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Christine Grillo @GrilloCM

Fiction, nonfiction, science writer. Lefty, Trekkie, garlic-eater. Recovering grammar snob. Author of Hestia Strikes a Match (FSG - April 2023). @livablefuture

Joined July 2011
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I'm honored to have a story in this issue of @NERweb, and thrilled to be in the company of these writers. Check out the goods at nereview.com/vol-45-no-3/

New England Review@NERweb
16 Sep 2024
Our otherworldly fall issue (45.3) has just landed! Featuring new writing by @YukitTanaka, @GreenleyRachel, @francinejharris, Joseph De La Torre, & @maryjobang; translations by @liana_espectral & @ViplavSaini; & much more. Browse the online preview: nereview.com/vol-45-no-3/
This is the front and back cover of NER issue 45.3 featuring cover artwork by Julia Soboleva.

ALT This is the front and back cover of NER issue 45.3 featuring cover artwork by Julia Soboleva.
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Great piece by @tomphilpott. Agroforestry for the win!
Tom Philpott@tomphilpott
10 Sep 2024
I have a new piece in Yale E360.
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Be entertained by @kathyflann and @EmilyFlake. You'll be glad you did! @The_Rumpus
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Be sure to read @JaneDelury's story, "Goodbye, Raymond Chandler," in the Summer 2024 issue of @pshares! pshares.org/product/summer-2…

Summer 2024

The Summer 2024 issue, guest-edited by Rebecca Makkai, features prose by Dur e Aziz Amna, Ramona Ausubel, Peter Mountford, and more.

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It’s such a joy to read what @TheBetsyBoyd writes when she gets a little weird.
betsy boyd@TheBetsyBoyd
1 Jul 2024
Should puppies live forever? Maybe my weirdest story ever, live at @HungerMtn today. hngrmtn.org/issues/hunger-mo…
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Anybody need a good book to read this summer? Check out the riveting, suspenseful HEDGE by @JaneDelury!
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betsy boyd@TheBetsyBoyd
10 May 2024
Honored to have a piece of flash fiction on the shortlist at @SmokeLong —
SmokeLong Quarterly@SmokeLong
10 May 2024
We have a shortlist! Congratulations to these 25 top entries in The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! Stay tuned for our finalists! #TheSmokey smokelong.com/the-smokelong-…
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Hey there, @michaelmhughes is going to talk about dog poop bags on @TamronHallShow today. You know you want to listen.
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And check out the cocktail recipe by @SoManyDamnBooks!
So Many Damn Books left the platform@SoManyDamnBooks
18 Apr 2024
on the occasion of HESTIA coming out in paperback, why not listen to this chat between me and @GrilloCM? somanydamnbooks.com/episodes…
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Thanks to @lithub for including HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH in its April paperback lineup! lithub.com/robert-lowell-w-e…
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I’m so flattered to see Hestia reviewed here by Jessica Joyal in @colchestersun. Thank you! Book Reviews with the Burnham: "Hestia Strikes a Match" colchestersun.com/news/book-… via @colchestersun

Book Reviews with the Burnham: "Hestia Strikes a Match"

Editor's note: "Book Reviews with the Burnham" is book review series submitted by Burnham Memorial Library staff members which runs in the Sun every other week.

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Many, many thanks @PicadorUSA. I'm so happy to see this beautiful cover in paperback.
Picador USA@PicadorUSA
16 Apr 2024
Happy paperback pub day! HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH by @GrilloCM is the slyly funny story of a woman looking for love and friendship in the midst of a new American civil war. bit.ly/3xGvR2j
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Thanks to @macmillanreads! O happy paperback pub day.
Macmillan Academic@macmillanreads
16 Apr 2024
✨ Happy paperback publication day to @profjulialee, @ElizKolbert, @GrilloCM and all of our authors with new paperbacks out today! 📚✨
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Thank you, @solarcirclegirl! You may have just given me the will to push on this week…
SolarCircleGirl@solarcirclegirl
31 Mar 2024
Replying to @GrilloCM
@GrilloCM HESTIA is the first book I finished in one three week period I checked it out from the library. Lately I am notorious for having to renew books at least once before I crack it open. HESTIA is due on April 2. I finished a few minutes ago. Well done.
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Check out my colleague @tomphilpott and @MagalyLicolli on the @livablefuture podcast UNCONFINED as they discuss poultry workers' fight for rights. Interview is 🔥
Tom Philpott@tomphilpott
13 Feb 2024
New episode of Unconfined podcast! @MagalyLicolli on poultry workers' fight for a basic human right denied them by the U.S. meat industry's massive lobbying power: working conditions that don't wreck their health. clf.jhsph.edu/poultry-worker…
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Thank you to @dctrending for placing HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH in such great company!!
Norah Vawter@NorahVawter
20 Dec 2023
Our @dctrending 2023 holiday booklist authors! @LauraHankin @ShandersWrites @BooksBy_Sarah @oureric @HaileyPiperSays @ambsmcbride @EmiettScribbles @nicolesjchung @JasonReynolds83 @lizamundy @GrilloCM @dinewatson @LenKruger1 @Misswind_ dctrending.com/blog-1/2023/1…
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Many thanks to Anna Kalbarczyk for this vote! Book recommendations from Johns Hopkins scholars and experts bit.ly/3NwYIei via @HubJHU

Book recommendations from Johns Hopkins scholars and experts

We asked faculty members, library staff, and many others about the best books they read in 2023. This is what they told us.

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Loved this story by @JessicaFKane in @Harpers! harpers.org/archive/2023/12/…

Mount Archer, by Jessica Francis Kane

 

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Thank you @npr for including HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH in Books We Love. I'm in fantastic company with this list! apps.npr.org/best-books/#vie…

Books We Love

Here are 380 great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.

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Thank you @crooksbookprize. It's such an honor to be here with @bobbyfinger and @MarjorieHudson1!
crooksbookprize@crooksbookprize
18 Sep 2023
We're so excited to announce the finalists for this year's prize! Thank you to ALL of this year's authors and for their writing! To our finalists @bobbyfinger, @GrilloCM, and @MarjorieHudson1: congratulations! Read more here: bit.ly/CCBP11SL.
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