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The body is a temporary gathering place (2024 Autofocus) . One Person Away From You (2021 Moon City Press)3x notable at Best American Essays. Work in The Best American Poetry, The ThreePenny Review, Prairie Schooner etc.

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Seamus Heaney

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W.S. Merwin

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Seamus Heaney “The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.”

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Me: I didn’t that much engagement on a story. Lauren: Seamus Heaney only got 4 likes. Me: okay. Staying humble.

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Been in a rut and Seamus Heaney is reminding me of what I love about language “In a cold where things might crystallize or founder/His story quickened us, a wild white goose Heard after dark above the drifted house.”

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W.S. Merwin “May these notes be heard another morning In another life In another spring together”

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Thank you @jacqdoyle.bsky.social :)

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Thrilled to host an 804 reading in LA at AWP with these fine people

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W.S. Merwin

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“There are places one has chosen to live, invisible abodes which one makes for oneself quite outside the current of time.” Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Youcenar TR Grace Frick

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W.S. Merwin “Wild Geese”

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Morning

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Current read Eros the Bittersweet @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Anne Carson

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After the rain

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Jack Gilbert

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Close up from 804 of one of our attentive audience members

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804 lit salon in dc

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Coffee time

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“The lapse into despair of a writer who does not write.” From the end notes to Memoirs Of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar TR Grace Frick /also me for the past few months

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Forlorn little guy

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804 lit salon this weekend featuring @chrisstevenson.bsky.social , @kfergusonwrites.bsky.social, Emma Francois, Thandiwe Wilson, and David Keplinger. A night of literature and hanging out among good people!

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Miss warmth

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Correct headline.

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Have finished up proofs for two upcoming essays and have a third set to look at for an upcoming story. I’d say wok, but I am honestly bummed about the state of things rn. Anyhow, here are some trees

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Writers we're a little over 1/3 sold out for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/12/25! Which means: 1. We still have tickets, but 2. They're going faster than usual so far, and 3. We've sold out the past 2 years in DC Join us for a great day! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

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Snow day

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W.S. Merwin

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Morning

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My dad told me he read my essays, which I’d sort of tried to hide from him, in part because the essays say things we’ve never said out loud. We talked and avoided anything beyond a factual detail, but we also had a slightly closer conversation than we’ve ever had before..

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W.S. Merwin

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Apparently this little horse center in Rock Creek may be going away:/

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Cool to see the print edition of the starred review from Kirkus for my essay collection, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place. autofocusbooks.com/store/p/the-...

Seamus Heaney

W.S. Merwin

Seamus Heaney “The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.”

Me: I didn’t that much engagement on a story. Lauren: Seamus Heaney only got 4 likes. Me: okay. Staying humble.

Been in a rut and Seamus Heaney is reminding me of what I love about language “In a cold where things might crystallize or founder/His story quickened us, a wild white goose Heard after dark above the drifted house.”

W.S. Merwin “May these notes be heard another morning In another life In another spring together”

Thank you @jacqdoyle.bsky.social :)

Thrilled to host an 804 reading in LA at AWP with these fine people

W.S. Merwin

“There are places one has chosen to live, invisible abodes which one makes for oneself quite outside the current of time.” Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Youcenar TR Grace Frick

W.S. Merwin “Wild Geese”

Morning

Current read Eros the Bittersweet @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Anne Carson

After the rain

Jack Gilbert

Close up from 804 of one of our attentive audience members

804 lit salon in dc

Coffee time

“The lapse into despair of a writer who does not write.” From the end notes to Memoirs Of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar TR Grace Frick /also me for the past few months

Forlorn little guy

804 lit salon this weekend featuring @chrisstevenson.bsky.social , @kfergusonwrites.bsky.social, Emma Francois, Thandiwe Wilson, and David Keplinger. A night of literature and hanging out among good people!

Miss warmth

Correct headline.

Have finished up proofs for two upcoming essays and have a third set to look at for an upcoming story. I’d say wok, but I am honestly bummed about the state of things rn. Anyhow, here are some trees

Writers we're a little over 1/3 sold out for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/12/25! Which means: 1. We still have tickets, but 2. They're going faster than usual so far, and 3. We've sold out the past 2 years in DC Join us for a great day! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

Snow day

W.S. Merwin

Morning

My dad told me he read my essays, which I’d sort of tried to hide from him, in part because the essays say things we’ve never said out loud. We talked and avoided anything beyond a factual detail, but we also had a slightly closer conversation than we’ve ever had before..

W.S. Merwin

Apparently this little horse center in Rock Creek may be going away:/

Cool to see the print edition of the starred review from Kirkus for my essay collection, The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place. autofocusbooks.com/store/p/the-...

afternoon sanity walk

Family game night