So grateful to The Writing Disorder for publishing “Disco Desperados” in their spring issue. It’s about Gloria Gaynor, T.S. Eliot, and the year I spent in college reading Shakespeare by day and hanging out at the disco at night. Click here to read it:
writingdisorder.com/ann-levin-no...
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Woo-hoo! Lore Segal’s posthumous collection of short stories, "Still Talking," with an introduction by her longtime friend Vivian Gornick, was released this week. It’s great! You can read my review for The Forward here:
forward.com/culture/8130...
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That's my brother Howard on the right. He plays a major role in a story I wrote called "The Chocolate Mousse." It's about Americans abroad in July 1969, the moon landing, and the birth & death of a beguiling dessert. So grateful to SBLAAM for publishing it in their spring issue: sblaam.com
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Mark your calendars! On 2/22 @writersread.bsky.social is teaming up with @blreview.bsky.social at @citywinery.bsky.social for a 1 pm show on illness & recovery. I'm so proud to be in the cast, reading my story, "Three Ways of Looking at a Diagnosis." To buy tix, click here:
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I’m so proud to be part of the Evening of Monologues at the #NationalArtsClub on #GramercyPark in #NYC on Monday, 1/12, at 6:30 pm. The show is free and open to the public. To register, go to the NAC website & click on Events. It’s not sold out even if the link says it is!
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So grateful to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for publishing "The God Thing." It’s about faith and faithlessness, addiction and recovery, desert landscapes and Gothic churches, and whether it’s necessary or desirable for a secular Jew in the diaspora to believe in God. Read it here: tinyurl.com/fbkrc52a
So grateful to Persimmon Tree magazine for publishing my essay “Hard-boiled,” about how reading detective fiction helped toughen me up to live in a world where “gangsters can rule nations.” You can read it here:
persimmontree.org/winter-2026/...
#nonfiction #essay #creativewriting #storytelling
In what could be called ‘Your Biography of Biographies,’ Margolick chronicles how the Yonkers-born son of Jewish immigrants became the king of American comedy. A must-read for anyone interested in golden era TV. My review for The Forward:
tinyurl.com/2xa698v8
#bookreviews #comedy #biography #TBR
I was so proud to be part of the Writers Read show “The Photograph” at the CPW in Kingston, NY on 10/25/25. Many thanks to Ed, Richard, Steve and all the other good folks at WR who made it happen. Click on link to read my story.
www.annlevinwriter.com/2025/10/31/t...
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Thanks, Yuri!
Art by NW: Wild and winding, Io Palmer’s ceramics defy boundaries www.cascadepbs.org/culture/2025...
So proud of my brilliant and talented cousin Io! She is doing amazing work out in Washington state, though the story includes a big shout-out to our ancestral roots in small-town western PA. 👏 👍😍
Want to read a terrific book set in a repressive, long-ago era when foreigners were suspect and popular entertainment consisted largely of coarse spectacle? Then Stephen Greenblatt’s thrilling new bio of Renaissance poet Christopher Marlowe is for you! My review for the AP:
tinyurl.com/4v8axbhw
Thank you, Kimberly!
It’s never too late to become radicalized–that’s the message of Maris Kreizman’s smart, funny, poignant new #essay collection about how life in America has pushed this former good Democrat further to the left. Here’s my review for the AP: tinyurl.com/yz8vze87
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If you ever rocked out to “Psycho Killer” or “Burning Down the House,” you might want to check out Jonathan Gould’s new group biography of Talking Heads, which I was thrilled to review for The Associated Press. Read the review here:
tinyurl.com/3uwzm3wu
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Journalist Megan Greenwell’s new book goes on sale today. Read it to understand how private equity has contributed to the hollowing out of the American dream. I reviewed it for the Associated Press:
tinyurl.com/yksuex6c
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So grateful to Write or Die Magazine for publishing the essay I wrote about binge eating and making lists. You can find it here:
tinyurl.com/54hhjztr
To read more of my essays, go to my website annlevinwriter.com and click on the blog.
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So proud to be in the @writersread.bsky.social performance at Bryant Park tomorrow, reading a 5-minute true story. The show starts at 12:30 pm Wednesday, 5/28. Look for the yellow & white umbrellas on the 42nd Street side of the park. It's free!
#writing #writersky #writingcommunity #writerlife
One of the most beautiful books you’ll read this year. Here’s my review for The Associated Press:
tinyurl.com/4dkfw7d8
You can find this review and many others at annlevinwriter.com.
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The Atlantic critic Sophie Gilbert examines the backlash against feminism in pop culture over the past three decades. This is one you will want to check out! Read my review for The Associated Press.
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