Eileen Vorbach Collins
@eileenvcollins.bsky.social
Essayist, author of Love in the Archives, a Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss. Lover of dogs, cats, and bugs that might make me scream. Binders
Looking forward to reading all 32 of these essays. Well, at least 31. Pleased to say I wrote one of them.
Now Available for Pre-orders! Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage—a stunning collection of 32 powerful essays celebrating Jewish joy.
Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage | ELJ Editions
Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture & Heritage is a stunning anthology of 32 powerful essays celebrating Jewish joy. Set in New England, Los Angeles, Seattle; across oceans in Israel, Norway, Spain...
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July 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looking forward to reading all 32 of these essays. Well, at least 31. Pleased to say I wrote one of them.
Congratulations @mimiziemanmd.bsky.social !
Georgia Author of the Year for Memoir.
Georgia Author of the Year for Memoir.
July 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Congratulations @mimiziemanmd.bsky.social !
Georgia Author of the Year for Memoir.
Georgia Author of the Year for Memoir.
Thank you, @100wordstory.bsky.social for publishing this little piece of my heart.
Last played the day she died, her flute collects dust in the attic—the whisper of her breath still trapped in the hollow of it.
Read the rest of this beautifully haunting story at 100wordstory.org
Tinnitus by Eileen Vorbach Collin
Read the rest of this beautifully haunting story at 100wordstory.org
Tinnitus by Eileen Vorbach Collin
April 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, @100wordstory.bsky.social for publishing this little piece of my heart.
I didn't know this. Going to download Libby now. ❤️ My Library.
It's more important than ever to support your public library. #Libraries are community. They are about opening minds and opening doors. Get a library card, and check out books. Download Libby. Libraries need the stats for funding, which is now uncertain. And thank your librarian.
We love you.
We love you.
April 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I didn't know this. Going to download Libby now. ❤️ My Library.
A personal favorite by Casey Mulligan Walsh ( @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/still/
Still
by Casey Mulligan Walsh | Knowing yet not knowing.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A personal favorite by Casey Mulligan Walsh ( @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social) via @short-reads.org (& originally published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social). www.short-reads.org/still/
Thank you so much, Charlotte Hamrick, for this wonderful review of my book. What a sweet Saturday surprise. Book Talk: Love in the Archives open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
Book Talk: Love in the Archives
A memoir by Eileen Vorbach Collins
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February 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank you so much, Charlotte Hamrick, for this wonderful review of my book. What a sweet Saturday surprise. Book Talk: Love in the Archives open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
Passing the Torch
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Passing the Torch
A Year of Support, Love, and Memories
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December 30, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Passing the Torch
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I deleted the sky-follower thing that would bring all my followed/following from the former place. Trying to avoid politics because my #brokenheart can't take any more right now. Where are the #writers? Where are the #doglovers? I need you. #cnf #tinytruth #memoir
December 27, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I deleted the sky-follower thing that would bring all my followed/following from the former place. Trying to avoid politics because my #brokenheart can't take any more right now. Where are the #writers? Where are the #doglovers? I need you. #cnf #tinytruth #memoir
A Bucketful of Wonderful Woe
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A Bucketful of Wonderful Woe
The conundrum of writing about grief and trauma
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December 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
A Bucketful of Wonderful Woe
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I was just reading a post by @bkjackson.bsky.social on a Binder site about worrying an author won't like a review. I checked @hippocampusmag.bsky.social and saw my review was published. I hope I got it right because this here is a special book.
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REVIEW: Everywhere the Undrowned by Stephanie Clare Smith | Hippocampus Magazine
In her stunning debut memoir, Everywhere the Undrowned, Stephanie Clare Smith walks us through the summer she spent on her own, at fourteen, in a New Orleans....
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December 14, 2024 at 3:09 AM
I was just reading a post by @bkjackson.bsky.social on a Binder site about worrying an author won't like a review. I checked @hippocampusmag.bsky.social and saw my review was published. I hope I got it right because this here is a special book.
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Thank you, SugarSugarSalt, for publishing this little piece of my heart. sugarsugarsalt.org/2024/12/08/l...
Laughing Lessons by Eileen Vorbach Collins
Your death wasn’t real. I knew you’d come back, that it was, all of it, a bad dream. The worst dream ever dreamed. When after the first day of shiva— after I laughed and chatted, served cake and co…
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December 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Thank you, SugarSugarSalt, for publishing this little piece of my heart. sugarsugarsalt.org/2024/12/08/l...
Happy to be included in this starter pack.
It's here! A starter pack of all the great #writers that we have published since 2020. If we've missed you out, let us know and we'll add you! #FlashFiction #CNF #WritingCommunity
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November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Happy to be included in this starter pack.
So glad to see this essay by @micheledhaber.bsky.social here. From the title to the ending and everything in between, so deserving of all those nominations.
