Sloane Crosley

Author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake, How Did You Get This Number, The Clasp, Look Alive Out There, Cult Classic and Grief Is for People

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

There is honestly no point in doing anything but this guy's job.

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@Kmart_realism Dear Follower: You liking an unrelated post of mine in response to my comment (was that meant to be bone-throwing? no thanks) adds weirdness to lameness. *And* now I must live my days in suspense, waiting to see if you typing "WRITER" in your bio ever makes it so. Signed, SANTA

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@Kmart_realism I took this picture.

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

Ah, RIP, Salon. Sad in general and I wrote one of my favorite reported pieces for them. Sorry this moment is what caused me to revisit it. Here it is (for now): https://t.co/ElLTUWLEC6

[Salon @Salon]

Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege. https://t.co/a103i0aEKi

[BPL Presents @BPL_Presents]

An evening with Ed Park! 📚 Joined in conversation by Sloane Crosley for what promises to be an unforgettable exploration of memory, art, and storytelling.

Thursday, October 22, 2026
7–8:30 PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Save your seat! https://t.co/EGqRi3gKcJ

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

A few weeks ago, I got an email from The New York Times being like hey, we need an essay about every gripe we’ve ever gotten and we thought of you. Be still my heart:
https://t.co/10SF5CxFLM @nytopinion

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@ericlach Written by my one and only @Vilkomerson

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@xlorentzen Christian, I feel like you're not actually sorry.

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@xlorentzen Glad we spoke about this.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

BREAKING

We have lost an American treasure!!!

Dolly Parton has died.

She was 80.

What heartbreaking news.

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

I come on for the second half of this, talking about misophonia, loud chewers and small dogs. Thank you, @kcrw. https://t.co/K8IQseUtic

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

Happy 50th to Metropolitan Diary, the section of @nytimes that dares to ask: Is everyone a humor essayist, like, everyone? Delighted to help kick off the celebration. They asked me for some overheard dialogue, they got it. https://t.co/gybcn3sny6

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

Love this. I met Kate in 2001, when I almost moved into the haunted loft below hers. 295 Bowery, site of McGurk's Suicide Hall, so named because of all the women who killed themselves there. I buzzed her apt by accident. We chatted about prostitution. NY!
https://t.co/rtyjTPa6In

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Misophonia is a neurophysiological disorder broadly characterized by two things: a severe aversion to sound and a struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion. For those who meet the criteria for misophonia—an estimated 4.6 per cent of U.S. adults—tapping, clicking, chewing, smacking, slurping and sniffling trigger intense fight-or-flight responses. It is often diagnosed alongside other conditions, such as anxiety, O.C.D, or A.D.H.D, but it still hasn’t been incorporated into the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems with a formal diagnostic code, leaving people who have the condition uncertain about their treatment.

“What differentiates misophonia from simply being alive is that it’s not just about sound. It’s about how certain brains process that sound,” Sloane Crosley writes. Crosley herself has long suspected that she has some degree of misophonia. She investigates the condition, those who suffer from it, and the experts who study it—from a friend who can’t dine with his father without wanting to “rip his face off” to the founder of Duke University’s Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation: https://t.co/GEHSfYG8ee

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

Ever want to know what your kids are thinking without having to ask them or having to have kids at all? Then talk to @ModernLibrary and see if Katherine Mansfield is right for you! Here's my introduction to her collected stories, out now: https://t.co/6VOttVTXu1

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

My story on misophonia, or "hatred of sound," is in this week's @NewYorker. If you must read it, please read it in silence: https://t.co/7PrfpSRN2n

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@xlorentzen "Oh, you mean Glimmer Train North?" is the funniest thing you ever said to me

[NY Public Library @nypl]

In 'Grief Is for People' by Sloane Crosley, essayist Crosley searches for meaning through philosophy, art, and the disorienting work of mourning someone who chose to leave after losing her closest friend to suicide.

#BookOfTheDay: https://t.co/zz0r2LHpxP

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

I come on here for the first time this year and THIS is what burns my eyes? Yes, I remember this palace where the nerves of everyone I know ran through the walls. You could actually eat the hollandaise. I puked in the bathroom. Though not from that. This has been my aughts essay.

[Robert Sietsema @robertsietsema]

Anybody remember Coffee Shop at Union Square, circa 2018?

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

@xlorentzen Save for the rat.

[Sloane Crosley @askanyone]

Every one of these is funnier than the last, each for a different reason. I just followed through on mine: https://t.co/lrVhVNwxU1 @InterviewMag