Adelle Waldman
@adellewaldman
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Author of the novel "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P." New novel, “Help Wanted,” coming from Norton in March 2024.
The Hudson Valley
Joined September 2011
To my astonishment, my new novel comes out in a few weeks, on March 5. It's called "Help Wanted," & it's about a group of workers at a big-box store who come up w/a plan to get rid of their bad boss by getting her promoted to a position so lofty she won't have time to bug them.
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if you've been waiting, "Help Wanted" is out in paperback today.
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It was a real pleasure to revisit an old but beloved subject of mine—men who are shitty to date/sleep with—in the first issue of @the_met_review, a new pub edited by @RossBarkan. Thankfully, he let me run long, as I have much to say abt these f*ing guys:
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@valerie_reads i suspect you are right about the unlikeliness or else the chastening would consist mainly of more brooding about how dark and complicated and unsuited to ordinary life he is because of his extraordinariness, not actual change in behavior/tenor of thoughts.
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fyi, the paperback of "Help Wanted" is just out in the UK, if you've been waiting for it. (Will be a couple more weeks until it's out in the U.S.)
#HelpWanted by @adellewaldman, a moving multi-perspective novel that explores life in the gig economy, is out now in paperback! 📦 Order your copy here:
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RT @serpentstail: Happy publication day to the paperback edition of #HelpWanted by @adellewaldman!📦 'Help Wanted is like a great nineteent…
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I don't know about others (?), but I have never been able to listen to the audio versions of my books—too cringe-y to hear my own words. But I've been told that the reader of "Help Wanted" is terrific, & so I'm especially happy to see this: cc: @wwnorton
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RT @serpentstail: #HelpWanted by @adellewaldman has been chosen as an @TheEconomist Book of the Year! ✨
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RT @PrincetonPL: One of our fave days of the year - the "Books We Love" interactive list from @NPR is out! Wonderful to see some of the a…
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RT @serpentstail: The Barack Obama Reading Pick, #HelpWanted by @adellewaldman, is out in paperback Jan 2025 'A great nineteenth-century n…
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It's very nice to see "Help Wanted" on this @TIME magazine list, but also cool that @nplusonemag may—or may not!—recommend it to readers who take their annual Bookmatch quiz. Here's how you can find out if the editors of n+1 think you might like it:
Our list of the 100 must-read books of 2024 is here! Gripping novels and short stories, eye-opening histories, moving memoirs, and more. These are the books that entertained and enlightened us
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RT @TheHudsonReview: [Waldman] makes every character marvelously distinct, and each firmly owns his or her piece of the story. —Louise Mar…
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I am so pleased to have been invited to have this conversation. I mean, I like talking about the literary side of things as much as anyone, but one doesn't write a novel like this if one doesn't have some... uh, *thoughts* about economic issues. Thanks, @Rohan_Sandhu.
Help Wanted is one of the best books I've read on place-based economic distress in the US, the precariousness of low-wage work, etc. So I'm especially looking forward to this conversation with @adellewaldman at @Kennedy_School next week. Sign up here:
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@lisquart @PhilipRoth_NPL You should definitely be on this podcast! I am going to float it to the host, just for selfish reasons--bc I want to hear what you'd have to say.
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This was a really fun podcast to be on. Re-reading The Ghost Writer reminded me why I love Roth, as well as why I find him infuriating, both of which I tried but surely failed to fully articulate. I also appreciated co-panelist Andrew & host Sam's thoughts, even where we argued.
We're excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, Roth and Company. The first episode, about The Ghost Writer, features @adellewaldman and Andrew Martin. Please subscribe and give us a rating to help spread the word!
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RT @eric_weinberger: Kudos to @rodrikdani 's "Reimagining the Economy" project for broadening the view beyond economists and policy makers…
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RT @adellewaldman: I got to read an early copy of the brilliant Charles Bock's funny, touching, raw memoir "I Will Do Better" abt being a s…
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I got to read an early copy of the brilliant Charles Bock's funny, touching, raw memoir "I Will Do Better" abt being a single dad—I'm so glad it's now out in the world. Read an excerpt in the New Yorker or related essays in the WSJ & People. Or just buy it
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Whoever said fiction can’t be useful…
How to navigate the chaos of corporate decision-making - Adelle Waldman’s excellent novel has some clues. My latest FT column on #management and #leadership
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This is a terrific piece that's both about Philip Roth's research process & abt the nature of fiction more broadly. Also fun: @samgrahamfelsen shows us how Roth took factual descriptions from nonfiction & turned it into stuff that's all his. @nytimesbooks
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