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Could not have written a single one of my books without NYC libraries and the glorious, generous people who work in them. Strong libraries are a sign of civic health, and one of our best chances of sustaining it! #NLWD19
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This National Library Workers day, we join @nypl in calling for more funding for NYC's public libraries, one of the city's most vital resources. #NLWD19 nypl.org/speakout?utm_s
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Why A Visit From the Goon Squad is EW's Best Book of the Decade share.ew.com/s9Wo9ol
I’ve been imagining beyond GOON SQUAD for a decade, hoping my meanderings would coalesce into a new and independent work. THE CANDY HOUSE comes out 4/5/22. Thank you, my readers, for giving me heart and spurring me on. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in via
I'm hugely honored to begin a term in this role at , dedicated to defending free expression abroad and at home.
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A warm welcome to the new president of PEN America, Jennifer Egan. #PENunited @Egangoonsquad apnews.com/3406f3277a1d4b
New book at long last, October 3. To those who've inquired these 7 years, thanks for your patience! goo.gl/9VgQfv Jennifer Egan
Surreally thrilling to meet and introduce legendary rock goddess Patti Smith, the polestar of my teenage years, as part of !! She is as kind, humble and exemplary a human as I could have dreamed--and an amazing writer. #OneBookNY
Ken, you are a prince. Thank you for helping to lure new readers to my work!!
This is a big victory, and could not be more timely.
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BREAKING: In a blow to President Trump's attacks on the press, a federal court today ruled that our lawsuit against the president can proceed. He has used the powers of government to retaliate against journalists, and we look forward to our day in court. pen.org/press-release/
I've arrived!!!
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Did you catch that Jennifer Egan (@Egangoonsquad) was a clue on @Jeopardy last night?
Ecstatic and grateful that MANHATTAN BEACH has been chosen for #OneBookNY . Thank you #NYC , my home and muse, and and for the chance to earn more readers in the city whose five boroughs inspired my book.
MANHATTAN BEACH published today! Huge thanks to all who helped me bring it into the world & to readers who waited!
It was supposed to be satire...!
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I’ve read a couple of great books this year and wanted to share some of my favorites so far. What have you been reading this summer?
Huge congrats, Tommy Orange!!!!
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We're thrilled to announce that Tommy Orange has won the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel! bit.ly/2W7X2Le
Excited about this beautiful cover!!
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Behold this technicolor beauty of a cover! #TheCandyHouse, the latest from @PulitzerPrizes-winning author #JenniferEgan (@egangoonsquad) and set in the same world as #AVisitFromTheGoonSquad, coming 04.05.2022! 
More here: spr.ly/6012ymWq6
More here: spr.ly/6012ymWq6
Still over the moon about this...NYT Best-Seller “Manhattan Beach” Wins 2018 One Book, One New York Competition cbsloc.al/2s4UTTd#.WwRld
Thanks to my beloved readers for this unexpected New Year's boost!
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“Manhattan Beach” by @Egangoonsquad returns to our hardcover fiction list after an 8-week absence
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I have been working on this story for the past year, about some very remarkable women.
I could not be happier or more proud to honor the heroic Anita Hill, who has been a beacon for my generation of women since my early adulthood.
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We are thrilled to announce that we will honor professor, lawyer, and equal rights advocate Anita Hill with the 2019 PEN Courage Award. bit.ly/2WbSfbH
A chapter from THE CANDY HOUSE.
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This week's story is “What the Forest Remembers” by Jennifer Egan. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/
Toni Morrison’s work exemplifies the way in which fiction can impact human life. By inviting us inside her characters’ consciousnesses, she delighted, illuminated, and transformed her readers—and thereby our culture. pen.org/tribute-toni-m
ECSTATIC over this!!!!!!!
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Here’s our full list of the 10 Best Books of 2022. Learn more about each title here. nytimes.com/2022/11/29/boo
Wow Jason, thank you gigantically for reading—and for spreading the word! Honored!! Still waiting to meet my real-life random screamer…
What an honor. This book was conceived , so I'm extra grateful to my readers in all five boroughs!
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And @NYPL's most checked out book of 2018 is...
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (@Egangoonsquad)
See our list of the #TopCheckouts of 2018! on.nypl.org/2CiTcYQ
What an honor to have GOON SQUAD’s first chapter read and discussed by two greats!
