Emma Alpern
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Emma Alpern
@emmaalpern.bsky.social
Copyediting & writing at @nymag
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New York Magazine’s picks for what to see, hear, watch, and read from November 19 to December 3: Chloe Zhao’s heartbreaking ‘Hamnet’ adaptation, Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ docuseries, and the final season of ‘Stranger Things.’
25 Notable New Releases Over the Next Two Weeks
New York Magazine’s picks for what to see, hear, watch, and read from November 19 to December 3: Chloe Zhao’s heartbreaking ‘Hamnet’ adaptation, Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ docuseries, and the final season of ‘Stranger Things.’
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November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Here are the books you Must Read this October, fresh and hand selected
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7 New Books You Should Read This October
Thomas Pynchon’s account of rising fascism, a millennial cheating novel, and a memoir from a James Beard winner.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
here are our top picks for an amazingly busy book month!
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8 New Books You Should Read This September
A Patricia Lockwood novel, an unsparing memoir from Arundhati Roy, and self-described “nepito baby” Zosia Mamet’s essay collection.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Kate Riley joined a Christian commune to figure out how to live well. What she found was more complicated.
How a Christian Commune Inspired Kate Riley’s Novel
Kate Riley joined a Christian commune to figure out how to live well. What she found was more complicated.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Kate Riley's first (and maybe last) novel Ruth is one of my favorite books I've read in a long time, odd and funny and totally singular. For @TheCut, I talked to her about the fascinating communal-living experience that led her to write it www.thecut.com/article/kate...
How a Christian Commune Inspired Kate Riley’s Novel
She joined a religious group to figure out how to live well. What she found was more complicated.
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August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I talked to Ottessa Moshfegh, Lucy Sante, and others about the freeform "literary busking" they're doing over on Substack for @vulture.com / @nymag.com
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Substack Is Where Writers Go to Be Weird
It has become the premier destination for literary types’ unpublished musings.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
if you go on a hunger strike and your local newspaper is too hollowed out to even write it up, what happens next? I reviewed Hilary Plum's intriguing new novel, State Champ, for
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Please Read This Weird, Funny Abortion Novel
In Hilary Plum’s State Champ, a charismatic screwup stages a hunger strike after an abortion doctor is sent to prison.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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In Hilary Plum’s ‘State Champ,’ our main character is a charismatic screwup, Angela, the receptionist at a women’s-health clinic in an unnamed U.S. state who stages a hunger strike after an abortion doctor is sent to prison.
May 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Congratulations to Hilary Plum on this review by Emma Alpern in The Cut - link below @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @thecut.com @emmaalpern.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A new syllabus for you over at @vulture.com, and it will happen every month 🥲 www.vulture.com/article/new-...
8 New Books You Should Read This May
A grumpy bookshop employee’s musings, an investigation of parenthood in the digital age, and an essential history of OpenAI.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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May new book release recommendations include a new Ocean Vuong novel, an essential history of OpenAI, and Amanda Hess’s investigation of parenthood in the digital age.
8 New Books You Should Read This May
May new book release recommendations include a new Ocean Vuong novel, an essential history of OpenAI, and Amanda Hess’s investigation of parenthood in the digital age.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The McNally Jackson Festival is coming in May -- with talks held over the course of several weeks, plus a phone-free closing party at TJ Byrnes and a print zine
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McNally Jackson Is Starting a Book Festival
The city’s big little indie-bookstore chain is betting on the idea that readers want something more than the standard launch party.
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April 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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McNally Jackson is starting a twice-yearly festival including talks, a print zine, and a phone-free closing party (with ‘a secret lineup’). ‘There will be events related to the festival at least two or three nights a week,’ Sarah McNally says.
McNally Jackson Is Starting a Book Festival
McNally Jackson is starting a twice-yearly festival including talks, a print zine, and a phone-free closing party (with ‘a secret lineup’). ‘There will be events related to the festival at least two or three nights a week,’ Sarah McNally says.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM