Miriam Gershow
@miriamgershow.bsky.social
Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
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Wrangling “100 Notable Small Press Books 2025” into existence. #100smallpress
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Wrangling “100 Notable Small Press Books 2025” into existence. #100smallpress
Went to drop-in adult learn-to-macrame at the Eugene Public Library. How can you be a person and not love the library?
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Went to drop-in adult learn-to-macrame at the Eugene Public Library. How can you be a person and not love the library?
Cat loves to sleep on hand seems like a valid excuse for not writing.
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Cat loves to sleep on hand seems like a valid excuse for not writing.
We're in a hellscape, but thanks to @gregpak.net, @tombofnull.bsky.social & @greenpeapress.bsky.social, I now have this kickass shirt.
October 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We're in a hellscape, but thanks to @gregpak.net, @tombofnull.bsky.social & @greenpeapress.bsky.social, I now have this kickass shirt.
My teen saw this photo and said, "That's tuff. Wow. So tuff." This is like Kirkus star level of teen validation.
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My teen saw this photo and said, "That's tuff. Wow. So tuff." This is like Kirkus star level of teen validation.
GR reviews are none of my biz, but this review of CLOSER is lol perfect. It's the combined incredulity of "I shit you not" & "yet plenty of commas."
My 2-page sentence would've been better wout all the commas? Or they're pissed I know how to use punctuation keys, so why so stingy w periods?
My 2-page sentence would've been better wout all the commas? Or they're pissed I know how to use punctuation keys, so why so stingy w periods?
October 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
GR reviews are none of my biz, but this review of CLOSER is lol perfect. It's the combined incredulity of "I shit you not" & "yet plenty of commas."
My 2-page sentence would've been better wout all the commas? Or they're pissed I know how to use punctuation keys, so why so stingy w periods?
My 2-page sentence would've been better wout all the commas? Or they're pissed I know how to use punctuation keys, so why so stingy w periods?
Parenting while Gen X is a
trip bc I was a feral roaming
kid of the 70s & 80s & now I tell my teen things like “you can skip classes if you have all your work done & you let me know before school does” & he sends me texts like this one & it’s so quaint & cute, I can barely stand it.
trip bc I was a feral roaming
kid of the 70s & 80s & now I tell my teen things like “you can skip classes if you have all your work done & you let me know before school does” & he sends me texts like this one & it’s so quaint & cute, I can barely stand it.
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Parenting while Gen X is a
trip bc I was a feral roaming
kid of the 70s & 80s & now I tell my teen things like “you can skip classes if you have all your work done & you let me know before school does” & he sends me texts like this one & it’s so quaint & cute, I can barely stand it.
trip bc I was a feral roaming
kid of the 70s & 80s & now I tell my teen things like “you can skip classes if you have all your work done & you let me know before school does” & he sends me texts like this one & it’s so quaint & cute, I can barely stand it.
Two days till reviewer deadline for #100smallpress & I can't even tell you how much the reviews are GIVING ME LIFE! We're 90% there & we have:
*12 genres
*71 small presses
*29% queer or BIPOC authors
Can't wait for you to read the whole list in November in LitHub.
#booksky
*12 genres
*71 small presses
*29% queer or BIPOC authors
Can't wait for you to read the whole list in November in LitHub.
#booksky
September 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Two days till reviewer deadline for #100smallpress & I can't even tell you how much the reviews are GIVING ME LIFE! We're 90% there & we have:
*12 genres
*71 small presses
*29% queer or BIPOC authors
Can't wait for you to read the whole list in November in LitHub.
#booksky
*12 genres
*71 small presses
*29% queer or BIPOC authors
Can't wait for you to read the whole list in November in LitHub.
#booksky
Things are very not-good, so I'm self-soothing by inputting the capsule reviews of our amazing, talented, erudite reviewers for 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 who've been reading small press books for the past 9 mos. Final list in Nov in Lit Hub! #100smallpress
September 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Things are very not-good, so I'm self-soothing by inputting the capsule reviews of our amazing, talented, erudite reviewers for 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 who've been reading small press books for the past 9 mos. Final list in Nov in Lit Hub! #100smallpress
Name a TV show you only watch in hotels.
Me: Shark Tank
the fake squabbling, the capitalist striving, the mean feedback, the dumb products, the overwrought score, the people referring to themselves unironically as 'sharks'
Me: Shark Tank
the fake squabbling, the capitalist striving, the mean feedback, the dumb products, the overwrought score, the people referring to themselves unironically as 'sharks'
September 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Name a TV show you only watch in hotels.
