Lexi Kent-Monning
@lexicola
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Debut novel THE BURDEN OF JOY out now from @rejectionlit
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I’m leaving my position at Basecamp, where I’ve worked for 4 years, due to the recent changes and new policies.
I work in Customer Support and I love it; any job leads would be so welcome and helpful! (DMs open/personal website with contact in my bio)
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Michael Imperioli is a bookworm and an absolute delight. I brought him 3 of my fave indie books, GOOD WOMEN by
@hallehillwrites
, HOME MOVIES by
@wheaton3000
and BODY HIGH by
@JonJonLindsey
. His play “Enemy of the People” is incredible. I love artists who are open to community ❤️
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Holy shit, it’s real. My first copy of my first book! Overwhelmed and need an emergency nap. Comes out November 1st through
@rejectionlit
!!!
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I'm usually too superstitious to say anything before I hold it in my hands, but an absolutely out-of-reach dream magazine that I've been reading for 20 years solicited an essay from me and it will be published the day before my 40th birthday.
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I dated a guy for 2 years who never learned my dog’s name. The absolute power of JLo!
He came back to JLO I have been practicing español para 20 años… tu no eres bebesita tu eres bebesota, frikitona…. Let’s get Loud
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THE BURDEN OF JOY is now available everywhere books are sold. Here are just some of the drafts along the way. Thank you
@rejectionlit
@dt_robbins
!
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Today I turn 40! My life gets better every year & getting older rules. If you want to celebrate my bday, buy my book, give it a review on Goodreads or Am*zon, come to my reading tomorrow, or buy any indie book directly from the publisher! Some links threaded below:
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People who don't like swear words in books...have you tried not being a pussy?
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I used to serve the Sopranos cast when I was a waitress 20 years ago so this is really blowing my shit today 🤯 Christophuh asking about my book?! To answer his question: it’s out November 1st and preorders are open at
@rejectionlit
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My first book is being published! By
@rejectionlit
and the inimitable
@dt_robbins
! THE BURDEN OF JOY comes out November 1st!
it's official! the inaugural publication for the press side of RL, Lexi Kent-Monning's (
@lexicola
) debut novel, THE BURDEN OF JOY, is set for release on 11/1/23!
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I started a new job at
@buffer
this week and am so blown away by the onboarding! There's so much consideration and care put into every step. I'm so excited to be part of this team!!!
(And thank you so much to folks who reached out and supported me during my job search!)
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Ben Gibbard will follow me into the dark. Preorder my book THE BURDEN OF JOY from
@rejectionlit
here:
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Last night was so fun, got to see my existing writer friends, make new writer friends, my literary nemesis was forced to watch a room applaud me, a perfect night.
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Sending weepy texts, but gotta go public: I'm so goddamn lucky to have such a phenomenal publisher in
@dt_robbins
@rejectionlit
, and grateful for all the work he does (a lot of which I don't even see)! I wish every writer had this experience. Indie 4ever (vet any publisher obvs).
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My 94 year old grandpa just read my book and thinks I should get the Pulitzer.
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On Valentine’s Day 2017, my husband left me to join a commune in Big Sur. It’s the inciting incident in my book, THE BURDEN OF JOY, which you can order from
@rejectionlit
here: Happy Valentine’s Day? ❤️🔥
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I had a dream that I gave a concession speech to my ex-husband's second wife at their wedding.
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I wrote about the best 2 nights of my whole dumb life, working with
@prince
, and being part of
@warrenellis13
's school of revelry via tangible emblems for
@PasteMagazine
. Thanks
@hurleywink
for the first draft help and
@yogurttowne
for their enthusiasm!
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Thinking of Giancarlo today and how I have 2 years worth of stuff to tell him now.
@ditrapanofdn
❤️❤️❤️
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Revisiting the essay of the year for Labor Day: "Bad Waitress" by
@TamingofdeSchuh
published by
@dirtyverse
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Unbelievably honored to have an interview with
@devinkatepope
in
@BOMBmagazine
today. This is such a dream for me; my favorite magazine and an incredibly close read of my book by a writer I admire deeply (I look forward to Devin's newsletter every Friday)
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This photo of me has been on for like 7 years.
