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Sari Botton

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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

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 7d

"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."

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 28d

Amy Rigby!!!

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · 28d

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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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · 28d

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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Jessica Francis Kane @jfkane.bsky.social · 29d

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

Day of the Dead

"Learning about Penelope Fitzgerald’s life changed mine." An excerpt of 'Fonseca: A Novel,' with an introduction from the author.

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · 29d

Thank YOU!

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · Sep 20

This quote is such a gut punch.

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 30

"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!!!

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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."

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Sep 18

😂

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Sep 18

Define "shitty stuff."

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks!

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Sep 6

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:
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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Sep 5

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.

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 23

Same. Is that...not the case?

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 20

😂

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 20

What tattoo did you get?

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you, Jackie!!

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Jackie Domenus @jackiedwrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

Many thanks to @saribotton.bsky.social for including me in the wonderful Memoir Land author questionnaire. If you’re not subscribed, you should be!

The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #129: Jackie Domenus

"'No Offense' analyzes the loaded conversations queer and trans folks face every day on topics like labels, haircuts, Halloween costumes, and more."

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Memoir Land @memoirland.bsky.social · Aug 14

Happy 22nd anniversary of the August, 2003 east coast blackout to all who celebrate. Here's a remembrance of it by @brianmacaluso.bsky.social.

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Lights Out

Brian Macaluso looks back at the August, 2003 blackout in New York City.

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 14

"The restaurant was dimly lit, particularly toward the back, where the bar is. Maybe he couldn’t see that I have a full head of gray hair. That I’m almost 60. That I was wearing a wedding band." - moi
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All the Young Dudes

In which I inadvertently discover that at almost 60 I can still "get It" despite what the culture (and some exes) would have me believe. Random thoughts on older women + younger men, and vice versa.

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you!!! <3

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MagnoliaMer @magnoliamer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sari can get it! I have had to keep starting and stopping her memoir asking myself “why are men?” So I’m thrilled to read this - for both her loving marriage and a sweet encounter with a nice young man. 💪

Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 11

Diary of an almost-60-year-old who was told she'd soon be invisible.

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All the Young Dudes

In which I inadvertently discover that at almost 60 I can still "get It" despite what the culture (and some exes) would have me believe. Random thoughts on older women + younger men, and vice versa.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · Aug 12

“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”

Auschwitz-survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'

“It's a bit of an obscenity that I'm asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren't we listening t...

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · Aug 11

. @saribotton.bsky.social has got it going on. Seriously.

Her latest piece is a frank look at women dating younger men. Like everything she writes, it's smart and funny.

oldster.substack.com/p/all-the-yo...

All the Young Dudes

In which I inadvertently discover that at almost 60 I can still "get It" despite what the culture (and some exes) would have me believe. Random thoughts on older women + younger men, and vice versa.

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 11

Diary of an almost-60-year-old who was told she'd soon be invisible.

oldster.substack.com/p/all-the-yo...

All the Young Dudes

In which I inadvertently discover that at almost 60 I can still "get It" despite what the culture (and some exes) would have me believe. Random thoughts on older women + younger men, and vice versa.

oldster.substack.com

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