Michelle Ephraim
@michelleephraim.bsky.social
Professor of English. Mom of 4. McSweeney's. Moth Radio Hour + Moth podcast. Author of GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare (Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction). Cohost, Everyday Shakespeare podcast. www.michelleephraim.com
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
– Sonnet 116
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
– Sonnet 116
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
– Sonnet 116
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.
– Sonnet 116
I'm delighted to announce that my memoir GREEN WORLD won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2025 Literary Award for Nonfiction! I had a blast in Madison at the award ceremony and spending time with dear friends! Plus the farmer's market at the Capitol (be still my heart!). @umasspress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my memoir GREEN WORLD won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2025 Literary Award for Nonfiction! I had a blast in Madison at the award ceremony and spending time with dear friends! Plus the farmer's market at the Capitol (be still my heart!). @umasspress.bsky.social
I'm excited to talk w/the brilliant Karen Kirsten about her memoir Irena’s Gift @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social! One reviewer calls it “a cross between a noir WWII mystery and a Shakespearean drama,” so, wow, there's that.
Monday 11/10, 6-7:30 pm. Register (free!): www.brandeis.edu/.../fall.../...
Monday 11/10, 6-7:30 pm. Register (free!): www.brandeis.edu/.../fall.../...
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm excited to talk w/the brilliant Karen Kirsten about her memoir Irena’s Gift @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social! One reviewer calls it “a cross between a noir WWII mystery and a Shakespearean drama,” so, wow, there's that.
Monday 11/10, 6-7:30 pm. Register (free!): www.brandeis.edu/.../fall.../...
Monday 11/10, 6-7:30 pm. Register (free!): www.brandeis.edu/.../fall.../...
Shonen Knife at The Middle East/Sonia in Cambridge on Saturday night. I was obsessed with them in high school. Absolutely amazing.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Shonen Knife at The Middle East/Sonia in Cambridge on Saturday night. I was obsessed with them in high school. Absolutely amazing.
It's every Shakespeare professor's dream to have a kid going to @bardcollege.bsky.social amiright?
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's every Shakespeare professor's dream to have a kid going to @bardcollege.bsky.social amiright?
Scene from @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social's super fun "Shakespeare in the Park[ing Lot]" Trivia Event. Thanks to everyone, especially my co-host, Jonathan Wilson!!
August 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Scene from @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social's super fun "Shakespeare in the Park[ing Lot]" Trivia Event. Thanks to everyone, especially my co-host, Jonathan Wilson!!
I'm delighted to share that GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare has won a 2025 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) silver medal for Autobiography/Memoir! @umasspress.bsky.social #IPPYawards #IPPYawards
May 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm delighted to share that GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare has won a 2025 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) silver medal for Autobiography/Memoir! @umasspress.bsky.social #IPPYawards #IPPYawards
Some pictures from a beautiful luncheon celebrating the winners of the 2025 Friends of American Writers Literature Awards at Chicago's gorgeous Fortnightly Club. I am so honored that my memoir, Green World, was selected this year!
May 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Some pictures from a beautiful luncheon celebrating the winners of the 2025 Friends of American Writers Literature Awards at Chicago's gorgeous Fortnightly Club. I am so honored that my memoir, Green World, was selected this year!
Baby's first live Shakespeare! Can you spot the Skittles?
April 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Baby's first live Shakespeare! Can you spot the Skittles?
What a joy to share this news! GREEN WORLD has won the 2025 Friends of American Writers Literature Award!
Previous winners include Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis, Carl Sandburg, Kevin Fenton, Chad Harbach, Sara Gruen, Gillian Flynn, Ruta Sepetys, Andrew Ridker. 🤩
Previous winners include Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis, Carl Sandburg, Kevin Fenton, Chad Harbach, Sara Gruen, Gillian Flynn, Ruta Sepetys, Andrew Ridker. 🤩
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What a joy to share this news! GREEN WORLD has won the 2025 Friends of American Writers Literature Award!
Previous winners include Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis, Carl Sandburg, Kevin Fenton, Chad Harbach, Sara Gruen, Gillian Flynn, Ruta Sepetys, Andrew Ridker. 🤩
Previous winners include Sara Paretsky, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Harry Mark Petrakis, Carl Sandburg, Kevin Fenton, Chad Harbach, Sara Gruen, Gillian Flynn, Ruta Sepetys, Andrew Ridker. 🤩
What a wonderful book event at the College of the Holy Cross! AND I got to meet the brilliant Alizah Holstein, author of My Roman History. If you have not already done so, get your hands on this poetic beauty of a memoir. Thanks to Bedlam Books in Worcester for providing the books and the display.
March 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What a wonderful book event at the College of the Holy Cross! AND I got to meet the brilliant Alizah Holstein, author of My Roman History. If you have not already done so, get your hands on this poetic beauty of a memoir. Thanks to Bedlam Books in Worcester for providing the books and the display.
This is happening on Thursday! I'm excited to share the stage with brilliant writers #AlizahHolstein and #XuXi at Holy Cross. #memoir
March 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is happening on Thursday! I'm excited to share the stage with brilliant writers #AlizahHolstein and #XuXi at Holy Cross. #memoir
What an honor to have GREEN WORLD selected as a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards FINALIST for Autobiography & Memoir!!!!
March 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What an honor to have GREEN WORLD selected as a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards FINALIST for Autobiography & Memoir!!!!
Pogo, the 3-yr-old rescue whom we adopted this summer, in repose on a Liberty pillow. Nothing better than pampering this little dude.
December 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Pogo, the 3-yr-old rescue whom we adopted this summer, in repose on a Liberty pillow. Nothing better than pampering this little dude.
Cool shelf display spotted by my friend at the wonderful @odysseybks.bsky.social!
#GreenWorld #independentbookstore #shakespeare #memoir @umasspress.bsky.social
#GreenWorld #independentbookstore #shakespeare #memoir @umasspress.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Cool shelf display spotted by my friend at the wonderful @odysseybks.bsky.social!
#GreenWorld #independentbookstore #shakespeare #memoir @umasspress.bsky.social
#GreenWorld #independentbookstore #shakespeare #memoir @umasspress.bsky.social
My 8-yr-old daughter converted this large box into a home, furnished w/cardboard chair, books, lamp/reading light, iPad, writing supplies, blanket, and probably some candy. The enter/exit system needs some work, but it's a lovely little place.
November 25, 2024 at 5:09 PM
My 8-yr-old daughter converted this large box into a home, furnished w/cardboard chair, books, lamp/reading light, iPad, writing supplies, blanket, and probably some candy. The enter/exit system needs some work, but it's a lovely little place.