sophia stewart
@smswrites
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editing @the_millions @publisherswkly / writing @nytmag @theatlantic etc
Brooklyn, NY
Joined November 2017
endless thanks to @trapmotives, and to chloé cooper jones, who first taught me about difficult beauty
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for @NYTmag, i wrote about the 18th-century sculptures that helped me see myself in a new light
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I found myself drawn to 18th-century sculptures. When I see them, I see myself — a stutterer.
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publicists, editors, authors, readers, et al—any *december books* you're especially excited about?
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ALERT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I'm explosively happy and grateful to share the cover for my debut novel, SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER, out May 5th, 2026 from Flatiron Books. You can preorder the book here: https://t.co/68ieY3hRQv
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i wrote about the new wave of disability memoirs, and the ways we write our lives for public consumption, for @theatlantic
theatlantic.com
These books aren’t blunt tools of education or inspiration; they’re stories of ambivalence.
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for @publisherswkly i profiled two of the absolute coolest people in publishing, naomi huffman and julia ringo of hagfish
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FSG alums Naomi Huffman and Julia Ringo are championing overlooked women writers at Hagfish, their all-in-one independent publisher, editorial studio, and literary agency.
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so pleased to see my essay on love, work, and robert caro from vol. 1 of @clereviewbooks now available online! one of my favorite things i've gotten to write (also—subscribe to crb!!) https://t.co/syHjZqVb5u
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i will say: im just a few chapters in and utterly rapt by shelley jackson's RIDDANCE, about a 19th-century spiritualist who tries to harness stuttering as a way to speak to the dead.
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im looking for books—fiction, nonfiction—that consider questions around speech and disfluency, i.e. talking and/or stuttering. where should i start?
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for the @lareviewofbooks quarterly, i wrote about the puerto rican poet julia de burgos—her life and work, and the clarity and conviction that guided both
lareviewofbooks.org
In a preview from LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” Sophia Stewart explores the poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos.
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i wrote about a few centuries' worth of relationship advice for @TheAtlantic
theatlantic.com
A 17th-century column shows that dating has always been an anxiety-riddled endeavor.
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despite all meteorological evidence to the contrary it is apparently "spring" so here are 100+ spring books worth checking out— https://t.co/lcDvO7W4sC
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a reminder that i love writing about books, art, and culture and would always love to do more of it—drop me a line anytime at sophiastewart75 at gmail dot com !
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i wrote about the irrepressible mary cassatt for @hyperallergic
hyperallergic.com
In a new book, scholar Ruth E. Iskin emphasizes Cassatt as a distinctly transatlantic artist whose identification with the US and France were deeply entwined.
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i wrote about michelle de kretser's scary smart THEORY & PRACTICE—an early contender for my favorite book of the year—over at @theatlantic
theatlantic.com
Michelle de Kretser’s intellectual coming-of-age explores the fissures between one’s ideals and reality.
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i see people are once again being weird about (not) having kids
clereviewofbooks.com
I see nothing controversial in the authors’ core argument: that it’s not anti-feminist to wonder whether to have children, and that women who are ambivalent about the question should address it in a...
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one of my favorite writers/people has a poetry collection out today and it is a marvel—@lenamschmitt and this book are a gift to the world!!
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