than fact."
@denisesrobbins.bsky.social
's interview with
@joukovsky.bsky.social
on "Medium Rareā (
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/04/m...
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In āMedium Rare,ā A. Natasha Joukovsky Brings Greek Myth to March Madness - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of A. Natasha Joukovsky's new book, "Medium Rare."
https://chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/04/medium-rare-a-natasha-joukovsky/
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Defector
3 months ago
Talking to A. Natasha Joukovsky about men, myths, and March Madness:
defector.com/talking-to-a...
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Talking To A. Natasha Joukovsky About Men, Myths, And March Madness | Defector
The odds of filling out a perfect NCAA bracket are one in nine quintillion, two hundred twenty-three quadrillion, three-hundred-seventy-two trillion, thirty-six billion, eight-hundred-fifty-fourā¦
https://defector.com/talking-to-a-natasha-joukovsky-about-men-myths-and-march-madness
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Going on book tour! Tix & details here:
joukovsky.substack.com/p/come-see-m...
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What if the problem with "performative" activism is that it's not performative enough?
when you're up against the Joker, send in Batman
https://open.substack.com/pub/joukovsky/p/what-if-the-problem-with-performative?r=7yhbb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months ago
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America is my Roman Empire
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The fascination with AI, prediction markets, etc. is a direct descendant of the ancient fascination with prophesy and oraclesāand all of it originates with our mortal desire for immortality; seeing the future is the purview of gods
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Save the date for MEDIUM RAREās 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 ššŖ½
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
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Lit Hub
5 months ago
Not sure what to read this year? Maybe consider the 313 books weāre most looking forward to in 2026.
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Lit Hubās Most Anticipated Books of 2026
After the year weāve had, thereās no predicting anything about the year thatās to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,ā¦
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Thank you
@literaryhub.bsky.social
!
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5 months ago
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Rachel Vorona Cote
5 months ago
Second piece of 2026! For
@theatlantic.com
, I wrote about Kay Cicellisās brilliant, brutal short story trilogy, The Way to Colonos, which consists of three modern retellings of Sophoclean tragedies. This one is for all the Greek mythology girlies. ā¤ļø Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
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Why Authors Canāt Let Go of Greek Myths
The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/01/the-way-to-colonos-kay-cicellis-sophocles-book-review/685414/?gift=TD6tNRjkKIRdn_SinTuxE95xKV4B4ZlZv-H4Rx2i7Zw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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āAfter 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.ā Thank you
@ourculture.bsky.social
!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Our Cultureās Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2026 - Our Culture
Itās the best time of the year! Winter straddles the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, which means itās 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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Lit Hub
6 months ago
Why novelists should gamble on themselves (and aim for a posthumous house museum).
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The Publishing Industry is Capricious⦠Gamble on Yourself
Art and commerce have long been intimate bedfellows, and contemporary publishing presents no particular exception. Whileāsorryāonly a fraction of the books that get published qualify as art, even tā¦
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Good morning, I have a haughty riposte in
@literaryhub.bsky.social
today
lithub.com/the-publishi...
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The Publishing Industry is Capricious⦠Gamble on Yourself
Art and commerce have long been intimate bedfellows, and contemporary publishing presents no particular exception. Whileāsorryāonly a fraction of the books that get published qualify as art, even tā¦
https://lithub.com/the-publishing-industry-is-capricious-gamble-on-yourself/
6 months ago
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Fine Japanese graph paper
& other quotidian accoutrements for high literary life
https://joukovsky.substack.com/p/fine-japanese-graph-paper
6 months ago
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chrisbril.bsky.social
7 months ago
Sooo looking forward to reading this. Loved THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR!
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Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
7 months ago
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Rachel Vorona Cote
7 months ago
Happy pub day to brilliant, **briefly noted** hottie,
@somers.bsky.social
!! You MUST read this smart, poignant, sexy book. And DC ā come out to
@solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social
on 10/24, where
@joukovsky.bsky.social
and I will be in conversation with her!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
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Rachel Vorona Cote
8 months ago
I have not stopped thinking about The Ten Year Affair since I finished it months ago (humblebrag), and I am so extremely honored to be one of Erinās conversation partners! Come see us at
@solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social
on 10/24!!
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Fun & clever & kept me up lateāgo preorder!
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10 months ago
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Hard to tell!
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Literary author or publicly traded company?
on the quarterly returnification of textual art
https://joukovsky.substack.com/p/literary-author-or-publicly-traded
11 months ago
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Lincoln Michel
about 1 year ago
Dorian innocent
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The only list of fake novels you need this Memorial Day Weekend
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The best fake novels not coming out this year
a response to market demand
https://joukovsky.substack.com/p/the-best-fake-novels-not-coming-out
about 1 year ago
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MEDIUM RARE coming MARCH 2026 from
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
. Bring on the Madness.
about 1 year ago
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The New Yorker
about 1 year ago
āHeiss had admitted to Prima, with relish, what a pleasure it was to be to her both a lecturer and a lover.ā A short story by Lillian Fishman.
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āTravesty,ā by Lillian Fishman
No thought was so devastating to Prima as the thought that she was ascribing wisdom and seriousness to something that would turn out to be stupid.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/12/travesty-fiction-lillian-fishman?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Important news in the latest issue of my high school alumni mag: young Ted Danson was epically hot
about 1 year ago
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Erin Somers
over 1 year ago
My new novel āThe Ten Year Affairā (S&S 10/21) has a cover and is available for preorder. Itās a funny book about Hudson Valley types attempting infidelity. You will enjoy yourself! Please preorder!!!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Been doing a fun little project on Austen (rating her single men by total status & heroines on their judgment of them)
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All the single men: Emma
in which comparative status reaches new heights of clarity and equivocation
https://joukovsky.substack.com/p/all-the-single-men-emma
over 1 year ago
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Hello I am late to the party.
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