Elliott Holt
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Elliott Holt
@elliottholt.bsky.social
Wrote a novel, YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. Working on another. Freelance editor (formerly at The Yale Review, The Kenyon Review, One Story) & college essay coach. My name has two l's and two t's.

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Zuck: the average American has three friends
May 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
At today’s protest in Hartford @50501movement.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My parents are buried in the same DC cemetery as Katharine Graham and Ben Bradlee. I was there a few days ago wondering whether they are rolling over in their graves about the current management at The Washington Post:
January 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

(I’m doomed but rewatching “Girls” has brought me a lot of pleasure lately.)
January 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve found myself working on a couple of essays this fall/winter and have found enormous pleasure writing nonfiction.

And speaking of essays, this year’s edition of The Best American Essays is very good.
December 21, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Thanksgiving Eve puzzling with my nieces:
November 28, 2024 at 2:10 AM
And the reading material at CVS! This is America:
November 25, 2024 at 10:26 PM

Note to self: never again wear red shoes on a red carpet.
November 9, 2024 at 3:18 PM