Michele Filgate

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT.

Articles

Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

6 days ago | lithub.com | Michele Filgate

My father has untreated ADHD. Two years ago, at thirty-nine, I verified a longtime suspicion and was diagnosed with the same disorder. When we talk on the phone we talk at each other rather than to each other. Let me tell you something, my father says. Nancy makes the best meatballs. He tells me he fed some of the coveted leftover meatballs my stepmom made for him to a fox that frequents their yard. I think it’s sweet he shared them with a wild animal. I ran around the park today, I say.
Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Michele Filgate

2 hours agoLanguage As Identity: How Dragon Academy Is Reinventing The Way The Next Generation LearnsThe future of education isn’t being written in classrooms—it’s unfolding in story-driven apps, AI-generated worlds, and social feeds that shape identity as much as they deliver knowledge.
What My Father and I Don't Talk About

2 months ago | simonandschuster.com | Michele Filgate

A follow-up to the wildly successful What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, this collection of essays from sixteen notable writers breaks the silence on the complex—and sometimes contentious—relationships we have with our fathers. has become a rare gem in the literary world.
7 Books about Gripping Family Secrets

Jun 25, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Dani Shapiro |Michele Filgate |DIANE BROWN
How Deborah Levy's self-soothing COVID-lockdown habit inspired a virtuosic novel

Jun 6, 2023 | latimes.com | Michele Filgate
Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet

Apr 17, 2023 | latimes.com | Michele Filgate