Michele Filgate
@readandbreathe.bsky.social
Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025).
www.michelefilgate.com
www.michelefilgate.com
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Come see me on book tour! I still have a bunch of events I'm looking forward to.
FSG just sent an email about their winter catalog, and I'm super excited to see that Anne Fadiman has a new essay collection coming out!
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Frog
A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman. In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her fa...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
FSG just sent an email about their winter catalog, and I'm super excited to see that Anne Fadiman has a new essay collection coming out!
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Come see me on book tour! I still have a bunch of events I'm looking forward to.
May 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Come see me on book tour! I still have a bunch of events I'm looking forward to.
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Join us in welcoming @readandbreathe.bsky.social here to present WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT with Lily King on Monday, June 2, right here at Print!
May 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Join us in welcoming @readandbreathe.bsky.social here to present WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT with Lily King on Monday, June 2, right here at Print!
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@readandbreathe.bsky.social on navigating loss alongside her father: “Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”
Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together
My father has untreated ADHD. Two years ago, at thirty-nine, I verified a longtime suspicion and was diagnosed with the same disorder. When we talk on the phone we talk at each other rather than to…
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May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@readandbreathe.bsky.social on navigating loss alongside her father: “Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”
Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing a new essay I wrote for WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT. In 2019, my extraordinarily talented, funny, heart-of-gold uncle took his own life. I wrote about grief & love & holding on to the objects that connect us to our past.
lithub.com/ways-of-reme...
lithub.com/ways-of-reme...
Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together
My father has untreated ADHD. Two years ago, at thirty-nine, I verified a longtime suspicion and was diagnosed with the same disorder. When we talk on the phone we talk at each other rather than to…
lithub.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing a new essay I wrote for WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT. In 2019, my extraordinarily talented, funny, heart-of-gold uncle took his own life. I wrote about grief & love & holding on to the objects that connect us to our past.
lithub.com/ways-of-reme...
lithub.com/ways-of-reme...
I can't believe pub day is finally here! Purchase the anthology from your local indie bookstore, and head to Books are Magic tonight for the official book launch if you live in NYC.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
May 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I can't believe pub day is finally here! Purchase the anthology from your local indie bookstore, and head to Books are Magic tonight for the official book launch if you live in NYC.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
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Open Secrets Live May 3 family panel: Andrea King Collier, @readandbreathe.bsky.social, @ellenfriedrichs.bsky.social, Aymann Ismail, Tracy O'Neill, and @alexsegura.bsky.social. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @flatironbooks.bsky.social @harperonebooks.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Open Secrets Live May 3 family panel: Andrea King Collier, @readandbreathe.bsky.social, @ellenfriedrichs.bsky.social, Aymann Ismail, Tracy O'Neill, and @alexsegura.bsky.social. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @flatironbooks.bsky.social @harperonebooks.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
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I'm excited to have words in this upcoming anthology! Preorder if you're interested. You won't be disappointed in
What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (Signed Pre-Order)
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (Signed Pre-Order)
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
www.mcnallyjackson.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm excited to have words in this upcoming anthology! Preorder if you're interested. You won't be disappointed in
What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (Signed Pre-Order)
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence (Signed Pre-Order)
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
You can preorder a signed copy of the anthology from McNally Jackson.
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
April 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You can preorder a signed copy of the anthology from McNally Jackson.
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
The new season of Black Mirror is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. “Eulogy” is even better than “San Junipero,” and I never thought I’d love an episode more than that one. “Common People” is one of the most devastating episodes of all time. (But phenomenal.)
April 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The new season of Black Mirror is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. “Eulogy” is even better than “San Junipero,” and I never thought I’d love an episode more than that one. “Common People” is one of the most devastating episodes of all time. (But phenomenal.)
What's with the trend of posting passages from books and not including the title in the Instagram story or caption? Can someone please explain this to me? It drives me nuts!
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What's with the trend of posting passages from books and not including the title in the Instagram story or caption? Can someone please explain this to me? It drives me nuts!
If you’re at #AWP25, stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth before 2:30 and say hi to me! I’m here for another hour.
March 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you’re at #AWP25, stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth before 2:30 and say hi to me! I’m here for another hour.
Heading to LA tomorrow for AWP! Stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth on Friday between 11:30-2:30. I’m volunteering that morning/afternoon.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Heading to LA tomorrow for AWP! Stop by the @bookcritics.bsky.social booth on Friday between 11:30-2:30. I’m volunteering that morning/afternoon.
