Rachel Paris Wimer
@rachelwimer.bsky.social
Writer based out of the DC metro area. Alum of the Tin House Summer Workshop 2022, Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop, and Lidia Yuknavitch’s Body of the Book: Nascent Workshop. Words in Southeast Review, Under the Gum Tree. she/her www.dreamoir.com
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I have a new piece in the latest issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social inspired by the work of the artist Paul McLean. Check it out! anmly.org/ap39/rachel-... I’m also posting Paul’s response to the piece on IG after I sent it to him, and a section from it. 🖤🤍
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Imagine September 11, 2001. Now imagine believing what happened was all your fault.
This piece, “We Fly in Planes,” by my fellow @southeastreview.bsky.social alumn, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, is so gutting and beautiful and true. 😭 🙏
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
This piece, “We Fly in Planes,” by my fellow @southeastreview.bsky.social alumn, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, is so gutting and beautiful and true. 😭 🙏
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
41.1 Rachel Paris Wimer
We Fly in Planes I thought 9/11 was my fault. I saw it happen on TV. I believed it was because of me and what I had done. Because of all the dead AA batteries in the ashtray of my 1993 Toyota Tercel....
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September 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Imagine September 11, 2001. Now imagine believing what happened was all your fault.
This piece, “We Fly in Planes,” by my fellow @southeastreview.bsky.social alumn, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, is so gutting and beautiful and true. 😭 🙏
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
This piece, “We Fly in Planes,” by my fellow @southeastreview.bsky.social alumn, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, is so gutting and beautiful and true. 😭 🙏
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
This is happening tomorrow!
Come on out if you’re in the area! 🧡🦊
Our spring reading!
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is happening tomorrow!
What word makes you shiver with delight?
"You think that ‘cigarette’ is probably the most beautiful word you know. You don’t know why, but when you hear someone sing that word in a song, you shiver with delight."
—Rachel Paris Wimer
—Rachel Paris Wimer
Rachel Paris Wimer – ANMLY
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April 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What word makes you shiver with delight?
Come on out if you’re in the area! 🧡🦊
April 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Come on out if you’re in the area! 🧡🦊
Hi friends! Yesterday was my birthday! As a gift to me, I would love it if you read my piece in @anmlymag.bsky.social 🖤🤍
"You think that ‘cigarette’ is probably the most beautiful word you know. You don’t know why, but when you hear someone sing that word in a song, you shiver with delight."
—Rachel Paris Wimer
—Rachel Paris Wimer
Rachel Paris Wimer – ANMLY
anmly.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hi friends! Yesterday was my birthday! As a gift to me, I would love it if you read my piece in @anmlymag.bsky.social 🖤🤍
Check out my piece in @anmlymag.bsky.social to read more! 🖤🤍
"You think that ‘cigarette’ is probably the most beautiful word you know. You don’t know why, but when you hear someone sing that word in a song, you shiver with delight."
—Rachel Paris Wimer
—Rachel Paris Wimer
Rachel Paris Wimer – ANMLY
anmly.org
December 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Check out my piece in @anmlymag.bsky.social to read more! 🖤🤍
Received my copy of The Loveliest Review with its gorgeous cover art by Dayna Copeland. Thank you to the EIC @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social for putting together an excellent first issue! 🩷🌘 🐋
December 3, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Received my copy of The Loveliest Review with its gorgeous cover art by Dayna Copeland. Thank you to the EIC @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social for putting together an excellent first issue! 🩷🌘 🐋
I have a new piece in the latest issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social inspired by the work of the artist Paul McLean. Check it out! anmly.org/ap39/rachel-... I’m also posting Paul’s response to the piece on IG after I sent it to him, and a section from it. 🖤🤍
October 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I have a new piece in the latest issue of @anmlymag.bsky.social inspired by the work of the artist Paul McLean. Check it out! anmly.org/ap39/rachel-... I’m also posting Paul’s response to the piece on IG after I sent it to him, and a section from it. 🖤🤍
ICYMI, check out my piece about body-shaming, a Louise Glück poem, and physical and emotional drowning. Thanks to @alansquirepub.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social for giving it a home. 💙💙💙
This is how I know he loves me, in his own way—hidden in the dark of night so that I couldn’t see his emotions.
@rachelwimer.bsky.social's A BODY OF WATER
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@rachelwimer.bsky.social's A BODY OF WATER
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A Body of Water | Rachel Paris Wimer - Alan Squire Publishing Bulletin
For a long time, I thought about Ruth every time I saw a body of water. She was wearing pink shorts and a lavender t-shirt. It was the first time I noticed
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November 6, 2023 at 3:10 PM
ICYMI, check out my piece about body-shaming, a Louise Glück poem, and physical and emotional drowning. Thanks to @alansquirepub.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social for giving it a home. 💙💙💙
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"Once I live with my partner, I try to cook dinner. I never learned to cook, only to eat or not eat."
