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Isle McElroy

8 months

PEOPLE COLLIDE is out today!!! Here’s a photo of the novel resting on the notebooks where I wrote the first draft. Also a pic of first draft page 1 and final page 1. Thank you to everyone who’s helped bring this book into the world!!!

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In every relationship one person sends the memes and the other person has a day job

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tfw you’re leaving the party but nobody notices

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yes nyc is too expensive and the streets are icky with rats but sometimes when you’re leaving the subway your beanie falls out of your bag and everyone shouts YOUR HAT YOUR HAT and one man crouches down to scoop it up to your hands and it occurs to you, Ah, yes, I get it now

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3 years

Being an adult is buying the same 7 groceries every week until you die

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2 years

Such a weird plot point

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the only surefire way to get over a crush is spend 4-7 years writing a 200 page novel about them

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Mom: When am I gonna get a grandchild? Me: Here’s an ARC of my novel. It fictionalizes our family’s deepest secrets and shames.

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2 years

can anyone recommend a good slim novel? Looking for something very good--impossible to put down--and unthinkably slim, like zero to zero pages or so.

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3 years

Solidarity with trans employees at Netflix, who are walking out today. Here is their list of demands.

Netflix trans employees and allies release a list of demands ahead of the walkout

Taking down the Dave Chappelle special isn’t one of them.

www.theverge.com

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3 years

The central premise of the publishing industry seems to be, What if we take the softest people we can find and make them compete against each other for the smallest prize in the world?

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2 years

Bob Dole, who uses he/him pronouns, died at the age of 98 on Sunday.

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1 year

Pistachios are vegetarian mussels

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this could’ve been america smh

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[meeting a new couple] So which one of you sends the memes?

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3 years

A year ago, I earned my PhD in literature & creative writing—1 year early—while also getting divorced and coming out as trans, in the middle of a global pandemic. Last week I published my debut novel. I normally dismiss my accomplishments. But I’m pretty psyched for myself.

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@_pem_pem drizzle the pans with dishsoap for a deeper clean

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so weird when people read a novel looking for answers. novels are questions. question after question after question.

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@ginathechung The wet seat warnings are so important

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My phone when I try to download a new app

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“Two Paths for the Novel” by Zadie Smith, 2008

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one of the best ways to sell books is to be already famous

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We need a magazine that’s like The New Yorker but hornier

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the feminine urge to write and sell a novel in secret

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For my first piece in the @nytimes (!!!!), I wrote about Petulant Vulnerability and the men who use their feelings as a cudgel.

Opinion | This Isn’t Your Old Toxic Masculinity. It Has Taken an Insidious New Form. (Published...

From bad boyfriends to Jan. 6 rioters, men are using the language of vulnerability as a cudgel, feigning emotional fragility to retain power and dominance.

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@georgeciveris the line is a nonbinary mermaid, george

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2 years

Some news: I go by Isle (eye-el) now. Rock and Che Diaz were taken. I know it’ll be an adjustment for my friends and haters alike, but grateful to everybody who’ll be there with me as I continue on with this ~journey~. Love to you all. 💞

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3 years

My debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS, releases today! This book took 5 years to write and the last 2 years were the hardest of my life. I'm glad I made it to this day, and I'm so grateful to everyone who has supported the book. I cannot thank you enough.

The Atmospherians a book by Alex McElroy

Best Book of 2021 by Esquire Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper's Bazaar "Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, The Atmospherians unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, wellness, and toxic...

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what nobody ever tells you about publishing a book is that people will read it

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For @ELLEmagazine , I talked to trans people about falling in love. This was one of my all time favorite pieces to write.

Reimagining the Stories We Tell About Trans Love

I worried coming out as trans would mean being alone forever. But that narrative is changing to capture the fullness, and freedom, of our experiences.

www.elle.com

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regarding nyc being expensive please pre-order my novel People Collide so I can continue to live here! It’s about a husband and wife who trade bodies!

People Collide | isle-mcelroy

www.islemcelroy.com

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For @TheAtlantic , I wrote about why it’s vital that we write responsibly about eating disorders, an illness that has worsened during the pandemic. This was an extremely difficult piece to write, and I hope you’ll give it a read.

The Problem With the Stories We Tell About Eating Disorders

When art about the subject glamorizes it, audiences pay the price.

www.theatlantic.com

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For @esquire , I wrote about the hottest new trend in literature: Friendship.

The Rise of Literary Friendships

Once bitterly competitive, the literary world is now bursting with connection and collaboration. But why are authors turning to one another, and how is it changing the writing life?

www.esquire.com

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2 years

BIG EXCITING NEWS: I’m writing another novel!!!! PEOPLE COLLIDE coming your way via @HarperCollins in 2023!!! Thrilled to work with @rakeshsatyal again and huge thanks to super agent @mwspence !!! Last pic are the notebooks where I wrote the draft.

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2 years

my favorite goodreads review has resurfaced

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1 year

PEOPLE COLLIDE HAS A COVER! AND MY NAME IS ON A BOOK THAT I WROTE!!! and you can pre-order here:

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3 years

Clarice Lispector readers guide called What to Expect When You're Lispecting

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*Carrie Bradshaw as a pirate*: I couldn’t help but plunder

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For @TheCut , I wrote about the odd feeling of debuting with my deadname and the massive joy of getting to publish PEOPLE COLLIDE with my real name.

I Didn’t Realize How Wrong My Name Felt Until I Changed It

For years I’d dreamed of seeing my name in print. But when I published my debut novel, I realized it no longer fit me.

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2 years

Been really lucky this week. Thanks everyone for reading along.

