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andrewporter01.bsky.social
Author of THE DISAPPEARED (Knopf), THE THEORY OF LIGHT AND MATTER (Vintage), IN BETWEEN DAYS (Knopf), and THE IMAGINED LIFE (Knopf, forthcoming 2025) CW Prof. www.andrewporterwriter.com
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Thanks to Annie Hartnett, @sophiegilbert.bsky.social, and @badlycooked.bsky.social for hanging with us this week. Upcoming episodes: 5/6: @elongreen.bsky.social 5/13: Steve Oney FMC 5/16: @tmcallister.bsky.social 5/20: @andrewporter01.bsky.social Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc

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TONIGHT! 6 PM!

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Love this!

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Stopped by #BookmarkHalifax for independent bookstore day! Purchased two Austen books for my collection, grabbed some free swag and zines, and won a mystery book on their prize wheel! (Unwrapped mystery book in second picture). If you can, get out and support your local shops today!

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Now reading THE IMAGINED LIFE by Andrew Porter. #BookSky 📚💙 Read more: bookshop.org/a/107933/978...

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DALLAS, come see us this Friday (May 2) at @interabangbooks.bsky.social - 6 PM! I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @amandachurchill.bsky.social about my new novel, The Imagined Life!

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Excited to be on the panel “Fictional Fathers and Family Sagas” with authors Adam Haslett, Sonya Walger, and Anthony Giardina, and moderator Mary Otis at the Los Angels Times Festival of the Book on Sunday, April 27 at 12:30 PM! Come see us!🌴

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How much do we really remember about our lives when we were 12? And how much of that memory is accurate? On “Wichita’s Early Edition,” author Andrew Porter visits with KMUW's Beth Golay about his novel, "The Imagined Life.” www.kmuw.org/podcast/wich...

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LOVED talking to Miwa Messer on the Barnes & Noble “Poured Over”podcast! You can listen to us listen here: barnesandnoble.com/blog/poured-ov…

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It was a delight to talk to the wonderful Beth Golay KMUW’s show and podcast Marginalia about my new novel, The Imagined Life! You can listen to our conversation here: www.kmuw.org/podcast/marg...

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Such a delight to chat with the wonderful Marrie Stone about The Imagined Life on the Writers on Writing podcast. You can listen to our conversation here: www.writers-on-writing.com/writersonwri...

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Yay! Delighted to receive an advance copy of @andrewporter01.bsky.social's forthcoming novel THE IMAGINED LIFE, exploring a father-son relationship against the backdrop of the US AIDS epidemic in the 80s. Published by @europaeditions.bsky.social in the UK in Aug 2025. It looks pretty wonderful 📚😍

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“He had an affinity for any movie with a femme fatale, a morally ambiguous narrator, and a fatalistic sensibility…” Same! (From THE IMAGINED LIFE, @andrewporter01.bsky.social)

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Excited to see The Imagined Life listed on @literaryhub.bsky.social Book Marks’s “Best Reviewed Books of the Week!” bookmarks.reviews/the-best-rev...

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Loved talking to Yvette Benavides about The Imagined Life on Texas Public Radio’s “Book Public Program.” You can listen to our conversation here: www.tpr.org/podcast/book...

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Thank you so much, @writersbone.com!🙏🙂

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Thank you, @williampeishih.bsky.social!

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Book Review: ‘The Imagined Life,’ by Andrew Porter www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b... #booksky #imaginedlife

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Thank you, @onestorymag.bsky.social!

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Andrew Porter in Houston, TX on April 17, in conversation with Amber Dermont www.brazosbookstore.com/event/store-...

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How much do we really remember about our lives when we were 12? And how much of that memory is accurate? On “Wichita’s Early Edition,” author Andrew Porter visits with KMUW's Beth Golay about his novel, "The Imagined Life.” www.kmuw.org/podcast/wich...

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Marginalia: Andrew Porter on his new novel, "The Imagined Life" www.kmuw.org/podcast/marg...

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Thrilled with this beautiful and generous review of my new novel The Imagined life by @harvf.bsky.social for Shelf Awareness!

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Couldn’t be more excited to dig in, @andrewporter01.bsky.social!!

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Had such beautiful book launch event at Trinity University on Tuesday! Thank you to everyone who came out! And thank you especially to my dear colleagues and friends who hosted, sponsored, and supported the event in different ways. ❤️

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Houston, this is happening TONIGHT! Come see Amber Dermont and me at Brazos Bookstore! ✨✨✨

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Thrilled about this smart, generous review of The Imagined Life in The New York Times Book Review and incredibly honored and humbled to be compared to one of my writing heroes, Richard Yates!🙏✨

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