Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷
@jenniferbeworr.bsky.social
American & British reader/writer living in🇨🇭with a stash of builders tea and a stack of old New Yorker mags. Smith College alum ♾️.
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Will be reading from MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.org) as part of the SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO with this stellar line-up of poets on February 22nd! Join us, friends! 💙⬇️
I'm excited to host SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO on Feb. 22nd on ZOOM at 6 pm CT with featured readers Teresa Scollon, @susanlleary.bsky.social, Tim Moder, Grayson Thompson & Denton Loving. Register for Zoom here: tinyurl.com/c65uwak3 — Website update coming soon! Hope to see you, good world— 👏🌈
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Will be reading from MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.org) as part of the SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO with this stellar line-up of poets on February 22nd! Join us, friends! 💙⬇️
I’ve been getting up too late to qualify for #5amwritersclub , but #amediting every day. :)
Trying to fit the story that wants to exist into the frame of what I can do, y’know?
Trying to fit the story that wants to exist into the frame of what I can do, y’know?
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I’ve been getting up too late to qualify for #5amwritersclub , but #amediting every day. :)
Trying to fit the story that wants to exist into the frame of what I can do, y’know?
Trying to fit the story that wants to exist into the frame of what I can do, y’know?
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The full transcript of Adam Shatz’s LRB winter lecture is lengthy, knotty & worth every second. What America means, in theory & in practice - & specifically what it means now www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Another Country: Visions of America
Is America a dream or a nightmare, a democratic paradise or a bastion of white supremacy and religious intolerance? Is...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The full transcript of Adam Shatz’s LRB winter lecture is lengthy, knotty & worth every second. What America means, in theory & in practice - & specifically what it means now www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brief, thoughtful, beautifully done.
"We failed to protect our winters, and now we don’t know how to handle it when it makes a ghostly return..."
Our latest newsletter from The Winding Trail went out into the world this morning.
the-winding-trail.com/2026/02/06/p...
Our latest newsletter from The Winding Trail went out into the world this morning.
the-winding-trail.com/2026/02/06/p...
Postcard 03: Protect our winters
The coldest winter in sixteen years reminds us of what has been lost…
the-winding-trail.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Brief, thoughtful, beautifully done.
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Want to write something for is and read with us at our event later this month? There’s still time to submit…
WE WANT YOUR PROSE—submit now to read at our Feb 21 Lettrétage event about Christa Wolf (and her post-Wall writing e.g. One Day A Year). Send us some short prose in any language about the day, the daily, the recurring date, everyday politics. We will print a zine!
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February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Want to write something for is and read with us at our event later this month? There’s still time to submit…
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"Tell me about how you
feel about what happened today. I don't want to fight about it."
#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
feel about what happened today. I don't want to fight about it."
#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Tell me about how you
feel about what happened today. I don't want to fight about it."
#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
feel about what happened today. I don't want to fight about it."
#alphabetchallenge #WeekDforDramatic #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
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I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Get Involved — Bookbanks
www.bookbanks.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
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Winter workshops get me thru the dark days. Inexpensive, on a Saturday, and run by Steve Edwards? Registered.
One month from today!
I'll be offering a special afternoon workshop with 27 Powers entitled "Writing as Belonging."
We will begin the work of transforming our writing practices from siloed solitudes into acts of situated belonging—to ourselves, to the art form, to each other, to the world.
I'll be offering a special afternoon workshop with 27 Powers entitled "Writing as Belonging."
We will begin the work of transforming our writing practices from siloed solitudes into acts of situated belonging—to ourselves, to the art form, to each other, to the world.
Steve Edwards - Writing As Belonging
A Generative Workshop on Solitude, Connection, and Creative Community
27powers.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Winter workshops get me thru the dark days. Inexpensive, on a Saturday, and run by Steve Edwards? Registered.
Bookshop love.
The indie sellers in northeast US do a glorious job of carrying pre-loved books. I’ve already picked up several Steinbeck novels and one more Toni Morrison.
May the words be with you this weekend. #booksky
The indie sellers in northeast US do a glorious job of carrying pre-loved books. I’ve already picked up several Steinbeck novels and one more Toni Morrison.
May the words be with you this weekend. #booksky
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Bookshop love.
The indie sellers in northeast US do a glorious job of carrying pre-loved books. I’ve already picked up several Steinbeck novels and one more Toni Morrison.
May the words be with you this weekend. #booksky
The indie sellers in northeast US do a glorious job of carrying pre-loved books. I’ve already picked up several Steinbeck novels and one more Toni Morrison.
