Sari Botton
@saribotton.bsky.social
Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
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Sari Botton
@saribotton.bsky.social
· Jul 16
What my husband lovingly calls my "media empire." substack.com/@saribotton
Do you think he's going to tel...os anything more? Or mission accomplished?
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Do you think he's going to tel...os anything more? Or mission accomplished?
To recap, negging unfortunately works.
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
To recap, negging unfortunately works.
Maybe he got a cease-and-desist.
When is he going to Tel...os more?
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Maybe he got a cease-and-desist.
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When is he going to Tel...os more?
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When is he going to Tel...os more?
When is he going to Tel...os more?
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When is he going to Tel...os more?
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Fun chat about memoir and hypnagogic inspiration with @saribotton.bsky.social (“Hypnagogic”? Hint: It’s a great excuse for a nap! 😁)
#memoir #writersofbluesky #amwriting #readinglist #bookchat
#memoir #writersofbluesky #amwriting #readinglist #bookchat
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #156: Martha Barnette
"If you have deep knowledge of a subject and want to share it widely, consider framing it within stories from your life."
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fun chat about memoir and hypnagogic inspiration with @saribotton.bsky.social (“Hypnagogic”? Hint: It’s a great excuse for a nap! 😁)
#memoir #writersofbluesky #amwriting #readinglist #bookchat
#memoir #writersofbluesky #amwriting #readinglist #bookchat
Maybe she’s hanging out somewhere with Roman’s kids from Season 1 of Succession.
Totally random but what happened to Alex Levy’s daughter from season 1 of The Morning Show?
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Maybe she’s hanging out somewhere with Roman’s kids from Season 1 of Succession.
Totally random but what happened to Alex Levy’s daughter from season 1 of The Morning Show?
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Totally random but what happened to Alex Levy’s daughter from season 1 of The Morning Show?
When a new building goes up in Manhattan the island actually gets a bit *lighter* because the “Manhattan rock” (limestone) excavated to make way for the foundation weighs more than the building itself. (h/t tour guide on The Circle Line)
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
When a new building goes up in Manhattan the island actually gets a bit *lighter* because the “Manhattan rock” (limestone) excavated to make way for the foundation weighs more than the building itself. (h/t tour guide on The Circle Line)
Case in point. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Case in point. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Walton Goggins could convincingly play Bush 2. (I’m a casting agent now.)
Also, Joe Pantoliano and Walton Goggins could play father and son.
I think Mandy Patinkin and Noah Wyle could play a very convincing father and son.
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Walton Goggins could convincingly play Bush 2. (I’m a casting agent now.)
I don’t know why it surprises me that garbage people gravitate towards each other, given how many times I’ve seen this bear out.
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I don’t know why it surprises me that garbage people gravitate towards each other, given how many times I’ve seen this bear out.
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Thanks @saribotton.bsky.social for featuring my Memoir Land questionnaire in this roundup. I love everything you do and wish we lived closer to each other so we could hang out. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
A look at a handful of interviews from earlier in the series.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thanks @saribotton.bsky.social for featuring my Memoir Land questionnaire in this roundup. I love everything you do and wish we lived closer to each other so we could hang out. @melvillehouse.bsky.social
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire in Review...
open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...
My brain always conflated Air Mail and Puck, so it’s convenient for me that they will now be conflated in an official capacity.
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My brain always conflated Air Mail and Puck, so it’s convenient for me that they will now be conflated in an official capacity.
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Honored that my HuffPost essay about the domestic violence behind a model minority facade was included in @saribotton.bsky.social's Memoir Mondays, “a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...
We Looked Like A 'Model Minority' Family. No One Knew What My Father Was Doing Behind Closed Doors.
"Even after I graduated as valedictorian of my high school, got accepted into a top MBA program, and became a wife and mother, the silence stayed with me."
www.huffpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Honored that my HuffPost essay about the domestic violence behind a model minority facade was included in @saribotton.bsky.social's Memoir Mondays, “a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...
