Lisa Borders
@lisaborders.bsky.social
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
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Lisa Borders
@lisaborders.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Lots of events coming up for Last Night at the Disco, including three in the next week! For more info, visit my website, lisaborders.com. #bookthreads
At the risk of sounding hopeful in a time with little hope, I think it's a good sign that WaPo & NYT are both accurately reporting that the videos contradict what ICE is saying. It means they're aware they'd just lose even more credibility. It could even mean they think regime change is coming.
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
At the risk of sounding hopeful in a time with little hope, I think it's a good sign that WaPo & NYT are both accurately reporting that the videos contradict what ICE is saying. It means they're aware they'd just lose even more credibility. It could even mean they think regime change is coming.
The way he’s being targeted is why so many in Congress don’t speak out about this regime. I am so grateful for Captain Kelly’s courage.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The way he’s being targeted is why so many in Congress don’t speak out about this regime. I am so grateful for Captain Kelly’s courage.
There is one spot left in my Novel Reactor class, starting January 26. All classes held on Zoom. Details here: mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
There is one spot left in my Novel Reactor class, starting January 26. All classes held on Zoom. Details here: mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...
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4 and 19 hit so damned hard yo
Our 5th-most-read piece of 2025 is this sobering dose of reality for Generation X.
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Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025. - - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in yo...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
4 and 19 hit so damned hard yo
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We just wrapped up posting @mcsweeneys.net's most-read pieces of 2025. Thanks again to our contributors and readers this year. I like everything we publish, of course, but I’d like to point out some great pieces that didn't receive as much attention. #McSweeneysHiddenGems2025
December 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We just wrapped up posting @mcsweeneys.net's most-read pieces of 2025. Thanks again to our contributors and readers this year. I like everything we publish, of course, but I’d like to point out some great pieces that didn't receive as much attention. #McSweeneysHiddenGems2025
My first time on a @mcsweeneys.net Most Read Pieces of the Year list! This ran in January and I wish the political stuff was not still relevant, but sadly, it is.
Our 5th-most-read piece of 2025 is this sobering dose of reality for Generation X.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
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Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025. - - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in yo...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My first time on a @mcsweeneys.net Most Read Pieces of the Year list! This ran in January and I wish the political stuff was not still relevant, but sadly, it is.
Looking for a novel-writing class in 2026? Check out my offerings! mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Looking for a novel-writing class in 2026? Check out my offerings! mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...
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“What is a politician? What is felching? I googled, read, heaved. Then we felched twice.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“What is a politician? What is felching? I googled, read, heaved. Then we felched twice.”
It’s been a thrill for me to see readers connect with my deeply flawed and oh-so-unreliable protagonist, Lynda Boyle. Sharing a few of my favorite Goodreads and NetGalley reviews, with gratitude for the book love. 🪩💃❤️ #booksky #lastnightatthedisco @netgalley.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s been a thrill for me to see readers connect with my deeply flawed and oh-so-unreliable protagonist, Lynda Boyle. Sharing a few of my favorite Goodreads and NetGalley reviews, with gratitude for the book love. 🪩💃❤️ #booksky #lastnightatthedisco @netgalley.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social
Thanks for the shout-out, @misdonnacolta.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read OFELIA AND NORMA, coming next fall from @regalhouse.bsky.social.
About my bilingual granddaughter and a bit about books, including wonderful new books from Alan Lau and @lisaborders.bsky.social. donnamiscolta.com/2025/11/28/l...
Life in Málaga—Bilingual baby, books, and fall
It’s a walk in the park, a stride across an empty street, as easy and pure as a toddler pushing a toy stroller. It’s my granddaughter’s unconscious switching between Spanish and English. It’s what I e...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @misdonnacolta.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read OFELIA AND NORMA, coming next fall from @regalhouse.bsky.social.
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I teamed up with @janineannett.bsky.social for this perimenopause or Thanksgiving quiz up @mcsweeneys.net
Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap.
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Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap.
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Thanksgiving or Perimenopause?
1. There’s a turkey neck situation.
2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you?
3. You love your family, but you also wish th...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I teamed up with @janineannett.bsky.social for this perimenopause or Thanksgiving quiz up @mcsweeneys.net
Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
Had a blast of a disco brunch at Thunder Road Books this morning. Saw friends and family and my beloved fifth grade teacher. Met new friends and readers! Profoundly grateful for the support and love I’ve felt on this whole trip. Indie bookstores and libraries are the best places in the world. ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Had a blast of a disco brunch at Thunder Road Books this morning. Saw friends and family and my beloved fifth grade teacher. Met new friends and readers! Profoundly grateful for the support and love I’ve felt on this whole trip. Indie bookstores and libraries are the best places in the world. ❤️
Giving the sequins a rest today, then two events this weekend in Philly and Spring Lake, NJ for Last Night at the Disco. Can’t stop the dance!
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Giving the sequins a rest today, then two events this weekend in Philly and Spring Lake, NJ for Last Night at the Disco. Can’t stop the dance!
South Jersey! I’ll be dressed in my disco finery at the Millville Public Library tonight as part of the NJ Authors Series, 6:30 pm. Come for the fun 70s slide show, stay for a discussion of my new novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO. 🪩 💃🪩
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
South Jersey! I’ll be dressed in my disco finery at the Millville Public Library tonight as part of the NJ Authors Series, 6:30 pm. Come for the fun 70s slide show, stay for a discussion of my new novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO. 🪩 💃🪩
Fabulous night with @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon at the amazing Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ. Next stop: Millville NJ, Thursday night!
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Fabulous night with @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon at the amazing Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ. Next stop: Millville NJ, Thursday night!
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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If you are a Senate Democrat and you just watched your party base crush election night and put 7 million people in the streets for No Kings and your response in this moment is to cave in on the shutdown, you should immediately resign. Just get out of the way.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If you are a Senate Democrat and you just watched your party base crush election night and put 7 million people in the streets for No Kings and your response in this moment is to cave in on the shutdown, you should immediately resign. Just get out of the way.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
The glamorous life (sometimes!)😂😂😂
In my next life, I want to come back as @lisaborders.bsky.social so I can dress up for my book launches like she does for hers. See the list of all events for her new book Last Night at the Disco @ www.lisaborders.com/events/ ! #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The glamorous life (sometimes!)😂😂😂
Hitting the road with my 70s slide show and some awesome conversation partners for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO book events in the motherland of NJ! First up: Words in Maplewood NJ this Tuesday, 11/11 at 7:30 pm, with the amazing @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon!
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hitting the road with my 70s slide show and some awesome conversation partners for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO book events in the motherland of NJ! First up: Words in Maplewood NJ this Tuesday, 11/11 at 7:30 pm, with the amazing @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon!
Let me answer any questions about the math pre-emptively: I wrote this in 2017!
"You privately think 'the kids' are alarmingly intolerant of free speech these days, but you’d never say this aloud or online because 'the kids' are your bosses."
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Signs That You Are a Gen-Xer Going Through Menopause
1. You sweat those newly-applied purple streaks right out of your hair. 2. You use the word “fuck” more now, even more than you used it in ...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let me answer any questions about the math pre-emptively: I wrote this in 2017!
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Books about women who are trapped between two worlds, even if the traps are of their own making. (@lisaborders.bsky.social)
7 Novels About Women Leading Double Lives - Electric Literature
These women reinvent themselves, hide their true identities, and refuse to be pigeonholed
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October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Books about women who are trapped between two worlds, even if the traps are of their own making. (@lisaborders.bsky.social)