Polly Hansen
@pollyhansen.bsky.social
Award-winning memoirist A MINOR, UNACCOMPANIED. Words in The Sun Newsweek Grande Dame Literary, Midwest Review Ekphrastic Review Call Me [Brackets] others. I interview NF writers @ https://viewpointsradio.org/producer/polly-hansen/
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Polly Hansen
@pollyhansen.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I advocate for homeless youth. As a former homeless youth myself, I know how scary it is to be on your own with no resources. November is Youth HOPE Month. My story is profiled here: 1800runaway.org/polly-hansen-spotlight #endyouthhomelessness
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Gorgeous lit mag here, both written word and visually. Check it out.
Gorgeous lit mag here, both written word and visually. Check it out.
🔔 #SubsOpen for our Summer 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to @susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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June 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Gorgeous lit mag here, both written word and visually. Check it out.
Gorgeous lit mag here, both written word and visually. Check it out.
How’s everybody doing here. I haven’t been here in a while. Reading a lot. Thinking a lot. Writing a lot. Been busy.
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By the way, when is blue sky ever going to automate their hashtags?
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By the way, when is blue sky ever going to automate their hashtags?
June 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How’s everybody doing here. I haven’t been here in a while. Reading a lot. Thinking a lot. Writing a lot. Been busy.
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By the way, when is blue sky ever going to automate their hashtags?
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By the way, when is blue sky ever going to automate their hashtags?
Flute playing saved my life. I share how on the CPTSD Foundation blog where I’m a regular contributor
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May 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Flute playing saved my life. I share how on the CPTSD Foundation blog where I’m a regular contributor
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Oh my gosh Rebecca, this is so damned exciting. I can’t wait to read it.
I'm excited to share my #book cover!!! Thanks to my publisher Joy Peskin @fsgbooks.bsky.social & @profsue123.bsky.social, whose publication panel changed my life. Thanks to designer Samira Iravani & artist @parastou.bsky.social for this beautiful cover makes my heart burst each time I look at it.💙
April 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Oh my gosh Rebecca, this is so damned exciting. I can’t wait to read it.
I wonder how SCOTUS justices, alumni of Harvard, will feel about Trump revoking Harvard’s 501 C3 status?
April 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wonder how SCOTUS justices, alumni of Harvard, will feel about Trump revoking Harvard’s 501 C3 status?
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
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My second ever!
My second ever!
The New York Times Spelling Bee
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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April 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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My second ever!
My second ever!
Heavy frost on the roof in April in North Carolina? Something is wrong!
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Heavy frost on the roof in April in North Carolina? Something is wrong!
Rejection is protection from what you don’t know isn’t good for you.
April 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Rejection is protection from what you don’t know isn’t good for you.
I would love it if literary agency websites categorized their clients by genre first and then alphabetically.
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April 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I would love it if literary agency websites categorized their clients by genre first and then alphabetically.
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Chipping away at revising first draft of new short story. And no appointments or day job today! 🤗🙌
Good morning
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Good morning
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April 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Chipping away at revising first draft of new short story. And no appointments or day job today! 🤗🙌
Good morning
#5amwritersclub
Good morning
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Damned light pollution but that’s Venus rising in the crook of the mountain elbow and she’s a beaut this good #5amwritersclub 🤩
April 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Damned light pollution but that’s Venus rising in the crook of the mountain elbow and she’s a beaut this good #5amwritersclub 🤩
A PENNINO pendant collector's item is a priceless keepsake.
When jewelry is a priceless gem better than a headstone
The priceless gift of a PENNINO pendant.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A PENNINO pendant collector's item is a priceless keepsake.
I love this piece, Jocelyn. I love how you know where to stop. I'd have just kept writing on and on, spoiling the picture.
Love having this short piece up at Cleaver today! This event happened when I lived in Philly and was trying to figure out who I was. I suppose I still am…🚲
Jocelyn Jane Cox: TO THE DRIVER OF THE GREY SEDAN
Work by Jocelyn Jane Cox has appeared or is forthcoming in the Colorado Review, The Offing, HAD, Roi Faineant Literary Press, and more.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I love this piece, Jocelyn. I love how you know where to stop. I'd have just kept writing on and on, spoiling the picture.
