Erica Berry
@ericajberry.bsky.social
Writer of feelings & the environment (Orion, NYT, Guardian, etc), teacher, author of Wolfish (winner of 2024 Oregon Book Award). Portland, OR. She/her. www.ericaberry.com
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Erica Berry (@ericajberry.bsky.social) is the award-winning writer of ‘Wolfish’ and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington—but what did an average night look like for her as a teenager?
We ask the big questions in the latest Orion Questionnaire.
We ask the big questions in the latest Orion Questionnaire.
Erica Berry Answers the Orion Questionnaire - Orion Magazine
In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Erica Berry (@ericajberry.bsky.social) is the award-winning writer of ‘Wolfish’ and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington—but what did an average night look like for her as a teenager?
We ask the big questions in the latest Orion Questionnaire.
We ask the big questions in the latest Orion Questionnaire.
I was on phone with my Montana grandma when she heard a bang in house and realized a bird had hit her window. 10 minutes later she had dissected it for dinner from “UTube.” who will help this woman get her own channel
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I was on phone with my Montana grandma when she heard a bang in house and realized a bird had hit her window. 10 minutes later she had dissected it for dinner from “UTube.” who will help this woman get her own channel
cool that my parents just sent this photo from their garden of me and my freelance friends trying to scavenge protein amid the AI slop of our wilting media ecosystem
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
cool that my parents just sent this photo from their garden of me and my freelance friends trying to scavenge protein amid the AI slop of our wilting media ecosystem
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On wolves, community, and the joys of illustration: Kathleen Yale, author of ‘What Goes on inside a Wolf Pack’, and Erica Berry, author of ‘Wolfish’ get together to talk about one of their favorite maligned creatures.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On wolves, community, and the joys of illustration: Kathleen Yale, author of ‘What Goes on inside a Wolf Pack’, and Erica Berry, author of ‘Wolfish’ get together to talk about one of their favorite maligned creatures.
orionmagazine.org/article/no-s...
orionmagazine.org/article/no-s...
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You remember the famous Yellowstone Wolf Project? Kathleen Yale was a wildlife field technician for it a decade into its development. Her experience inspired her latest book, 'What Goes on inside a Wolf Pack,' or what @ericajberry.bsky.social calls "an elegant, thought-provoking" year-in-the-life.
No Species Lives in Isolation
A conversation about graphic storytelling, wolf-watching, and community, with children’s book author Kathleen Yale
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September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You remember the famous Yellowstone Wolf Project? Kathleen Yale was a wildlife field technician for it a decade into its development. Her experience inspired her latest book, 'What Goes on inside a Wolf Pack,' or what @ericajberry.bsky.social calls "an elegant, thought-provoking" year-in-the-life.
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Or, rather: climate change is the side-effect of the rich eating the earth, and halting global heating will only be accomplished with class struggle, hopefully not an outright war.
September 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Or, rather: climate change is the side-effect of the rich eating the earth, and halting global heating will only be accomplished with class struggle, hopefully not an outright war.
The average U.S. taxpayer paid MINIMUM $112.12 last year on Israeli weapons.
Join me in donating $112.12 for Gaza relief today (DM receipts) and I’ll pick two raffle winners: 1) a personalized copy of Wolfish sent to person of your choice 2) a one-hour Zoom writing consult
Join me in donating $112.12 for Gaza relief today (DM receipts) and I’ll pick two raffle winners: 1) a personalized copy of Wolfish sent to person of your choice 2) a one-hour Zoom writing consult
August 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The average U.S. taxpayer paid MINIMUM $112.12 last year on Israeli weapons.
Join me in donating $112.12 for Gaza relief today (DM receipts) and I’ll pick two raffle winners: 1) a personalized copy of Wolfish sent to person of your choice 2) a one-hour Zoom writing consult
Join me in donating $112.12 for Gaza relief today (DM receipts) and I’ll pick two raffle winners: 1) a personalized copy of Wolfish sent to person of your choice 2) a one-hour Zoom writing consult
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In just a few hours, Theodore Ross of @theferg.org will be in conversation with @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social to celebrate a future of fungi. Join us at 2 p.m. ET TODAY by getting your last minute registrations in right here!
