Lee Upton
@leeupton.bsky.social
Writer, author most recently of WRONGFUL; TABITHA, GET UP; and THE DAY EVERY DAY IS. Semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing for TABITHA, GET UP.
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THE WITHERS by @leeupton.bsky.social , coming June 23, 2026: “With a poet’s delicacy and the creeping terror of a Grimm’s fairy tale, Lee Upton has spun a strange and original story that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up..." regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-withers/
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
THE WITHERS by @leeupton.bsky.social , coming June 23, 2026: “With a poet’s delicacy and the creeping terror of a Grimm’s fairy tale, Lee Upton has spun a strange and original story that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up..." regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-withers/
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My review of Wrongful by @leeupton.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w... clever book this @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books
Wrongful by Lee Upton
What Da Cover Says: When the famous novelist Mira Wallacz goes missing at the festival devoted to celebrating her work, the attendees assume the worst—and some hope for the worst. Ten years after t…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My review of Wrongful by @leeupton.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/w... clever book this @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books
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The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
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@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
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Happy publication day to Lee Upton's literary mystery, WRONGFUL! John Baum in Necessary Fiction: "On the surface, this is a playful novel, but its heft comes from questions about art, reading, writing, and the darker side of human nature.” https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/wrongful/
May 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy publication day to Lee Upton's literary mystery, WRONGFUL! John Baum in Necessary Fiction: "On the surface, this is a playful novel, but its heft comes from questions about art, reading, writing, and the darker side of human nature.” https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/wrongful/
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COVER REVEAL: @leeupton.bsky.social's twisty literary mystery WRONGFUL, coming May 1st. Preorders at @asterismbooks.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/wron...
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
COVER REVEAL: @leeupton.bsky.social's twisty literary mystery WRONGFUL, coming May 1st. Preorders at @asterismbooks.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/wron...
An elegy for my sisters. I think of them always with unending love.
“Sisters”
“I must have been breathing, of course, / although I no longer had sisters.”
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January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An elegy for my sisters. I think of them always with unending love.
So grateful this poem was accepted. We should all dance at receptions. Not just sit there like this little man.
“Are We Going to Leave the Reception or What”
“I really wish people / would dance at receptions.”
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December 17, 2024 at 8:05 PM
So grateful this poem was accepted. We should all dance at receptions. Not just sit there like this little man.