@_MonaSimpson

Writer. Author of CASEBOOK: A Novel (Knopf, April 15th 2014).

 Santa Monica, CA
monasimpson.com/
Joined January 2012
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Just FYI, Fort McHenry is named after the enslaver James McHenry. #RepublicanNationalConvention
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NYPD union endorsed Trump. I’m sure this is part of their neighborhood outreach plan. Also, does anyone else see a potential problem with police unions - enforcement arms of the state with lethal weapons - promoting “preferred” candidates for office or is that just me?
Bloomberg Originals
@bbgoriginals14 Aug 2020
The New York Police Benevolent Association (@NYCPBA) endorses Trump, a first for the union which represents over 50,000 active and retired New York City police officers
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I have a new book list up with @jae_yeon_yoo! Who knew nannies and murder go together so well? @ElectricLit @kileyreid @ndennis_benn @OvidiaVanda @GillyMacmillan @_MonaSimpson #nanny #murder #babysittersclubnetflix electricliterature.com/9-nov…
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Thanks for the mention. nytimes.com/2020/07/28/books…

Time for a Literary Road Trip (Published 2020)

If you’re feeling nostalgic for the quintessential summer vacation, pick up one of these books.

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Novelist @_MonaSimpson believes writing is a constant practice. To help you nurture yours, she shares five tips, plenty of helpful anecdotes, and even some musical inspiration: bit.ly/37TSHCA
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@GrantaMag4 Jun 2020
Granta 37: The Family is free to read online until the end of the week. Featuring work by @_MonaSimpson, @mikalgilmore and Harold Pinter, this issue explores the most important, powerful and potentially destructive relationship of our lives. granta.com/products/granta-3…

Granta 37: The Family | Granta

The controversial issue about the most important, powerful, and potentially destructive relationship of our lives....

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Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already. nyti.ms/32QMfZw

Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already. (Published 2019)

In his new essay collection, “We Are the Weather,” Jonathan Safran Foer turns his attention to the climate crisis. Mark Bittman weighs in.

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A Thousand-Page Novel — Made Up of Mostly One Sentence — Captures How We Think Now nyti.ms/2ZDHl4Z

A Thousand-Page Novel — Made Up of Mostly One Sentence — Captures How We Think Now (Published 2019)

Lucy Ellmann’s “Ducks, Newburyport,” follows the thoughts of an Ohio woman as they range from politics to laundry to environmental disaster to lost earrings.

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Vincent van Gogh - Ginger Pot and Onions - 1885
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Ian Buruma is out at the New York Review of Books after publishing a controversial #MeToo essay vox.com/culture/2018/9/19/17… via @voxdotcom

Ian Buruma is out at the New York Review of Books after publishing a controversial #MeToo essay

What’s at stake in publishing essays like Jian Ghomeshi’s New York Review of Books piece?

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Our Jonathan.
LAX Airport@flyLAXairport29 Jul 2018
Today, #LAX is proud to join the @MayorOfLA as buildings throughout LA, including City Hall, are lit in gold on what would have been @latimes Food Critic Jonathan Gold’s 58th birthday. Our pylons will flow gold in his honor. #JonathanGold
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Join me tmrw 2/23 @hammer_museum 7.30pm w/ Fred D'Aguiar (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) & Justin Torres (WE THE ANIMALS)
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Join me & @MaryNorrisTNY tomorrow 7.30pm @hammer_museum to discuss Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
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Tonight @hammer_museum at 7.30pm join me and @LarissaMacFarqu as we discuss her new book Strangers Drowning hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve…

Some Favorite Writers: Larissa MacFarquhar | Hammer Museum

January 21, 2016 - MacFarquhar reads from her new book of stories about individuals who, sometimes bravely, sometimes recklessly, jump in when others might not.

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Tomorrow night at the @hammer_museum join me and Akhil Sharma at 7:30p.m. hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve…
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Tomorrow night at the @hammer_museum join me and Thomas McGuane at 7.30pm
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What perfect timing! Thomas McGuane reads here tomorrow night → ow.ly/UJjLD xitter.cf/PublishersWkly/status/…

Some Favorite Writers: Thomas McGuane | Hammer Museum

Event on November 17, 2015 - Reading by Thomas McGuane.

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Publishers Weekly@PublishersWkly16 Nov 2015
The Best Books of 2015 publishersweekly.com/bestboo…
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Alcoholism—What a Hoot! tpr.ly/1gnuzwp
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My "Speed Date" @NYTmag's WALKING NY. "The rhythm of running makes it easier to talk about what gets in the way." nytimes.com/2015/04/26/magaz…

Speed Date (Published 2015)

You can say things on a run that you wouldn’t on a walk.

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Loving the @nytmag's #walkingnewyork package, esp @taffyakner on escaping to McDonalds & @_monasimpson on running nyti.ms/1yXAoc0

Walking New York (Published 2015)

Sonny Rollins’s favorite corner of the Williamsburg Bridge. The best can-collecting route in Bushwick. See New Yorkers’ most memorable walks in the city, and contribute your own.

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