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July 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In just a few hours, Theodore Ross of @theferg.org will be in conversation with @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social to celebrate a future of fungi. Join us at 2 p.m. ET TODAY by getting your last minute registrations in right here!
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I lived on Zohran’s freshman floor and he’s an excellent neighbor who always shared his pizza…and if you don’t like the idea of SHARING the pie, well I don’t what to tell you
Across various private New York Facebook groups viewed by CNN – such as those for residents of the Upper East Side – some users have anonymously discussed potential plans to move out of the city following Zohran Mamdani’s primary win. cnn.it/3IpkOjr
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I lived on Zohran’s freshman floor and he’s an excellent neighbor who always shared his pizza…and if you don’t like the idea of SHARING the pie, well I don’t what to tell you
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Join Orion and our friends at @thefern.org on July 17 (that's next Thursday!) for THE FUTURE IS FUNGI.
Featuring @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social in conversation with Theodore Ross, this event will center on fungi and how we can learn to live alongside them.
Register now!
Featuring @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social in conversation with Theodore Ross, this event will center on fungi and how we can learn to live alongside them.
Register now!
Register for The Future Is Fungi
Join Orion and the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) to celebrate Orion’s Summer 2025 issue, The Future Is Fungi.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Join Orion and our friends at @thefern.org on July 17 (that's next Thursday!) for THE FUTURE IS FUNGI.
Featuring @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social in conversation with Theodore Ross, this event will center on fungi and how we can learn to live alongside them.
Register now!
Featuring @ericajberry.bsky.social and @meerasub.bsky.social in conversation with Theodore Ross, this event will center on fungi and how we can learn to live alongside them.
Register now!
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Join @orionmagazine.bsky.social & @thefern.org on July 17 (2-3pm ET) to celebrate Orion’s Summer 2025 issue, The Future Is Fungi. I’ll be in conversation with FERN editor Theodore Ross & writer @ericajberry.bsky.social, talking about our pieces for the issue. orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...
Orion and FERN Present The Future Is Fungi - Orion Magazine
Join Orion and the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) to celebrate Orion’s Summer 2025 issue, The Future Is Fungi.
orionmagazine.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join @orionmagazine.bsky.social & @thefern.org on July 17 (2-3pm ET) to celebrate Orion’s Summer 2025 issue, The Future Is Fungi. I’ll be in conversation with FERN editor Theodore Ross & writer @ericajberry.bsky.social, talking about our pieces for the issue. orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...
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"If our foraging accident had taught me anything, it was the precariousness of this equation of life. Our bodies demanded food for survival, but sometimes that food would harm us too."
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Intuitive Eating - Orion Magazine
On poison, pleasure, and trust
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June 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"If our foraging accident had taught me anything, it was the precariousness of this equation of life. Our bodies demanded food for survival, but sometimes that food would harm us too."
@ericajberry.bsky.social @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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this piece by @ericajberry.bsky.social is the first braided essay I’ve read in a while that has me appreciating the conceptual power of that form thanks to her just-pulled-back-enough weaving of the story's threads — foraging, dating, toxicity, heartbreak, love #🍄 orionmagazine.org/article/intu...
Intuitive Eating - Orion Magazine
On poison, pleasure, and trust
orionmagazine.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
this piece by @ericajberry.bsky.social is the first braided essay I’ve read in a while that has me appreciating the conceptual power of that form thanks to her just-pulled-back-enough weaving of the story's threads — foraging, dating, toxicity, heartbreak, love #🍄 orionmagazine.org/article/intu...
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Appreciate the latest update from @ericajberry.bsky.social. Esp re collective ambition.
So much work we do writing, creating, and even in/around nonprofit organizing and community building is about collective ambition. It's making shared possibilities real.
open.substack.com/pub/ericaber...
So much work we do writing, creating, and even in/around nonprofit organizing and community building is about collective ambition. It's making shared possibilities real.
open.substack.com/pub/ericaber...
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Appreciate the latest update from @ericajberry.bsky.social. Esp re collective ambition.
So much work we do writing, creating, and even in/around nonprofit organizing and community building is about collective ambition. It's making shared possibilities real.
open.substack.com/pub/ericaber...
So much work we do writing, creating, and even in/around nonprofit organizing and community building is about collective ambition. It's making shared possibilities real.
open.substack.com/pub/ericaber...
