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Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.

Thank you @chicagoqreview.bsky.social and @elizabethmck.bsky.social for giving “Dead and Buried” the most wonderful home. Fall ‘25 issue is amazing. Pick up yours today! (chicagoquarterlyreview.com) #writingcomminity #storysky #booksky

A week ago, I went to bed without having the slightest clue that the next 10 days on the mountain would be as transformative as many writing friends told me would be. Here’s to the knowing… and now the waiting until I can return #breadloaf2025 #blueparlor #workshop #writingcommunity #iykyk

As golden as the light #breadloafwriters

Thank you @narrativemag.bsky.social for making dreams come true. Seriously, this list with so many literary heroes and friends was a thrill #firsts #stories #writingcommunity

For an upcoming program, I have to be prepared to talk about a passage that I particularly admire. Amy Hempel’s “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson” guts me. Every. Single. Time. Will I ugly cry when I’m talking about it? Stay tuned… #babycomehug #booksky #literaryfiction #stories #writingcommunity

It was a magical week in the valley with @communityofwriters.bsky.social I will carry it in my heart for a long while, quite probably forever. #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #westcoastbestcoast #grateful

It’s been a wonderful time so far at @communityofwriters.bsky.social and this jay bird agrees

Thank you @penamerica.bsky.social for an incredible Emerging Voice program. We cried, we laughed. And yes, it became a part of us. Forever EVs… creating, communing, and caring. #cantstop #wontstop #writingcommunity #fiction

This Friday, June 13th, I’ll be giving a reading of my novel in progress as a PEN America Emerging Voice with my fellow amazing EVs. Register with link below or in bio—it’s free plus friendly faces always appreciated #writingcommunity www.eventbrite.com/e/1368801555...

Grateful for a wonderful Mother’s Day with my favorite mamas and my favorite mama-makers #psiloveyou #classics

It’s our free submission period. Looking forward to reading your amazing work!

Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with @catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social #writingcommunity #grateful

With all that’s going on, it seemed like the perfect thing to post going into the weekend are pics of our cat because… well… 😍 #cats #catsky

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“It’s a destruction so relentless, illegal, and comprehensive that…every element of the attack is still shocking…For any of this to matter, that group of people will need to assert itself” Where are our leaders? 👇 such a great piece @nplusonemag.com

Could spend all day curating a 6-plus minute playlist and this one for sure makes it

Catching up on all the Oscar 🏆nominations. NGL: spending a lot of time at the Aero recently 📽️🎞️🎥💙 may have a wee impact on my writing productivity. 💯 worth it. Thanks @amcinematheque.bsky.social for these amazing screenings! 🙌 #filmsky #oscars @zoesaldanaa.bsky.social @emiliaperezfilm.bsky.social

I invite people around the country who can spare some $$ to check out these charities vetted by Charity Navigator. Fwiw I'm donating to the California Community Fund's "Wildfire Recovery Fund." But there are other great ones too. Be generous if you can! www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...

Money, work, love. In 2025 let’s make of them what we wish. Francis Ford Coppola, a true living legend, kicking off the new year with truth bombs #filmsky #scritpsky #storytellers #manifest

What should I ask Coppola? 90 minute Q&A with “all questions and discussions permitted” 🙋‍♀️🎤 Happy New Year and new traditions… #lfg #film #newyear #megalopolis #scriptsky #storyteller #filmsky #happy

We said goodbye to the very best boy this week. 17 years of the sweetest purrs and cuddles. We will miss you so much but know you are frolicking with your sister somewhere and enjoying an unreasonable amount of meowjawana

We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.

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NGL I straight up ugly cried rewatching The Notebook this afternoon. Now laughing our a$$es off with Princess Bride. This is the weekend of comfort foods and comfort films. #truelove #stillisntover #asyouwish

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“Joy is not made to be a crumb” - Mary Oliver… on this day of gratitude for all — including when love begins ❤️🦃🍁

Crying is a quintessential human experience. Some progress has been made to help us understand human tears — to grasp what they’re made of, why we create them (some of us more than others) and why producing them can help us feel better.

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