Amy Berkowitz
@amyberko.bsky.social
Author of Tender Points and Gravitas • Cohost of the Light Jacket Reading Series • Working on a novel that I like to call Untitled Bisexual Jumpsuits Project • she/they • amyberko.com • writinggroup.substack.com
Matt (@deptofmeteors.bsky.social) made a dreamy poetic board game called 'air light water moon shadow sky' and you can order it from Bathers Library today! And in a very Matt move he recorded drone music for players to listen to while playing (lap steel!).
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October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Matt (@deptofmeteors.bsky.social) made a dreamy poetic board game called 'air light water moon shadow sky' and you can order it from Bathers Library today! And in a very Matt move he recorded drone music for players to listen to while playing (lap steel!).
bathers-library.square.site/product/air-...
bathers-library.square.site/product/air-...
I'm making final (?) edits to a novel and it feels like being inside a sock that I'm darning various holes in / also kind of feels like being inside a cocoon. I guess the thing about sewing is that it doesn't matter how messy the inside is. Trying to figure out how I feel about being in the cocoon.
September 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm making final (?) edits to a novel and it feels like being inside a sock that I'm darning various holes in / also kind of feels like being inside a cocoon. I guess the thing about sewing is that it doesn't matter how messy the inside is. Trying to figure out how I feel about being in the cocoon.
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make a zine with me! online! pay what you can! in two weeks! register now. hopeamico.com/classes
#zine #zinesky #collage #artclass
#zine #zinesky #collage #artclass
ONLINE: Instant Zine (Pay What You Can) Sept 2025 — hope amico
Sunday September 21 2-4 pm PST Online & recorded for participants. Introducing a monthly series for the rest of 2025: Pay What You Can Classes! Register here to save your spot, choose your ...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
make a zine with me! online! pay what you can! in two weeks! register now. hopeamico.com/classes
#zine #zinesky #collage #artclass
#zine #zinesky #collage #artclass
As you may know I love learning about what the other Amy Berkowitzs of the world are up to and this is a new plot twist for us!
1/ Meet Amy Berkowitz—a marketing strategist who lost her job the week before Christmas and decided to go “all in” on a dream: Owning a laundromat.
How My Network Acquired a Laundromat for Free with Amy Berkowitz
Welcome back to the Laundromat Resource Podcast! In this episode, host Jordan Berry is joined by Amy Berkowitz—an inspiring entrepreneur whose laundromat jou...
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September 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
As you may know I love learning about what the other Amy Berkowitzs of the world are up to and this is a new plot twist for us!
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Destroying the planet in search of a computer program powerful enough to count the 'b's in blueberry
Meta is building a data center in Wyoming that would use more electricity than every home in the state combined.
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Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Destroying the planet in search of a computer program powerful enough to count the 'b's in blueberry
There are still spots available in my virtual collaborative poetry writing workshop :) Writing collaboratively is a way to resist alienation, embrace interdependence, & reconnect with the pure pleasure of writing — I'm obsessed with it & you can be too! No poetry or collaboration experience needed.
What happens when we “animate [our] privacy with another person’s magic”? I'm leading a virtual collaborative poem writing workshop via @poetshouse.bsky.social on September 20 and I hope you'll join / spread the word! There are need-based scholarships available.
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
Remote 3-Hour Workshop: Amy Berkowitz: The Magic of Collaborative Poetry
9/20: We’ll experience the joy, play, and intimacy of collaborative writing and consider what is gained when we embrace interdependence.
poetshouse.org
August 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
There are still spots available in my virtual collaborative poetry writing workshop :) Writing collaboratively is a way to resist alienation, embrace interdependence, & reconnect with the pure pleasure of writing — I'm obsessed with it & you can be too! No poetry or collaboration experience needed.
Writing about the importance of hijinks in cinema and song — post includes a link to my long awaited hijinks song playlist!
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In praise of hijinks, part 1
Death to gravitas, long live goofin' — celebrating Gravitas's second anniversary by appreciating its opposite. In part 1 of our hijinks deep dive, we're looking at hijinks movies and hijinks music.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Writing about the importance of hijinks in cinema and song — post includes a link to my long awaited hijinks song playlist!
open.substack.com/pub/writingg...
open.substack.com/pub/writingg...
What happens when we “animate [our] privacy with another person’s magic”? I'm leading a virtual collaborative poem writing workshop via @poetshouse.bsky.social on September 20 and I hope you'll join / spread the word! There are need-based scholarships available.
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
Remote 3-Hour Workshop: Amy Berkowitz: The Magic of Collaborative Poetry
9/20: We’ll experience the joy, play, and intimacy of collaborative writing and consider what is gained when we embrace interdependence.
poetshouse.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What happens when we “animate [our] privacy with another person’s magic”? I'm leading a virtual collaborative poem writing workshop via @poetshouse.bsky.social on September 20 and I hope you'll join / spread the word! There are need-based scholarships available.
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
poetshouse.org/event/magic-...
A great song (that in my personal opinion could be one minute shorter), I hadn't thought of it in a long time and then my toddler fell down and wasn't really phased by it and a friend said "she's so tough!"
The Demons, "She's So Tuff" - The Demons (1977)
YouTube video by ShakinAllOver1
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July 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A great song (that in my personal opinion could be one minute shorter), I hadn't thought of it in a long time and then my toddler fell down and wasn't really phased by it and a friend said "she's so tough!"