Me: Shark Tank
the fake squabbling, the capitalist striving, the mean feedback, the dumb products, the overwrought score, the people referring to themselves unironically as 'sharks'
Me: Shark Tank
the fake squabbling, the capitalist striving, the mean feedback, the dumb products, the overwrought score, the people referring to themselves unironically as 'sharks'
This kept my son amused & engaged rather than quiet & scared. Anyway, this ridiculous ad came across my FB timeline tonight & obvs it's my dad from beyond the grave. Therefore I paid a stupid amt for a heated, weighted, scented quokka that is now on its way to me. 2/2
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This kept my son amused & engaged rather than quiet & scared. Anyway, this ridiculous ad came across my FB timeline tonight & obvs it's my dad from beyond the grave. Therefore I paid a stupid amt for a heated, weighted, scented quokka that is now on its way to me. 2/2
I'm teaching a master class on revision in a couple weeks. Wait till they find out this is what I do:
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm teaching a master class on revision in a couple weeks. Wait till they find out this is what I do:
Months ago, I had a revelation re WIP that I can't remember. I spend the day searching for it on Notes app, computer, messy file folders of ideas. Finally found it. No idea what it means.
August 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Months ago, I had a revelation re WIP that I can't remember. I spend the day searching for it on Notes app, computer, messy file folders of ideas. Finally found it. No idea what it means.
I’ve had some time on my hands this summer. @propellerbooks.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I’ve had some time on my hands this summer. @propellerbooks.bsky.social
Publicly calling out our parenting, part 2:
This one’s hard to see. It’s 3rd grade graphing. & Montessori let him pick his topic.
The x axis is anger:
frustrated to pycho. The Y axis: monthly to always.
He’s at daily frustrated. Dads at weekly upset. I’m at weekly mad.
4/4
This one’s hard to see. It’s 3rd grade graphing. & Montessori let him pick his topic.
The x axis is anger:
frustrated to pycho. The Y axis: monthly to always.
He’s at daily frustrated. Dads at weekly upset. I’m at weekly mad.
4/4
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Publicly calling out our parenting, part 2:
This one’s hard to see. It’s 3rd grade graphing. & Montessori let him pick his topic.
The x axis is anger:
frustrated to pycho. The Y axis: monthly to always.
He’s at daily frustrated. Dads at weekly upset. I’m at weekly mad.
4/4
This one’s hard to see. It’s 3rd grade graphing. & Montessori let him pick his topic.
The x axis is anger:
frustrated to pycho. The Y axis: monthly to always.
He’s at daily frustrated. Dads at weekly upset. I’m at weekly mad.
4/4
Publicly calling out our parenting, part 1:
3/4
3/4
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Publicly calling out our parenting, part 1:
3/4
3/4
Pandemic history, per an eleven year old:
2/4
2/4
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Pandemic history, per an eleven year old:
2/4
2/4
Going through ten years of saved school assignments while my son is at summer camp. A 🧵:
All of Hebrew school (even in a progressive hippie town) boiled down to one assignment.
1/4
All of Hebrew school (even in a progressive hippie town) boiled down to one assignment.
1/4
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Going through ten years of saved school assignments while my son is at summer camp. A 🧵:
All of Hebrew school (even in a progressive hippie town) boiled down to one assignment.
1/4
All of Hebrew school (even in a progressive hippie town) boiled down to one assignment.
1/4
Figured out why I love my new glasses so much.
August 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Figured out why I love my new glasses so much.
Finally left my sickbed to be among readers. An unmitigated delight.
August 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Finally left my sickbed to be among readers. An unmitigated delight.
Tell me you found your perfect hotel room without telling me you found your perfect hotel room. Iykyk.
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tell me you found your perfect hotel room without telling me you found your perfect hotel room. Iykyk.
Here’s why obsessively googling yourself is a good and healthy idea: You come across reviews like this stunner. Huge s/o to @necessaryfiction.com & their commitment to reviewing small press books.
necessaryfiction.com/reviews/clos...
necessaryfiction.com/reviews/clos...
July 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here’s why obsessively googling yourself is a good and healthy idea: You come across reviews like this stunner. Huge s/o to @necessaryfiction.com & their commitment to reviewing small press books.
necessaryfiction.com/reviews/clos...
necessaryfiction.com/reviews/clos...