I flew to Vermont to help my college bf with her newborn but guess what, the baby is helping me
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I flew to Vermont to help my college bf with her newborn but guess what, the baby is helping me
WRITE-A-THON UPDATE 🪄🪄 🪄yesterday we raised over $1150 for Pueblo Unido and wrote/revised tens of thousands of words - ever lucky to be a part of PDX’s big-hearted deeply inspiring writing community. Want to be on list to learn more about the June event? Let @emmapattee.bsky.social or I know
May 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
WRITE-A-THON UPDATE 🪄🪄 🪄yesterday we raised over $1150 for Pueblo Unido and wrote/revised tens of thousands of words - ever lucky to be a part of PDX’s big-hearted deeply inspiring writing community. Want to be on list to learn more about the June event? Let @emmapattee.bsky.social or I know
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I've reported on the environment for 12 years in Oregon. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Oregon leaders call the state an environmental leader -- on issues where it's actually a laggard.
Time and again, the reality under the rhetoric is damning.
The latest example:
Time and again, the reality under the rhetoric is damning.
The latest example:
Liberal Oregon and Washington Vowed to Pioneer Green Energy. Almost Every Other State Is Beating Them.
The Northwest states passed aggressive goals to decarbonize the power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency ha...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've reported on the environment for 12 years in Oregon. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Oregon leaders call the state an environmental leader -- on issues where it's actually a laggard.
Time and again, the reality under the rhetoric is damning.
The latest example:
Time and again, the reality under the rhetoric is damning.
The latest example:
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Are you a graduate student in a climate-related field whose research/work/livelihood has been or may be impacted by Trump admin cuts? The @thebulletin.org has a reporter working on a story about this and would love to hear from you. Email me jmckenzie@thebulletin.org and I can put you in touch.
May 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a graduate student in a climate-related field whose research/work/livelihood has been or may be impacted by Trump admin cuts? The @thebulletin.org has a reporter working on a story about this and would love to hear from you. Email me jmckenzie@thebulletin.org and I can put you in touch.
A woman I don’t know sent a note via my website contact form offering to let me write at her seaside guest cottage for free….obviously I said yes and now I’m here and sorry family I am never leaving
May 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A woman I don’t know sent a note via my website contact form offering to let me write at her seaside guest cottage for free….obviously I said yes and now I’m here and sorry family I am never leaving
New Eula Biss in @orionmagazine.bsky.social and it's (of course) a marvel, about gardening and resistance writ large
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May 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New Eula Biss in @orionmagazine.bsky.social and it's (of course) a marvel, about gardening and resistance writ large
orionmagazine.org/article/forc...
orionmagazine.org/article/forc...
42 hours in Hollywood and it’s important the people know how lacquered my hair and sweaty my pits got on the green screen
April 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
42 hours in Hollywood and it’s important the people know how lacquered my hair and sweaty my pits got on the green screen
ICYMI, Donna Haraway said the years between 2000 and 2050 should be called The Great Dithering…welcome to its pinnacle 💅🏼
April 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ICYMI, Donna Haraway said the years between 2000 and 2050 should be called The Great Dithering…welcome to its pinnacle 💅🏼
I'm teaching a 90 minute Zoom workshop on researched memoir next Tues (5-6:30pm PST) and there are just a few spots left online--would love to see you there! lu.ma/jrfvy1ws
Between World and Self: The Art of Researched Memoir with Erica Berry · Zoom · Luma
How might narratives from history, literature, or the natural world complement the telling of our own personal life stories? And how do you balance pivoting…
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April 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm teaching a 90 minute Zoom workshop on researched memoir next Tues (5-6:30pm PST) and there are just a few spots left online--would love to see you there! lu.ma/jrfvy1ws
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Oregonians: Please join me and the brilliant @ericajberry.bsky.social, author of Wolfish, at @barnesandnoble.com Hillsboro this Saturday April 19 4PM for a discussion about Becoming Earth, B&N's monthly nonfiction pick and now a NYT Bestseller! stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
April 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oregonians: Please join me and the brilliant @ericajberry.bsky.social, author of Wolfish, at @barnesandnoble.com Hillsboro this Saturday April 19 4PM for a discussion about Becoming Earth, B&N's monthly nonfiction pick and now a NYT Bestseller! stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...