Bologna in the Sun by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
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Bologna in the Sun by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
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Bologna in the Sun | Suzy Eynon - Alan Squire Publishing Bulletin
Peanut butter on whole wheat, no jelly
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November 1, 2023 at 2:43 PM
"Once I live with my partner, I try to cook dinner. I never learned to cook, only to eat or not eat."
Bologna in the Sun by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
theaspbulletin.com/bologna-in-t...
Bologna in the Sun by @suzyeynon.bsky.social
theaspbulletin.com/bologna-in-t...
I have a new essay in @alansquirepub.bsky.social today! Thanks to @writesloud.bsky.social for selecting it and giving it such a wonderful home! theaspbulletin.com/a-body-of-wa...
October 30, 2023 at 9:08 PM
I have a new essay in @alansquirepub.bsky.social today! Thanks to @writesloud.bsky.social for selecting it and giving it such a wonderful home! theaspbulletin.com/a-body-of-wa...
Reposted by Rachel Paris Wimer
Reposted by Rachel Paris Wimer
Out tomorrow!
Featuring @mehpoeting.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @shanders.bsky.social @caroljeangavin.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @rachelwimer.bsky.social and more!
Featuring @mehpoeting.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @shanders.bsky.social @caroljeangavin.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @rachelwimer.bsky.social and more!
October 29, 2023 at 3:25 PM
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Working on the layout for this end-of-October issue of the ASP Bulletin...and it is 🔥!
We're not sure who's on the sky with us. Tag us here and we'll follow you!
We're not sure who's on the sky with us. Tag us here and we'll follow you!
October 13, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Working on the layout for this end-of-October issue of the ASP Bulletin...and it is 🔥!
We're not sure who's on the sky with us. Tag us here and we'll follow you!
We're not sure who's on the sky with us. Tag us here and we'll follow you!
“My difficulty is that I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot.”
Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Ethel Smyth
August 28, 1930
Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Ethel Smyth
August 28, 1930
September 10, 2023 at 5:40 PM
“My difficulty is that I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot.”
Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Ethel Smyth
August 28, 1930
Virginia Woolf, in a letter to Ethel Smyth
August 28, 1930
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Thrilled to feature prose by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @camilleuadams.bsky.social, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @anniejowrites.bsky.social, @suzyeynon.bsky.social, Ayshe Dengtash, and Bethany Brewer in our fall issue of the ASP Bulletin!
(Poetry contest results coming soon!)
(Poetry contest results coming soon!)
September 5, 2023 at 1:27 PM
Thrilled to feature prose by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @camilleuadams.bsky.social, @rachelwimer.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @anniejowrites.bsky.social, @suzyeynon.bsky.social, Ayshe Dengtash, and Bethany Brewer in our fall issue of the ASP Bulletin!
(Poetry contest results coming soon!)
(Poetry contest results coming soon!)
“Remember when we slept, you curled up behind me, and we spent the entire night like one organism, breathing in and out in unison. One mashed-up human heart. One mashed potato heart. Remember when you ate mashed potatoes?” Love this story by @writesloud.bsky.social 💔
I have a new piece out at Pigeon Pages! It even won honorable mention in their short story contest! 🎉
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
August 28, 2023 at 3:46 PM
“Remember when we slept, you curled up behind me, and we spent the entire night like one organism, breathing in and out in unison. One mashed-up human heart. One mashed potato heart. Remember when you ate mashed potatoes?” Love this story by @writesloud.bsky.social 💔
Reposted by Rachel Paris Wimer
I have a new piece out at Pigeon Pages! It even won honorable mention in their short story contest! 🎉
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
August 27, 2023 at 7:31 PM
I have a new piece out at Pigeon Pages! It even won honorable mention in their short story contest! 🎉
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
pigeonpagesnyc.com/one-to-ten
Reposted by Rachel Paris Wimer
Pre-orders are everything, y'all. I'd be so grateful if you'd consider adding ALREADY GONE to your TBR pile!
https://bookshop.org/p/books/already-gone-40-stories-of-running-away-hannah-grieco/19765650?ean=9781942892366
https://bookshop.org/p/books/already-gone-40-stories-of-running-away-hannah-grieco/19765650?ean=9781942892366
Already Gone: 40 Stories of Running Away a book by Hannah Grieco
Did you ever wish, with every cell in your body, that you could run away? From home, from a person, from your job, from yourself? Physically or emotionally, on foot or purely in your own mind? In Alre...
bookshop.org
August 19, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Pre-orders are everything, y'all. I'd be so grateful if you'd consider adding ALREADY GONE to your TBR pile!
https://bookshop.org/p/books/already-gone-40-stories-of-running-away-hannah-grieco/19765650?ean=9781942892366
https://bookshop.org/p/books/already-gone-40-stories-of-running-away-hannah-grieco/19765650?ean=9781942892366