Aimee Bender

Writer, person, author of six books of fiction, including The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, and most recently The Butterfly Lampshade

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

Happy to report I have been stirring the cauldron for a few years now and a new novel has formed in the fumes and will exist as an object by the end of this month! The Butterfly Lampshade. Exploring the sometimes fuzzy lines between mind and world-- in memory and in childhood.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

This platform will be set all day and in days to come to promote lies about election fraud. If you see that, remember that it is part of a plan by losers to ruin our democracy.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

@shawnproctor I would truly love to, Shawn. Thank you so much for working the polls!! Do you still have my email?

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

Heroic poll workers! I'm so grateful for you. If you write fiction and would like some constructive and supportive feedback on a few pages, it would make me happy to do that as a gesture of thanks. Just let me know below. Thank you for all you do! #GoHarrisWalz!

[Rachel Janfaza @racheljanfaza]

You can register to vote on Election Day in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NV, NH, NM, RI, UT, VM, VA, WA, WI, WY, + Washington, D.C.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

Enormous thank you to all of you canvassing. Go Harris Walz!!!!!

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

RIP brilliant Quincy Jones. If you need something for distraction during this intense week I so recommend The Greatest Night in Pop doc about "We Are the World" where Quincy Jones is like the most amazing group pop singer therapist and calms everyone down.

[Oliver Kamm @OliverKamm]

I finished Middlemarch today. What a magnificent achievement; the final words are a peerlessly wise & humane philosophy of life. I’ve never seen the much-lauded 1990s BBC adaptation, which is on iPlayer. Grateful for advice on whether I should watch it.

[Max Flugrath🗳️ @MaxFlugrath]

@GaSecofState Georgians have the power to stop MAGA's election chaos plot by showing up to vote in HUGE numbers.

Encourage friends, family & neighbors to vote.

We beat Trump in 2020. We can do it again.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 5.

Make your plan to vote: https://t.co/9GC6sU9UMG.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a terrifying moment, Donald Trump just threatened to take away CBS’ license to report the news. This is exactly what a fascist would do. Retweet to make sure every American sees this and knows how dangerous Trump is

[Fair Fight @fairfightaction]

GEORGIA: we are 4 DAYS away from the voter registration deadline. If you haven't registered NOW IS THE TIME! LET'S GOOOOOOO!

➡️ https://t.co/dCh3hBZGyR

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

@rebeccamakkai @NewYorker Can’t wait to hear, love this podcast a lot.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

@inthefade The Dancer PJ Harvey! So good. Midway.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

@exlarson I’m very honored to hear this and so happy the book spoke to you. And of course meaningful to hear as I plug along. Thank you so much.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

@therealsec This is just wonderful, thank you!!

[Allan Lichtman @AllanLichtman]

JOE BIDEN IS STAYING IN THE RACE!

[John McCullough 🏳️‍🌈 @JohnMcCullough_]

"A story is not like a road to follow … it's more like a house. You go inside & stay there for a while, wandering back & forth ... discovering how the rooms & corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows." - Alice Munro

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

We at the Review mourn the loss of Alice Munro (1931–2024). In memory of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

https://t.co/1G1Qgtss2C

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

Munro! Recently listened to the audio of Runaway while driving around because I wanted to hear “Powers” again (so good, read beautifully by Kymberly Dakin)and heard the story “Runaway” about the goat and grasped it more clearly and it is so scary and sadWhat vision she had. RIP.

[Aimee Bender @AimeeBender]

Love this book! Each story pulls a reader in so powerfully.

[Book Soup @BookSoup]

We'll welcome @MichaelDeagler to discuss his new novel EARLY SOBRIETIES with @AimeeBender tonight at 7pm! Get more details here:
https://t.co/z7XSk53xS7 @astrahousebooks

[Book Soup @BookSoup]

We'll welcome @MichaelDeagler to discuss his new novel EARLY SOBRIETIES with @AimeeBender tonight at 7pm! Get more details here:
https://t.co/z7XSk53xS7 @astrahousebooks