Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard

Morning walk

Morning read Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard

Garden time

We will be hosting another 804 lit salon in DC on October 11 at 7p, which will feature a lot of talented and kind folks. www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa...

Thank you so much, Liz :)

October at the window —John Ashbery Do I really want to go to the city? Here there are lights and cats And birds that live in the sky And metal that must be painted or It will rust, that causes deep brooding Down among the plants and whatever insects And small animals there are there

“One must be careful not to wonder if these pleasures are superior to last year’s pleasures. They never are. That must be the seduction of the past again. But just wait until now becomes then. You’ll see how happy we were.” Susan Sontag—Unguided Tour

“I know I can derive something useful from this world if I can get a reader to say, “I am an adult, I have a family, I pay bills, I live in a world of chicanery and subterfuge and atomic weaponry and inhumanity and round heeled politicians…, but still I have wonder” Barry Lopez

ICYMI New micro up @GhostParachute in the 9th year anniversary edition! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Internet bullied me into moving novels to the star spot on the shelves.

Aster

“If the subject was contemporary art, its nature was there was always something more to say about it. This is what distinguished it from all other cultural manifestations, which ended up constructing something on the basis of accumulation and organization.” César Aria Artforum

Thrilled to be here

“Material made of spirit is the luxurious border where reality communicates with utopia” César Aria

Morning market

Jack Gilbert

Morning walk

Dark with my longing against the light

Always appreciate it when people connect with my work. This particular essay was written in a time of intense parenting and intense self-interrogation. It’s maybe the most straight forward and no BS essay in the whole book. The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

Morning light

Autumn

“So I sit on the edge, wagging my feet above the abyss. Tonight the moon will be in my lap. This is my job, to study the universe from my bridge. I have the sky, the sea, the faint green streak of Canadian forest on the far shore.”

Entering my Luddite era. Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth

Morning walk

Last pick up from a trip to @politicsprose.bsky.social

independentbookreview.com/2025/09/23/wha… Excited to see Ethan Hawke & Me in the honorable mention section of this article on indie books!

Jim Harrison on Federico García Lorca

There's maybe never been a more important moment for #BookSky to get REALLY into small & indie presses. If you don't know where to start, tell me what you're into and I'll give you a recommendation

Listen, what is the word for the embarrassment of opening up your photos to find something you’ve read and you encounter the 12 photos you took on the way to an author event, each one of which was some proof of various facial asymmetries, or crazy eyes etc.

Last four reads Delinquents and other escape attempts by @nickreesgardner.bsky.social @madronabooks.bsky.social A History of Existing Life by Shelagh Powers Johnson Partners and Strangers by Michael Don Essential Poems by Jim Harrison

First ever foggy bottom lit crawl was a hit! So glad to be a part of it.

Here I am reading at the wonderful foggy bottom lit crawl. All of my friends are there too, just out of the frame, smiling with me.

Can’t wait for this amazing event today. See you there, DC :). Shout out to @Ladiwoods1 for organizing!

Taking a train to NYC to read from my essay, On Trains, about various trains of thought.

Loved getting the chance to celebrate a dear friend, Shelagh Powers Johnson, and the publication of her debut collection, A History of Existing Life. So glad to have been a part of the celebration:).

Lit weekend palooza stop 1

Excited to be in conversation with Shelagh Powers Johnson about her debut short story collection this evening, A History of Existing Life, at Backwater Books in Ellicott City!

Jim Harrison

Evening read Speak, memory by Vladimir Nabokov

Reading in Brooklyn on Saturday as a part of the essayist portion at Boog City Arts Festival. See you there! (Checks to see if he has any NYC friends).

A few lovers sweep by the inner eye, but it’s mostly a placid lake at dawn, mist rising, a solitary loon call, and staring into the still, opaque water. We’ll know as children again all that we are destined to know, that the water is cold and deep, and the sun only penetrates so far Jim Harrison

Rock creek

Would love to see DC folks come out to the Foggy Bottom Lit Crawl on Sunday afternoon! This event helps to celebrate the vibrant DC lit scene, Western Market, and @LitBoxBooks. It’s a great way to connect with area writers. patch.com/district-col...

What is lovelier than a creek or riverine thicket? Say it is an unknown benefactor who gave us birds and Mozart , the mystery of trees and water and all living things borrowing time. Would I still love the creek if I lasted forever? Jim Harrison

Really excited to be in conversation with Shelagh Powers Johnson at Backwater Books in Ellicott City at 6p. We will be talking about her wonderful debut story collection, A History of Existing Life. I’d love to see you there!