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
Guys WHAT are we doing
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Guys WHAT are we doing
Went grocery shopping today with a hangover and I had to go to three different grocery stores to find lasagna noodles and I MAY NEVER RECOVER
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Went grocery shopping today with a hangover and I had to go to three different grocery stores to find lasagna noodles and I MAY NEVER RECOVER
Out of all the problems in the world I'm sure this is weird one to fixate on but I really think Waymo coming to New Orleans next year is going to be a HUGE problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Out of all the problems in the world I'm sure this is weird one to fixate on but I really think Waymo coming to New Orleans next year is going to be a HUGE problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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The pickled quail egg at the bottom of a Tuxedo Tails is one of New Orleans’s best bites, IF you can control yourself.
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The pickled quail egg at the bottom of a Tuxedo Tails is one of New Orleans’s best bites, IF you can control yourself.
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Yes.
“it’s a wonderful life” (1946) remains the best christmas film about the importance of mutual aid during the decline of capitalism.
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Yes.
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Real copies of my new book “When It’s Darkness on the Delta” arrived yesterday. The release date is January 13, less than a month away. I hope to see some of you at book events, starting at Square Books in Oxford MS January 13. I’ll be in conversation with fellow writer Wright Thompson.
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Real copies of my new book “When It’s Darkness on the Delta” arrived yesterday. The release date is January 13, less than a month away. I hope to see some of you at book events, starting at Square Books in Oxford MS January 13. I’ll be in conversation with fellow writer Wright Thompson.
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Hello, at the University of Minnesota, we're hiring a visiting creative nonfiction writer for the next 2-3 years to teach a 1-1 (one grad class, one undergrad class) and potentially sit on some MFA thesis committees. This job will give you time to write you next book: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hello, at the University of Minnesota, we're hiring a visiting creative nonfiction writer for the next 2-3 years to teach a 1-1 (one grad class, one undergrad class) and potentially sit on some MFA thesis committees. This job will give you time to write you next book: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
late to this, this seems like great news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/a...
PEN America Elects New President at Fraught Time for Free Speech
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
late to this, this seems like great news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/a...
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A rare one from me: a personal essay (gulp) about Hurricane Ida, loneliness, and burning ATMs
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A rare one from me: a personal essay (gulp) about Hurricane Ida, loneliness, and burning ATMs
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NEW: I spoke with half a dozen migrants who said ICE misled them with promises of a $1,000 "exit bonus" that never came.
The company handling the payments? Linked to a former State Dept official.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The company handling the payments? Linked to a former State Dept official.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW: I spoke with half a dozen migrants who said ICE misled them with promises of a $1,000 "exit bonus" that never came.
The company handling the payments? Linked to a former State Dept official.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The company handling the payments? Linked to a former State Dept official.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
woof I am dragging my ass across the finish line of this year
December 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
woof I am dragging my ass across the finish line of this year
I sold my books at a holiday market today and I can't tell you how many people I talked to who said they wished they read more (or any) books and I am begging everyone to read more books. You don't even have to buy them. Just go to the library. It will be so good for your brain.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I sold my books at a holiday market today and I can't tell you how many people I talked to who said they wished they read more (or any) books and I am begging everyone to read more books. You don't even have to buy them. Just go to the library. It will be so good for your brain.
My dog got groomed, then served me multiple looks
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My dog got groomed, then served me multiple looks
Rolling up to the Houston's for my annual holiday lunch with a friend and the parking lot scene is *giddy*
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Rolling up to the Houston's for my annual holiday lunch with a friend and the parking lot scene is *giddy*
Just gonna repost one more time and then let it glide off into the ether. An uplifting convo about creating your own residency at home, but underneath it is a conversation about figuring out what works for you and your writing and your living space. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
How to Create an At-Home Residency
An interview with Kristen Arnett & Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just gonna repost one more time and then let it glide off into the ether. An uplifting convo about creating your own residency at home, but underneath it is a conversation about figuring out what works for you and your writing and your living space. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
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The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers.
As the feds chase immigrants, a city chases the feds.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...
Good morning from New Orleans
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good morning from New Orleans
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I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
How to Create an At-Home Residency
An interview with Kristen Arnett & Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
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Thanks to the real ones at Town & Country for naming Meet Me at the Crossroads one of their best books of 2025: www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
The 20 Best Books of 2025
The must-read novels, compelling memoirs, and incredible histories that captivated us this year.
www.townandcountrymag.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks to the real ones at Town & Country for naming Meet Me at the Crossroads one of their best books of 2025: www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
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what a joy to read @jackhanson.bsky.social on @tricialockwood.bsky.social
Patricia Lockwood’s Inexhaustible Mind | Defector
“People were writing poems,” Patricia Lockwood tells us. Also: “People brought you cabbages.” In her hands, events don’t unfold in the usual way, with a beginning, middle, and end. Instead, we seem to...
defector.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
what a joy to read @jackhanson.bsky.social on @tricialockwood.bsky.social
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After the tenth of these emails I got Mad Enough to Blog it. Thanks to @electricliterature.com and @thedennemichele.bsky.social, and all the authors who shared their own scam emails.
That Personalized Email About Loving and Marketing Your Book Is a Scam - Electric Literature
Taking advantage of aspiring authors is a rich tradition, and now published authors are being scammed too
electricliterature.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
After the tenth of these emails I got Mad Enough to Blog it. Thanks to @electricliterature.com and @thedennemichele.bsky.social, and all the authors who shared their own scam emails.
I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
How to Create an At-Home Residency
An interview with Kristen Arnett & Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...