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Michele Filgate

@readandbreathe.bsky.social
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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

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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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...
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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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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Come see me on book tour! I still have a bunch of events I'm looking forward to.
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Print: A Bookstore @printbookstore.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
@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?”
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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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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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...
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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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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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...
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Open Secrets Magazine @opensecretsmag.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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
Open Secrets Live family panel, Andrea King Collier, Michele Filgate, Ellen Friedrichs, Aymann Ismail, Tracy O'Neill, Alex Segura
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Ruth Madievsky @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
tonight in LA!
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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
You can preorder a signed copy of the anthology from McNally Jackson. www.mcnallyjackson.com/what-my-fath...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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.)
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 17/03/2025
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Book Giveaway for What My Father and I Don't Talk About: Sixteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 17/03/2025
"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 💙📚
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Jeff Elkins (Dialogue Doctor) @jeffelkins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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...
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"Tuck Everlasting" with Michele Filgate
Our Podcast About Books · Episode
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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...
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WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT | Kirkus Reviews
Fathers are the lodestone of this varied anthology, which circles them brilliantly.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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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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...
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Tall Firs Productions @tallfirsproductions.com · 15/01/2025
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
A website landing page with pink dahlias over a blue background. At the top of the page it reads MICHELE FILGATE and at the bottom there are buttons to enter the site, pre-order her new book, and social media linksA website ABOUT page. Under a banner of illustrated dahlias, there is an author photo of a woman in glasses next to text about that woman.
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Courtney Zoffness @czoffness.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Such an intimate and important anthology. 💙 Out 5/6/25. @readandbreathe.bsky.social
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Open Secrets Magazine @opensecretsmag.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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
Open Secrets Magazine Live, May 3, 2025, NYC, opensecretsmagazine.com
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
An excellent and important piece by @heydonnelly.bsky.social.
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Ashley Lopez @ashleylopez.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
@readandbreathe.bsky.social’s first book went viral and has gone to multiple printings for a reason! WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT is going to be an absolute banger. The bookends to all our trauma: Mom AND Dad!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Look what arrived in the mail this weekend! 😍 Preorder the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
What are you reading to kick off 2025? I read BLUE LIGHT HOURS by Bruna Dantas Lobato, a novel as deceptively quiet as the snow-covered Vermont campus where it's mostly set. It's a moving portrayal of a close-knit relationship between a mother & daughter as they keep in touch over Skype.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Booksellers and critics: get in touch if you'd like to be on the galley list for WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT. Forthcoming from S&S on 5/6/25!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
HOT AIR by @mdermansky.bsky.social, INVERNO by Cynthia Zarin, and I’m still undecided on the rest of my vacation reading. I have so many books in my TBR piles!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I'm thrilled to share my brand new website designed by @sarah-salcedo.com of @tallfirsproductions.com. Isn't it gorgeous? www.michelefilgate.com
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
One of my favorite books of the year!
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Michael Taeckens @mtaeckens.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Esquire’s loss is someone else’s massive gain. Adrienne is one of the brightest, sharpest, most talented editors in the business. And she has *exquisite* literary taste. I’m hoping that another excellent outlet hires her!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Started this book last night and can’t put it down. It’s exactly what I’m in the mood for.
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Becca Petunia 🏳️‍⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 20/11/2024
Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s? The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading Orlando by Virginia Wolfe.Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, holding The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading A Room Of Ones Own by Virginia Wolfe.Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading The Bell Jar.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Join me this coming Thursday at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Center for a @bookcritics.bsky.social panel on the influence that Brooklyn (along with its critics and writers) have brought to American literary culture. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/nat...
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National Book Critics Circle at 50 & Brooklyn’s Indelible Influence | Brooklyn Public Library
The National Book Critics Circle was conceived and founded in April 1974. What began with founding members John Leonard, Nona Balakian, and Ivan Sandrof over drinks at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My favorite podcast!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Really loving how Bluesky feels like literary Twitter circa 2008.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
A phenomenal essay by @heydonnelly.bsky.social: memoirland.substack.com/p/the-year-o...
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The Year of the Cat
Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
This Sunday at City Winery: I’m reading from a new essay during Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders. Tickets are still available! citywinery.com/new-york-cit...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
I signed up for Bluesky and then didn't use it for a long time. But @katekilla.bsky.social encouraged me to give it a try, so I'm back on the app! Looking forward to connecting with other writers and bookworms.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
I'm thrilled to share the cover and lineup for WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in May 2025! Pre-orders make a huge difference for a book. Please consider ordering from your local indie bookstore. www.simonandschuster.com/books/What-M...
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate my 40th! My thirties were centered around figuring out how to set boundaries & create the life that I want. As I enter my next decade, I’m grateful for the clarity that comes from lived experience & the ❤️ I feel for & from my friends, family, and boyfriend.
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
Best book mail ever. @kellylink.bsky.social
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
I’m turning 40 in two months, so I’m thinking about all of the goals I’d like to accomplish over the next decade. For those of you in your forties or older: tell me your favorite thing about being that age!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 14/07/2023
I sold another anthology to Simon & Schuster!
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social · 12/07/2023
Another day, another Lucy Barton book. 😍
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