Erin Dorney
@erindorney.bsky.social
Sober bi writer in Western NY
Sarabande Books managing editor
Former academic librarian
Collage, zines
Books: "Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering" (Autofocus), "I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems after Shia LaBeouf" (Mason Jar Press)
www.erindorney.com
Sarabande Books managing editor
Former academic librarian
Collage, zines
Books: "Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering" (Autofocus), "I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems after Shia LaBeouf" (Mason Jar Press)
www.erindorney.com
So much fun making the artwork for this story by @jessdawn.bsky.social!
This story is dedicated to the stuffed humpback whale I bought myself three years ago that I often use as a pillow while watching TV ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/whippomorp...
“Whippomorpha” by Jessica Dawn
“If there’s nothing to fight over, most of getting divorced is just waiting. Nothing worth fighting over, Janna decided a while ago. Best to just let it go.”
ashortstorylong.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So much fun making the artwork for this story by @jessdawn.bsky.social!
Just finished reading The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister and I loved it so much.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just finished reading The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister and I loved it so much.
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HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT
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The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
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the vast majority of the self-employed artists and writers you love can only do what we do because of the ACA
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
the vast majority of the self-employed artists and writers you love can only do what we do because of the ACA
My boomer parents were appalled to learn that my partner, who works a full time job, does not have healthcare covered by his employer. TALK TO YOUR BOOMER PARENTS - they do not know the situation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My boomer parents were appalled to learn that my partner, who works a full time job, does not have healthcare covered by his employer. TALK TO YOUR BOOMER PARENTS - they do not know the situation.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
No healthcare, NO DEAL.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No healthcare, NO DEAL.
Here's my hot literary take of the morning: All teaching artists should earn the same rate across an organization. And that rate should be transparent.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here's my hot literary take of the morning: All teaching artists should earn the same rate across an organization. And that rate should be transparent.
Setting up some zine & writing workshops in the Adirondacks for December! 😍 ✂️ 🌲
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Setting up some zine & writing workshops in the Adirondacks for December! 😍 ✂️ 🌲
Is $80-$90/month a normal electric bill for a house that's under 1000 sqft? Our bill seems high to me.
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Is $80-$90/month a normal electric bill for a house that's under 1000 sqft? Our bill seems high to me.
it's giving Shia LaBeouf
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
it's giving Shia LaBeouf
Retired men couldn't POSSIBLY get dinner started but they can re-inflate the Halloween blow up decorations every night.
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Retired men couldn't POSSIBLY get dinner started but they can re-inflate the Halloween blow up decorations every night.
"There is this whole landscape of people out there, doing what you wish you were doing already."
Always gems from @wendyortiz.com
newsletter.mommyselcamino.com/archive/gent...
Always gems from @wendyortiz.com
newsletter.mommyselcamino.com/archive/gent...
gentle disruption of autumn patterns
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. just living wherever it feels like September 28th was the date of the last official event I did this year to support the April...
newsletter.mommyselcamino.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"There is this whole landscape of people out there, doing what you wish you were doing already."
Always gems from @wendyortiz.com
newsletter.mommyselcamino.com/archive/gent...
Always gems from @wendyortiz.com
newsletter.mommyselcamino.com/archive/gent...
Menstrual products are a good thing to donate to food pantries. Absurd that they're not considered healthcare/free for all.
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Menstrual products are a good thing to donate to food pantries. Absurd that they're not considered healthcare/free for all.
I snagged this! Really looking forward to this one ❤️🔥
We have one (1) copy of GRAPHIC RAGE left in the office at the old $24 rate--after that one sells, they'll all be at the new $27 price. WE APOLOGIZE! Rising print costs are real! First come will be the first served...
www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage
www.splitlippress.com/graphic-rage
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I snagged this! Really looking forward to this one ❤️🔥
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska
Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.
www.adn.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
Read this today and loved it. Fave quotes:
"...I do not remind myself of myself as I was five-plus years ago"
&
"I’m afraid that art is over, which is why, I believe, I can’t write."
"...I do not remind myself of myself as I was five-plus years ago"
&
"I’m afraid that art is over, which is why, I believe, I can’t write."
Kate Colby on drawing inspiration from Edward Hopper’s Cape Cod Morning and how poetry can save the human brain.
A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain
I can’t write. It’s been over a year since I wrote a poem or anything at all, really, and this is not normal for me; I am always always writing. I’ve written my way through the hardest parts of my …
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Read this today and loved it. Fave quotes:
"...I do not remind myself of myself as I was five-plus years ago"
&
"I’m afraid that art is over, which is why, I believe, I can’t write."
"...I do not remind myself of myself as I was five-plus years ago"
&
"I’m afraid that art is over, which is why, I believe, I can’t write."
I'm tabling (& cohosting!) North Country Zine Fest in Plattsburgh this weekend! Stop by Saturday from 12-5pm after you do some protesting/leaf peeping ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
www.strandcenter.org/zine-fest
www.strandcenter.org/zine-fest
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm tabling (& cohosting!) North Country Zine Fest in Plattsburgh this weekend! Stop by Saturday from 12-5pm after you do some protesting/leaf peeping ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
www.strandcenter.org/zine-fest
www.strandcenter.org/zine-fest
Desperately don't want @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's Comics for People Who Can't Draw class to end... it's the best thing I've done for my creative self in YEARS. Take this class !!
October 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Desperately don't want @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social's Comics for People Who Can't Draw class to end... it's the best thing I've done for my creative self in YEARS. Take this class !!
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Libra season is upon us. My power is now infinite and fall has finally fallen. Crisp and clear today. Praise Beyoncé.
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Libra season is upon us. My power is now infinite and fall has finally fallen. Crisp and clear today. Praise Beyoncé.
Rather like imagining future humans (if any of us make it) wondering about the giant plastic skeletons they keep finding in ancient garbage dumps.
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Rather like imagining future humans (if any of us make it) wondering about the giant plastic skeletons they keep finding in ancient garbage dumps.
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✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Erin Dorney lives in Western New York and has authored a book of epistolary poems addressed to Yoga with Adriene, a book of Shia LaBeouf erasures, & many zines.
Follow her at @erindorney.bsky.social & don’t miss her zine, “Artist Residencies I Wish Existed,” dropping TOMORROW!
Follow her at @erindorney.bsky.social & don’t miss her zine, “Artist Residencies I Wish Existed,” dropping TOMORROW!
September 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Erin Dorney lives in Western New York and has authored a book of epistolary poems addressed to Yoga with Adriene, a book of Shia LaBeouf erasures, & many zines.
Follow her at @erindorney.bsky.social & don’t miss her zine, “Artist Residencies I Wish Existed,” dropping TOMORROW!
Follow her at @erindorney.bsky.social & don’t miss her zine, “Artist Residencies I Wish Existed,” dropping TOMORROW!