Cari O.
@cariwriting.bsky.social
Writer. Wine taster. Restless nomad.
Chapbook prize winner. Memoir writer.
Words in Thin Skin, Taos Journal of Poetry, Thimble Literary Mag, Mom Egg Review, Literary Orphans, Spire Light, The Fourth River, Marbled Sigh, Lime Hawk Review, and more.
Chapbook prize winner. Memoir writer.
Words in Thin Skin, Taos Journal of Poetry, Thimble Literary Mag, Mom Egg Review, Literary Orphans, Spire Light, The Fourth River, Marbled Sigh, Lime Hawk Review, and more.
Happy birthday to the most encouraging group of writers I know! I’ve been with them in Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, and Paris … and I can’t wait for where we go this year. 💜💜💜
🎂 Happy 2nd birthday to us! 🎂
Thank you all for being part of our adventure as we've traversed Europe writing, reading, touring, meeting, drinking coffee and building community.
Here's a little tour down memory lane ❤️
Thank you all for being part of our adventure as we've traversed Europe writing, reading, touring, meeting, drinking coffee and building community.
Here's a little tour down memory lane ❤️
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Happy birthday to the most encouraging group of writers I know! I’ve been with them in Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, and Paris … and I can’t wait for where we go this year. 💜💜💜
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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I had a great time last week listening to @cariwriting.bsky.social share poems from her new chapbook, which won the Yellow Jacket Press 2025 chapbook award.
#poetryopenmic #poetrychapbooks #poetry #floridapoets
#poetryopenmic #poetrychapbooks #poetry #floridapoets
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I had a great time last week listening to @cariwriting.bsky.social share poems from her new chapbook, which won the Yellow Jacket Press 2025 chapbook award.
#poetryopenmic #poetrychapbooks #poetry #floridapoets
#poetryopenmic #poetrychapbooks #poetry #floridapoets
So happy to have a flash piece (which began as a writing prompt last year) in the fantastic @thin-skin.bsky.social … enjoy all the good work in this issue. 💜 thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
A Perfect Day Not to Meet - Thin Skin
Jon is no doubt wandering Egmont Park, wondering if he got a detail wrong. He is looking for me, anxious perhaps that I am late, but certain I will show. I am a good person, he trusts that.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:19 PM
So happy to have a flash piece (which began as a writing prompt last year) in the fantastic @thin-skin.bsky.social … enjoy all the good work in this issue. 💜 thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets procured and yes I am looking forward to September even though it’s only January. See you in Madrid, EWS besties. 💜
✨️ We are beyond delighted to announce that author Yael van der Wouden will join us on Saturday night in Madrid for our main salon in September.
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Tickets procured and yes I am looking forward to September even though it’s only January. See you in Madrid, EWS besties. 💜
And so this is happening. If you find yourself in St Petersburg FL in early February, please come hear me read some poems. Maybe read some of your own! 💜
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
And so this is happening. If you find yourself in St Petersburg FL in early February, please come hear me read some poems. Maybe read some of your own! 💜
You’ll find me celebrating this incredible organization ALWAYS, and especially on their 2nd birthday. 🎉🌟🩵
On 11th February, we will be turning 2! To celebrate, we are hosting a Europe-wide party!
Read more here and find out if we are coming to a town near you.
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/now-we-are...
Read more here and find out if we are coming to a town near you.
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/now-we-are...
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
You’ll find me celebrating this incredible organization ALWAYS, and especially on their 2nd birthday. 🎉🌟🩵
#Fridayreads is a sweet and tender story. 🩵
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
#Fridayreads is a sweet and tender story. 🩵
Reading poems! Sipping cider! So grateful to have a literary crew at “home” in Florida. 💜
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reading poems! Sipping cider! So grateful to have a literary crew at “home” in Florida. 💜
Marie is one of the finest writers I know, so this tracks. 🥂🎉
It's gives us great pleasure to nominate Miss Sunkissed 1962 by @mariegethins.bsky.social for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance...please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Marie is one of the finest writers I know, so this tracks. 🥂🎉
Highly recommend all online and in-person offerings from this beloved salon. 💜💜💜
Our newsletter is out with lots of opportunities to meet online this winter.
