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sophia stewart

@sophiastewart.bsky.social
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editor of the millions / news editor at publishers weekly writing in hyperallergic, larb, the atlantic, the baffler, etc

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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
for @nytimes.com, i wrote about the 18th-century sculptures that helped me see myself in a new light— www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/m...
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What Disturbing Art Can Teach Us About Our Own Shame and Fear
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
i wrote about the new wave of disability memoirs, and the ways we write our lives for public consumption, for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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These Books Won’t Make You a Better Person
These books aren’t blunt tools of education or inspiration; they’re stories of ambivalence.
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
summer books summer books summer books themillions.com/2025/07/the-...
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The Millions’ Great Summer 2025 Book Preview
Here you’ll find just over 100 titles out this summer that we’re excited about here at The Millions.
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
so pleased to see my essay on love, work, and robert caro from vol. 1 of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social now available online! one of my favorite things i've gotten to write (also—subscribe to crb!!) clereviewofbooks.com/in-sickness-...
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
i'm looking for books—fiction, nonfiction—that consider questions around speech and disfluency, i.e. talking and/or stuttering. where should i start?
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social quarterly, i wrote about the puerto rican poet julia de burgos—her life and work, and the courage and conviction that guided both lareviewofbooks.org/article/risi...
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Rising from Her Verses | Los Angeles Review of Books
In a preview from LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” Sophia Stewart explores the poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos.
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
i wrote about a few centuries' worth of romantic advice for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?
A 17th-century column shows that dating has always been an anxiety-riddled endeavor.
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Jeremy Wang-Iverson @jwi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Recent review of the book by @thepointmag.bsky.social editors Anastasia Berg & Rachel Wiseman “The book, then, is not trying to incite moral panic…Decision-making, not the merits of motherhood, is the issue at the core of Berg and Wiseman’s project…”
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
despite all meteorological evidence to the contrary it is apparently "spring" so here are 100+ spring books worth checking out— themillions.com/2025/04/the-...
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The Great Spring 2025 Preview
It’s been a painfully long winter here in New York City, but the glinting promise of spring—and spring books—has bolstered me through these cold, hard months. Here you’ll find just over 100 titles tha...
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
i wrote about michelle de kretser's scary smart THEORY & PRACTICE—an early contender for my favorite book of the year—over at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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The Life of the Mind Can Only Get You So Far
Michelle de Kretser’s intellectual coming-of-age explores the fissures between one’s ideals and reality.
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Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"Introspection is a natural recourse for those of us who haven't been struck by a primal yen to be mothers. It’s also lonely and yields diminishing returns." @sophiastewart.bsky.social on Anastasia Berg's and Rachel Wiseman's "What are Children For?" www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/anas...
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Decisions, Decisions: on Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman's "What Are Children For?" — Cleveland Review of Books
Logic doesn’t govern the decision to procreate. Nor does it necessarily govern the decision not to procreate.
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
i wrote about (not) having kids for @clereviewbooks.bsky.social www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/anas...
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Decisions, Decisions: on Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman's "What Are Children For?" — Cleveland Review of Books
Logic doesn’t govern the decision to procreate. Nor does it necessarily govern the decision not to procreate.
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Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I hope fans of A DIFFERENT MAN will read this smart and gorgeous essay by @sophiastewart.bsky.social
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
some thoughts on aaron schimberg's A DIFFERENT MAN and disability and getting stared at lareviewofbooks.org/article/not-...
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Not a Cautionary Tale | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sophia Stewart reviews Aaron Schimberg’s film “A Different Man.”
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
rounded up a few (90+) eye-catching books out this season themillions.com/2025/01/most...
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Most Anticipated: The Great Winter 2025 Preview
It’s cold, it’s grey, its bleak—but winter, at the very least, brings with it a glut of anticipation-inducing books. Here you’ll find nearly 100 titles that we’re excited to cozy up with this season. ...
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sophia stewart @sophiastewart.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
it's that time—welcome to a year in reading 2024! themillions.com/2024/12/a-ye...
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A Year in Reading: 2024
Welcome to the 20th (!) installment of The Millions’ annual Year in Reading series, which gathers together some of today’s most exciting writers and thinkers to share the books that shaped their year....
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