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3 years

most of getting an MFA is sitting in a small room with 6 liberal arts grads muttering "Alice Munro, how does she do it?"

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okay i'm absolutely dead holy moly this paragraph from the @nytimesbooks review of THE ATMOSPHERIANS!!!!

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I think my dad’s gonna break up with me

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Can anybody recommend a good book to write?

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As a former New York Times contributor, I signed the open letter critiquing the paper’s coverage of trans, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people. Here’s a link to the letter, which includes a link to add your support

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4 years

successfully defended my dissertation. i am now a doctor of books.

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For @NYTmag , I recommended my new favorite hobby: Holding a Grudge 😈

Why Holding a Grudge Is So Satisfying (Published 2022)

A good grudge is watered down, drinkable and refreshingly effervescent, the low-calorie lager to resentment’s bootleg grain alcohol.

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Nbd just a box of my first novel not freaking out at all nope 😭😭😭

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i tweeted this as a joke but now i have roughly ten million amazing books to buy and read--who's laughing now, isle, who's laughing now?

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paperbacks are here!!!!

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1 year

*texting a crush* hey (does that make sense?)

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3 years

RIP Michel de Montaigne, you would've loved learning that Essay comes from the French word essayer meaning to try

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no idea why i made this

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9 months

doing interviews is sort of like taking a test on your own book

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2 years

Just got a story accepted by Guernica after years of submitting. Watch this space etc etc etc

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Can anybody recommend some good inherited wealth?

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*Me after killing my father and marrying my mother* damn the Oedipal just hit

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3 years

Just got into my first ever residency 😎

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7 months

you’re not supposed to *like* characters in fiction, you’re supposed to think they’re hot

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3 years

6 months ago I knew nothing about pitching and now I’ve had pieces in gq, Esquire, the cut, harpers bazaar, Elle, BuzzFeed, vulture, and more. Just goes to show: when you put your mind to something you can end up, like me, very tired and frayed.

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1 year

author photo outtakes in which i look too happy to be viewed as a Serious Literary Writer

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3 years

reality tv show called ACADEMIA where thousands of overqualified candidates apply for a job none of them want but would probably kill for

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a girl who rejected me in high school just left me a middling goodreads review

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Coroner performing autopsy on Walt Whitman: It’s the damnedest thing. Coroner’s Assistant: What is it, Sir? Coroner: There’s not a single multitude in here.

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2 years

happy trans day of vengeance

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3 years

THE ATMOSPHERIANS coming at you in paperback on February 18, 2022. Includes “This is exceptional writing” from the @nytimesbooks .

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Might start an outdoor, socially distant reading series in Brooklyn called Debuts and Redos, highlighting debut authors and authors who couldn't hold in-person readings because of COVID precautions. Would people be into this?

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Russian Cover of The Atmospherians!!!!

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4 years

Excited to share the cover for THE ATMOSPHERIANS!! Out 5.18.21 from @AtriaBooks . Thank you Laywan Kwan for the amazing design. And thanks to Rakesh Satyal, Daniella Wexler, Loan Le, super agent Marya Spence, & everyone at @JanklowNesbit !!!

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every queer's first 2nd-person short story

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My first published poem, “Punchline,” is now live at @astra_mag . Nervous to see it go up, and I appreciate anyone who gives it a read.

Punchline | Isle McElroy

I’m tired of paying two hundred dollars a week to repeat the name of the woman who raped me.

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loving the new sex and the city

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3 years

might fuck around and publish my debut novel tomorrow

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f/m/k?

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What is the most VHS movie of all time? Is it Sister Act? Is it Hook?

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where does one buy a nytimes sunday paper in brooklyn? asking for me, whose book is reviewed in the sunday times today.

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Don’t forget to text your ex about the earthquake

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3 years

I’m an influencer now

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lol i wrote a fucking book

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3 years

My very offline gf made a meme and nothing could be more perfect

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2 years

whenever i get paid for my writing

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4 years

for future reference. thank you

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You expect me to finish my novel? The thing that literally killed Jack Torrence and put his entire family in danger?

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You expect me to celebrate Pride? The thing that nearly killed Elizabeth's Bennet's feelings for Darcy?

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Christian Science Minotaur

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2 years

It’s officially official: PEOPLE COLLIDE coming out from @HarperViaBooks !!! And we got the @PublishersWkly treatment!!!!

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3 years

Thank you, JCO!!!

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went for a little walk without my phone and came back to find @washingtonpost called People Collide “ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST NOVELS”!!!!!

Review | A husband swaps bodies with his wife — and gets a lesson in class

A surprising and moving ending makes Isle McElroy’s “People Collide” one of the year’s best novels.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@QianJulieWang @vanjchan It was actually a rat who scooped the hat into my hands

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It’s so humiliating, being a writer

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!!!!! Today’s @nytimes !!!

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3 years

I wrote a trans self-acceptance essay about the necessity and inadequacy of trans self-acceptance essays for @lithub . It's a deeply personal essay and I hope you'll give it a read.

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

I planned to write one of those essays my mom would share with her friends on Facebook. In this essay, shame and doubt would crack like caked mud to reveal the self-love that had always been hiding…

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2 years

Twitter! Before we all bail, I need one last recommendation. So there’s dude who I’m pretty sure insulted me, and I’m thinking of walling him up in my basement as revenge, but I need a good wine to entice him into the cellar. What should I offer?

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I’ll never forget the time Joan Didion pulled me aside at the gala and said, Alex, you’re the only one who truly has any talent, don’t ever tell anyone I told you that.

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