What’s your best unintentional appearance in a photo of someone else?
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I wrote something from an outline for the first time in my life and unfortunately it helped
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I agree heartily with
@Aaron__Burch
about more sex in indie lit! If you're shy about it, please know my 95 year old grandpa read my book. You can do this.
Was reading
@lexicola
’s The Burden of Joy last night. What a perfect phrase “he kisses the right words into my lips” is!
(too early for this spicy of an excerpt on main?)
(that said… more sex in lit fiction! in general, but maybe esp indie lit?)
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Changing from my daytime Nine Inch Nails shirt to my nighttime Nine Inch Nails shirt
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Ben Gibbard both blurbed THE BURDEN OF JOY and posed with it, a good literary citizen. He has nothing going on schedule wise so it was no biggie. Thanks for the support ol’ chum! If you want to be like Ben, link in my bio to order my book from
@rejectionlit
! 💖
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Things I never thought would happen in my whole life: I have a piece in the upcoming
@believermag
(and they put my name on the cover?!)! With the perfect illustration by Rich Tommaso! Thank you Believer & Ginger Greene! Available for preorder on the Believer site now!
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I talked with
@nylonmag
about getting your back blown out as a healing ritual, detrimental caregiving, and taking writing seriously for the first time in my 30s. Massive thank you to
@sophianjune
for the delightful conversation!
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One of the best things about living in New York is seeing preschoolers out for a field trip, all wearing high-vis vests and connected to each other with a rope, just a little cuteness caterpillar chatting in their squeaky little voices 🥹
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An excerpt of my memoir, THE BURDEN OF JOY, has been published by Joyland magazine, and edited by Wendy C. Ortiz. Thank you, Wendy and Michelle!
@JoylandMagazine
@WendyCOrtiz
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I get to do a
@havehadhavehad
call!! FUCK YEAH, BUDDIES!!!!! Submissions open at 4pm Eastern this Sunday, November 19th. SEE YOU THERE!!!
Hey pals, it's
@lexicola
! Aaron & Crow are letting me take the HAD reins for a day, my indie lit dream come true!
The theme: SENSES. More info in the image and alt text.
Subs open at 4pm ET this Sunday, Nov 19th. 150 submission cap! PREPARE YOUR SHIT!
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ARCs are ready for my book THE BURDEN OF JOY (out November 1st from
@rejectionlit
)! If you’d like to review it or do an interview, DM me 💜
Synopsis:
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Every time someone sees my book at a bookstore, I barf-fart and weep and an angel grows its wings 🥹
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OMFG Sara Lippmann is reading my book 💀
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The best ever gift from
@Aaron__Burch
!!!!! Thank you so much, pal! 🥹💗
@lexicola
oh man, I sent your knuckle drawing... tuesday, I think? I hope it gets there today!!
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Just signed a contract that included a CD-Rom clause, fingers crossed my writing ends up in the next edition of Encarta!!!
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When my best friend asked me what I want to do for my 40th birthday coming up, I told her "A Brooklyn Nine Nine Inch Nails party," which is where we watch Brooklyn Nine Nine together, and then I go listen to Nine Inch Nails by myself.
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An excerpt from my novel is up today at
@autofocuslit
! Here's "The Nurse's Lament," a chapter from THE BURDEN OF JOY. Enormous love and gratitude to Autofocus and
@wheaton3000
, an early supporter of my novel 🥲 Coming out Nov 1st from
@rejectionlit
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Yeah I'm going to the AWP* conference
*Always Weeping Profusely
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Got the coveted Burch seal of approval!!! Holy shit!!!
Finished this this morning. Oscillated between wanting to avoid everything else and tear through and wanting to slow down and savor it. Congrats,
@lexicola
!! ❤️🪽
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I've never actually met or interacted with my literary nemesis, btw. I just think they're unnecessarily exclusionary and mean. 😇
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If you're not already subscribed to
@believermag
, you can subscribe this weekend for 15% off: .
