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Frog A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman. In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her fa...

FSG just sent an email about their winter catalog, and I'm super excited to see that Anne Fadiman has a new essay collection coming out!

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Come see me on book tour! I still have a bunch of events I'm looking forward to.

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Join us in welcoming @readandbreathe.bsky.social here to present WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT with Lily King on Monday, June 2, right here at Print!

Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together My father has untreated ADHD. Two years ago, at thirty-nine, I verified a longtime suspicion and was diagnosed with the same disorder. When we talk on the phone we talk at each other rather than to…

@readandbreathe.bsky.social on navigating loss alongside her father: “Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”

Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together My father has untreated ADHD. Two years ago, at thirty-nine, I verified a longtime suspicion and was diagnosed with the same disorder. When we talk on the phone we talk at each other rather than to…

Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing a new essay I wrote for WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT. In 2019, my extraordinarily talented, funny, heart-of-gold uncle took his own life. I wrote about grief & love & holding on to the objects that connect us to our past.

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Thank you!

I can't believe pub day is finally here! Purchase the anthology from your local indie bookstore, and head to Books are Magic tonight for the official book launch if you live in NYC.

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Open Secrets Live family panel, Andrea King Collier, Michele Filgate, Ellen Friedrichs, Aymann Ismail, Tracy O'Neill, Alex Segura

Open Secrets Live May 3 family panel: Andrea King Collier, @readandbreathe.bsky.social, @ellenfriedrichs.bsky.social, Aymann Ismail, Tracy O'Neill, and @alexsegura.bsky.social. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @flatironbooks.bsky.social @harperonebooks.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

tonight in LA!

I'm excited to have words in this upcoming anthology! Preorder if you're interested. You won't be disappointed in
What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (Signed Pre-Order)

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You can preorder a signed copy of the anthology from McNally Jackson.

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If you live in NYC and want to come to the book launch at Books are Magic on 5/6, purchase a ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-m...

The new season of Black Mirror is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. “Eulogy” is even better than “San Junipero,” and I never thought I’d love an episode more than that one. “Common People” is one of the most devastating episodes of all time. (But phenomenal.)

What's with the trend of posting passages from books and not including the title in the Instagram story or caption? Can someone please explain this to me? It drives me nuts!

If you’re at #AWP25, stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth before 2:30 and say hi to me! I’m here for another hour.

Heading to LA tomorrow for AWP! Stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth on Friday between 11:30-2:30. I’m volunteering that morning/afternoon.

Book Giveaway for What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate Enter to win one of 10 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

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"This collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex—and sometimes contentious—relationships we have with our fathers."

Enter to win a coy of @readandbreathe.bsky.social's "What My Father and I Don't Talk About" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💙📚

Yay! Just reposted this. I enjoyed being a guest on the podcast!

"Tuck Everlasting" with Michele Filgate Our Podcast About Books · Episode

We've got a new episode up this week. @tomholbrook.bsky.social and @readandbreathe.bsky.social and I are talking Tuck Everlasting. #booksky #authors #writingcommunity #writesky open.spotify.com/episode/4E1R...

Tickets are now on sale for the NYC book launch at Books are Magic! Featuring @jaquiradiaz.bsky.social, Isle McElroy, and Jiordan Castle. Moderated by @thedennemichele.bsky.social!

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That's a fabulous review. What a lede! 😱 I am terrified of heights. So glad you survived that treacherous jump.

Currently reading STATE OF PARADISE by @lauravandenberg.bsky.social and it’s exactly what I’m in the mood for right now. 💜

So far 2025 has been a chaotic and stressful year for obvious reasons, but books are keeping me going. I just read two nonfiction books that made me think of the boundless possibilities of the genre: I AM, I AM, I AM by Maggie O’Farrell and THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.

WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT | Kirkus Reviews Fathers are the lodestone of this varied anthology, which circles them brilliantly.

Thank you to Kirkus for the starred review! ✨✨✨

“Throughout, the essays are marked with love, honesty, and exquisite writing.

With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure, these essays plumb the depths of paternal relations.”

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Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth by Maggie Nelson Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth, is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009’s Bluets, Pathemata merges a pain diary chronicling a decad...

Maggie Nelson has a new book coming out that's described as "something of a companion piece to 2009's BLUETS." !!!! www.wavepoetry.com/products/pat...

Last month, right before the holidays, I got to work on a new website for @readandbreathe.bsky.social. Her latest book, What My Father and I Don't Talk About, is out this May!

Visit her website to learn more: michelefilgate.com

Such an intimate and important anthology. 💙 Out 5/6/25.

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Open Secrets Magazine Live, May 3, 2025, NYC, opensecretsmagazine.com

Hear @saribotton.bsky.social @rachelkramerbussel.bsky.social @cconnell8.bsky.social @brosandprose.bsky.social @johndevore.bsky.social @dirtylola.bsky.social @kellidunham.bsky.social @readandbreathe.bsky.social in NYC on May 3 at Open Secrets Live: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... 1/2