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So excited to share my book cover! Thanks to Susan Shapiro, whose great publishing panel changed my life. If you're not following her, do it immediately. Designer Samira Iravani & artist Parastou Haghi created this cover that makes my heart burst each time I look at it. 💙

Congrats to my former student Rebecca Morrison on the beautiful cover for her debut #middlegrade #novel THE BLUE DRESS out next year from Macmillan Publishers Farrar,Straus&Giroux thanks to great editor Joy Peskin!

Amazing SRO #writing #publishing #panel thanks to P&T Knitwear | Books and Podcasts PEN America @aryowpiano brilliant panelists Emi Ikkanda Pronoy Sarkar Marin Takikawa Nana Twumasi Kate McKean RAGE author Les Brathwaite @ryannourai for pics & everyone who came!

My next exciting #writing #publishing #nyc #panel is Tuesday 4/29 at NYU Bookstores with luminary #editors #agents #authors Kevin Nguyen Anjali Singh Joy Peskin Brett Krutzsch, Ph.D. Holly Baxter Miya Lee Nick Ciani New York University Register for free tickets here: nyubookstoreevents.com/event-details-…

Congrats to my former student Caren Lissner on her powerful The Pennsylvania Gazette piece from her #memoir-in-progress HOW WE BECAME HOMELESS: A CHRONICLE OF DOWNWARD MOBILITY, a Jewish Educated/Glass Castle thepenngazette.com/close-your-eye…

Great NYU Bookstores panel thanks to New York University, luminary panelists Kevin Nguyen (THE DOCUMENTS) Anjali Singh Joy Peskin Brett Krutzsch, Ph.D. (BLESSINGS BEYOND THE BINARY) Holly Baxter (CLICKBAIT) Miya Lee (TINY LOVE STORIES) Nick Ciani, Vanetta for pics & the SRO crowd who came!

Here's my new #MothersDay piece thanks to great The Washington Post editors & Vatsal G. Thakkar MD Hope Edelman, Carlos Saavedra, Justena Kavanath, Juan Gaddis, Jackie Roberts, Haig Chahinian & FCW for sharing their wisdom! washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/…

❤️ the incredible JUST IN TIME, written by Warren Leight & starring Jonathan Groff who got a standing ovation and deserves the Tony!

❤️Ron Charles' rave of SLEEP, the debut novel by The Atlantic editor Honor Jones who (with Peter Catapano) ran many New York Times Opinion pieces by my students- so I hope all her great karma comes back to her The Washington Post Riverhead Books Penguin Books Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 washingtonpost.com/books/2025/05/…

Congrats to my former student Nikki Campo whose poignant The Washington Post Inspired Life piece made it to CBS News thanks to great editor Allison Klein! cbsnews.com/video/familys-…

Thanks to great editor Noah Michelson, best writing teacher Susan Shapiro, & the Girls Write Now community- my vulnerable #SATC essay (based on my in-progress memoir THE STAND-IN) is live on HuffPost huffpost.com/entry/sex-and-… #andjustlikethat #SJP

Ready to get #published & paid? My exciting summer #online #essay #seminar on Wed May 28th & 5-week Sell Your #book #class starting June 2 are open (where top #book #editors & #agents zoom in.) Email [email protected] & thanks for helping me spread the word!

Congrats to my mentor Ian Frazier on winning the Gotham Book Prize for his latest Farrar,Straus&Giroux PARADISE BRONX (along with Nicole Gelinas) thanks to P&T Knitwear | Books and Podcasts & The New Yorker!

4 years ago my former student michaelluongo told me his goal was to get into The New York Times Modern Love. Thrilling to see his beautiful piece in there today, thanks to great editors Daniel Jones and Miya Lee! nytimes.com/2025/06/06/sty…

❤️celebrating great new📚by Honor Jones (SLEEP) Susan Morrison (LORNE) Jonathan Conyers (I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE) Regina Porter (THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY) Henry Alford (I DREAM OF JONI) Cathy Linh Che (BECOMING GHOST) Phillip Lopate (MY AFFAIR WITH ART HOUSE CINEMA)

Meet luminary #literary #agents & #book #editors at my exciting free SECRETS OF 📚 PUBLISHING #zoom #panel Wed 7/23 from 7-8 pm EST. (Probably won't be taped.) RSVP [email protected] #novels #essays #nonfiction #memoir #kidlit #shortstories #biography #poetry #selfhelp

Happy to hear my essay I LOST 15,000 FRIENDS IN 5 SECONDS was recognized by ASJA thanks to my great HuffPost editor Noah Michelson! huffpost.com/entry/facebook…

Congrats to my former The New School student Orlando Mendiola on the Spanish edition of his funny HarperCollins picture book THE LAST TAMALE out in September - pitched in my zoom 📙 class- thanks for the shoutout! Samantha Wekstein lisasharkey kens5.com/article/news/l…

New The Washington Post piece thanks to Allison Klein & wise sages Vatsal G. Thakkar MD Jerry Portwood Valerie W Wesley Esther Perel Dr. Diana, Doreen Oliver, Manny Mandel, Kristin Underhill, FCW, Patty Gross. ❤️readers sharing their own advice! Anything to add? washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025…