And if you zoom in on the cover of the upcoming issue...🙋🏻♀️ it's ya girl!!!
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Just remembered I have a creative nonfiction piece about being obsessed with a specific penis being published in
@xraylitmag
soon, cannot wait to see which potential employer finds it first.
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The best guy around blurbed my book! 🥹 Bud Smith is every writer’s favorite writer, an incredible teacher, and as
@dt_robbins
says, the CEO of indie lit. I’m so honored to have received his early praise for my upcoming novel! (Preorder here: )
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From the first second
@dt_robbins
and I started talking about this book, I knew I was in the right hands. All the rejections, all the non-responses, all the submissions, all the drafts, it all led me to the right press and publisher
@rejectionlit
. Thank you, DT!!!
I couldn’t be more proud to have been a part of this, to have been able to publish this amazing novel, to eventually be a stepping stone in the inevitably successful career of
@lexicola
. Here’s to Lexi, and here’s to publishing more immeasurably rad books at
@rejectionlit
!
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THE BURDEN OF JOY comes out November 1st from
@rejectionlit
. Trailer featuring early praise from Ben Gibbard, Chelsea Hodson, and Allie Rowbottom. Music by James Levy. Thank you Ben,
@ChelseaHodson
@allierowbottom
@reputante
for your support! Preorder:
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Packed house for the incredible panel Reckoning: Memoir of Trauma and Resilience at the
@literaryarts
festival with
@halseanderson
@theferocity
and
@tkiramadden
, moderated by Michele Filgate.
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I just taste for the first time a smothie..MAN GOD BLESS AMERICA😊
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I loved
@blakebutler
's reading the other night. He opened by reading a poem by Molly Brodak; such a thoughtful way to start. I don't know either of them but was moved by the warm room and support for him from actual readers. Finally got my copy and can't wait to read "Molly." ❤️
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Lit mags: send us your ~wEiRdESt~
Me: cool, here’s an ode to a dude’s butthole
Lit mag: oh yeah, no.
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Writing a thank you note to my high school English teacher and crying
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Tonight in NYC! Can’t wait to see all these brilliant writers reading their work 💋
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I just sent
@havehadhavehad
a tip through their tip jar, because these goddamn fools now have almost a thousand submissions to go through. Go get a couple of Gatorades, guys.
hereby smashing my skull into pieces and granting one of the 978 small shards to each of you who submitted. huge thank you to everyone for all the continued awesome, fun, encouraging, inspiring energy.
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Hey, LA! I’m coming your way to launch my book with a ton of incredible LA writers! Come join us and celebrate November 3rd at
@StoriesEchoPark
📚🥳
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So many people trying to look at Giancarlo's obit that the site went down. Guestlist only. He would have loved it. Love you forever, Gian.
With great sorrow, and on behalf of his grieving husband and family, Tyrant Books confirms the death of our founder and publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano 💔
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Got a 50% audience cry rate after reading this at thanksgiving dinner, I’ll take it.
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Watched as my 90something year old neighbor slowly made it to the sidewalk using his walker, put on his eclipse glasses, looked up, and gasped "Oh! Oh! Oh, it's so beautiful!" 😭😭😭
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I have a new piece published in
@xraylitmag
today 🍆
Thank you,
@grahamjirvin
@crowjonah
& Jenn. Love the accompanying artwork by
@InvolvedK
.
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“Well you ain’t no bigger’n a flea!” Loretta told me, even though she was the original 5’2” queen. How lucky I was to work with her. An absolute icon. RIP Loretta Lynn ❤️
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Wild to see one of my literary heroes reading my book! I have such immense reverence for
@Aaron__Burch
and everything he's done and continues to do for indie lit, not to mention his writing (Year of the Buffalo is one of my all-timers). Thank you, Aaron! ❤️🦬
“When you’re with somebody whose mother can’t be their mother, you become their mother… But, like they do the real parents, they all start to resent you for it.”
🔥🔥
@lexicola
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My niece was crying about homework and when I tried to comfort her, she said "Didn't you cry when you were writing your book?" and now we're both inconsolable
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Friends of Giancarlo: listening to and talking about music with him was one of my absolute favorite things. I just started a collaborative playlist, please feel free to add songs that remind you of Gian. It's gonna get weird and wonderful.
