Elizabeth Gonzalez James
@egjames.bsky.social
Screenwriter and author of The Bullet Swallower, Mona at Sea.
“Middling” — The Michigan Daily
“Middling” — The Michigan Daily
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Told my kid to go to bed since the Patriots are already asleep
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Told my kid to go to bed since the Patriots are already asleep
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Tough back to back Super Bowls for guys named Drake
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Tough back to back Super Bowls for guys named Drake
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I’m choked up. I didn’t think I would be but after the year we’ve had in the US it feels so good to have Latino culture so celebrated and so front and center.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I’m choked up. I didn’t think I would be but after the year we’ve had in the US it feels so good to have Latino culture so celebrated and so front and center.
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Bad Bunny shows a football that says, “together we are america” during his #SuperBowl performance
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny shows a football that says, “together we are america” during his #SuperBowl performance
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Thanks you too
February 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Thanks you too
Ugh I spent all morning in the files and I actually think it made me physically sick. I feel like I’m coming down with something now.
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Ugh I spent all morning in the files and I actually think it made me physically sick. I feel like I’m coming down with something now.
Same boat, girl. Same. Boat.
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Same boat, girl. Same. Boat.
Yeah I hold the hand rail every time. I HATE stairs. When my son was 18mo he fell down a full flight of stairs. He was fine - just a bump on the head. But yeah. There’s nothing more dangerous. Yesterday I was carrying laundry in socks so it was on me.
February 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Yeah I hold the hand rail every time. I HATE stairs. When my son was 18mo he fell down a full flight of stairs. He was fine - just a bump on the head. But yeah. There’s nothing more dangerous. Yesterday I was carrying laundry in socks so it was on me.
As a knitter this makes me really happy. I’m always looking for stories about people using crafts for resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM
As a knitter this makes me really happy. I’m always looking for stories about people using crafts for resistance.
Okay I can just die now 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks Harvard Bookstore and Paul Tremblay for a fabulous event!
Thanks Harvard Bookstore and Paul Tremblay for a fabulous event!
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Okay I can just die now 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks Harvard Bookstore and Paul Tremblay for a fabulous event!
Thanks Harvard Bookstore and Paul Tremblay for a fabulous event!
A really fun thing about being in my 40s is I’ve fallen all the way down the stairs twice in the last 3 months 🫠
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A really fun thing about being in my 40s is I’ve fallen all the way down the stairs twice in the last 3 months 🫠
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Don't miss out on seeing @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social next Friday at 7pm EST! buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
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January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Don't miss out on seeing @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social next Friday at 7pm EST! buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
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"I like when a story makes me ask questions that I sincerely don’t know the answers to."
@egjames.bsky.social interviews George Saunders about VIGIL (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social).
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@egjames.bsky.social interviews George Saunders about VIGIL (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social).
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January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"I like when a story makes me ask questions that I sincerely don’t know the answers to."
@egjames.bsky.social interviews George Saunders about VIGIL (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social).
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@egjames.bsky.social interviews George Saunders about VIGIL (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social).
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It’s not often (or ever?) that we get to speak to our heroes, but I got to speak to mine when @therumpus.net let me interview George Saunders. His new book is out today. Please read it. It’s wonderful ❤️
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The Two-Sentence Outline that Defines the Form: An Interview with George Saunders - The Rumpus
“Usually, I try to make things as brief as I can (my model is one of those wind-up toys and I wind it up and drop it on the floor and it races right under the couch. The end). But with this, and with ...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
It’s not often (or ever?) that we get to speak to our heroes, but I got to speak to mine when @therumpus.net let me interview George Saunders. His new book is out today. Please read it. It’s wonderful ❤️
therumpus.net/2026/01/26/t...
therumpus.net/2026/01/26/t...
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Save the Date! On 2/6, @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social will be reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social for the 2026 Writers in Residence Welcome Reading, starting at 7pm EST!
Learn more and how to register here: buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
Learn more and how to register here: buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Save the Date! On 2/6, @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social will be reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social for the 2026 Writers in Residence Welcome Reading, starting at 7pm EST!
Learn more and how to register here: buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
Learn more and how to register here: buff.ly/IoNY4rM
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/WPnofTU
Hey Boston and Cambridge - I’m giving a reading on 2/6 at Porter Square Books and I’m almost certainly going to read one of my weird cat stories 😺😺
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Hey Boston and Cambridge - I’m giving a reading on 2/6 at Porter Square Books and I’m almost certainly going to read one of my weird cat stories 😺😺
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"The traces of exploitation, resource drain, and recklessness are impossible to detangle from the seduction of power, wealth, and privilege."
@egjames.bsky.social interviews @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social about The Grand Paloma Resort (Ballantine Books).
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@egjames.bsky.social interviews @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social about The Grand Paloma Resort (Ballantine Books).
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December 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"The traces of exploitation, resource drain, and recklessness are impossible to detangle from the seduction of power, wealth, and privilege."
@egjames.bsky.social interviews @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social about The Grand Paloma Resort (Ballantine Books).
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@egjames.bsky.social interviews @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social about The Grand Paloma Resort (Ballantine Books).
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Writer @egjames.bsky.social explores her family’s history as crypto-Jews, Catholic converts who continued to practice Jewish rituals in secret during the Inquisition.
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A Jewish Convert Finds Community in Corpus Christi
Jewish holidays in South Texas celebrate food, family, and inner light
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December 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Writer @egjames.bsky.social explores her family’s history as crypto-Jews, Catholic converts who continued to practice Jewish rituals in secret during the Inquisition.
texashighways.com/culture/essa...
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Christmas cards are gonna be weird this year sorry
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Christmas cards are gonna be weird this year sorry
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Don't miss out on registering for @egjames.bsky.social's Q&A and Reading event at Mass Art on November 18th from 4-6pm EST! buff.ly/9MpLwHG
Get MONA AT SEA here: amzn.to/33rDWoX
Get MONA AT SEA here: amzn.to/33rDWoX
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Don't miss out on registering for @egjames.bsky.social's Q&A and Reading event at Mass Art on November 18th from 4-6pm EST! buff.ly/9MpLwHG
Get MONA AT SEA here: amzn.to/33rDWoX
Get MONA AT SEA here: amzn.to/33rDWoX
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Here's your chance to listen to @egjames.bsky.social to speak about her novels, MONA AT SEA and THE BULLET SWALLOWER on November 18th at Mass Art Boston from 4-6pm EST!
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Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/xEQrmqy
Learn more here: buff.ly/9MpLwHG
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/xEQrmqy
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here's your chance to listen to @egjames.bsky.social to speak about her novels, MONA AT SEA and THE BULLET SWALLOWER on November 18th at Mass Art Boston from 4-6pm EST!
Learn more here: buff.ly/9MpLwHG
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/xEQrmqy
Learn more here: buff.ly/9MpLwHG
Get MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/xEQrmqy
Couldn’t bear to put Sir Skellington away so we’re just gonna go with this.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Couldn’t bear to put Sir Skellington away so we’re just gonna go with this.