Jami Attenberg
@jamiattenberg.bsky.social
Author of 10 books.The latest: 1000 WORDS and A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. Come write with me: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
little fall writing pep talk if you need one ❤️https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/dont-mind-me-im-just-chasing-the
Don’t Mind Me I’m Just Chasing the Morning Light
A fall pep talk.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
little fall writing pep talk if you need one ❤️https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/dont-mind-me-im-just-chasing-the
Fuck I love getting organized on a Sunday night.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fuck I love getting organized on a Sunday night.
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Hey, it's my two hundred cents on Thanksgiving Poboys. gardenandgun.com/articles/tur...
Turkey Po’boys: The New Orleans Thanksgiving Tradition You Need to Try
The festive sandwiches are a citywide phenomenon
gardenandgun.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hey, it's my two hundred cents on Thanksgiving Poboys. gardenandgun.com/articles/tur...
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Happy birthday Helen Garner. Am reading How to End A Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998, which just won the Baillie Gifford Prize, and it’s like a map for writing
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Happy birthday Helen Garner. Am reading How to End A Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998, which just won the Baillie Gifford Prize, and it’s like a map for writing
I loved this book, if you're free tomorrow night in Boston!
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I loved this book, if you're free tomorrow night in Boston!
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BRUH!!!
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
BRUH!!!
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so happy for y'all!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
so happy for y'all!!!
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
Karen and I both put out our first books in 2006 so we have much to discuss about the last two decades of being an author and publishing in general
You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...
Karen Russell: 2025 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence | Tulane University Events
events.tulane.edu
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Karen and I both put out our first books in 2006 so we have much to discuss about the last two decades of being an author and publishing in general
NYC online content btwn marathon and mayor's race absolutely incredible the last few days. What is television. What is cinema. We only need NYC instagrammers leaving their house.
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NYC online content btwn marathon and mayor's race absolutely incredible the last few days. What is television. What is cinema. We only need NYC instagrammers leaving their house.
You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...
Karen Russell: 2025 Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence | Tulane University Events
events.tulane.edu
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You guys I get to talk to the one and only KAREN RUSSELL tonight at Tulane. Details here, you don't want to miss this. events.tulane.edu/content/kare...
I really want this for you all so bad
Zohran Mamdani marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters, including Tish James and Brad Lander, before delivering his closing campaign message in City Hall Park.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I really want this for you all so bad
Got waxed today and while she tidied up my bikini line my aesthetician and I shared resources on where to donate to food banks because SNAP funding is set to lapse GOD BLESS AMERICA
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Got waxed today and while she tidied up my bikini line my aesthetician and I shared resources on where to donate to food banks because SNAP funding is set to lapse GOD BLESS AMERICA
Yesterday I went and visited the annual Scholastic Book Fair sponsored by #1000wordsofsummer here in NOLA. Free books for the whole school. Click through for good vibes. <3 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/this-years...
This Year's Scholastic Book Fair
A treasure as always.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yesterday I went and visited the annual Scholastic Book Fair sponsored by #1000wordsofsummer here in NOLA. Free books for the whole school. Click through for good vibes. <3 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/this-years...
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How to get food and where to donate in New Orleans as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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How to get food and where to donate in New Orleans as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
Mutual aid, nonprofits and other groups are ramping up efforts to get food to families in need as SNAP benefits face threats in Louisiana. Here's how to volunteer, and how to get help
www.nola.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
How to get food and where to donate in New Orleans as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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NOLA I am having a paperback launch for my book at Other Plans Gallery this Thursday October 30 at 6 PM. Come see art and drink wine and chit-chat and wish me a happy early birthday!
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NOLA I am having a paperback launch for my book at Other Plans Gallery this Thursday October 30 at 6 PM. Come see art and drink wine and chit-chat and wish me a happy early birthday!
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This has happened quickly -
There's an emergency council meeting this morning — then Moreno and Morrell will book it to Baton Rouge for the state’s Financial Review Committee.
There's an emergency council meeting this morning — then Moreno and Morrell will book it to Baton Rouge for the state’s Financial Review Committee.
The New Orleans City Council is hoping to stave off a state takeover of the city today in an unexpected early test of the incoming administration
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New Orleans scrambles to stave off state takeover amidst financial crisis
Oct. 29 will be a make-or-break day for the New Orleans City Council as leaders work to stave off a looming state takeover in response to the city's deepening financial crisis that threatens to leave ...
www.nola.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This has happened quickly -
There's an emergency council meeting this morning — then Moreno and Morrell will book it to Baton Rouge for the state’s Financial Review Committee.
There's an emergency council meeting this morning — then Moreno and Morrell will book it to Baton Rouge for the state’s Financial Review Committee.
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For @forward.com, I wrote about something that has been bothering me: Why does all the talk about Jewish safety in the New York mayoral election not count sexual harassment as a threat to Jewish safety and dignity?
forward.com/opinion/7791...
forward.com/opinion/7791...
In the Mamdani-Cuomo race, why should I choose safety as a Jew over safety as a woman?
Rabbis are denouncing Zohran Mamdani in the race for New York City mayor — without acknowledging the threat to women posed by Andrew Cuomo.
forward.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For @forward.com, I wrote about something that has been bothering me: Why does all the talk about Jewish safety in the New York mayoral election not count sexual harassment as a threat to Jewish safety and dignity?
forward.com/opinion/7791...
forward.com/opinion/7791...
NOLA I am having a paperback launch for my book at Other Plans Gallery this Thursday October 30 at 6 PM. Come see art and drink wine and chit-chat and wish me a happy early birthday!
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NOLA I am having a paperback launch for my book at Other Plans Gallery this Thursday October 30 at 6 PM. Come see art and drink wine and chit-chat and wish me a happy early birthday!
On my birthday week I wrote a little bit about reclaiming the word "authenticity" for myself 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/on-express...
On Expressing Your Desires
On your birthday or whenever.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
On my birthday week I wrote a little bit about reclaiming the word "authenticity" for myself 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/on-express...
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Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
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Of everything Vince Gilligan said in our interview, I think this is my favorite bit:
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Of everything Vince Gilligan said in our interview, I think this is my favorite bit:
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Huge thanks to October’s mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series stars @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience!🗓️Next event is November 10!
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Huge thanks to October’s mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series stars @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience!🗓️Next event is November 10!
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Louisiana House unanimously passes resolution to fund SNAP benefits during federal shutdown
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Louisiana House directs state health department to fund SNAP during federal gov. shutdown
The Louisiana House unanimously passed a resolution Oct. 24 directing the state health department to step in and fund food stamps through November while the federal government is shut down. It heads t...
www.nola.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Louisiana House unanimously passes resolution to fund SNAP benefits during federal shutdown
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...