Summer isn't over yet... for adults. Long live very late nights reading, reading, reading and the mornings with tall iced glasses of wake-me-up. Do you find your #reading routine morph with the seasons?

Doing the query letter dance—checking Instagram, brewing another pot of tea, checking email, petting the tummy fluff on my cat, looking at my eyebrows in the mirror, watching the rain pummel the driveway, daydreaming about what I'll make for lunch... Can you relate?

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"We will not delete you. / We would give you / anything we have. / Your pain is not money." From "Current Affairs," one of three new poems by Naomi Shihab Nye for National Poetry Month. ➡️ buff.ly/kDRPTQD

"I felt like I’d touched death, and I was going to write the fucking book." @liziversen.bsky.social interviews @emmapattee.bsky.social about Tilt (Simon & Schuster). ➡️ buff.ly/QcY5bph

"This is a book of resistance..." Leslie-Ann Murray interviews @nadiaalexis.bsky.social about Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press). ➡️ buff.ly/Ogs4KZ2

BIG NEWS! The Rumpus will transition to new ownership under @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social effective May 1. This change is an opportunity for a more sustainable future and meaningful growth. 🎉 Read the full announcement from our publisher, Alyson Sinclair. buff.ly/aFeXcEE

What are you reading right now? #books

I'm thinking a lot these days about "reader resilience" (IE the reader hits a snag in a book that like a burr in a boot just keeps rubbing the reader wrongly). Have you ever experienced this? What keeps you going? #writing #books #readers

Vegan Pecan Maple Tart, done! Tomorrow, tackling B'sprouts, prepping aromatics, making the mac and the cheese. 💪 #cookslife

tonight's dinner: spätzle with lamb stew - #autumn #johannak #illustratedrecipe

Nov. 24, Gratitudes - Seeing "Wicked" with friends, especially the one who promptly fell asleep & another who, 2 minutes in, is asking himself, "Why am I here?" The answer: love. - Waking up early to shop for firm collard greens after a friend advised it last night. Early bird gets the good greens.

November 23 Gratitude List: - Impromptu jam session after the choir practice / recording. - The sweet, sweet finish line of said recording session with a promise of enchiladas awaiting us. - The Chocolate Cake baked pre-coffee this morning for an impromptu pre-birthday celebration at choir.

My book about anxiety came out 8 years ago today and why yes, that was a week after the 2016 election and I felt like a jerk promoting it, so I didn't very much, but I love this little weirdo, so here I go. www.harpercollins.com/products/hi-...

In today's issue of #cooking up the odds and ends in the pantry, I made Blue Masa Pancakes. They were pretty and I loved the top notes of corn, especially with salted butter and blueberries tumbled in before griddling them.

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Solid reminder, Charles.

I never get over how small these numbers are. Look how easy it is to help out your favorite authors! (And your local bookstores!)

It's peak baked feta pasta season. This follows soup last night, made from leftovers. AKA starting to clear the fridge in T-Day prep. When my brain goes on auto-pilot, I'm grateful for my pantry to pitch in & nudge the fridge into action too. This is Tuesday night #cooking. What did you cook today?

November is one for the books. It's a funny phrase, right? I would have written this story differently... Anyways, an atmospheric river is headed our way but hopefully not a bomb cyclone. I'm convinced a meterologist who moonlights as a poet came up with these terms. Imagine them in a haiku!

Nov. 14 Gratitudes: - Recipe test success: pecan pie but not cloyingly sweet - Lunch at Lulu with an old boss in her third life chapter - Solano Ave. flocked in fall tree colors - Emily in Paris > Emily in Rome and I mostly care because she is Phil Collins' daughter - Take Me Home by Phil Collins

An introduction! I'm an equal opportunity #writer & #poet in #Oakland, writing in EatingWell, TheKitchn, epicurious, etc. My beat: food, books & music (& art on Oliveletter Substack). My tea cookbook just celebrated its double digit birthday & I'm senior interviews editor at @therumpus.bsky.social.

Hello, first post. After writing a second abecedarian in a week as catharsis, I find it filled with alarms going off. What are you writing right now? I may make this a place for gratitude lists. You've been warned.