This essay took me a long long time, but I'm super proud of it. Nominated for Best of the Net, Pushcart, and Best American Essays! www.themanifeststation.net/2024/02/25/t...
Two Dads and a Lump of Clay | The Manifest Station
I open the bag of clay and an odor redolent of summer rain on black soil envelops me. I’m comforted by this ancient material, a mixture of earth and water that has been around since (at least) the thi...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:19 PM
So glad to see this essay by @micheledhaber.bsky.social here. From the title to the ending and everything in between, so deserving of all those nominations.
There’s something about shared grief, a community of bereaved, that feels sacred. Like it was meant to be, but our civilized ways have taken the howling right out of our throats. Taught us to reach for the tissues and dab discreetly at our tears.
#suicidelosssurvivor #suicidelosssupport #afsp
#suicidelosssurvivor #suicidelosssupport #afsp
November 22, 2024 at 11:57 AM
There’s something about shared grief, a community of bereaved, that feels sacred. Like it was meant to be, but our civilized ways have taken the howling right out of our throats. Taught us to reach for the tissues and dab discreetly at our tears.
#suicidelosssurvivor #suicidelosssupport #afsp
#suicidelosssurvivor #suicidelosssupport #afsp
So honored to have a mention in @dianegotauthor.bsky.social 's wonderful bookish newsletter, WomanPause, where I always find new authors to follow or books I must read. And now I want to swim with pigs. But just little ones.
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We're Still Here!! - Diane Gottlieb
Happy Tuesday, everyone. It’s two weeks past the election, and if you’re reading this, you have survived. I do not say that lightly. For some, this election felt like a life-or-death event. And ...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
So honored to have a mention in @dianegotauthor.bsky.social 's wonderful bookish newsletter, WomanPause, where I always find new authors to follow or books I must read. And now I want to swim with pigs. But just little ones.
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dianegottlieb.com/were-still-h...
My friend Casey's debut memoir is on its way into the world. It will make you cry in that way that hurts so good you'll want to read it again.
Did you experience significant loss as a child? I did, which is why there’s a special place in my heart for those who have.
Read about Children’s Grief Awareness Month and what that means to me in the latest from Embracing the Full Catastrophe. Hope to see you there. 🩷
Read about Children’s Grief Awareness Month and what that means to me in the latest from Embracing the Full Catastrophe. Hope to see you there. 🩷
What Story Do You Tell Yourself About the Losses That Have Shaped You?
It's National Children's Grief Awareness Month, and The Full Catastrophe preorders are available now!
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November 19, 2024 at 2:27 AM
My friend Casey's debut memoir is on its way into the world. It will make you cry in that way that hurts so good you'll want to read it again.
Who remembers #cnftweet and #tinytruth ? Those were some of my favorite happening on Twitter. Here's an early one of mine. What could we call them here? #Skybits?
I'd love to see yours.
I'd love to see yours.
November 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Who remembers #cnftweet and #tinytruth ? Those were some of my favorite happening on Twitter. Here's an early one of mine. What could we call them here? #Skybits?
I'd love to see yours.
I'd love to see yours.
Who am I fooling with that "stay kind" post? I don't feel kind. I'm filled with awful rage. Just so you know who I really am, in case you'd rather not follow angry, vengeful me. I curse a lot. It's getting worse. I''ll try to contain it by staying off the toxic landfill of X. And dog/cat pics.
November 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Who am I fooling with that "stay kind" post? I don't feel kind. I'm filled with awful rage. Just so you know who I really am, in case you'd rather not follow angry, vengeful me. I curse a lot. It's getting worse. I''ll try to contain it by staying off the toxic landfill of X. And dog/cat pics.
The migratory movement from X (which I'd refused to call it until now) reminds me of this lovely image by Jennifer Lambein. #Hello, #writers, #dog people, #cat lovers, #bug photographers, Binders. It's a new day. Happy to be here.
🎵 Blue Skies, Nothing but blue skies, 🎵 shining on me. 🎹
Need peace
🎵 Blue Skies, Nothing but blue skies, 🎵 shining on me. 🎹
Need peace
November 15, 2024 at 2:14 PM
It's late and I'm tired but it feels good to finally look at the Blue Sky. I'm hopeful. I made a lot of writer friends in Twitterville, many who've become as real as the Velveteen Rabbit.
And what C. Avie Lowe said.
And what C. Avie Lowe said.
Nothing special to say; just enjoying the connection. It feels like the first day on campus, only I'm not worried I'll have no one to sit with at dinner.
November 15, 2024 at 4:08 AM
It's late and I'm tired but it feels good to finally look at the Blue Sky. I'm hopeful. I made a lot of writer friends in Twitterville, many who've become as real as the Velveteen Rabbit.
And what C. Avie Lowe said.
And what C. Avie Lowe said.