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hannahselinger.bsky.social
Inventor of #Scandoval. James Beard Award-nominated lifestyle writer. I’ve been described as a mix of Joris-Karl Huysmans, M.F.K. Fisher, and Regina George. https://www.amazon.com/Cellar-Rat-Life-Restaurant-Underbelly/dp/B0D9KKGXN8/ref
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Thank you, WSJ, for always being exactly who we expect!! Love this spot-on review!!!

Amazing what happens when you sit with female rage—and listen to it. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for really listening. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Heading to DC, friends! Come see me at the next stops on my book tour if you’re local! TONIGHT, 4/4: Italian Bar, 8 pm italianbardc.com/parties-%26-... TOMORROW, 4/5: Politics & Prose, Union Market, 6 pm politics-prose.com/hannah-selin...

CELLAR RAT is an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Cookbooks and Food & Wine Books for the month of April! Tell your friends! Buy the book! Tell your friends to buy the book! At the risk of repeating myself, buy this book! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

Thanks to @peoplemag.bsky.social for including CELLAR RAT as one of the best books of March! people.com/peoples-best...

Behind a paywall, so here’s a pull-quote. Thanks to @bloomberglp.bsky.social for covering CELLAR RAT!

Reminder: buy my book, in stores now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

These seven books will have you seeing food, and how it intertwines with women’s lives, differently (@hannahselinger.bsky.social)

I have new work up today, about women, food, and the stories we tell, in Electric Literature. Check it out here! electricliterature.com/7-books-abou...

Thank you to @peoplemag.bsky.social for selecting CELLAR RAT as the April 7 issue BOOK OF THE WEEK! Buy yours now wherever books are sold! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

North Shore denizens: I finally made the Daily News of Newburyport (well, beyond the police log, at least). Read about CELLAR RAT and catch me at Jabberwocky Books on Saturday from 5-7, where I'll be reading from my just-released book! www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_n...

See the whole spread in tomorrow’s New York Post, complete with a BIG LIE from Johnny Iuzzini (would you expect any less?). Tell your truths! This book is available now. nypost.com/2025/03/26/l...

“I am talking, of course, about #Scandoval, a word that I, a lowly lifestyle journalist and nascent author, invented on Saturday, March 4, 2023.” @hannahselinger.bsky.social on coining the perfect portmanteau.

Literary Hub let me write an essay that mixed my passion for Vanderpump Rules with the craft of writing a book. Peep it here: lithub.com/life-after-o...

"I think when I say I was hated, I also mean that other people like me were hated, or women were hated. I think that there was a strong distaste [in the industry] for women who had opinions.” @hannahselinger.bsky.social @bettina.bsky.social

Anger is not a four-letter-word. Thanks to Eater for this incredible interview! www.eater.com/24387870/han...

Read this now: a review from @hannahbae.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com that really GETS the book (you should GET the book, too, by the way): datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/cellar...

I'm on Grub Street Diet today, talking about my weird obsessions with fruit, leftovers, and stale candy. If you read the misogynist teardown of my book last week in NYT, yes, I address that here, too, albeit briefly (and not by choice). Jump in, the coffee's warm. www.grubstreet.com/article/hann...

Some local coverage for CELLAR RAT! Thanks so much to Wicked Local for this great piece. www.tauntongazette.com/story/lifest...

For the third year in a row, I’m proud to be one of the writers assigned to the incredible Travel + Leisure Global Vision Awards package. I love being able to share these stories with the world. Grab your April copy, on newsstands now. www.travelandleisure.com/global-visio...

Seems like there’s very little doubt about what’s happening actually. Israel has resumed its genocidal campaign against Palestinians.

Love this one by @ryansutton.bsky.social "And yet, so many seafood venues offer pricey steak, in case four dobermans show up in tuxedoes with a black amex and an aversion to mackerel" coming only a day or so after @hels.bsky.social's epic steak-house takedown www.thelotimes.com/p/crevette-r...

Book tour for CELLAR RAT starts next week. Stop by if you’re in New York or MA!

With next week’s new releases behind her, featuring @veryhotmomm.bsky.social, @hannahselinger.bsky.social, and Bob the Drag Queen.

Flag-burning is protected speech. Like you can literally set a physical metaphor for the United States on fire and it is the official policy of the United States that you’re allowed to do that and we’re gonna defend your right to do that.

I graduated from the world’s shittiest school, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, and, like everyone else, I’m just wondering when dafaq these people are going to do something about Mahmoud Khalil.

D.C.-area friends! I’ll be making two appearances during my book tour. Come see me at Italian Bar (4/4, $10 ticket) and at Politics & Prose Union Market (4/5). See links below to buy tickets and RSVP. italianbardc.com/parties-%26-... politics-prose.com/hannah-selin...

"We never needed those four desserts, not any of us" Great final line to wind up a (yet another, the same, but different, of course, when does it stop?) piece on male power, the dynamics of status & sexual assault by @hannahselinger.bsky.social & get the book! www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

A new byline for me, the Guardian! This piece is actually a deeply abridged excerpt from my book, and the first chapter I wrote (it was in my proposal). I’d love if you gave it a read. TW: sexual assault www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

@vivianlee.bsky.social made me a much nicer BOOK TOUR graphic.

I do know how to design a bathroom, tho.

Reminder that I’m v bad at Canva and all previous Canva art was done by @vivianlee.bsky.social or someone else, because I’m old and a Luddite. I’m great at trolling, bad at using technology for good.

I’m going on tour! RSVP or order a book at my website, hannahselinger.net.