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Top tweets, Facebook posts, and other social media ephemera Miciah Bay Gault’s article “Young and Adorable: Rewriting the Narrative of Women Writers’ Success” (May/June 2020) elicited tweets of praise for the novelist’s articulation of the cultural myths about success, youth, and appearance that women writers must navigate. “Just read your essay on my porch, in Wichita, Kansas, during my 10-month-old’s nap,” wrote Whitni Ann McDonald Carlson (@whitni_ann). “That window hasn’t slammed shut since life distanced me from NYC (left in 2014). Thanks for the reminder that it’s always open.” Lex C (@LexC666) added: “Just finished reading it yesterday myself. It made me have to find you online, just to thank you. Felt behind when thirty hit, still trying to rush. Exactly the reminder I needed to just keep working and not stress when or if I ‘succeed.’”