Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
@elletheresewriter.bsky.social
Writer. Smittened by any animal I meet. Debut novel,THIS IS ALSO LIFE to be published by WTAW Press.
DEI = Resilience for all
ellenapolitano.com
DEI = Resilience for all
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We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2nd Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize. THIS IS ALSO LIFE by Elle Therese Napolitano has been named the winner. We received a pool of remarkable submissions and were honored to have read and deliberated among them. Many thanks to our terrific panel of judges.
Thank you so much for this honor. Kevin McIlvoy was a beloved teacher and friend to many. I’m sorry I didn’t know him. Reading all his books now. Big shoes not to fill, but to walk beside.
Sanctuary Thursday! Cedilla tucks into her dog bed while Tilda looks on. Matt the goat greets the day with good cheer. One Living Sanctuary.
May 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sanctuary Thursday! Cedilla tucks into her dog bed while Tilda looks on. Matt the goat greets the day with good cheer. One Living Sanctuary.
Hello Friends. I moved to Bluesky from Twitter. Would love to connect with more writers. My debut novel was selected for the Kevin McIlvoy Book Award and will be published by WTAW Press. I look forward to learning and sharing the writing journey. #WritingCommumity
May 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hello Friends. I moved to Bluesky from Twitter. Would love to connect with more writers. My debut novel was selected for the Kevin McIlvoy Book Award and will be published by WTAW Press. I look forward to learning and sharing the writing journey. #WritingCommumity
Here is Delilah!
May 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Here is Delilah!
Meet Delilah, a six to eight week turkey new to the sanctuary. Guileless and curious, she approaches and investigates. One Living Sanctuary. Martinez, CA
May 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Meet Delilah, a six to eight week turkey new to the sanctuary. Guileless and curious, she approaches and investigates. One Living Sanctuary. Martinez, CA
Still pinching myself. Lots of joy.
This is so exciting! Congratulations, @elletheresewriter.bsky.social!
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #KevenMcIlvoyprizewinner #literaryfiction
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #KevenMcIlvoyprizewinner #literaryfiction
We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2nd Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize. THIS IS ALSO LIFE by Elle Therese Napolitano has been named the winner. We received a pool of remarkable submissions and were honored to have read and deliberated among them. Many thanks to our terrific panel of judges.
May 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Still pinching myself. Lots of joy.
Thank you so much for this honor. Kevin McIlvoy was a beloved teacher and friend to many. I’m sorry I didn’t know him. Reading all his books now. Big shoes not to fill, but to walk beside.
We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2nd Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize. THIS IS ALSO LIFE by Elle Therese Napolitano has been named the winner. We received a pool of remarkable submissions and were honored to have read and deliberated among them. Many thanks to our terrific panel of judges.
May 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you so much for this honor. Kevin McIlvoy was a beloved teacher and friend to many. I’m sorry I didn’t know him. Reading all his books now. Big shoes not to fill, but to walk beside.
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Never Let Me Go, one of my favourite novels of all time. For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social , I wrote about what it means to me and how, in 2025, Ishiguro's vision is--alas--more resonant than ever: lareviewofbooks.org/article/sava...
Savage Meritocracies | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alix Ohlin revisits Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
lareviewofbooks.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Never Let Me Go, one of my favourite novels of all time. For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social , I wrote about what it means to me and how, in 2025, Ishiguro's vision is--alas--more resonant than ever: lareviewofbooks.org/article/sava...
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
May 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My first MFA supervisor at Warren Wilson wrote this excellent oped from Maine.
An oped I wrote in today's Portland Press Herald
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/26/o...
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/26/o...
Opinion: My thank-you note to Gov. Mills was not enough. More than 600 Mainers agreed.
An open letter praising Mills' courage — and promising her future support — resulted in a District 1 and District 2 outpouring.
www.pressherald.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My first MFA supervisor at Warren Wilson wrote this excellent oped from Maine.
Plaza Mayor, Madrid. A happy Easter evening stroll in Spain.
April 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Plaza Mayor, Madrid. A happy Easter evening stroll in Spain.
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin
―Ursula K. Le Guin
April 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
―Ursula K. Le Guin
―Ursula K. Le Guin
Look at all the glorious books for sale in the Ansel Adams shop at Yosemite National Park!
April 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Look at all the glorious books for sale in the Ansel Adams shop at Yosemite National Park!
My friend Esmond Harmsworth passed away in his sleep at the age of 57. Esmond was a literary agent who cheered me on when I went back to get my MFA. We had an email exchange a week ago where he encouraged me to send my new novel out. He had two little ones and a husband. A spectacular human.
April 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
My friend Esmond Harmsworth passed away in his sleep at the age of 57. Esmond was a literary agent who cheered me on when I went back to get my MFA. We had an email exchange a week ago where he encouraged me to send my new novel out. He had two little ones and a husband. A spectacular human.
Thanks for sharing this, Matt. Stacey is very wise and encouraging.
