UPDATE: it has since come to my attention that PEN America is a Zionist-sympathetic organization that has consistently failed to meet the moment on the genocide in Gaza, and now I do NOT want to be affiliated with them, so I'm withdrawing from the awards. Free Palestine

Over the past year, I've been talking to one of my favorite living artists about love, grief, his band's matchless legacy, & what's next. to say it's been an honor & privilege considerably understates the way I feel. anyway here it is.
newyorker.com/culture/person…

comrade!

“But grief never proceeds how anyone expects. #Grief stutters and ruptures and upturns and stomps.”

Isle McElroy #quotes #booktwitter #PeopleCollide 🖊️📖✨📚

For mysterious reasons, City of Laughter is not yet available at the Brooklyn Public Library! Brooklyn friends, if you're so inclined, pls put a hold on it/request it, so that they can see there's interest! (And if you want to get it out of the library, it's available at NYPL!)

The eclipse is a freelancer’s holiday

standing in line to see the sun

Books are in! They are beautiful! Pre-order them plz if you are a good person!

“that earthquake really got me thinking…nobody has rocked my world quite like you. you literally shook my foundation. you and i should try and give it another shot to get back to stable ground. give your mom a hug for me btw.”

Don’t forget to text your ex about the earthquake

This book! Unexpected, unique, and unforgettable.

'From every couple there's one argument from which all others emerge.' #quotes

Isle McElroy #booktwitter #writersaremyrockstars 💫

'Work is rough please hire me' tweet. My website is updated with my most recent work and a pretty complete archive of my previous work. I'm open to everything—including stuff that I haven't done before both media and out of media wise. Hit me up! msha.ke/kerensacadenas

I'm raising money for GLITS Inc. during the #TransRightsReadathon this year.

I'll be reading books by the brilliant chica marx, Casey Plett, hannah baer, eliot duncan, emily zhou, Isle McElroy, and more.

demarcation.substack.com/p/every-trick-…

There should be a Hulk for depression

*me, blurbing sandpaper*

An exciting new voice in friction!!!

Amanda Petrusich The New Yorker Noah Kahan 'public displays of self-worth can be great for a dopamine hit, but ironically, thrive-posting may hold people back from truly moving on' - Isle McElroy The Atlantic (5/7) theatlantic.com/family/archive…

They're more luminous than last night's Oscar hopefuls! They're smarter than a pack of neurosurgeons! They're a lot more eloquent than anyone currently in congress! They're... this spring's PJ Seminar instructors for StoryStudio Chicago! Single session deep dives, online and in person.

Protesters shutting it down for Palestine in Brooklyn tonight on International Working Women’s Day 🇵🇸✊

Two months! 👻🐐