kellymcmasters

@GirlsGoneChild @lithub Thank you. For so much.

“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. lithub.com/the-ethics-of-…

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 lithub.com/the-ethics-of-… via @lithub

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

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

Still Life 3: The Suburbs thecommononline.org/still-life-3-t… via @commonmag

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!

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

I dare you to get through this one without tearing up. romper.com/entertainment/… @kellymcmasters2 @romper

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

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

@TheBookMaven #following (and sending 💪😘)

Might someone out there remind me of a few of the pieces that came out in the past few months about the stress of a book launch? Asking for a me. . . :)

oprahdaily.com/entertainment/… #longreads

Thanks to @OprahDaily and @wwnorton for publishing my essay Invisible Friend! oprahdaily.com/entertainment/… #longreads #oprahdaily #essay

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. wwnorton.com/books/The-Leav…

"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! buff.ly/3BlPdbu

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

@nancyquinn @HarvF Thanks to you both!

bookreporter.com/reviews/the-le… I'll be spending my Saturday with this collection of essays by @kellymcmasters2. Thanks for the review, @HarvF!

"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. on.theatln.tc/hax4Xrm