Heather Abel

Systematically disappointing my 10-year-old self and feeling basically okay about it. I wrote a novel, THE OPTIMISTIC DECADE, out now from @AlgonquinBooks

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

So thrilled to see this lovely review of The Optimistic Decade in @nytimes!!!⚡️🌈⛺️⛰ https://t.co/NVqN1lK9au

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@cari_luna @BardCollege Hooray! Congrats to him and you!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@S_Insley_H Intimations, Zadie Smith.

No matter your pattern it should be next.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@ZacharyLesser @BooksAndGuts Thanks, Zack!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@jcfphillips Got back on twitter to say I just preordered your book and I CANNOT wait for it to arrive!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@sonjajohanson @melissapetro me too. the disc, the babies

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

I forgot I wrote this. Was I wiser then? Seems likely. I better write something else quickly to forget about and then be pleased when I remember.

[Rachel Bara @rachsturges]

@douglasmack Been thinking about how kids quell larger than life fears & rereading this from @heatherkabel. / "Right now, I imagine, some kids...are forming rituals of their own to stop the end of the world, to counter uncertainty, to master an unmasterable situation." https://t.co/HlVyTZW8MM

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@frynaomifry although I have no idea if this is what you're talking about but I do want my specialized knowledge to be helpful if ever possible.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@frynaomifry In 1984-1990, station 8 in Santa Monica was called chet. Graffiti there said, chet crew will rock you. I thought it was so cool at the time, until years later when my husband pointed out that chet was hebrew for the 8th letter.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@cari_luna hooray! Can't wait to read this one. I feel sure it will find its home.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

kicker never really did k though

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

Writing a news-ish piece for the first time in over a decade and writing "kicker tk" again was like eating the madeleine.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@bethanyaball I know!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@annkpowers @nprmusic I'll miss you!!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@mazarines also, so, the day is amazing and historic and such a relief after horror, but also the pomp and circumstance of American mythologizing is a bit much and there is your Jewish grandpa not dressing up, hoping it ends soon.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@pkhorn Beautiful!!!

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@brookehauser what???? This is horrible for you and for our whole region! I'm outraged.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@melmatthewson I love this book

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@rachzuck happy birthday! my 49th was yesterday and all I felt was gratitude. it was so weird. I didn't even cry.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@umanskyellen definitely. I'll meet you at Station 8

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

what movie are any of you other jews watching on xmas? looking for something a teen might deign to watch too.

[Heather Abel @heatherkabel]

@umanskyellen I haven't seen any of these! Thank you. Thinking of you also not being in LA this winter!