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On the July New Yorker Fiction Podcast, Susan Choi reads and discusses "Found Objects" by Jennifer Egan, from a 2007 issue of the magazine. newyorker.com/podcast/fictio
This interview coalesced from several fun conversations over the past year with amazing editor Deborah Treisman!!
A hearty thanks to my magnificent publisher, , for donating 1500 extra copies of MANHATTAN BEACH to NY public libraries! #OneBookNY
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A hearty congratulations to our author #JenniferEgan!
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Honored and grateful to be included on this list. Congrats especially to the debut writers...what a way to start!!
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@elliotackerman @iamlisako @minjinlee11 @jesmimi @MWilkers13 @carmenmmachado @Egangoonsquad
"We need writers more than ever. Our democracy depends on it," writes Jennifer Egan
Very excited that a Fresh Air segment I recorded weeks ago has finally just aired!! For Novelist Jennifer Egan, 'The Joy Of Writing Is Being Delivered Out Of My Life' n.pr/2oFmE6v
I am not a huge fan of my reading voice, but here it is…
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On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, Jennifer Egan reads her story “What the Forest Remembers,” from the January 3 & 10, 2022, issue of the magazine. newyorker.com/podcast/the-wr
For those interested. Once I figured out how the hell to do this, it was actually fun. Thank you
Honored and overjoyed to find THE CANDY HOUSE on this list...in PHENOMENAL company!!
Haven't always been so lucky with Kirkus, so this one means a lot.
I rarely tweet interviews, but did such a good job, here, I can't resist. Thank you for training your powers on me, Ms. Goodman.
Ecstatic to be included on this longlist among so many miraculously talented colleagues!! Thank you from NYC, !
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay all 
And congratulations to the 16 writers who are waking up today as #WomensPrize longlisted authors! Discover the longlist here: bit.ly/2018longlist
And congratulations to the 16 writers who are waking up today as #WomensPrize longlisted authors! Discover the longlist here: bit.ly/2018longlist
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You've crowned a new top 10! @carmenmmachado @jamiequatro @pronounced_ing @victorlavalle @jesmimi are among Millions readers current favorites: themillions.com/2018/02/millio
Is THE CANDY HOUSE "dystopian," or full of "winners"? I leave it to my treasured readers to decide. The fun of fiction is that every take is correct.
Thrilling, heartening news. Best birthday present I could have asked for. Thank you, , for your furious and unremitting efforts on behalf of Oleg Sentsov and so many other writers and artists who are being silenced. We're lucky to have you at !!!
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It happened! Oleg is free! Power of unbendable spirit, power of truth, power of civil society! pen.org/press-release/
Thrilling news!!!!!
Reposting this North American tour schedule with a few tweaks and additions (like...Canada, and Manhattan Beach, CA)
As a rookie writer of historical fiction, I'm so thrilled that MANHATTAN BEACH has made this longlist!!
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Discover this year's best historical fiction: the #walterscottprize longlist 2018 is out now. Learn more: bit.ly/WSPll18
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So grateful to our beloved !! Buy books and buy local--keep our NYC bookstores healthy and strong. #NYCLovesBookstores
That's me in there. Luckily they shot the picture quickly, as I wasn't standing for long.
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I love combination of art + research in #ManhattanBeach by @egangoonsquad & there's more cool stuff on jenniferegan.com
SO HAPPY about this!!! Big thanks,
Everyone should read this beautiful and painfully relevant first novel.
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one of my favorite novels of the year so far: FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY, by @pantaloonies, reviewed by @Egangoonsquad
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And congratulations to Jennifer Egan (@Egangoonsquad), author of "Manhattan Beach." #alabma #alam18
Ecstatic and grateful that Manhattan Beach is one of Dwight Garner's Top 10 books for 2017!!! nyti.ms/2AD2KeA
For 12 years, I’ve worked with genius creators Spencer Hansen and on my websites. The CANDY HOUSE, launched today—pub day!!—tops them all. Hover over page 1 of each chapter to see a typewritten markup, and below that, its handwritten origin.
It's true...
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"The New York Public Library has some bragging rights to the city’s most popular book of 2018: Manhattan Beach took shape thanks to research author Jennifer Egan did right in its halls." #TopCheckouts
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#NationalLibraryWeek begins today! Without libraries and librarians, MANHATTAN BEACH wouldn't have come close to existing. Celebrate these magical institutions and the people who work in them! #nlwd18 #NLW18 bit.ly/1gUe48B
Friends and Readers! Please help MANHATTAN BEACH become the One Book, One New York Read by voting here: on.nyc.gov/2kVfJzm It takes ONE SECOND (really!) New York inspired this book and I'm hoping NY will read it!!!
