Miranda Popkey

@mmpopkey

Novel: Topics of Conversation MFA in fiction from . 📷 She/her miranda.popkey@gmail.com &

Watertown, MA
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    9 Sep 2019

    I wrote a novel. It's called Topics of Conversation. It's about power, desire, narrative -- everything I've been thinking about for the past two decades. It's not out until January, but you can preorder it at your local indie bookstore, or at Indiebound:

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  2. 15 hours ago

    I truly don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people

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  3. Mar 5

    as a what's happening connoisseur, this is some of their best work yet

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  4. Mar 4

    just found out I have to pay [redacted] in taxes, please buy my book!

    Composed of almost entirely of conversations between women, TOPICS OF CONVERSATION by careens through 20 years in the life of an unnamed narrator, hungry for experience and bent on upending her life. 👭 Coming to paperback 3/9!
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  5. Mar 2

    what's happening, you ask? nothing good

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  6. Mar 2

    if you've read everyone's Britney Spears takes and thought to yourself, Okay, but how does Ben Affleck fit in? have I got the piece for you:

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  7. Feb 25

    if I ever start taking myself seriously it's over for you b— lol who am I kidding this is never going to happen

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  8. Feb 24

    not looking for another job but could someone send me to the hill for one day so can wear a pastel skirt suit lean into a microphone cough delicately and say, To paraphrase the statesman John Fitzergerald Kennedy, you're lying and also fuck you

    we need some rude retweet energy on comms
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  9. Feb 24

    we need some rude retweet energy on comms

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  10. Feb 24

    twitter trend explainer voice is spreading

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  11. Feb 23

    how does BLANK do BLANK look it's almost always money okay? it's almost always money

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  12. Feb 23

    me replying to your bad tweets

    babe, no
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  13. Feb 23

    babe, no

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  14. Feb 23

    wrote some longer thoughts about the way $$ works in fancy new york literary spaces here; spoiler alert: it's not great, bob!

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  15. Feb 23

    solidarity with the ; if you're unfamiliar with the scam prestige pubs (and publishing houses 👀) run on their quote-unquote lower level staffers, this thread is for you

    We’re back at the bargaining table tomorrow, and we’ve told and management that we expect them to bring a serious counter to our wage proposal—one that will let us begin remedying decades of low, stagnant, irregular pay.
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  16. Feb 23

    the brilliant on laziness; sign up for her tinyletter here () if for some reason you haven't already; seeing her in my inbox is both a delight & a spur to stop being a precious baby about my own writing

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  17. Feb 23

    nope it's profit sharing

    Sending $250/$350 per month/per child to everyone, with no work requirement, is welfare Being pro-family means being pro-work Our expanded Child Tax Credit idea is a far better approach
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  18. Feb 20

    hm can't relate

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  19. Feb 20

    trying to learn Spanish by reading an article about myself/my book: we call this a narcissism hack

    «El deseo de tener el control es muy poderoso. Y a veces es más fácil sabotear algo -incluso algo que te hace feliz- porque así controlas cómo termina.» sobre ‘Temas de conversación’ para ⚡️¡Gracias !⚡️
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    Feb 20

    «El deseo de tener el control es muy poderoso. Y a veces es más fácil sabotear algo -incluso algo que te hace feliz- porque así controlas cómo termina.» sobre ‘Temas de conversación’ para ⚡️¡Gracias !⚡️

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  21. Feb 19

    Q: Why are you voting against the bill? A: According to my party's own talking points, it's because I *checks notes* don't want poor people to have food

    whatever you think about the D covid relief package these R reasons for opposing it are extremely *oh my god he admit it*
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