May the words be with you this weekend. #booksky
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Mocha & I are spending our morning with the latest beautiful issue of the Blue Earth Review. I’m so happy it includes my CNF flash “Good and Plenty.”💚🐶📚
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Mocha & I are spending our morning with the latest beautiful issue of the Blue Earth Review. I’m so happy it includes my CNF flash “Good and Plenty.”💚🐶📚
GM :)
Swirls of ice in a frozen river, adding to the eddying of edits?!
Been up since 5h but trying to stay quiet and not wake others (grrr…).
Very best wishes for your words ♥️
#5amwritersclub #amediting 🫂
Swirls of ice in a frozen river, adding to the eddying of edits?!
Been up since 5h but trying to stay quiet and not wake others (grrr…).
Very best wishes for your words ♥️
#5amwritersclub #amediting 🫂
February 7, 2026 at 12:08 PM
GM :)
Swirls of ice in a frozen river, adding to the eddying of edits?!
Been up since 5h but trying to stay quiet and not wake others (grrr…).
Very best wishes for your words ♥️
#5amwritersclub #amediting 🫂
Swirls of ice in a frozen river, adding to the eddying of edits?!
Been up since 5h but trying to stay quiet and not wake others (grrr…).
Very best wishes for your words ♥️
#5amwritersclub #amediting 🫂
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✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
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The most wonderful review by Neil Bartlett for @theguardian.com's BOTD on Madeleine Dunnigan's '[It will] speak to anyone who can remember how glorious – and dangerous – it once felt to find yourself in possession of a fully functioning heart.' Out THURSDAY! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan review – sex and teenage secrets
Queer self-discovery drives this powerful coming-of-age debut set in a bohemian 1970s school
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The most wonderful review by Neil Bartlett for @theguardian.com's BOTD on Madeleine Dunnigan's '[It will] speak to anyone who can remember how glorious – and dangerous – it once felt to find yourself in possession of a fully functioning heart.' Out THURSDAY! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
I lay quiet in the early morning hours where we’re staying in Pennsylvania with friends, trying not to wake my husband.
Yesterday I took this photo of the frozen Susquehanna River here.
Now back to editing while hoping you capture what we most need in words.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
Yesterday I took this photo of the frozen Susquehanna River here.
Now back to editing while hoping you capture what we most need in words.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I lay quiet in the early morning hours where we’re staying in Pennsylvania with friends, trying not to wake my husband.
Yesterday I took this photo of the frozen Susquehanna River here.
Now back to editing while hoping you capture what we most need in words.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
Yesterday I took this photo of the frozen Susquehanna River here.
Now back to editing while hoping you capture what we most need in words.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Taking a break from #5amwriterslcub today for a small celebration! 🥳
Many thanks to @penamerica and its judges for shortlisting Ibis for the PEN Open Book Award!
Both honored and grateful! ☺️💚
Happy Friday, all!
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #Debutnovelist #OpenBookAward
Many thanks to @penamerica and its judges for shortlisting Ibis for the PEN Open Book Award!
Both honored and grateful! ☺️💚
Happy Friday, all!
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #Debutnovelist #OpenBookAward
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Taking a break from #5amwriterslcub today for a small celebration! 🥳
Many thanks to @penamerica and its judges for shortlisting Ibis for the PEN Open Book Award!
Both honored and grateful! ☺️💚
Happy Friday, all!
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #Debutnovelist #OpenBookAward
Many thanks to @penamerica and its judges for shortlisting Ibis for the PEN Open Book Award!
Both honored and grateful! ☺️💚
Happy Friday, all!
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #Debutnovelist #OpenBookAward
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Each week, we unlock from our archive stories, poems, and interviews for our readers.
Sign up for the Redux newsletter to receive these pieces—by writers like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Kazuo Ishiguro—to your inbox every Sunday morning.
Sign up for the Redux newsletter to receive these pieces—by writers like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Kazuo Ishiguro—to your inbox every Sunday morning.
The Paris Review Newsletter
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February 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Each week, we unlock from our archive stories, poems, and interviews for our readers.
Sign up for the Redux newsletter to receive these pieces—by writers like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Kazuo Ishiguro—to your inbox every Sunday morning.
Sign up for the Redux newsletter to receive these pieces—by writers like Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, and Kazuo Ishiguro—to your inbox every Sunday morning.
Another photo from my daughter, in Cambodia.
Nature’s capture of the human built world.
Good wishes for the word worlds
#5amwritersclub
Nature’s capture of the human built world.
Good wishes for the word worlds
#5amwritersclub
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Another photo from my daughter, in Cambodia.