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"This collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex—and sometimes contentious—relationships we have with our fathers."
Enter to win a coy of @readandbreathe.bsky.social's "What My Father and I Don't Talk About" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💙📚
Enter to win a coy of @readandbreathe.bsky.social's "What My Father and I Don't Talk About" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💙📚
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"This collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex—and sometimes contentious—relationships we have with our fathers."
Enter to win a coy of @readandbreathe.bsky.social's "What My Father and I Don't Talk About" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💙📚
Enter to win a coy of @readandbreathe.bsky.social's "What My Father and I Don't Talk About" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social 💙📚
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We've got a new episode up this week. @tomholbrook.bsky.social and @readandbreathe.bsky.social and I are talking Tuck Everlasting. #booksky #authors #writingcommunity #writesky open.spotify.com/episode/4E1R...
"Tuck Everlasting" with Michele Filgate
Our Podcast About Books · Episode
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February 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We've got a new episode up this week. @tomholbrook.bsky.social and @readandbreathe.bsky.social and I are talking Tuck Everlasting. #booksky #authors #writingcommunity #writesky open.spotify.com/episode/4E1R...
Tickets are now on sale for the NYC book launch at Books are Magic! Featuring @jaquiradiaz.bsky.social, Isle McElroy, and Jiordan Castle. Moderated by @thedennemichele.bsky.social!
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February 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tickets are now on sale for the NYC book launch at Books are Magic! Featuring @jaquiradiaz.bsky.social, Isle McElroy, and Jiordan Castle. Moderated by @thedennemichele.bsky.social!
myfatherandi.eventbrite.com
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So far 2025 has been a chaotic and stressful year for obvious reasons, but books are keeping me going. I just read two nonfiction books that made me think of the boundless possibilities of the genre: I AM, I AM, I AM by Maggie O’Farrell and THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.
February 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So far 2025 has been a chaotic and stressful year for obvious reasons, but books are keeping me going. I just read two nonfiction books that made me think of the boundless possibilities of the genre: I AM, I AM, I AM by Maggie O’Farrell and THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.
Thank you to Kirkus for the starred review! ✨✨✨
“Throughout, the essays are marked with love, honesty, and exquisite writing.
With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure, these essays plumb the depths of paternal relations.”
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
“Throughout, the essays are marked with love, honesty, and exquisite writing.
With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure, these essays plumb the depths of paternal relations.”
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT | Kirkus Reviews
Fathers are the lodestone of this varied anthology, which circles them brilliantly.
www.kirkusreviews.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thank you to Kirkus for the starred review! ✨✨✨
“Throughout, the essays are marked with love, honesty, and exquisite writing.
With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure, these essays plumb the depths of paternal relations.”
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
“Throughout, the essays are marked with love, honesty, and exquisite writing.
With tenderness and aplomb in equal measure, these essays plumb the depths of paternal relations.”
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Maggie Nelson has a new book coming out that's described as "something of a companion piece to 2009's BLUETS." !!!! www.wavepoetry.com/products/pat...
Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth by Maggie Nelson
Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth, is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009’s Bluets, Pathemata merges a pain diary chronicling a decad...
www.wavepoetry.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Maggie Nelson has a new book coming out that's described as "something of a companion piece to 2009's BLUETS." !!!! www.wavepoetry.com/products/pat...
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Last month, right before the holidays, I got to work on a new website for @readandbreathe.bsky.social. Her latest book, What My Father and I Don't Talk About, is out this May!
Visit her website to learn more: michelefilgate.com
Visit her website to learn more: michelefilgate.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last month, right before the holidays, I got to work on a new website for @readandbreathe.bsky.social. Her latest book, What My Father and I Don't Talk About, is out this May!
Visit her website to learn more: michelefilgate.com
Visit her website to learn more: michelefilgate.com
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January 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Hear @saribotton.bsky.social @rachelkramerbussel.bsky.social @cconnell8.bsky.social @brosandprose.bsky.social @johndevore.bsky.social @dirtylola.bsky.social @kellidunham.bsky.social @readandbreathe.bsky.social in NYC on May 3 at Open Secrets Live: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... 1/2
January 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PSA for critics and booksellers: as of today you can request the e-galley of WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT on Edelweiss!
January 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
PSA for critics and booksellers: as of today you can request the e-galley of WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT on Edelweiss!