Alexandra Jacobs

The 5 stages of writing: 1)This is gonna be so great. 2)No story here; what was I thinking. 3)Existential despair. 4)Smugness. 5)Corrections

@Sulliview my heroine! Thank you.

Really love this piece by the great Alexandra Jacobs. Gift article here. nytimes.com/2026/07/14/boo…

@jpschmader ❤️ I was afraid too. 😂 xoxo 🙏

When I read the headline minutes ago, I thought, “I’m afraid. Do I want to see who took this on, who got the assignment, who took the assignment? I hope it’s someone who understands.” It’s @AlexandraJacobs, and she understands. nytimes.com/2026/07/14/boo…

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She’s back, baby. Wordle 740 2/6* 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@jondmaas Love your Knicks counter-programming (even though obv I also love the Knicks)

I find it odd that Arthur Laurents continually insisted he came up with the idea that Gypsy should be about Rose when Ethel Merman had been attached to the project before he was; who else could have Merman played – Tulsa? Electra? Miss Cratchitt?

It's all happening ! nytimes.com/2026/06/08/nyr…

@xlorentzen missing u!

Just read about something totally idiotic propagated by a guy I always thought was a jackass.

@jondmaas In the future we’ll all have modular body parts.

Very cool, until you realize the guy has 3 arms and the blond only has one leg.

Leggo my Eggers! nytimes.com/2026/06/07/boo…

Mayor Mamdani reading Gods of New York!! @jonathanmahler the 🐐

@jpschmader Also, I wish I were in London!

@jpschmader 🥰 🙏🏻

In London now. Jet lagged. And this line lifts me from it. It’s the kind of moment I wait for in an @AlexandraJacobs book review: “and one thumb drive does a lot of work.)” nytimes.com/2026/05/10/boo…

Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case inquirer.com/news/pennsylva… via @phillyinquirer

“It has the practiced Perrotta polish; an easy shrug about how it will be received or remembered.”—@AlexandraJacobs nytimes.com/2026/04/26/boo…

John Updike invented The Elaine.

@nyttypos You’re good!

Typo 17 of the day: his name was Viktor Frankl, not Victor Frankl. @AlexandraJacobs

15 typos and style guide violations yesterday. Typo 1 of the day: this sentence nonsensically means that a small set of players have historically run their dominant role in society. Move “their dominant role in” to before the comma after from. @EricLiptonNYT

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