Another announcement I missed. Congratulations, Jocelyn Jane Cox!
The world is crumbling and I don't even know if we will have a country by my book's release date on September 30th.
But guess who has an ISBN #?
This girl!
I'm enjoying every tiny step of the process bc I don't really know if it's going to happen
But guess who has an ISBN #?
This girl!
I'm enjoying every tiny step of the process bc I don't really know if it's going to happen
April 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Another announcement I missed. Congratulations, Jocelyn Jane Cox!
I missed this deal. Congratulations, Heather, on selling your memoir! Fantastic!
I've been dreaming of making this announcement for so long that I'm still in disbelief that I get to post this. I’m beyond thrilled to share that my memoir CAMOUFLAGE: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage will be out in the world in fall 2025!
April 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I missed this deal. Congratulations, Heather, on selling your memoir! Fantastic!
Working outside today where it’s raining petals.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Working outside today where it’s raining petals.
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I’m getting rejections from agents and truly appreciate hearing from them quickly rather than the dreaded wall of silence.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’m getting rejections from agents and truly appreciate hearing from them quickly rather than the dreaded wall of silence.
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Take Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone…
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone…
Take Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone pole had this vulnerable wire that, if clipped, would it cause chaos for the phone company and the neighborhood? And then I imagined myself doing such a thing, sneaking out late at night with a pair of clippers and wreaking havoc. That ability to do something rash, to make a difference, albeit a negative one, exists in all of us.
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March 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Take Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone…
I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone…
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I’ve been working on a personal essay for months revising getting it critiqued revising again. I think it’s finally ready to submit.
I’ve been working on a personal essay for months revising getting it critiqued revising again. I think it’s finally ready to submit.
March 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Good morning #5amWritersClub
I’ve been working on a personal essay for months revising getting it critiqued revising again. I think it’s finally ready to submit.
I’ve been working on a personal essay for months revising getting it critiqued revising again. I think it’s finally ready to submit.
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Please watch this. Please share this. I did not know that Danish soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq. All Americans need to know this.
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
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March 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Please watch this. Please share this. I did not know that Danish soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq. All Americans need to know this.
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I’ve been thinking about starting to produce Instagram reels because agents want “platform.” Why can’t being an author just be about writing? It isn’t enough to have bylines anymore? 😩Oh well. Accept today’s reality and get moving.
I’ve been thinking about starting to produce Instagram reels because agents want “platform.” Why can’t being an author just be about writing? It isn’t enough to have bylines anymore? 😩Oh well. Accept today’s reality and get moving.
March 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Good morning #5amwritersclub
I’ve been thinking about starting to produce Instagram reels because agents want “platform.” Why can’t being an author just be about writing? It isn’t enough to have bylines anymore? 😩Oh well. Accept today’s reality and get moving.
I’ve been thinking about starting to produce Instagram reels because agents want “platform.” Why can’t being an author just be about writing? It isn’t enough to have bylines anymore? 😩Oh well. Accept today’s reality and get moving.
Hmmmm, just received agent reject letter that said “I hope you’ll continue revising and submitting your query… i’m sure another will feel differently about this project.” Love the encouragement but what specifically needs revising? Letter? Ms? always room for improvement.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hmmmm, just received agent reject letter that said “I hope you’ll continue revising and submitting your query… i’m sure another will feel differently about this project.” Love the encouragement but what specifically needs revising? Letter? Ms? always room for improvement.
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Today I drew the 7 of pentacles which reads “you have prepared patiently for a long phase of growth, and are confident that you’re waiting will bring you to your goal” As well as 6 of Wands=Victory!😁🤞
Today I drew the 7 of pentacles which reads “you have prepared patiently for a long phase of growth, and are confident that you’re waiting will bring you to your goal” As well as 6 of Wands=Victory!😁🤞
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Today I drew the 7 of pentacles which reads “you have prepared patiently for a long phase of growth, and are confident that you’re waiting will bring you to your goal” As well as 6 of Wands=Victory!😁🤞
Today I drew the 7 of pentacles which reads “you have prepared patiently for a long phase of growth, and are confident that you’re waiting will bring you to your goal” As well as 6 of Wands=Victory!😁🤞