Maud Newton
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Dog person, cat person, native plant restoration person. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her.
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Maud Newton
@maudnewton.bsky.social
· Nov 24
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Ancestor Trouble was a book of the year per New Yorker, NPR, Washington Post, and more; a finalist for the John Leonard Prize; a NYT Editors’ Choice selection; and a Roxane Gay Book Club pick.
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Hello, new followers! You might like my book, ANCESTOR TROUBLE, if you're interested in family history, genealogy, mental health, generational trauma, systemic harms, and spiritual practices around ancestors and our alienation from those practices in Western modernity. maudnewton.com/book/ancesto...
This is fairly emblematic of the thinking of the sector of Trump apologists who argue that the culture itself *forced* conservatives to hold their noses and watch Trump deliver the crackdown McCarthy started.
Opinion | The Cerebral, Bach-Loving Patrician Who Wrote Trump’s Playbook
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is fairly emblematic of the thinking of the sector of Trump apologists who argue that the culture itself *forced* conservatives to hold their noses and watch Trump deliver the crackdown McCarthy started.
This is not only the oldest surviving ice cream shop in NYC, it's also the best ice cream I've ever eaten. Around here, summer 2025 is known as hot fudge sundae summer.
An Ice-Cream Parlor Where Time Stands Still (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is not only the oldest surviving ice cream shop in NYC, it's also the best ice cream I've ever eaten. Around here, summer 2025 is known as hot fudge sundae summer.
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me, starting Lonesome Dove on wednesday: can’t wait to settle in and slowly read this gigantic book all summer long
me, emerging 96 hours later, wild-eyed, weeping, twigs in my hair: hey cowboy you ever think about how everyone you’ve ever met carries with them some enormous unspeakable loss
me, emerging 96 hours later, wild-eyed, weeping, twigs in my hair: hey cowboy you ever think about how everyone you’ve ever met carries with them some enormous unspeakable loss
ok I’m finally reading Lonesome Dove, why did none of you tell me how great this book is (literally all of you told me)
June 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
me, starting Lonesome Dove on wednesday: can’t wait to settle in and slowly read this gigantic book all summer long
me, emerging 96 hours later, wild-eyed, weeping, twigs in my hair: hey cowboy you ever think about how everyone you’ve ever met carries with them some enormous unspeakable loss
me, emerging 96 hours later, wild-eyed, weeping, twigs in my hair: hey cowboy you ever think about how everyone you’ve ever met carries with them some enormous unspeakable loss
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“He moved me around like a rag doll, twisted me like a flex toy. I handled him like I was taking revenge on everyone who’d ever wronged me.” —excerpt from “Conversations You Have at Twenty” by Maud Newton
Join us in celebrating Narrative Prize winner Maud Newton’s @maudnewton.bsky.social birthday!
Join us in celebrating Narrative Prize winner Maud Newton’s @maudnewton.bsky.social birthday!
Conversations You Have at Twenty | Narrative Magazine
Conversations You Have at Twenty by Maud Newton — Jake and I w...
www.narrativemagazine.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“He moved me around like a rag doll, twisted me like a flex toy. I handled him like I was taking revenge on everyone who’d ever wronged me.” —excerpt from “Conversations You Have at Twenty” by Maud Newton
Join us in celebrating Narrative Prize winner Maud Newton’s @maudnewton.bsky.social birthday!
Join us in celebrating Narrative Prize winner Maud Newton’s @maudnewton.bsky.social birthday!
I'm looking forward to talking with Lee Hawkins, author of I AM NOBODY'S SLAVE: HOW UNCOVERING MY FAMILY'S HISTORY SET ME FREE, for the @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social festival! Tuesday 6/3, 6:30 pm, South St Seaport. Would love to see you fellow family historians! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/resear...
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm looking forward to talking with Lee Hawkins, author of I AM NOBODY'S SLAVE: HOW UNCOVERING MY FAMILY'S HISTORY SET ME FREE, for the @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social festival! Tuesday 6/3, 6:30 pm, South St Seaport. Would love to see you fellow family historians! www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/resear...
Kew Gardens, Queens (NYC)
May 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kew Gardens, Queens (NYC)
"Adult children seem increasingly likely to publicly, even righteously, cut off contact with a parent, sometimes citing emotional, physical or sexual abuse they experienced in childhood... This cultural shift has contributed to a new, nearly impossible standard for parenting." Yeah how unreasonable.
Opinion | There’s a Link Between Therapy Culture and Childlessness
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Adult children seem increasingly likely to publicly, even righteously, cut off contact with a parent, sometimes citing emotional, physical or sexual abuse they experienced in childhood... This cultural shift has contributed to a new, nearly impossible standard for parenting." Yeah how unreasonable.
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Are you struggling with your novel? It's okay. It happens to ALL of us. My 3-week course, Getting Your Novel Unstuck, returns next month. It's designed to get your novel draft moving again with a fresh charge of energy and a solid plan to carry you forward to the end.
cariluna.com/getting-your...
cariluna.com/getting-your...