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Need a reason to mask up?
Here you go:
whn.global/want-to-redu...
Who are the World Health Network? The Lancet has info for you.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Here you go:
whn.global/want-to-redu...
Who are the World Health Network? The Lancet has info for you.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Want to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Dementia? And More? Here's How. - WHN
What if simple changes could significantly reduce your risk for serious illnesses, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and more? We all want to protect our health: eat better, move more...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Need a reason to mask up?
Here you go:
whn.global/want-to-redu...
Who are the World Health Network? The Lancet has info for you.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Here you go:
whn.global/want-to-redu...
Who are the World Health Network? The Lancet has info for you.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Release date unlocked!
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Release date unlocked!
I'm excited to be hosting this workshop at Winslow House in Vallejo on 6/29!
Read the description & sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
& please repost / share
I personally think collaborative writing is the perfect antidote to the doom & isolation many of us are trying hard not to feel 💜
Read the description & sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
& please repost / share
I personally think collaborative writing is the perfect antidote to the doom & isolation many of us are trying hard not to feel 💜
June 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I'm excited to be hosting this workshop at Winslow House in Vallejo on 6/29!
Read the description & sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
& please repost / share
I personally think collaborative writing is the perfect antidote to the doom & isolation many of us are trying hard not to feel 💜
Read the description & sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
& please repost / share
I personally think collaborative writing is the perfect antidote to the doom & isolation many of us are trying hard not to feel 💜
Just realized that the reason I didn't get a grant 2 years ago is that I never submitted the application 😂
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Just realized that the reason I didn't get a grant 2 years ago is that I never submitted the application 😂
This is more of a blogpost post but have you ever noticed how much these songs sound the same?
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and ...
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and ...
The Feelies - Dancing Barefoot
YouTube video by Rachel Kaye
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May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is more of a blogpost post but have you ever noticed how much these songs sound the same?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_0H...
and ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_0H...
and ...
Just reread the review a doctor wrote of Tender Points years ago and am cracking up at the line "Yet for all her truth telling, Berkowitz reaches some questionable conclusions about physicians and the field of medicine"
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just reread the review a doctor wrote of Tender Points years ago and am cracking up at the line "Yet for all her truth telling, Berkowitz reaches some questionable conclusions about physicians and the field of medicine"
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I recently received the proof copy of my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs, and it was such an incredible feeling to hold this complete work in my hands after 8 years of slowly chipping away at it. Itinerant Songs is available to preorder here: www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...
May 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I recently received the proof copy of my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs, and it was such an incredible feeling to hold this complete work in my hands after 8 years of slowly chipping away at it. Itinerant Songs is available to preorder here: www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...
Hi I really enjoyed writing this (my first substack post) and I hope you'll subscribe / check it out because I plan to enjoy writing more!
Welcome to Writing Group
Have some hummus!
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May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hi I really enjoyed writing this (my first substack post) and I hope you'll subscribe / check it out because I plan to enjoy writing more!
Please tell me about your favorite collaboratively written poems!
May 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Please tell me about your favorite collaboratively written poems!
I don’t get the commotion about the new press that plans to focus on male writers. It’s unsurprising, inevitable, and frankly boring. Men have been doing stuff like this for years. No judgement if you wanna share the article online but may I suggest - we don’t have to give these guys more attention.
April 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don’t get the commotion about the new press that plans to focus on male writers. It’s unsurprising, inevitable, and frankly boring. Men have been doing stuff like this for years. No judgement if you wanna share the article online but may I suggest - we don’t have to give these guys more attention.
Having a very charoset is basically a Luna bar Wednesday how about you
April 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Having a very charoset is basically a Luna bar Wednesday how about you
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Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
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Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
As long as we're talking about passover, we cook the same things almost every year - brisket*, asparagus, mashed potatoes, farfel. I yearn for change but also I love these things. Tell me your suggestions.
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As long as we're talking about passover, we cook the same things almost every year - brisket*, asparagus, mashed potatoes, farfel. I yearn for change but also I love these things. Tell me your suggestions.
I finally did it. I made a version of the four children with Sesame Street characters. Here's a PDF if you want to include it in your haggadah this year!
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March 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I finally did it. I made a version of the four children with Sesame Street characters. Here's a PDF if you want to include it in your haggadah this year!
static1.squarespace.com/static/64418...
static1.squarespace.com/static/64418...
If your writing, like mine, was used to train Meta’s AI without your consent, you can fill out this form to let them know how you feel about it. I did it, it took less than 5 minutes. actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work
I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.
actionnetwork.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If your writing, like mine, was used to train Meta’s AI without your consent, you can fill out this form to let them know how you feel about it. I did it, it took less than 5 minutes. actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
I was at a bookstore today and someone was roaming the aisles while talking very loudly on the phone about how they wanted a haircut but haircuts were too expensive and how their nonbinary friends don't get along with their trans friends. And I wouldn't be telling you this except they were SO LOUD!
March 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I was at a bookstore today and someone was roaming the aisles while talking very loudly on the phone about how they wanted a haircut but haircuts were too expensive and how their nonbinary friends don't get along with their trans friends. And I wouldn't be telling you this except they were SO LOUD!