Join our friendly community. We want to meet you!
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Join our friendly community. We want to meet you!
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/join-our-f...
Join our friendly community this winter
Online opportunities, so you can stay cosy at home
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Highly recommend all online and in-person offerings from this beloved salon. 💜💜💜
Perfect #fridayreads for the mood 💜 📚
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Perfect #fridayreads for the mood 💜 📚
I wrote a blog for Chill Subs! And I managed to write it about wine!Read it here. Cheers. 🍷
www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-to-...
www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-to-...
Cheers to Submission Rituals (Which May or May Not Include a Glass of Wine) | Chill Subs Blog
How to build a submission practice you'll actually stick to
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November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I wrote a blog for Chill Subs! And I managed to write it about wine!Read it here. Cheers. 🍷
www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-to-...
www.chillsubs.com/blog/how-to-...
A poem of mine is included in The Fourth River’s winter edition, which is beautifully dedicated to our feathered bird friends. Enjoy Salt Marsh and all the other gorgeous work here. #poetry
www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...
www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...
Salt Marsh — The Fourth River
by Cari Oleskewicz
www.thefourthriver.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A poem of mine is included in The Fourth River’s winter edition, which is beautifully dedicated to our feathered bird friends. Enjoy Salt Marsh and all the other gorgeous work here. #poetry
www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...
www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...
Heading to 🌟 Paris 🌟 this morning to hang out with my favorite writing community ever… allons-y! @saloneurope.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Heading to 🌟 Paris 🌟 this morning to hang out with my favorite writing community ever… allons-y! @saloneurope.bsky.social
Listen, if you’re writing a memoir about horses, this is absolutely relevant information, thank you @merriam-webster.com 🐎 #amwriting
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Listen, if you’re writing a memoir about horses, this is absolutely relevant information, thank you @merriam-webster.com 🐎 #amwriting
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So much fun reading and listening tonight, and I love my @saloneurope.bsky.social fam.
Having a wonderful evening @desperatelit.bsky.social hearing from our fantastic readers
@fionnuala-k.bsky.social @elvisbego.bsky.social @mitch-h-r.bsky.social @cariwriting.bsky.social
@fionnuala-k.bsky.social @elvisbego.bsky.social @mitch-h-r.bsky.social @cariwriting.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So much fun reading and listening tonight, and I love my @saloneurope.bsky.social fam.
A double dose of #fridayreads today, and I’ll be adding some László Krasznahorkai before the weekend is over, too, because #Nobel
Happy reading, friends.
Happy reading, friends.
October 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A double dose of #fridayreads today, and I’ll be adding some László Krasznahorkai before the weekend is over, too, because #Nobel
Happy reading, friends.
Happy reading, friends.
Meet us in Paris, writer friends!
Tickets for our intimate Paris salon are selling fast.
There will be:
🎤 Fantastic readings
🍷 Wine included
🥘 Friendly dinner after
🖼 Writing in a museum Friday morning
🤝 New friends and connections
All for a tiny price
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paris-lite...
There will be:
🎤 Fantastic readings
🍷 Wine included
🥘 Friendly dinner after
🖼 Writing in a museum Friday morning
🤝 New friends and connections
All for a tiny price
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paris-lite...
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Meet us in Paris, writer friends!
My #fridayreads is “Foster” by Claire Keegan, which I began reading in a lovely, leafy park in Brussels 💜
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My #fridayreads is “Foster” by Claire Keegan, which I began reading in a lovely, leafy park in Brussels 💜
Don’t ask me to do anything for the next month. I already HAD too much writing to do, and now that I’m fresh off the @saloneurope.bsky.social salon in Brussels, there is even MORE writing to do. I’m at my desk. And I’m not leaving it until Madrid. 💜
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September 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Don’t ask me to do anything for the next month. I already HAD too much writing to do, and now that I’m fresh off the @saloneurope.bsky.social salon in Brussels, there is even MORE writing to do. I’m at my desk. And I’m not leaving it until Madrid. 💜
I am in Brussels and 😍😍😍 I already love this city!
September 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I am in Brussels and 😍😍😍 I already love this city!