Elaine Szewczyk
@stupidnovel
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Writer @publishersWkly Novelist https://t.co/giMdaDeGwK In @mcsweeneys. Member @WGAEast 10yrs fiction editor @KirkusReviews. Now books-film-TV.
Born: Kraków, Poland
Joined August 2013
My latest humor piece in @mcsweeneys about a tense day in the rye bread world❤️
"The deli ran out of the rye that Mom and I usually get. When we walked in and heard the news, Mom reacted as if she’d just witnessed a double homicide." #NewFoodReviews
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of Binnie Kirshenbaum. BK's tragicomedy Counting Backwards (March) is about dementia/cognitive decline & reads like Oliver Sacks’s classic The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat in novel form. @JoyHarrisAgency @soho_press
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You and your irresistibly organized office became one of the highlights of the profile! @TonyDPerez 😊😊👇
Reading this wonderful profile of Karen and her new novel (in my office...don't worry, I got it back!)
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RT @TonyDPerez: Reading this wonderful profile of Karen and her new novel (in my office...don't worry, I got it back!)
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell. Karen talks memory, history, and the art of stealing her husband's office. The Antidote, her fantastical Dust Bowl epic, is out in March. @AAKnopf @vintagebooks @penguinrandom❤️
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of @GeraldineBrooks. GB's memoir Memorial Days--about the death of her husband, historian Tony Horwitz--is out Feb '25. GB talks grief; healing; & her wild years as a foreign correspondent working w/Tony. @VikingBooks ❤️
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Horror! Horror! Horror! I loved our interview @grady_hendrix and the new novel!❤️ (PS - If anyone out there is missing a skull, I think I found the guy responsible...)
Publisher's Weekly has answers to all the questions no one ever had about me in this long profile.
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RT @jeffhobbswriter: @stupidnovel Elaine, thank you — that’s so nice of you. Sending my best and hope you’re well on all fronts! Jeff
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Congratulations, Jeff! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Check out “Rob Peace” on Netflix
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@jeffhobbswriter Jeff! Congratulations! Check out Rob Peace on @netflix, based in the spectacular book by Jeff Hobbs. This story is so powerful.
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of the fab/hilarious @grady_hendrix. Grady discusses his termite home invasion; writing horror with heart; and his amazing new novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, out in Jan. You'll LOVE this book! @Jess_Wade @BerkleyPub❤️
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of Adam Haslett. Adam talks love & longing; manic depression; the impact of homophobia on mental health; & the plight of asylum seekers. His new novel Mothers and Sons is out Jan 2025. @littlebrown ❤️@sallynyc @bencgeorge
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RT @bookcritics: NBCC member Elaine Szewczyk (@stupidnovel) profiled Tracey Lange for @PublishersWkly:
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of @tracey_lange. Thanks, Tracey, for chatting about you life and work. Tracey's latest novel What Happened to the McCrays? is out in January. @CeladonBooks ❤️
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of Richard Price @ClockersPrice. RP talks magic writing pills; hitting the streets for research; & the Harlem building collapse that inspired his fantastic novel Lazarus Man/out Nov @fsgbooks. David Simon, thx @AoDespair❤️
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Here's my @PublishersWkly profile of Rachel Kushner. We talk spies in France, old cars, and Freud's macho office. RK's The Flamethrowers was named one of the best books of the 21st century @nytimes. Her latest, Creation Lake, is out in Sept @ScribnerBooks.
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RT @sarahpekkanen: I couldn't be more honored by this wonderful profile, written by @ElaineSzewczyk - who does so much research, and writes…
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