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You know when you're turning 40 in 3 weeks and are wondering if you've still got it, then a stranger offers you ketamine at a noise show at a church on the Upper East Side?
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My book is a "must-read" according to
@NylonMag
and
@sophianjune
! Thank you so much for including me in this mindblowing lineup!
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Preorders just opened for my book! You can order yours here:
if you weren't ready, get ready because
@lexicola
's debut novel, THE BURDEN OF JOY, is officially available for PREORDER!!
preorder your copy here:
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We actually left Brooklyn to read! And it was absolutely worth it, such a great crowd and space. Thank you all for coming, and
@publishedbyJAKE
for having me!
@hank_jost
@lexicola
in the house!
@rejectionlit
!!
@publishedbyJAKE
@bullshitlit
reading about to start!
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I'm on my favorite podcast this week. 😭 Thanks
@wheaton3000
for the fantastic conversation, thanks
@wheatofthemomnt
for the amazing illustration, and thanks to both Wheatons for just being the most supportive people and the best folks to hang with! 💖🙌
On the new LoW,
@wheaton3000
interviews
@lexicola
about tech customer service, previous work with bands & celebs, the CA/NY push-pull, THE BURDEN OF JOY (
@rejectionlit
), fragments turned memoir turned novel, heartbreak, admitting hard things, therapy, promotion, & more! ⬇️
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Giancarlo’s favorite emoji was 🧙🏻♂️ because it looks like Giuseppe with a mint gelato
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Every time my writing gets published, I get unsolicited emails from men I don't know who have read the piece and want to tell me either what they think I did wrong, or how their idea is better. It's fucking wild.
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I've thought of little else since getting to accept this poem by
@PoetBex
when I guest edited for
@havehadhavehad
!! It's just fucking PERFECT. Minotaur birth! The most insanely brilliant last line! GAHHHHHH!!!!
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Damn, I'm blown away by the excitement and support for my book announcement with
@rejectionlit
@dt_robbins
. Thank you, friends! Also I've never been sweatier in my life than I was yesterday, book announcement is an athletic and emotional activity no deodorant can stand against.
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Damn, don't underestimate the hippie parents activist phone tree. Biggest website traffic day of my life yesterday when my parents "activated their network" about my book preorders. And I got invites for a podcast and two readings. Bill & Dana = indie lit influencers.
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Giving myself the "Talked about my dead friend and read about my dead dog in front of a crowd without crying" award this morning 🏆
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My OB/GYN's website has accidentally linked their address to a map of Disneyland instead of their own office.
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My book cover as a Met Gala gown: Nicole Kidman in Balenciaga 🖤🤍
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Truly insane lineup to celebrate
@cashcompson
’s new book! Absolutely can’t wait. 🩷
@JillianLuft
@emilylauracosta
@KeersteeMack
@1virginmartini
@Bud_Smith
@dniellechelosky
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SOOOOOO excited that a piece I accepted last night during my
@havehadhavehad
guest editing is this writer's first publication! Holy shit! I can't wait to share it - it's WILDLY great.
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A child skipping down the aisle on my plane just stopped, looked me in the eyes, and said “You are happy-sad.” 😳
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Remembering the temp job I had where the receptionist asked everyone for their entrance song and played it when they walked into the office each morning
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HAPPY PUB DAY
@grahamjirvin
@rejectionlit
! So proud and honored to be press-mates! Order Graham's book I HAVE A GUN now:
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Read my piece in
@believermag
, online and in print now!
From inside New York City’s cult of alternate-side parkers (
@lexicola
), a few words of advice:
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My boyfriend ordered food delivery and instead of a salad, the driver (presumably working for multiple services to make a living wage) dropped off a giant Sephora bag with luxury makeup, I look amazing and my boyfriend is starving, it's all coming up Lexi
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So honored to be blurbed by the delightful Allie Rowbottom!!! Link in my bio to preorder my book, which comes out 3 weeks from today!
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