Very excited to return to my alma mater as a prof this spring!!
Join me Monday night for the opening of the festival, featuring reading from 's Refugee #Resistance Manifesto, along with authors Leïla Slimani and . 7pm at Cooper Union's Great Hall. Please share!! bit.ly/2HpFs1v
Please join me TONIGHT for a virtual book club to celebrate GOON SQUAD's 10-year anniversary. Looking forward to talking with at 7pm EST. Free and open to all:
Holiday Offer: happy to personalize any books ordered from , including MANHATTAN BEACH. Store will ship w/o sales tax outside NY. Holiday inscriptions likely to include silly drawings unless you say not to! HC GOON SQUADs also in stock.
MANHATTAN BEACH paperback tour begins June 4th. Would love to see any and all friends and fans along the way!
Thank you! Good to be reminded of this advice—always so much easier to dole out than to follow…
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"You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly. You can’t write regularly and well. One should accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well."― Jennifer Egan Happy birthday, @Egangoonsquad 
First excerpt from new book! Thank you, , for your bounteous support of GOON SQUAD and THE CANDY HOUSE!!
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Jennifer Egan resurrects key characters from her 2010 modern classic for its sibling The Candy House (April 5), another multi-narrator masterpiece about searching for meaning in a crazy world. Here, an excerpt about Sasha. ew.com/books/read-the
Ecstatic about this!!
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Jennifer Egan’s ambitious new novel — a sequel, of sorts, to 2010’s “A Visit From the Goon Squad” — riffs on memory, authenticity and the allure of new technology. nyti.ms/3xiHzhh
So honored and excited to be included on this list of books inspired by NYC.
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The #NYCBookAwards have been announced! Congrats to @Egangoonsquad @iamlisako @AnthonyWRobins #RozChast #FrancisSpufford #MikeWallace
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Manhattanites!! Come celebrate #IndieBookstoreDay and say hello on this rainy Saturday at 's new Rockefeller Center store!! 1 Rockefeller Plaza. I'll be there from 2-3pm.
Back atcha, !!! It’s been hard to resist snatching a copy of Sea of Tranquility as I’ve pre-signed in various bookstore back rooms in our neighborhood. Will buy my legal copy today—can’t wait!
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Replying to @kikileesi_ and @Egangoonsquad
My goal for the day is to find a copy of The Candy House! I can't remember the last time I was so excited about a new book.
Happy to discuss some of my favorite books and writers here! nyti.ms/2fAPYY8
An image from my new website, jenniferegan.com, which allows you to excavate back to the first draft of the first paragraph of each chapter of THE CANDY HOUSE. Made by geniuses and .
Amazing to think of MB being chosen by the city that inspired it. Those who enjoyed, please cast your votes!
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#OneBookNY, the largest community reading program in the country, is back! Help make #ManhattanBeach by #JenniferEgan (@Egangoonsquad) the book #NYC will read together: NYC.gov/OneBook (with @MadeinNY, @NYMag, and @ScribnerBooks)
I haven't posted many reviews, but I really like this one: thenation.com/article/shadow
Still looking for a more efficient method...!
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Why did it take novelist @Egangoonsquad seven years to write “Manhattan Beach”? She makes 40-50 drafts per chapter and shows them to a writing group she’s been working with for decades. bit.ly/2Xrr6TI
This is a crucial issue for all of us, no matter how large a town or city we live in. Thanks to for framing and introducing this report!!
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PEN America's new report about the loss of #localnews coverage in the United States calls for a radical rethinking of local journalism as a public good. Read the report at bit.ly/LosingtheNews and learn more about what we can do to address this critical issue.
Could not ask--or even imagine--more.
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Egan's transfixing and deeply enlightening historical novel: Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan | Booklist Online booklistonline.com/Manhattan-Beac
I have been amazed and impressed by the students I've encountered in community colleges. They are remarkable places.
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You should never be embarrassed that you went to a community college. Community colleges are the backbone of our secondary education system.
Wow—An amazing honor from one of my very favorite places to write!!
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@Egangoonsquad Just announced: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan is one of @NYPL's 125 Books We Love! #LoveReading on.nypl.org/39wa5gk
Proud of this PSA to help spot, and stop, election disinformation on social media. Please share!!
