Shalene Gupta

THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

The Peace of the Wild Things

Nibling got a new social media account. Happily commenting away as a crotchety old person: "Learn to spell plane, young man!"
nibling: plene is a meme...
me: i'm too old for memes
nibling: it's okay, i know you're gen x.
....crying in millenial. crying.

friend: i am doing OTF hell week
friend: my core is gone, my legs are jelly, my arms hate me
friend: i had a walrus snot potion after class
friend: i am not entertaining any questions at the moment

Morgan, why...

A new London sculpture depicts the complicated beauty of postpartum women To present a realistic portrayal of the postpartum experience, Frida commissioned a statue that captures scars and stretch marks.

A new London sculpture depicts the complicated beauty of postpartum women. f-st.co/Kv9PDlM

When stuff like this happened in the first Trump term, major tech CEOs at least tweeted their distress.

My husband installed a child gate and made me practice opening and shutting it so I don't get trapped upstairs. He just left.
...Guess who is trapped upstairs? 🥲

Best of luck to all editors today on deciding what their writers can say without incurring The Wrath.

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror with its arms outstretched . ALT: a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror with its arms outstretched .

Thrilled to announce The Cycle is now out in paperback from @flatironbooks.bsky.social

(I'm in the process of moving and packed up all my paperback copies so have a gift of a *really* excited cat.)

Thank you so much for telling me! I wrote the story slightly before that came out, but it was published later! Asking for an update right now.

Who counts as an American? Navigating workplaces as a woman of color taught me early in my career that not everyone gets the presumption of citizenship.

I went off about immigration for @fastcompany.com. Deeply grateful to @czara.bsky.social for his brilliant & empathic edits.

www.fastcompany.com/91274778/who...

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Here are some books from my fellow Flatiron 2024 debuts that you should absolutely give to friends this holiday season!

Why does my husband still have floppy disks?

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I love Boston Creams so much tho....Boston cream flavored with the hearts of our enemies?

Hello again. Who wants to join me in a penguin huddle where we cry and eat donuts?

Be wary of authors who extrapolate their own unique personal experiences and turn them into sweeping maxims about how publishing works. There are so many paths, and you just have to find your own.

Shalene Gupta’s The Cycle Highlights the World-Shattering Impact of PMDD — Samantha Puc | The Verbal Thing Shalene Gupta's The Cycle breaks down her own journey with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and researches the history of the diagnosis. Here, I recount my own PMDD experience and interview he...

April is Premenstrual Disorder Awareness Month, and I had a vulnerable but enlightening conversation with author @shalenegupta.bsky.social about her new book, The Cycle, and the massive impact of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Read:

Thank you!! <3 Also we need to catch up! It's been far too long!

You are the best! <3

Shalene hasn't told you yet, but she just had a new book come out: THE CYCLE: CONFRONTING THE PAIN OF PERIODS AND PMDD

Super helpful-thanks!

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