Team Personal Essays, obviously. (That's me, circa July 2019, wearing a gift from a houseguest.)
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Team Personal Essays, obviously. (That's me, circa July 2019, wearing a gift from a houseguest.)
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"I love the flow state and feeling like I enter another dimension while creating." Wonderful interview with @saribotton.bsky.social and @oldstermag.bsky.social! MOTION DAZZLE by @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social is out now from @vineleavespress.bsky.social.
The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #145: Jocelyn Jane Cox
"One of my many goals with this book was to portray the complexities and devastation of dementia and to share the little-told story of caregivers."
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"I love the flow state and feeling like I enter another dimension while creating." Wonderful interview with @saribotton.bsky.social and @oldstermag.bsky.social! MOTION DAZZLE by @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social is out now from @vineleavespress.bsky.social.
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Amy Rigby!!!
This is next Weds! I spoke with @joedonahue.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social's Roundtable about it yesterday. It's going to be fun.... www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Amy Rigby!!!
This is next Weds! I spoke with @joedonahue.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social's Roundtable about it yesterday. It's going to be fun.... www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...
September 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is next Weds! I spoke with @joedonahue.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social's Roundtable about it yesterday. It's going to be fun.... www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...
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Thanks to @saribotton.bsky.social for publishing an excerpt from FONSECA. Fitzgerald, who didn’t publish her first novel until she was 60, would have been delighted with @oldstermag.bsky.social, I think.
#penelopefitzgerald #booksky
#penelopefitzgerald #booksky
Day of the Dead
"Learning about Penelope Fitzgerald’s life changed mine." An excerpt of 'Fonseca: A Novel,' with an introduction from the author.
oldster.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thanks to @saribotton.bsky.social for publishing an excerpt from FONSECA. Fitzgerald, who didn’t publish her first novel until she was 60, would have been delighted with @oldstermag.bsky.social, I think.
#penelopefitzgerald #booksky
#penelopefitzgerald #booksky
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This quote is such a gut punch.
"Being 52 has really shone a spotlight on how much of my life was wasted in the tractor beam of the male gaze. I mourn that loss of time and experience and freedom like mourning the passing of a loved one." Neko Case took the Oldster Magazine Questionnaire!!!
oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-52...
oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-52...
This is 52: Neko Case Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I dye half of my hair. I like the silver at the front, but I missed the red so I compromised."
oldster.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This quote is such a gut punch.
Get ready for the 1st @oldstermag.bsky.social event at Unicorn Bar in Kingston, NY Weds., 10/1, the night before my 60th birthday. Featuring: Amy Rigby, Chris Wells, Joan Juliet Buck, Carolita Johnson, Brian Macaluso, Francesca Hoffman, and, of course, me! Get tix:
www.viewcy.com/event/oldste...
www.viewcy.com/event/oldste...
September 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Get ready for the 1st @oldstermag.bsky.social event at Unicorn Bar in Kingston, NY Weds., 10/1, the night before my 60th birthday. Featuring: Amy Rigby, Chris Wells, Joan Juliet Buck, Carolita Johnson, Brian Macaluso, Francesca Hoffman, and, of course, me! Get tix:
www.viewcy.com/event/oldste...
www.viewcy.com/event/oldste...
In my next life I’m coming back as a member of the Dimes Square scene so that those publications obsessed with it will take even a passing interest in my work.
September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In my next life I’m coming back as a member of the Dimes Square scene so that those publications obsessed with it will take even a passing interest in my work.
Team Liz Gilbert. Team memoir. Team wearing your insides on the outside, even when (especially when) they're not very attractive, so that the others of us with similar insides can better understand them. Team progress not perfection. Team...I'm away on vacation so I'm not going to respond.
August 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Team Liz Gilbert. Team memoir. Team wearing your insides on the outside, even when (especially when) they're not very attractive, so that the others of us with similar insides can better understand them. Team progress not perfection. Team...I'm away on vacation so I'm not going to respond.