Ruth Madievsky
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY, a national bestseller & california book award winner | ✍️ The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Cut, etc | HIV & primary care pharmacist
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when you try to look cute for work and your toddler hits you with a “what’s that mommy”
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
when you try to look cute for work and your toddler hits you with a “what’s that mommy”
every amazon brand is called XITZ or POOSY
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
every amazon brand is called XITZ or POOSY
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A Denis Johnson thought I have every day, looking around at the world we have and wishing for the one I thought we were going to make: "That world! These days it’s all been erased and they’ve rolled it up like a scroll and put it away somewhere. Yes, I can touch it with my fingers. But where is it?"
October 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A Denis Johnson thought I have every day, looking around at the world we have and wishing for the one I thought we were going to make: "That world! These days it’s all been erased and they’ve rolled it up like a scroll and put it away somewhere. Yes, I can touch it with my fingers. But where is it?"
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You can now search for your books to know if they qualify for the Anthropic settlement. As I suspected, the book I published in 2015 counts, and the one from 2025 that was stolen before it had been published does not. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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October 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You can now search for your books to know if they qualify for the Anthropic settlement. As I suspected, the book I published in 2015 counts, and the one from 2025 that was stolen before it had been published does not. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
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I'm going on tour with BEINGS this week, and I'm very nervous and also excited! Here's the rundown - if you live in these cities or know someone who does, please come/tell them to come???
Philly - Mon, 9/29
Washington, DC - Tues, 9/30
NYC - Wed, 10/1
Providence - Thurs, 10/2
Boston - Fri, 10/3
Philly - Mon, 9/29
Washington, DC - Tues, 9/30
NYC - Wed, 10/1
Providence - Thurs, 10/2
Boston - Fri, 10/3
September 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm going on tour with BEINGS this week, and I'm very nervous and also excited! Here's the rundown - if you live in these cities or know someone who does, please come/tell them to come???
Philly - Mon, 9/29
Washington, DC - Tues, 9/30
NYC - Wed, 10/1
Providence - Thurs, 10/2
Boston - Fri, 10/3
Philly - Mon, 9/29
Washington, DC - Tues, 9/30
NYC - Wed, 10/1
Providence - Thurs, 10/2
Boston - Fri, 10/3
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To write about sales track is, essentially, to write about everything—career longevity, creative pressure, labor issues, capital, and what winds up on readers' bookshelves:
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
To write about sales track is, essentially, to write about everything—career longevity, creative pressure, labor issues, capital, and what winds up on readers' bookshelves:
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I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
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“Seventeen, flirting with drunk boys when their girlfriends went home. Their beautiful fifteen-year-old girlfriends, their chemically straightened hair, their white designer jeans.” @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, “In High School [We all knew...]” @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2020/04/27/n...
National Poetry Month Day 27: Ruth Madievsky - The Rumpus
We celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
therumpus.net
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Seventeen, flirting with drunk boys when their girlfriends went home. Their beautiful fifteen-year-old girlfriends, their chemically straightened hair, their white designer jeans.” @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social, “In High School [We all knew...]” @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2020/04/27/n...
my dad is heartbroken because someone snatched the toy stomach he got my toddler at a medical conference
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
my dad is heartbroken because someone snatched the toy stomach he got my toddler at a medical conference
I couldddd work on my next novel or I could online shop for more toddler light up sneakers. I feel like I know how this is going to play out
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I couldddd work on my next novel or I could online shop for more toddler light up sneakers. I feel like I know how this is going to play out
can we all free ourselves of the delusion that we will ever make our toddlers beet waffles. who am I saving these videos for
September 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
can we all free ourselves of the delusion that we will ever make our toddlers beet waffles. who am I saving these videos for
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“You can’t reach a mutual understanding without spilling blood.”
Excerpt From
All-Night Pharmacy
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
This book is a near-life experience
#queersky 🌈 #booksky 📚 #bibabesbookclub
Excerpt From
All-Night Pharmacy
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
This book is a near-life experience
#queersky 🌈 #booksky 📚 #bibabesbookclub
All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky
Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch in this fever dream of an LA novel about a young woman who commi...
app.thestorygraph.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“You can’t reach a mutual understanding without spilling blood.”
Excerpt From
All-Night Pharmacy
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
This book is a near-life experience
#queersky 🌈 #booksky 📚 #bibabesbookclub
Excerpt From
All-Night Pharmacy
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
This book is a near-life experience
#queersky 🌈 #booksky 📚 #bibabesbookclub
going on book tour (taking my toddler to the library)
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
going on book tour (taking my toddler to the library)
you can distract a wife with interesting cheeses
August 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
you can distract a wife with interesting cheeses
join me & legendary boyslut zachary zane for a scandalous zoom book club about ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY tomorrow 8/7 at 6 PT 👀
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
join me & legendary boyslut zachary zane for a scandalous zoom book club about ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY tomorrow 8/7 at 6 PT 👀
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the PBS / NPR stations are asking for your fiscal support. if you do not have that to give, advocate for their survival instead of dreaming of their premature defeat.
August 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
the PBS / NPR stations are asking for your fiscal support. if you do not have that to give, advocate for their survival instead of dreaming of their premature defeat.
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This is my first started review ever. Feels nice. www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is my first started review ever. Feels nice. www.booklistonline.com/products/981...
love catching my toddler’s first words of the day. today it was “water bottle right there” like ok observational poet
August 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
love catching my toddler’s first words of the day. today it was “water bottle right there” like ok observational poet
every animal that boarded noah’s ark is in my toddler’s bed
July 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
every animal that boarded noah’s ark is in my toddler’s bed
ok but has anyone actually proven that compulsively checking your email won’t manifest the response you want
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ok but has anyone actually proven that compulsively checking your email won’t manifest the response you want
Whenever I thumbs up a message I feel like a boomer responding to the news that his first grandchild was born
July 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Whenever I thumbs up a message I feel like a boomer responding to the news that his first grandchild was born
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
has a printer ever worked
June 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
has a printer ever worked
cleaned the floors this morning and they already look like penn station
June 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
cleaned the floors this morning and they already look like penn station