“...being an artist means you are continually insisting on doing something that maybe no one wants you to do, that very possibly isn't going to work, that's only going to end in defeat and humiliation, and that is unlikely to bring worldly rewards or general approval.” —Stacey D'Erasmo, THE LONG RUN
April 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thanks for sharing this, Matt. Stacey is very wise and encouraging.
I've been querying agents with my novel -- an endeavor requiring persistence and good cheer. I appreciate other writers willing to share their experience. "Failure: not the opposite of success, but its useful companion." open.substack.com/pub/literary...
Failure: not the opposite of success, but its useful companion
Thoughts from iconic women writers who weren't afraid to fail. You shouldn't be, either!
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I've been querying agents with my novel -- an endeavor requiring persistence and good cheer. I appreciate other writers willing to share their experience. "Failure: not the opposite of success, but its useful companion." open.substack.com/pub/literary...
Hello writer friends! Coming to Bluesky from Instagram and “Twitter” in the before days. I’d love to have more writers to follow and be followed by. I also post about the animals in my life, 2 dogs at home and a whole bunch at the farm animal sanctuary where I volunteer on Thursday’s. Welcome!
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hello writer friends! Coming to Bluesky from Instagram and “Twitter” in the before days. I’d love to have more writers to follow and be followed by. I also post about the animals in my life, 2 dogs at home and a whole bunch at the farm animal sanctuary where I volunteer on Thursday’s. Welcome!
Yazzy checked herself into a bed and breakfast. Happy pig! Sanctuary Thursday!
April 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yazzy checked herself into a bed and breakfast. Happy pig! Sanctuary Thursday!
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
Just a reminder for aspiring writers out there:
- it took me 10 years to find the right agent
- my first 4 books never got published (and one in the middle)
- my daily goal for writing is just 500 words
- it’s mostly luck & showing up
- spite is my main motivator
- I still have imposter syndrome
- it took me 10 years to find the right agent
- my first 4 books never got published (and one in the middle)
- my daily goal for writing is just 500 words
- it’s mostly luck & showing up
- spite is my main motivator
- I still have imposter syndrome
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just a reminder for aspiring writers out there:
- it took me 10 years to find the right agent
- my first 4 books never got published (and one in the middle)
- my daily goal for writing is just 500 words
- it’s mostly luck & showing up
- spite is my main motivator
- I still have imposter syndrome
- it took me 10 years to find the right agent
- my first 4 books never got published (and one in the middle)
- my daily goal for writing is just 500 words
- it’s mostly luck & showing up
- spite is my main motivator
- I still have imposter syndrome
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
Beautiful statement of why protesting matters, even if it feels like you aren't making much headway. You're not just speaking to power. You're speaking to others and making it possible for them to join in.
That’s exactly it. People tend to look around to gauge how they should react to an event, like how whenever a fire alarm goes off people look to see if it’s a drill. Protesting tells people “this is an emergency, and you’re not alone if you want to fight.”
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Beautiful statement of why protesting matters, even if it feels like you aren't making much headway. You're not just speaking to power. You're speaking to others and making it possible for them to join in.
My final semester supervisor at Warren Wilson, a generous teacher, a gifted writer. @ninamcconigley.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My final semester supervisor at Warren Wilson, a generous teacher, a gifted writer. @ninamcconigley.bsky.social
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
Our play, COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS will have its world premiere at @denvercenter.bsky.social in January 2026! so excited and proud! Then on to Atlanta!
March 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our play, COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS will have its world premiere at @denvercenter.bsky.social in January 2026! so excited and proud! Then on to Atlanta!
Reposted by Elle Therese Napolitano (she/her)
thank you! Lovely story on the play!
We're excited to share @denvergazette.com's piece on @ninamcconigley.bsky.social's 'COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS'! Check it out 👇🎭 denvergazette.com/arts-enterta...
Denver Center taps a new Wyoming story for next theater season
World premieres an tap for 'Cowboys and East Indians,' Godspeed' for local theater audiences
denvergazette.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
thank you! Lovely story on the play!
Every now and then my mom, who had seven children would go "on strike." The first time she did it was in 1970 and it coincided with the Woman's Strike for Equality here in the United States. She'd sit in a comfy chair and read a Stephen King novel and eat bridge mix candy. @stephenking.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Every now and then my mom, who had seven children would go "on strike." The first time she did it was in 1970 and it coincided with the Woman's Strike for Equality here in the United States. She'd sit in a comfy chair and read a Stephen King novel and eat bridge mix candy. @stephenking.bsky.social
Am I ever glad I saved this tweet from Elizabeth Strout, from back in the good old days on twitter. I love everything Liz Strout writes. I really mean that.
@lizstrout.bsky.social
@lizstrout.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Am I ever glad I saved this tweet from Elizabeth Strout, from back in the good old days on twitter. I love everything Liz Strout writes. I really mean that.
@lizstrout.bsky.social
@lizstrout.bsky.social