Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙
@reeholliday.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Community of Writers ‘20; KRWW ‘23; VSC ‘24. Tin House Winter Workshop’25. Apostate. www.rachaelholliday.com
Excited to have this piece about my sister Jody and cooking with my children published today at One Potato! Link in bio. And thank you to @penparentis.bsky.social for their support of artists who parent.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Excited to have this piece about my sister Jody and cooking with my children published today at One Potato! Link in bio. And thank you to @penparentis.bsky.social for their support of artists who parent.
onepotato.substack.com/p/the-solace...
onepotato.substack.com/p/the-solace...
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I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
Reposted by Rachael Holliday 💖💜💙
Join us and @taracampbell.bsky.social as we get weird with micros! www.smokelong.com/product/lets...
“Let’s Get Weird!” with Tara Campbell - SmokeLong Quarterly
Unleash the unreal in your writing, both in fiction and creative nonfictions. We’ll explore multiple ways of stretching reality to turn common experiences into uncommon stories. Date: March 9 Time: 8p...
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March 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Join us and @taracampbell.bsky.social as we get weird with micros! www.smokelong.com/product/lets...
It’s the end of Tin House Winter Workshop and I feel like my mind and spirit have been magnified by 10.
So grateful for an amazing instructor; generous cohorts; @almajor.bsky.social and everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social who work hard to make the amazing place it is. I feel utterly changed. 💕
So grateful for an amazing instructor; generous cohorts; @almajor.bsky.social and everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social who work hard to make the amazing place it is. I feel utterly changed. 💕
February 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s the end of Tin House Winter Workshop and I feel like my mind and spirit have been magnified by 10.
So grateful for an amazing instructor; generous cohorts; @almajor.bsky.social and everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social who work hard to make the amazing place it is. I feel utterly changed. 💕
So grateful for an amazing instructor; generous cohorts; @almajor.bsky.social and everyone @tinhouse.bsky.social who work hard to make the amazing place it is. I feel utterly changed. 💕
Just Nugget and I enjoying @tinhouse.bsky.social karaoke night! 🎤
February 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Just Nugget and I enjoying @tinhouse.bsky.social karaoke night! 🎤
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A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
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99.99% of the time you're going to be the first and last person to read it. If it ever gets in front of another human, it has already survived the insurmountable odds of your own self-rejection, and the odds become much more grim after that. Just go ahead and write whatever you want!
January 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
99.99% of the time you're going to be the first and last person to read it. If it ever gets in front of another human, it has already survived the insurmountable odds of your own self-rejection, and the odds become much more grim after that. Just go ahead and write whatever you want!
Going to think about this poem for a long time.
NEW POEM #197: "Greyhound" by Caroline Shea (@therealcshea.bsky.social)
"I run for no other
reason but the running. Long since lure-
wise, I play at predation.
Clockwork jackrabbit. Gear-blooded hare.
The aim is not capture (impossible
always) but pursuit."
stonecirclereview.com/greyhound
"I run for no other
reason but the running. Long since lure-
wise, I play at predation.
Clockwork jackrabbit. Gear-blooded hare.
The aim is not capture (impossible
always) but pursuit."
stonecirclereview.com/greyhound
January 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Going to think about this poem for a long time.
So thrilled to be part of the Tin House Winter Workshop in February, working with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal!
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So thrilled to be part of the Tin House Winter Workshop in February, working with Vanessa Angélica Villarreal!
Posting my 2024 reads, a bit late.
January 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Posting my 2024 reads, a bit late.
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‘And then I saw it—what everyone not saying.’
Such a brilliantly written story from Banchiwosen Woldeyesus in @smokelong.bsky.social, all those things unsaid… 🐕
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Such a brilliantly written story from Banchiwosen Woldeyesus in @smokelong.bsky.social, all those things unsaid… 🐕
www.smokelong.com/stories/thes...
These Things We Not Saying - SmokeLong Quarterly
At the church’s gate, until the town people surrounded them, the women not spoke the horrible truth. They not talked about the man’s wives who, when they saw him, dropped on the ground at his feet lik...
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December 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
‘And then I saw it—what everyone not saying.’
Such a brilliantly written story from Banchiwosen Woldeyesus in @smokelong.bsky.social, all those things unsaid… 🐕
www.smokelong.com/stories/thes...
Such a brilliantly written story from Banchiwosen Woldeyesus in @smokelong.bsky.social, all those things unsaid… 🐕
www.smokelong.com/stories/thes...
Great read — hilarious and devastating.
December 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Great read — hilarious and devastating.
