A. Natasha Joukovsky
@joukovsky.bsky.social
author of THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR and MEDIUM RARE (forthcoming March 2026)
joukovsky.substack.com
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Pinned
Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
The fascination with AI, prediction markets, etc. is a direct descendant of the ancient fascination with prophesy and oracles—and all of it originates with our mortal desire for immortality; seeing the future is the purview of gods
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The fascination with AI, prediction markets, etc. is a direct descendant of the ancient fascination with prophesy and oracles—and all of it originates with our mortal desire for immortality; seeing the future is the purview of gods
Save the date for MEDIUM RARE’s launch @strandbooks.com in NYC on MARCH 4 alongside two of the best writers alive @somers.bsky.social & Elizabeth Winkler
After my debut events were all on Zoom in 2021, I could not be more excited for this 🏀🪽
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
After my debut events were all on Zoom in 2021, I could not be more excited for this 🏀🪽
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Save the date for MEDIUM RARE’s launch @strandbooks.com in NYC on MARCH 4 alongside two of the best writers alive @somers.bsky.social & Elizabeth Winkler
After my debut events were all on Zoom in 2021, I could not be more excited for this 🏀🪽
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
After my debut events were all on Zoom in 2021, I could not be more excited for this 🏀🪽
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
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Not sure what to read this year? Maybe consider the 313 books we’re most looking forward to in 2026.
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026
After the year we’ve had, there’s no predicting anything about the year that’s to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,…
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Not sure what to read this year? Maybe consider the 313 books we’re most looking forward to in 2026.
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Second piece of 2026! For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about Kay Cicellis’s brilliant, brutal short story trilogy, The Way to Colonos, which consists of three modern retellings of Sophoclean tragedies. This one is for all the Greek mythology girlies. ❤️
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Why Authors Can’t Let Go of Greek Myths
The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Second piece of 2026! For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about Kay Cicellis’s brilliant, brutal short story trilogy, The Way to Colonos, which consists of three modern retellings of Sophoclean tragedies. This one is for all the Greek mythology girlies. ❤️
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
“After her intensely smart Portrait of a Mirror, A. Natasha Joukovsky goes for another retelling, this time landing on the myth of Icarus by way of a Washington lobbying firm, college basketball and pipe dreams.”
Thank you @ourculture.bsky.social!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
Thank you @ourculture.bsky.social!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
Our Culture’s Most Anticipated Books of Winter 2026 - Our Culture
It’s the best time of the year! Winter straddles the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, which means it’s both a time of reflection and new beginnings. After we covered 27 books and author...
ourculturemag.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“After her intensely smart Portrait of a Mirror, A. Natasha Joukovsky goes for another retelling, this time landing on the myth of Icarus by way of a Washington lobbying firm, college basketball and pipe dreams.”
Thank you @ourculture.bsky.social!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
Thank you @ourculture.bsky.social!
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Why novelists should gamble on themselves (and aim for a posthumous house museum).
The Publishing Industry is Capricious… Gamble on Yourself
Art and commerce have long been intimate bedfellows, and contemporary publishing presents no particular exception. While—sorry—only a fraction of the books that get published qualify as art, even t…
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why novelists should gamble on themselves (and aim for a posthumous house museum).
Good morning, I have a haughty riposte in @literaryhub.bsky.social today lithub.com/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry is Capricious… Gamble on Yourself
Art and commerce have long been intimate bedfellows, and contemporary publishing presents no particular exception. While—sorry—only a fraction of the books that get published qualify as art, even t…
lithub.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Good morning, I have a haughty riposte in @literaryhub.bsky.social today lithub.com/the-publishi...
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Sooo looking forward to reading this. Loved THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR!
Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sooo looking forward to reading this. Loved THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR!
Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
November 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, MEDIUM RARE, dropping March 3, 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
You can preorder it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813956...
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Happy pub day to brilliant, **briefly noted** hottie, @somers.bsky.social !!
You MUST read this smart, poignant, sexy book. And DC — come out to @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24, where @joukovsky.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with her!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
You MUST read this smart, poignant, sexy book. And DC — come out to @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24, where @joukovsky.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with her!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy pub day to brilliant, **briefly noted** hottie, @somers.bsky.social !!
You MUST read this smart, poignant, sexy book. And DC — come out to @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24, where @joukovsky.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with her!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
You MUST read this smart, poignant, sexy book. And DC — come out to @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24, where @joukovsky.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with her!
www.solidstatebooksdc.com/events/2025/...
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I have not stopped thinking about The Ten Year Affair since I finished it months ago (humblebrag), and I am so extremely honored to be one of Erin’s conversation partners! Come see us at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24!!
Going on a book tour and talking to a bunch a very cool, smart people. Come out and see me!!
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I have not stopped thinking about The Ten Year Affair since I finished it months ago (humblebrag), and I am so extremely honored to be one of Erin’s conversation partners! Come see us at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on 10/24!!
Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!
August 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fun & clever & kept me up late—go preorder!
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Dorian innocent
May 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Dorian innocent
The only list of fake novels you need this Memorial Day Weekend
joukovsky.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
joukovsky.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
The best fake novels not coming out this year
a response to market demand
joukovsky.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The only list of fake novels you need this Memorial Day Weekend
joukovsky.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
joukovsky.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
MEDIUM RARE coming MARCH 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social. Bring on the Madness.
May 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
MEDIUM RARE coming MARCH 2026 from @melvillehouse.bsky.social. Bring on the Madness.
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“Heiss had admitted to Prima, with relish, what a pleasure it was to be to her both a lecturer and a lover.” A short story by Lillian Fishman.
“Travesty,” by Lillian Fishman
No thought was so devastating to Prima as the thought that she was ascribing wisdom and seriousness to something that would turn out to be stupid.
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Heiss had admitted to Prima, with relish, what a pleasure it was to be to her both a lecturer and a lover.” A short story by Lillian Fishman.
Important news in the latest issue of my high school alumni mag: young Ted Danson was epically hot
April 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Important news in the latest issue of my high school alumni mag: young Ted Danson was epically hot
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My new novel ‘The Ten Year Affair’ (S&S 10/21) has a cover and is available for preorder. It’s a funny book about Hudson Valley types attempting infidelity. You will enjoy yourself! Please preorder!!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My new novel ‘The Ten Year Affair’ (S&S 10/21) has a cover and is available for preorder. It’s a funny book about Hudson Valley types attempting infidelity. You will enjoy yourself! Please preorder!!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Been doing a fun little project on Austen (rating her single men by total status & heroines on their judgment of them)
joukovsky.substack.com/p/all-the-si...
joukovsky.substack.com/p/all-the-si...
All the single men: Emma
in which comparative status reaches new heights of clarity and equivocation
joukovsky.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Been doing a fun little project on Austen (rating her single men by total status & heroines on their judgment of them)
joukovsky.substack.com/p/all-the-si...
joukovsky.substack.com/p/all-the-si...
Hello I am late to the party.
January 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello I am late to the party.