Nicole Graev Lipson
@nglipson.bsky.social
Author of MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (coming March 4, 2025) | Best American Essays 2024 | Pushcart Prize | Words in The Sun, Virgina Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe + more
www.nicolegraevlipson.com
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"I’ve always seen the world through a feminist lens, but [becoming a mother] did intensify all of these concerns. Suddenly, they weren’t just theoretical or academic."
Isabella Fusani interviews @nglipson.bsky.social about Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays:
Isabella Fusani interviews @nglipson.bsky.social about Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays:
Never Silent: A Conversation with Nicole Graev Lipson
In Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays (Chronicle Prism, 2025), Nicole Graev Lipson shares stories about the complexities of motherhood. As she adjusts to this new identity, Lip...
literarymama.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"I’ve always seen the world through a feminist lens, but [becoming a mother] did intensify all of these concerns. Suddenly, they weren’t just theoretical or academic."
Isabella Fusani interviews @nglipson.bsky.social about Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays:
Isabella Fusani interviews @nglipson.bsky.social about Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays:
Thank you, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social for interviewing me about MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!
"My years as a mother have made me realize how little the thinking and intellectual undertakings of motherhood are seen or appreciated." @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social and @nglipson.bsky.social talk "Mothers and Other Fictional Characters." lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-y...
As You Write It | Los Angeles Review of Books
Nicole Graev Lipson about her debut collection, “Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays.”
lareviewofbooks.org
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thank you, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social for interviewing me about MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!
@acreegrahammacam.bsky.social is a truly talented interviewer, and I loved this conversation for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social so much.
Very much enjoyed this conversation with the BRILLIANT @nglipson.bsky.social about her brilliant book of essays. And very excited to be in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social ! Thank you @elspethme.bsky.social for your fantastic editorial skills and for publishing this piece 💫
"My years as a mother have made me realize how little the thinking and intellectual undertakings of motherhood are seen or appreciated." @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social and @nglipson.bsky.social talk "Mothers and Other Fictional Characters." lareviewofbooks.org/article/as-y...
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@acreegrahammacam.bsky.social is a truly talented interviewer, and I loved this conversation for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social so much.
It was absolute pleasure to talk with @rachellayown.bsky.social for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social!
"For me, reading has never felt separate from living."
@rachellayown.bsky.social talks with @nglipson.bsky.social about "Mothers and Other Fictional Characters"
@rachellayown.bsky.social talks with @nglipson.bsky.social about "Mothers and Other Fictional Characters"
Sifting Truth From Fiction: An Interview with Nicole Graev Lipson - Chicago Review of Books
Our interview with Nicole Graev Lipson about her memoir Mothers and Other Fictional Characters
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March 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It was absolute pleasure to talk with @rachellayown.bsky.social for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social!
Now on @literaryhub.bsky.social, an excerpt about maternal solitude deprivation from my new memoir MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS.
@nglipson.bsky.social reflects on Thoreau, the self, and the elusiveness of solitude in motherhood.
The Cords That Bind: On the Elusiveness of Solitude in Motherhood
This crescent of Cape Cod beach, down a dirt road from the cottage Paul and I are staying in for the weekend, is nearly empty. Waves slosh against the pebbled shore. The clouds, when they pass, tak…
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March 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Now on @literaryhub.bsky.social, an excerpt about maternal solitude deprivation from my new memoir MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS.
@debutiful.bsky.social asked the most wonderful questions. I loved doing this interview.
We chatted with @nglipson.bsky.social about her debut memoir Mothers & Other Fictional Characters.
Read the Q&A: debutiful.net/2025/03/06/n... @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
Read the Q&A: debutiful.net/2025/03/06/n... @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@debutiful.bsky.social asked the most wonderful questions. I loved doing this interview.
"motherhood gave me the gift of desperation"
Loved chatting with @nancy_reddy for her wonderful Good Creatures column!
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Loved chatting with @nancy_reddy for her wonderful Good Creatures column!
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"motherhood gave me the gift of desperation"
Nicole Graev Lipson, author of MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS on the urgency that drives her writing life and why getting moving is always the best way to get unstuck
substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"motherhood gave me the gift of desperation"
Loved chatting with @nancy_reddy for her wonderful Good Creatures column!
substack.com/@nancyreddy/...
Loved chatting with @nancy_reddy for her wonderful Good Creatures column!
substack.com/@nancyreddy/...
Thrilled to have an excerpt from MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in today’s Boston Globe Magazine! I’m grateful to my youngest child for inspiring these words—and for reminding me that our stories are the most precious jewels we leave behind.
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
My daughter always wants one last story. I say yes. - The Boston Globe
Bedtime gets longer. But those small moments mean everything.
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February 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thrilled to have an excerpt from MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in today’s Boston Globe Magazine! I’m grateful to my youngest child for inspiring these words—and for reminding me that our stories are the most precious jewels we leave behind.
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
@chroniclebooks.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
Thrilled to be sharing my MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS book tour schedule for March and April! Will I get to see you in Boston, NYC, LA, Providence, CT, DC, New Orleans, or on one of these other stops? I hope so!
Visit my website for more details: nicolegraevlipson.com/contact-2
Visit my website for more details: nicolegraevlipson.com/contact-2
February 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thrilled to be sharing my MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS book tour schedule for March and April! Will I get to see you in Boston, NYC, LA, Providence, CT, DC, New Orleans, or on one of these other stops? I hope so!
Visit my website for more details: nicolegraevlipson.com/contact-2
Visit my website for more details: nicolegraevlipson.com/contact-2
My January newsletter, in which I interview wildly inspiring sculptor Venetia Dale, rhapsodize about new books by Megan Marshall, Nancy Reddy, and Tova Mirvis, and contemplate how life’s most shining moments are always slightly mixed up with the blah✨🌫️
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Thinkers Who Mother: January 2025
Venetia Dale, “Piecing Together: Here’s for Delight and Use”
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January 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My January newsletter, in which I interview wildly inspiring sculptor Venetia Dale, rhapsodize about new books by Megan Marshall, Nancy Reddy, and Tova Mirvis, and contemplate how life’s most shining moments are always slightly mixed up with the blah✨🌫️
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Thank you so much, @victoriajane.bsky.social.
Reading @nglipson.bsky.social's forthcoming book and loving the way she riffs on concepts like beauty. Highly recommend ordering "Mothers and Other Fictional Characters"-- really well crafted, smart essays on a wide range of subjects.
January 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you so much, @victoriajane.bsky.social.