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Megan Cummins
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Writer. ATOMIC HEARTS out 8/5/25 from Ballantine. IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT (2020) from @univnebpress.bsky.social. Also managing ed @publicbooks.bsky.social

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763677/atomic-hearts-by-megan-cummins/
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We have a BONUS episode this week and we went LONG!

Listen to @megancummins.bsky.social discuss her debut novel ATOMIC HEARTS on the podcast!

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4irQ...
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A writer reading a story about a writer? How preposterous! (@megancummins.bsky.social)

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7 Novels That Prove Writers Can Make the Best Protagonists - Electric Literature
Storyteller main characters get a bad rap, but these books couldn’t be told any other way
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August 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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@megancummins.bsky.social explores why writers write about writers and how an artist’s relationship to creation can change over time.
How Writers Write Characters Who Are Writers Writing About Themselves; Or, But Is It Autofiction?
The work of writing—or, at least, my writing—often feels unstructured, additional, shoved like packing peanuts around the non-negotiables: my day job, my family, my doctor appointments, trying to s…
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August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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PINCH ME, I’m shocked, but I am on the cover of this week’s Publishers Weekly!

ATOMIC HEARTS is out 8/05. Preorder link in bio. ⚛️❤️
June 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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A ⭐ for ATOMIC HEARTS from ‪@publisherswkly.bsky.social‬!

“A gritty coming-of-age drama and an insightful story about the nature of writing.”

ATOMIC HEARTS lands August 5! (preorder link in bio 💕)
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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My husband’s first name is Francis and his middle name is Leo. I think he rigged the last two pope elections. How do I confront him?
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My debut novel ATOMIC HEARTS is available for preorder! AND thru Friday it’s 25% off @barnesandnoble.com with code PREORDER25!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atomic-hea...

Preorders are SO important for writers! I can’t wait to share my book with you ⚛️ 💕

#bnpreorder

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April 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The cover is finally here, and it's 🔥! Can't wait to dive into Atomic Hearts! Preorder now and be the first to read it! 📚💥 #BookLaunch #AtomicHearts
megancummins.bsky.social Megan Cummins @megancummins.bsky.social · Feb 19
My book has a cover!

Preorder ATOMIC HEARTS: bookshop.org/a/5882/97805...
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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For “On Our Nightstands,” @megancummins.bsky.social recommends Kevin Wilson’s “Now Is Not the Time to Panic,” a novel that tells the story of a public art project that transforms from curiosity to obsession to panic.
On Our Nightstands: March 2025
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Our latest: The Resistance is alive and well and angry.

Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.
The Resistance is alive and well and angry
Reports of our demise might have been premature
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February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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My book has a cover!

Preorder ATOMIC HEARTS: bookshop.org/a/5882/97805...
February 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Six short stories and one stunning CNF piece this week.

@jeaverlee.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Amelia Gray in @electriclit.bsky.social
@karaoakleaf.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social
Kim Fu in Oprah Daily

(...cont'd, Bluesky really needs to exclude @'s from character counts)
Short reads: November 24, 2024 - turn and work
Seven stories this week, all but one are fiction. All new authors except Avitus B. Carle, who seems to be a regular around these parts (and has a new book out) I’m trying out a new format and method f...
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November 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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Thank you @lenavalencia.bsky.social for including my story "The Beast" in her roundup "A Personal Anthology of Women Unhinged."

At this time in particular could not be prouder to have one of my characters counted among them.

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A Personal Anthology of Women Unhinged
I’ve always been drawn to women in fiction who don’t always do the right thing. Toni Morrison’s Sula. Charlotte Brontë’s Bertha Rochester (and Jean Rhys’s Antoinette Cosway). Shirley Jackson’s Mary…
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November 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Lena's selection includes Personal Anthology debuts for:

Nick Cave
Megan Cummins (@megancummins.bsky.social)
Kim Fu
Ling Ma
Jessie Ren Marshall
Kirstin Valdez Quade

So congrats to them!
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The Democratic Party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
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November 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM