Mary Jones
@maryfjjones
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Author of the National Bestselling short story collection THE GOODBYE PROCESS, a Library Journal Best Book of 2024. Reps: @juliafkenny (DCL) & Jiah Shin (CAA)
Los Angeles, CA
Joined July 2020
Absolutely overjoyed to share this news! Thank you to the wonderful @juliafkenny for finding the perfect home for my collection with @zibbyowens & @leighnew at @ZibbyBooks. Could not be more excited to work with this amazing team!
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So happy to see The Goodbye Process on this list. 🙏 The Best-Selling Books of 2024 Among Electric Literature’s Readers via @electriclit
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Grateful to @LibraryJournal for including THE GOODBYE PROCESS: STORIES on their "BEST BOOKS OF 2024" list!✨
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So honored to see THE GOODBYE PROCESS on this list! Thank you @ElectricLit! The Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collections of 2024 via @electriclit
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RT @epiphanylit: "I’ve learned to follow my writerly obsessions. Couples splitting apart—or more broadly, people coming to the ends of thin…
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RT @epiphanylit: As one of the early supporters of her work, we're thrilled to see @maryfjjones on the @USATODAY bestseller list. We hope o…
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RT @vincentscarpa: Many thanks to Brevity for accepting this piece a decade ago and keeping it alive, and to Heather Sellers for anthologiz…
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So excited to be attending the Saratoga Book Festival this year where I’ll be in conversation with Kelly Link. If you’re in the area, please join us on October 6th at 3:00pm at Saratoga Arts. (Link in bio for more info.) 💜
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I love @AQReview and am honored to be a part of their Pièces de Résistance reading series. I'll be reading a story from THE GOODBYE PROCESS that appeared in AQR, "On the Other Side of the Yard." My reading premieres on October 6th on AQR's YouTube channel. Please check it out! ✨
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RT @LibraryJournal: Review of the day! ‘The Goodbye Process: Stories’ by Mary Jones | LJ Review of the Day
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RT @ElectricLit: These books reflect how in life, we are always saying goodbye to something or another, whether or not we’re ready to let g…
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So happy to have a new essay up at Brevity today about writing "scene and summary" and the making of a story from THE GOODBYE PROCESS, “The Father.” Thanks @brevitymag for publishing this piece! 💜 5h
"Most new writers have a tendency to want to write either all scene or all summary. However, except in rare cases, a story benefits from both scene and summary to come alive." ~ A Writing Prompt, from Mary Jones
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So excited to wake up to the wonderful news that The Goodbye Process: Stories made it onto the USA Today Bestsellers list! 💜
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LA People! Please join me for the launch of THE GOODBYE PROCESS. I'll be at @zibbysbookshop on July 30th (in conversation with @vpatterson1269) and at @ChevaliersBooks on August 5th (with Mary Otis). Would love to see you there!
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RT @GraywolfPress: The best news -- welcome to the pack, @blgtylr! 🎉🎉🎉 Prepare yourselves for TWO nonfiction books 😮
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So happy to have my story “The Hexter Girls” from THE GOODBYE PROCESS in this beautiful new issue of Subtropics along with so many writers I admire… Many thanks to David Leavitt for accepting this story and for the thoughtful edits.
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So honored to see this starred review for THE GOODBYE PROCESS in Library Journal. ✨
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RT @BennMFA_Writing: Two(!) of our alumni have stories in the first-ever literary magazine published by @bookofthemonth. 📘 Volume 0 feature…
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