Wow—every beautiful, haunting sentence.
“You know then that she will have learnt the dual trick of ignoring her pain,
and knowing that she deserves it.”
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
“You know then that she will have learnt the dual trick of ignoring her pain,
and knowing that she deserves it.”
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
FIBROMYALGIA IS A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION -
Widespread Pain Index (WPI) ≥ 7 and Symptom Severity Score (SSS) ≥ 5, or WPI 3-6 and SSS ≥ 9
epistemiclit.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Wow—every beautiful, haunting sentence.
“You know then that she will have learnt the dual trick of ignoring her pain,
and knowing that she deserves it.”
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
“You know then that she will have learnt the dual trick of ignoring her pain,
and knowing that she deserves it.”
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
A great evening at Brazos Bookstore — looking forward to reading Mark’s new book, starting this weekend.
•Mark Haber
•Lesser Ruins
•Mark Haber
•Lesser Ruins
October 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
A great evening at Brazos Bookstore — looking forward to reading Mark’s new book, starting this weekend.
•Mark Haber
•Lesser Ruins
•Mark Haber
•Lesser Ruins
He makes working difficult but he’s cute while doing it.
October 1, 2024 at 10:02 PM
He makes working difficult but he’s cute while doing it.
My sweet cat, Pippin ❤️
September 26, 2024 at 3:07 AM
My sweet cat, Pippin ❤️
I am thrilled that my CNF piece found a home at Motherwell Magazine!
We just finished getting our oldest to college today, and so this feels like a great marker to the day. 💗
motherwellmag.com/2024/08/22/h...
We just finished getting our oldest to college today, and so this feels like a great marker to the day. 💗
motherwellmag.com/2024/08/22/h...
When parenthood meets a parakeet: lessons in compassion and loss
When a child's discovery of a blue bird transforms into an emotional journey, a mother confronts her values and the challenges of shielding her child from life's harsh truths.
motherwellmag.com
August 22, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I am thrilled that my CNF piece found a home at Motherwell Magazine!
We just finished getting our oldest to college today, and so this feels like a great marker to the day. 💗
motherwellmag.com/2024/08/22/h...
We just finished getting our oldest to college today, and so this feels like a great marker to the day. 💗
motherwellmag.com/2024/08/22/h...
Twelve years of Girl Scouts. Alex has graduated up to adult scout. Very proud of all they’ve accomplished.
June 3, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Twelve years of Girl Scouts. Alex has graduated up to adult scout. Very proud of all they’ve accomplished.
Home at last! 💖
April 6, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Home at last! 💖
Still driving…hopefully home tomorrow ❤️
April 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Still driving…hopefully home tomorrow ❤️
So Great to catch up with Jonathan!
And excellent dinner at Ripplewood Whiskey & Craft. A much appreciated repast after a long day.
And excellent dinner at Ripplewood Whiskey & Craft. A much appreciated repast after a long day.
April 4, 2024 at 1:46 AM
So Great to catch up with Jonathan!
And excellent dinner at Ripplewood Whiskey & Craft. A much appreciated repast after a long day.
And excellent dinner at Ripplewood Whiskey & Craft. A much appreciated repast after a long day.
Made it to my first stop in Ardmore on the long drive home. Missing the Vermont people and looking forward to being home at the same time.
April 3, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Made it to my first stop in Ardmore on the long drive home. Missing the Vermont people and looking forward to being home at the same time.
Goodbye Vermont! I know it’s the Green Mountain State, but I’ll always remember it in shades of grey blue and gold.
#vermontstudiocenter
#vermontstudiocenter
April 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Goodbye Vermont! I know it’s the Green Mountain State, but I’ll always remember it in shades of grey blue and gold.
#vermontstudiocenter
#vermontstudiocenter
Goodbye Studio
Goodbye Room
Goodbye Friends
Goodbye Houdini (okay, that didn’t rhyme)
Leaving tomorrow, thankful for this time and space, but most thankful for everyone here 💖
Goodbye Room
Goodbye Friends
Goodbye Houdini (okay, that didn’t rhyme)
Leaving tomorrow, thankful for this time and space, but most thankful for everyone here 💖
April 3, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Goodbye Studio
Goodbye Room
Goodbye Friends
Goodbye Houdini (okay, that didn’t rhyme)
Leaving tomorrow, thankful for this time and space, but most thankful for everyone here 💖
Goodbye Room
Goodbye Friends
Goodbye Houdini (okay, that didn’t rhyme)
Leaving tomorrow, thankful for this time and space, but most thankful for everyone here 💖