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“The way Miriam Gershow weaves the individual stories of the characters together is brilliant… Closer was a wildly entertaining, if devastating, ride.” BookTrib

"[F]resh and compelling, funny and sad, a book the reader will not easily forget.” Oregon ArtsWatch

“Closer echoes a time before the most hateful among us took the country’s reins, reckoning with the way everyone could hear what was coming, if they had only listened.” Necessary Fiction

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Sabbatical update: Went to campus to cry happy sad nostalgic grateful tears at Carolyn Bergquist's retirement. Found a fan letter in my mailbox.
Happy first birthday, CLOSER! It takes a VILLAGE to launch a book into the world, and I am beyond grateful to @regal_house_publishing and all the readers, booksellers, conversation partners, schools, libraries, and book clubs who found their way to C
Find yourself a journal that marries your flash with gorgeous original art. Longtime fan of Flash Frog. Delighted to be in their (virtual) pages. Link here and in bio: https://flash-frog.com/2026/06/01/dont-chase-by-miriam-gershow/
In praise of libraries this morning after a lovely weekend in Cannon Beach for the NW Author Series at the all-volunteer Cannon Beach Library. Duane, one of the volunteers, compared my writing to Spike Lee movies, Shakespeare's tragedies, and Anne Ty
Recipe for a perfect mother's day: 1. Getting woken with an almond milk latte and your husband saying "7 minutes till your massage" with the massage table set up in the kitchen. 2. Brunch 3. Your boardgame-averse family agreeing to play S
Shhhhhhh. First scraps of a nascent idea.