Writer & author of THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE: Essays, an NPR Best Book of the year & HOW TO MAKE YOUR MOTHER CRY: fictions, long-listed for the 2025 Story Prize. More at www.sejal-shah.com. #invisibledisabilities #neurodiversity #ADHDhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mibtyywlak2gSo excited for this @marchxness.bsky.social anthology from @splitlippress.com! I will be reading at @fandmcollege.bsky.social as part of their #emergingwritersfestival, which begins tonight, 3/30/26 and HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC will be there, sold by @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social. 🔥💓🎵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibtyywlak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mi4tbryy7c2lI had a terrible time deciding. Both essays are sad in the best way. I thought @cicilybennion.bsky.social had me completely and then I re-read @susannadonato.bsky.social's essay on Ani and remembered my first Ani concert in 1994 & being ghosted by people I loved & voted Ani. @marchxness.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4tbryy7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mi4qf4jqqk2lBoth of these songs and essays slayed me. But I had to vote for Ani and Susanna! Vote vote vote!! It's very close. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4qf4jqqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mhxwmzdzcs2lThis @marchxness.bsky.social game is very close right now and my vote goes to @mfitejohnson.bsky.social's moving essay about Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On." Also writing a kick-ass essay *WHILE* teaching high school is an amazing accomplishment says this former h.s. English teacher. Go Melissa! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxwmzdzcs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mhsz3fg4wc2nThese are both such terrific @marchxness.bsky.social essays! Congrats to @mfitejohnson.bsky.social on winning this round and amazing run to @mlfaliveno.bsky.social whose video and singing were just beautiful & knocked my socks off. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsz3fg4wc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mhlc2wshmk2zListen and vote! Glycerine & You Had Time! @marchxness.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlc2wshmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sejalshah.bsky.social/post/3mgpo7d566c24I had to vote for @modaviau.bsky.social 's essay here, too--and not just because I loved Northampton in the nineties and also went to a women's college, but that helped. There's still time to vote! Read the essays @marchxness.bsky.social and hopefully below here, too, if I posted right. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:45cyzzykckdhp2incrphmh4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpo7d566c24