Nature’s capture of the human built world.
Good wishes for the word worlds
#5amwritersclub
Nature’s capture of the human built world.
Good wishes for the word worlds
#5amwritersclub
I re-read the Foreword by Toni Morrison in Beloved.
All this contemporary history wherein choices are weighed around career and children, when not so long ago slavery meant ‘choice’ was far beyond reach.
In that magnificent refusal to forget, Toni Morrison made a story we can’t forget.
#booksky♾️
All this contemporary history wherein choices are weighed around career and children, when not so long ago slavery meant ‘choice’ was far beyond reach.
In that magnificent refusal to forget, Toni Morrison made a story we can’t forget.
#booksky♾️
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I re-read the Foreword by Toni Morrison in Beloved.
All this contemporary history wherein choices are weighed around career and children, when not so long ago slavery meant ‘choice’ was far beyond reach.
In that magnificent refusal to forget, Toni Morrison made a story we can’t forget.
#booksky♾️
All this contemporary history wherein choices are weighed around career and children, when not so long ago slavery meant ‘choice’ was far beyond reach.
In that magnificent refusal to forget, Toni Morrison made a story we can’t forget.
#booksky♾️
This is an original sketch posted by a college writing professor who drew it.
Listening to her on the process of sketching, making tiny additions and erasures, TRYING things, I hear the adjustments fundamental to drafting stories with words.
#booksky ✏️
Listening to her on the process of sketching, making tiny additions and erasures, TRYING things, I hear the adjustments fundamental to drafting stories with words.
#booksky ✏️
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is an original sketch posted by a college writing professor who drew it.
Listening to her on the process of sketching, making tiny additions and erasures, TRYING things, I hear the adjustments fundamental to drafting stories with words.
#booksky ✏️
Listening to her on the process of sketching, making tiny additions and erasures, TRYING things, I hear the adjustments fundamental to drafting stories with words.
#booksky ✏️
Another few hours of editing not bliss, but how unfortunate it would be, to be without them.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity 🖊️ 🩸 💧
#amediting #5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity 🖊️ 🩸 💧
February 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Another few hours of editing not bliss, but how unfortunate it would be, to be without them.
#amediting #5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity 🖊️ 🩸 💧
#amediting #5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity 🖊️ 🩸 💧
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From the archive for Russell Hoban, #BornOnThisDay in 1925, my thoughts on TURTLE DIARY.
A wry, piercingly perceptive exploration of different facets of loneliness & the fear of stepping outside one’s comfort zone in the maelstrom of middle age. #BookSky 💙📚
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A wry, piercingly perceptive exploration of different facets of loneliness & the fear of stepping outside one’s comfort zone in the maelstrom of middle age. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/t...
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
What a captivating, wryly humorous novel this is – a life-affirming read with none of the schmaltz or saccharine this description might suggest! It’s my book group’s current read, and I can’t wait …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:41 AM
From the archive for Russell Hoban, #BornOnThisDay in 1925, my thoughts on TURTLE DIARY.
A wry, piercingly perceptive exploration of different facets of loneliness & the fear of stepping outside one’s comfort zone in the maelstrom of middle age. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/t...
A wry, piercingly perceptive exploration of different facets of loneliness & the fear of stepping outside one’s comfort zone in the maelstrom of middle age. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/t...
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New on my blog - Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash: An enjoyable romp alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/02/lost... #BookSky
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash: An enjoyable romp - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
alifeinbooks.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 AM
New on my blog - Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash: An enjoyable romp alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/02/lost... #BookSky
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Starting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚
wab.org/event/bright...
wab.org/event/bright...
Bright Beginnings: Writing Your YA Novel - Writers & Books
A 6-week workshop with Melissa Ostrom Location: Writers & Books, 740 University Ave, Rochester NY Price: Members $320 | General Public $360 One need-based scholarship available Minimum Enrollment: 7...
wab.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Starting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚
wab.org/event/bright...
wab.org/event/bright...
I’m sharing a photo sent from our daughter in Cambodia that I woke to.
Memories of traveling can last a lifetime.
Travels through the written word, can lead to memories made for others.
May the work go well #5amwritersclub
Memories of traveling can last a lifetime.
Travels through the written word, can lead to memories made for others.
May the work go well #5amwritersclub
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I’m sharing a photo sent from our daughter in Cambodia that I woke to.
Memories of traveling can last a lifetime.
Travels through the written word, can lead to memories made for others.
May the work go well #5amwritersclub
Memories of traveling can last a lifetime.
Travels through the written word, can lead to memories made for others.
May the work go well #5amwritersclub