Hey, Friend, You Broke My Heart
Inspired by my forthcoming book 'Talking to the Wolf', 'Hey, Friend, You Broke My Heart' is an intimate exploration of broken friendships, the conversations we never got to have, so that we might all feel a little less alone.
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- Aug 20, 2026
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OBIT Play: Rehearsals Begin, Tickets On Sale (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,“Obit” rehearsals have begun! We’ve had an incredibly successful fundraiser to help get us here. A thousand thanks to all of our Angels. TICKETS HEREWe are working in the Cino theater at Theater for the New City, in the East Village, and it’s really exciting to finally be putting the play on its feet i
Writerly Friendships: A Conversation with Alice Mattison (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,I did a book event two weeks ago at Newtonville Books, a wonderful independent bookstore in Newton, MA with the extraordinary fiction writer and teacher, Alice Mattison. A collection of her letters with the great poet, Jane Kenyon, What Clever Friends, edited by Chad Wriglesworth, was just published by the University of Michigan Press. My most recent novel, Talking to the Wolf, about a group of four women on their way to their 35th high school reunion, and the impact on the gro
Such Clever Friends (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,I started this substack as an advice column for people wondering what happened to a friendship. These are painful letters to write, and yet, I have heard from several people that writing about it helped them unpack it for themselves. I’m now going to expand the topic to all aspects of friendship—not only friend break ups. There is so much support and loyalty in our friendships (which is why the breakups hurt so much).I’ve been on book tour with my new novel, Talking to the Wolf, and
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