Lauren Harkawik
@laurenharkawik.bsky.social
Author of fiction + CNF. My banner is the view from Herman Melville’s porch. He thought the mountain looked like a whale. Eventually, we got Moby Dick. The muse is anywhere, if we let it be.
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🕸️ www.laurenharkawik.com
✉️ writeslaurenharkawik@gmail.com
My kid has been talking about taking DVDs out from the library like it's special, new, and exciting. It's not what we had with Blockbuster, which was just the norm (the wonderful, lovely norm). It's something much better.
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My kid has been talking about taking DVDs out from the library like it's special, new, and exciting. It's not what we had with Blockbuster, which was just the norm (the wonderful, lovely norm). It's something much better.
Over the weekend I finally got a chance to watch Will & Harper, which I found to be beautiful, enlightening, poignant, and so warm. I highly recommend it.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Over the weekend I finally got a chance to watch Will & Harper, which I found to be beautiful, enlightening, poignant, and so warm. I highly recommend it.
One reason I recommend moving to Vermont is that sometimes you get a call from an unknown number and it is a recording of Bernie Sanders inviting you to a telephone town hall.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
One reason I recommend moving to Vermont is that sometimes you get a call from an unknown number and it is a recording of Bernie Sanders inviting you to a telephone town hall.
I like to think my “purpose” is that of a storyteller, and perhaps it is. But strand me on the top of a mountain road in a snowstorm with my kid and it becomes real clear real fast that my purpose is keeping her safe forever and always. (We are home and safe, now).
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I like to think my “purpose” is that of a storyteller, and perhaps it is. But strand me on the top of a mountain road in a snowstorm with my kid and it becomes real clear real fast that my purpose is keeping her safe forever and always. (We are home and safe, now).
I'd been excitedly forwarding the email about this class happening again to my writer friends without clicking its link myself, and I now see that my praise of the class is the banner on the landing page 😂 I do indeed recommend this class, for the reasons stated in big bold text at the top!
Crafting Your Writing Life 2025 – One Story
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November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'd been excitedly forwarding the email about this class happening again to my writer friends without clicking its link myself, and I now see that my praise of the class is the banner on the landing page 😂 I do indeed recommend this class, for the reasons stated in big bold text at the top!
From my living room this morning, I can see snow on the ski mountain’s trails. Which is obviously the work of Mariah Carey.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
From my living room this morning, I can see snow on the ski mountain’s trails. Which is obviously the work of Mariah Carey.
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Hey artists
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hey artists
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
Reposted by Lauren Harkawik
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
Reposted by Lauren Harkawik
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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Call for trans zine recommendations: my Trans Studies students are going to be doing a unit on zines next month, and one activity we're doing is looking at as many physical zines as I can get my hands on. If you know of cool trans zines that ARE PURCHASABLE ON PAPER, please let me know!!!
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Call for trans zine recommendations: my Trans Studies students are going to be doing a unit on zines next month, and one activity we're doing is looking at as many physical zines as I can get my hands on. If you know of cool trans zines that ARE PURCHASABLE ON PAPER, please let me know!!!
I’m reading The Wizard of Oz to my 4 y.o. We’ve just passed the part where Oz has absconded in a balloon lest people find out he’s a humbug, and strangest thing, I keep saying, “ballroom” instead of “balloon.”
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m reading The Wizard of Oz to my 4 y.o. We’ve just passed the part where Oz has absconded in a balloon lest people find out he’s a humbug, and strangest thing, I keep saying, “ballroom” instead of “balloon.”
During the lit fest, I went to The Humble Mug, a new tea shop in Brattleboro, and witnessed a group of three teens: laptops out, drinking tea and discussing the poetry they were writing. I share this just in case my last post didn't make clear how bursting with joy my writerly heart is, today.
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
During the lit fest, I went to The Humble Mug, a new tea shop in Brattleboro, and witnessed a group of three teens: laptops out, drinking tea and discussing the poetry they were writing. I share this just in case my last post didn't make clear how bursting with joy my writerly heart is, today.
Attended + was inspired by several panels at this weekend's Brattleboro Literary Festival, including a few inside The Stone Church, a venue in what was (obviously) once a church. I wish we could pack in here every Sunday to talk about literature and the art of creating with words. Writer church.
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Attended + was inspired by several panels at this weekend's Brattleboro Literary Festival, including a few inside The Stone Church, a venue in what was (obviously) once a church. I wish we could pack in here every Sunday to talk about literature and the art of creating with words. Writer church.
I realize it’s been out for a bit, but I started Anderson Cooper’s podcast about grief yesterday. I’ve already found great comfort in it, both as someone who’s lost people I’ve loved and as someone who is a human continually attempting to best navigate life and its emotions. I highly recommend it.
Introducing: All There Is with Anderson Cooper
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October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I realize it’s been out for a bit, but I started Anderson Cooper’s podcast about grief yesterday. I’ve already found great comfort in it, both as someone who’s lost people I’ve loved and as someone who is a human continually attempting to best navigate life and its emotions. I highly recommend it.
The absolute joy of being edited and it making your work stronger. I cannot believe how fervently some writers resist this.
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The absolute joy of being edited and it making your work stronger. I cannot believe how fervently some writers resist this.
Reposted by Lauren Harkawik
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
June 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
Felt myself developing a parasocial relationship with the guest on this week's Film in Vermont podcast but then remembered I am married to him in real life
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The Film in Vermont Podcast - Episode Ten: Garret Harkawik by Film in Vermont
Today’s guest on the podcast is Garret Harkawik. Garret is a documentary and experimental filmmaker, as well as a composer from Southern Vermont. I first came across his work as we had documentaries t...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Felt myself developing a parasocial relationship with the guest on this week's Film in Vermont podcast but then remembered I am married to him in real life
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This was a wonderful listen.
talkeasypod.com/terry-gross/
talkeasypod.com/terry-gross/
Terry Gross – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Terry Gross on 50 years hosting Fresh Air, pivotal moments from her talks with Joan Didion and John Updike, and the future of public radio.
talkeasypod.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This was a wonderful listen.
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talkeasypod.com/terry-gross/
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What does it predict about the week ahead if you go to get your bag out of the car and spy this creepy porcelain doll staring at you from the back seat? Asking for a friend.
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What does it predict about the week ahead if you go to get your bag out of the car and spy this creepy porcelain doll staring at you from the back seat? Asking for a friend.
Delighted to announce that I have finally arrived at the part of my writing life where I've found a way to employ index cards as part of my creative process.
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Delighted to announce that I have finally arrived at the part of my writing life where I've found a way to employ index cards as part of my creative process.
Well, I, for one, would like to thank Sal Saperstein.
September 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Well, I, for one, would like to thank Sal Saperstein.
My nine year old and I just very randomly improvised a mime bit that ended in an incredible punchline by her. Pure joy.
September 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My nine year old and I just very randomly improvised a mime bit that ended in an incredible punchline by her. Pure joy.
