kellymcmasters

new books: THE LEAVING SEASON: a memoir in essays (Norton 5.9.23) + nat’l indie bestseller WANTING: Women Writing About Desire (Catapult 2.14.23)

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@GirlsGoneChild @lithub Thank you. For so much.

[Rebecca Woolf @GirlsGoneChild]

“Let’s use our words as the shield instead of silence.”

This piece by @kellymcmasters2 for @lithub is a must read and one I’m so honored to be included in.

https://t.co/5X0PK3kYBi

[Dani Shapiro 🔥 @danijshapiro]

A powerful essay by @kellymcmasters2 on writing and motherhood. Her new book, The Leaving Season, is also wonderful.

Ethics of Writing Hard Things in Family Memoir https://t.co/1p5KEMtzNA via @lithub

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@danijshapiro @lithub Thanks for this support and space for the conversation!

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

Very excited for my first audiobook! Coming soon… May 25!

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Plan ahead for your next summer audiobook listen. Pre-order "Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays" now! @kellymcmasters2 https://t.co/y1GvsmG6cp

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

Still Life 3: The Suburbs https://t.co/i3mL36MaOT via @commonmag

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

I have a student looking to place a startlingly gorgeous and experimental essay. What are the best places publishing longform creative nonfiction that are open to/ amplifying folks just breaking in right now (no prior pubs)? TIA!

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@msmeghanbean @romper Wow, thank you so much @msmeghanbean !

[Meghan Flaherty @msmeghanbean]

I dare you to get through this one without tearing up. https://t.co/AiMtpxfMUJ @kellymcmasters2 @romper

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

See you Tuesday 5/23 at 7pm for a reading and discussion about The Leaving Season at the newly revived Half King Reading Series with @glennrwordman at the glorious @Salmagundi club! My tastebuds are already puckering at the thought of my first gimlet. @PageturnersRead @wwnorton

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

Such a dream when a favorite writer loves your book. Thank you!!!! @joannarakoff

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@TheBookMaven #following (and sending 💪😘)

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

https://t.co/9tPnHZnSdG #longreads

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

Thanks to @OprahDaily and @wwnorton for publishing my essay Invisible Friend! https://t.co/9tPnHZnSdG
#longreads #oprahdaily #essay

[alizasherman @alizasherman]

https://t.co/84w644zcyu breathtaking @kellymcmasters2

[W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton]

Check out this list from @kellymcmasters2, and pick up THE LEAVING SEASON, her memoir in intimate essays navigating marriage and motherhood, art and ambition, grief and nostalgia, and the elusive concept of home. https://t.co/l7GuPsMkOs

[McCormack Writing Center @mccormack_wc]

"Wong’s portrait of her postal worker mother is blazingly beautiful."

Love seeing ✨ Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by @poetjanewong in @ElectricLit Reading list by @kellymcmasters2 about the Lives of Single Mothers!

https://t.co/cDY3eQwD2G

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@Tin_House @poetjanewong @ElectricLit Such an unbelievably beautiful and singular book.

[kellymcmasters @kellymcmasters2]

@nancyquinn @HarvF Thanks to you both!

[Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn]

https://t.co/ueU8JJttN7
I'll be spending my Saturday with this collection of essays by @kellymcmasters2. Thanks for the review, @HarvF!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"We are constantly reinventing what it means to be a mother in this country, constantly revising what it means to honor one. I love being a mother. But I didn’t always," @kellymcmasters2 writes. https://t.co/wUSAMNROq1