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Lust, Heat, Lit: A Filthy MILFs Summer Reading List

Guest post from author, creative writing professor and "Bookish" Substack creator, Christine Sneed

Published on Aging Fearlessly • 2 hrs ago

Thinking with Your Entire Being: An Interview with Writer and Editor Donna Seaman

Her newest is River of Books: A Life in Reading

Jun 8 • Christine Sneed

Agent List (#43)

Agents with inboxes open for queries & an upcoming Bookish Zoom session, July 1

Jun 2 • Christine Sneed

May 2026

Story, Not Story

Cheaters gonna cheat

May 27 • Christine Sneed

On Craft, Character, and Memory: A Conversation with National Book Award Finalist Patricia Henley

Her most recent book is the linked story collection APPLE & PALM

May 21 • Christine Sneed

Friday Bulletin Board

Resources, upcoming readings, recent interviews

May 15 • Christine Sneed

A Gorgeous Excitement: A Conversation with Novelist Cynthia Weiner

"I wanted to illustrate how a young woman, bright and curious and from a 'good family,' yet crippled by self-doubt...might have a high tolerance for, or…

May 9 • Christine Sneed

Agent List (#42)

May 4 • Christine Sneed

April 2026

Pine Trees Are Found in All 50 States: A Conversation with Poet Ruth Dickey

"I think one way of trying to get our arms around unbearable, unthinkable things is just to slow down and truly see them."

Apr 27 • Christine Sneed

The Shared Grammar of Place: A Conversation with Denise S. Robbins About Her Debut Novel THE UNMAPPING

"[M]y idea of the unmapping started as a way for characters to get outside of themselves and see their lives from a different angle."

Apr 21 • Christine Sneed

Mission: Implausible, Or, Scamming Scammers and the Scams They Enact

A fan letter from a famous novelist? Alas, no...just another relentless, AI-assisted scam

Apr 15 • Christine Sneed

Chicago-Based Novelist Della Leavitt on Her Debut, VIVIAN'S DECISION

Della's first novel, Vivian's Decision, set in 1950s Chicago, is out on April 14 from She Writes Press.

Apr 9 • Christine Sneed