Getting Your Novel Unstuck – Cari Luna
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April 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Are you struggling with your novel? It's okay. It happens to ALL of us. My 3-week course, Getting Your Novel Unstuck, returns next month. It's designed to get your novel draft moving again with a fresh charge of energy and a solid plan to carry you forward to the end.
cariluna.com/getting-your...
cariluna.com/getting-your...
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Unboxing FINISHED COPIES of Misbehaving at the Crossroads! I can’t believe it’s here! PS Shameless plug: Have you pre-ordered your copy? 😊
May 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Unboxing FINISHED COPIES of Misbehaving at the Crossroads! I can’t believe it’s here! PS Shameless plug: Have you pre-ordered your copy? 😊
I recently read @iamlisako.bsky.social's MEMORY PIECE. A good companion read to PARABLE OF THE SOWER, with Y2K era art, tech, and activism storylines that extend to the future. Recommended.
May 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I recently read @iamlisako.bsky.social's MEMORY PIECE. A good companion read to PARABLE OF THE SOWER, with Y2K era art, tech, and activism storylines that extend to the future. Recommended.
Last year I removed the rest of the English ivy and Japanese honeysuckle from this slope in front of my house to plant natives. The ivy roots were intense. The slope is kinda treacherous when wet.
May 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Last year I removed the rest of the English ivy and Japanese honeysuckle from this slope in front of my house to plant natives. The ivy roots were intense. The slope is kinda treacherous when wet.
Relatable.
Does this count as some sort of hoarding? Asking for a friend.
#writer #writesky #author #indieauthor #books #booksky #writerlife #writingcommunity #meme #humor #sarcasm
#writer #writesky #author #indieauthor #books #booksky #writerlife #writingcommunity #meme #humor #sarcasm
May 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Relatable.
NYC park and nature lovers: you can submit written testimony here for the city budget hearing on parks, to ask the mayor to restore funding for our wild and green spaces. There's a script if you're pressed for time. www.ny4p.org/general/test...
NY4P | Testify at the May 13 Executive Budget Hearing
Testify at the 5/13 NYC Parks Executive Budget Hearing with the Play Fair coalition.
www.ny4p.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
NYC park and nature lovers: you can submit written testimony here for the city budget hearing on parks, to ask the mayor to restore funding for our wild and green spaces. There's a script if you're pressed for time. www.ny4p.org/general/test...
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Hey NYC, get ready to Get Lit! @lailalalami.com will be joining @allofitwnyc.bsky.social and @nypl.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 6, for a fantastic book club event celebrating The Dream Hotel. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/42OHGiY
May 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey NYC, get ready to Get Lit! @lailalalami.com will be joining @allofitwnyc.bsky.social and @nypl.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 6, for a fantastic book club event celebrating The Dream Hotel. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/42OHGiY
Ordinarily I would be anxiously ruminating over X but am distracted by the implosion of Y.
May 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ordinarily I would be anxiously ruminating over X but am distracted by the implosion of Y.
Excellent.
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Excellent.
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I've been reading "Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation" by @maudnewton.bsky.social & listening to @adeemtheartist.bsky.social's "Heritage of Arrogance" on repeat this week. Powerful stuff.
May 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've been reading "Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation" by @maudnewton.bsky.social & listening to @adeemtheartist.bsky.social's "Heritage of Arrogance" on repeat this week. Powerful stuff.
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It’s hard to keep up with all the evil stuff this administration is doing, but if I stay online and keep doomscrolling, I just might do it.
May 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s hard to keep up with all the evil stuff this administration is doing, but if I stay online and keep doomscrolling, I just might do it.
Some other native plants that survived last summer's drought and the winter road salt in my NYC roadside tree bed: New England aster, wild columbine, and I think smooth blue aster.
The chokecherry I planted by the curb last fall has officially survived last summer's drought and the winter onslaught of road salt. Finally, a solid NYC hellstrip planting.
April 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Some other native plants that survived last summer's drought and the winter road salt in my NYC roadside tree bed: New England aster, wild columbine, and I think smooth blue aster.
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US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
April 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
I cannot believe discourse has fallen so low that I am almost tempted to quote David Brooks with approval.
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I cannot believe discourse has fallen so low that I am almost tempted to quote David Brooks with approval.
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WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
April 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
Spring restoration efforts are picking up in the wild spaces of NYC parks, if you're looking for a way to feel grounded and connected, and to tend something meaningful.
www.nycgovparks.org/events/volun...
www.nycgovparks.org/events/volun...
April 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Spring restoration efforts are picking up in the wild spaces of NYC parks, if you're looking for a way to feel grounded and connected, and to tend something meaningful.
www.nycgovparks.org/events/volun...
www.nycgovparks.org/events/volun...
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"On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof... a transceiver that communicates with Elon Musk’s vast and private Starlink satellite network."
April 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof... a transceiver that communicates with Elon Musk’s vast and private Starlink satellite network."