Isle McElroy

Isle performed on stage at Joe’s Pub in our October 24, 2023 edition of Seriously Entertaining, speaking on the evening’s theme, “What Goes Around.”​​

Isle McElroy (they/them) is a non-binary author based in New York. Their writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Cut, Esquire, The Guardian, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, and other publications. They have received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, the Sewanee Writers Conference, and they were named one of The Strand’s 30 Writers to Watch. In May 2021, Isle founded Debuts & Redos, a reading series for authors who published books during the pandemic. Their first novel, The Atmospherians, was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times and a book of the year by Esquire, Electric Literature, Debutiful, and many other outlets.

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