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Emily Nemens
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Writer, editor, etc. My 2nd novel, CLUTCH, comes out from Tin House in 2026. My 1st, CACTUS LEAGUE (FSG) was about Spring Training Baseball. I like writing about groups and places and groups in places.
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Catch @emilynemens.bsky.social on tour for Clutch (2.3.26)!❤️✨

"A sharp, heartfelt celebration of modern friendship... A big-hearted & daring novel from one of our finest creative and critical minds.”
—Jonathan Escoffery

❤️✨More event details: bit.ly/EventsEmilyN...
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Clutch book tour! I'm so excited to be hitting the road and visiting these amazing indie bookstores and book fests in early 2026. Would love to see readers and friends IRL in the following cities. Details at emilynemens.com/events/
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Indie bookstore presale campaign: Go!
Order CLUTCH now and get a Clutch friendship bracelet.

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Thank you, @tinhouse.bsky.social!
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Excited to have a new story in the new issue of Story! It's about calculus tests and family secrets.
New issue incoming! Bundle up and get ready for Issue 22.

Preorder here: www.storymagazine.org/store/autumn...
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Kirkus Review calls CLUTCH “Impressive…. Full of intelligence, social consciousness, and cultural engagement.”

If by cultural engagement you mean references to Captain Planet and Anna Delvey... yes! jk jk, also Georgia O'Keeffe and Dostoyevsky.
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Spring 2026 catalogue is here, featuring CLUTCH out 2/3/26! So excited to share it with y'all. Preorders, if you're so inclined, available here: zandoprojects.com/books/clutch/
👀Announcing Tin House Jan-July 2026 titles!

Check out our forthcoming books from

@biancatherosestone.bsky.social
@morgantalty.bsky.social
@emilynemens.bsky.social
@asaldrake.bsky.social

+ more in our new catalog!

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October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We’re so excited that @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social, Joyce Chen, and @emilynemens.bsky.social are the magazine judges for the 2026 #FirecrackerAwards! Learn more and submit to one of our two magazine categories—best debut or general excellence—by November 14: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Can't wait until FEB to get your mitts on CLUTCH?
@tinhouse.bsky.social and @zandoprojects.bsky.social are doing a Goodreads galley giveaway, you can enter now: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Clutch by Emily Nemens Oct 01-Oct 30, 2025
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 01-Oct 30, 2025. We're giving away 30 galleys of Clutch by Emily Nemens! Enter to...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
That feeling when you wrote a novel w/ a big subplot about redistricting in Texas in 2023 and your book comes out in 2026 but you want it to be out NOW. Next best thing... preorder? @tinhouse.bsky.social @zandoprojects.bsky.social zandoprojects.com/books/clutch/
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
So excited to share the cover for my forthcoming novel! Hitting shelves 2.3.26, but presale available now: zandoprojects.com/books/clutch/
@peoplemag.bsky.social has the *exclusive* cover reveal for CLUTCH: A Novel by @emilynemens.bsky.social -out 2.3.26!

Cover design by Beth Steidle using art “Supine Woman” by Wayne Thiebaud courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

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August 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Feeling as triumphant as this gal to see my @benningtonwriting.bsky.social students' final packets of the term. So much good writing this spring!
May 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I loved this book! I tried to capture Phoenix metro in The Cactus League, and, well, Jonathan has me humbled. Please check it out, and congrats on your debut @jonathanin2k.bsky.social !
Day four of blurb week, and next up is this wonderful note from Emily Nemens, author the CACTUS LEAGUE and forthcoming novel, CLUTCH.

THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES out April 29th from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

(Thank you, @emilynemens.bsky.social!)
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Turned in a revision of Clutch yesterday. Never thought I’d spend so much time thinking about bouncy houses, but the novel takes you where it needs to go.
December 3, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Turns out a halal whole duck from Lawrenceville Costco + spicy kielbasa from Trenton Farmer's Market = pretty good approximation of duck and sausage gumbo. You can take your husband out of Louisiana but... he'll still destroy the kitchen making an excellent Thanksgiving gumbo.
November 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Still a few spots in my revision intensive. Live online after work (ET) Dec 9-13: fawc.org/24-pearl-str... Not sure if my favorite lesson is discussing narrative frames or the (un)role of setting in fiction or talking about the circulation system, but it should be fun!
Revising Yourself & Others - LIVE - FINE ARTS WORK CENTER in Provincetown
LIVE via ZOOM: 6:30pm-8:30pm (Eastern Time) We’ll look at strategies for revising prose beyond the workshop, managing different kinds of self-editing with an eye toward readying pieces for submission ...
fawc.org
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Hello, #booksky #writingcommunity! I'm an author, educator, and editor. Currently teaching fiction workshops (past: Picador, App State, upcoming: Bennington, 24PearlStreet) and freelance editing, though I've run a lit mag or two. My next novel is coming out with @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2026.
November 26, 2024 at 6:31 PM