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In the lead up to #Election2020, it's up to ALL of us to stop the spread of #disinformation. Learn how to spot it, check it & stop it with PEN America by watching the full version of this video at youtu.be/dub1zEV24BE & heading to pen.org/whattoexpect. #WhatToExpect2020
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Wow, I've never seen this picture before. Fantastic!!!
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This diver at @BklynNavyYard in 1909 stands on the cusp of a revolution. While this suit will allow him to reach 60 feet, soon new techniques and the Mk.V diving suit will let him dive 10 times deeper. Take a “deep dive” into diving at the Yard in @Egangoonsquad’s #ManhattanBeach
Holiday offer: I'll sign and personalize any books bought at my beloved . Hardcover option for GOON SQUAD and MANHATTAN BEACH. Inscription requests go in "comments" tab online. GL will send anywhere in the USA; no sales tax outside NYS.
Honored to be included among such excellent company!!
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Posting this one more time before Hanukah ends and Xmas begins...support , a splendid independent bookstore and a crucial part of our neighborhood!
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Holiday Offer: happy to personalize any books ordered from @greenlightbklyn, including MANHATTAN BEACH. Store will ship w/o sales tax outside NY. Holiday inscriptions likely to include silly drawings unless you say not to! HC GOON SQUADs also in stock. bit.ly/2iTtwHV
Thank you, NYers, for reading a novel our city inspired! And thank you, and , for making extra copies available at public libraries in all five boroughs!
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#JenniferEgan's New York-set and #OneBookNY winner #ManhattanBeach is the most checked out @nypl Book of 2018! @Egangoonsquad @MadeinNY twitter.com/nypl/status/10…
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Making the list of @nytimes 10 Best Books of 2022, is Penn Alumna Jennifer Egan’s “The Candy House”.
We are so excited that @Egangoonsquad signed copies during her recent visit!
Pick up your signed copy and to browse the list.
#Penn #Upenn #book #booklover #booklovers #read
Friends and fans of MANHATTAN BEACH, please share!!! This is the last week of voting for #OneBookNY. Anyone, anywhere, can vote--as often as you like. Help MB become a city-wide read in the very boroughs that inspired it. on.nyc.gov/2kVfJzm
Could not ask for more. In ‘Manhattan Beach,’ Jennifer Egan Sets a Crime Story on the Waterfront
I have not said enough yet about this astonishing epic poem, which I read in a state of electrified amazement. We will all be reading in years to come; treat yourself and get started. Just published by
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So many dreams this week! Thank you @lithub for featuring an excerpt from WHEN RAP SPOKE STRAIGHT TO GOD! @Tin_House 
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Extremely excited about this first review!!
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"Twisting through myriad points of view...@Egangoonsquad proves herself as perceptive an interpreter of the necessity of human connection as ever & her vision is as irresistible as the tech she describes...Egan’s best yet." #TheCandyHouse @PublishersWkly spr.ly/6010JABS0I am so grateful for my tenure on this list. Thank you, readers; I'm lucky to have you!
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The verdict is in! Your monthly top 10 books list – featuring @Egangoonsquad @jesmimi @carmenmmachado @pronounced_ing @jamiequatro @chloekbenjamin – is live: themillions.com/2018/04/millio
SO TRUE.
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"Stories can do so much. They can be hope machines. They can stretch our ability to empathize... I think people need stories because they’re pieces of life that might not otherwise be available."
An interview with @NK_Adjei. pen.org/pen-ten-interv
Such a joy to re-read Trollope deeply and then dig into this discussion!!
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New episode up now. The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope, with guests Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and Nell Stevens @nellstevens. backlisted.fm/episodes/190-a
Wow, thank you so much, Shams. Sibling volume, THE CANDY HOUSE, coming April 5, 2022.
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"A visit from the goon squad" by @Egangoonsquad is one of the most emotionally gut wrenching books I've read. It evokes a sense of longing for the fleeting memories of my youth.
All condensed into these short stories of raw emotion. 
Thanks for the recommendation @choomsky
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Here in April: THE CANDY HOUSE, Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad @ScribnerBooks of Goon Squad fame. SF w. many twists! A fast-paced polyvoiced romp thru America in the grip of a sinister tech that allows others into your mind.EEK! Includes a dazzling novella Egan wrote on @Twitter!
Fellow NY'ers!! Please join me *TODAY* in signing a letter urging NYC leaders to #InvestInLibraries and support the vital resources that only provide: free access to millions of books, research materials, and more, for all New Yorkers!!