Christie Wilson
@5cdwilson.bsky.social
she/her
reader and writer
Somewhere in Illinois
www.christie-wilson.com
Words in Okay Donkey, Atticus Review, New World Writing Quarterly, and elsewhere
reader and writer
Somewhere in Illinois
www.christie-wilson.com
Words in Okay Donkey, Atticus Review, New World Writing Quarterly, and elsewhere
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New story out on @hexliterary.bsky.social today! One of my fave journals doing it rn.
It's kinda inspired by Ben Loory & Brian Evenson, and by homes & love & language, and it's maybe a little more unsettling/creepy than my typical modes while also being about kinda all the same ol shit as always.
It's kinda inspired by Ben Loory & Brian Evenson, and by homes & love & language, and it's maybe a little more unsettling/creepy than my typical modes while also being about kinda all the same ol shit as always.
The Attic by Aaron Burch
Some kind of a noise. Or a nudge, a push.
Probably both. A “Babe, babe,” together with or followed by, enough of a jostle to wake me up while trying not to startle me.
“Sorry,” Michelle said. “I...
hexliterary.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New story out on @hexliterary.bsky.social today! One of my fave journals doing it rn.
It's kinda inspired by Ben Loory & Brian Evenson, and by homes & love & language, and it's maybe a little more unsettling/creepy than my typical modes while also being about kinda all the same ol shit as always.
It's kinda inspired by Ben Loory & Brian Evenson, and by homes & love & language, and it's maybe a little more unsettling/creepy than my typical modes while also being about kinda all the same ol shit as always.
My preorder copy of @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social The Slip is still in transit. I know because I keep obsessively checking the tracking, but there’s good press to read while I wait!
Today in @texasmonthly.bsky.social, @dgachman.bsky.social writes about THE SLIP, about the real gym that inspired it, and how a gay Massachusetts twentysomething with artistic aspirations (me 👋🏼) ended up there. 🥊
June 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My preorder copy of @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social The Slip is still in transit. I know because I keep obsessively checking the tracking, but there’s good press to read while I wait!
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Happy pub day to OS 225 author @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social! THE SLIP is out now. bit.ly/43BifBJ
June 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy pub day to OS 225 author @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social! THE SLIP is out now. bit.ly/43BifBJ
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Hi! I'm now offering one-hour writing coaching sessions over Zoom! I've done this with a few people who've taken my classes, and it's been great! Need advice, support, tips, prompts? Hit me up for some writing therapy. Message for more details and pricing. 😘 Info about me below:
May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi! I'm now offering one-hour writing coaching sessions over Zoom! I've done this with a few people who've taken my classes, and it's been great! Need advice, support, tips, prompts? Hit me up for some writing therapy. Message for more details and pricing. 😘 Info about me below:
New story in @librelit.bsky.social Thanks for giving this piece an excellent home!
May 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New story in @librelit.bsky.social Thanks for giving this piece an excellent home!
These books are simply astounding. I haven’t felt this way about a work in a long time. The ideas, the attention to the world around us and all its intricate details and absurdities - somehow quiet and thoughtful at a pace you want to devour.
February 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
These books are simply astounding. I haven’t felt this way about a work in a long time. The ideas, the attention to the world around us and all its intricate details and absurdities - somehow quiet and thoughtful at a pace you want to devour.
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just putting some NEW BOOKS out on the shelf!
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
just putting some NEW BOOKS out on the shelf!
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“Sometimes the clay is smashed / so that with careful hands / it can become / a sculpture of hope.”
Vivid, finely-wrought poetry by David Icenogle on the site today.
www.librelit.com/themagazine/...
Vivid, finely-wrought poetry by David Icenogle on the site today.
www.librelit.com/themagazine/...
February 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Sometimes the clay is smashed / so that with careful hands / it can become / a sculpture of hope.”
Vivid, finely-wrought poetry by David Icenogle on the site today.
www.librelit.com/themagazine/...
Vivid, finely-wrought poetry by David Icenogle on the site today.
www.librelit.com/themagazine/...
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No submission fee for Issue Three submissions until Sunday at midnight. We realize we’re asking a lot with this theme. I personally want a dramatic monologue in the vein of Nash or 1976’s Sybil, or a brief personal essay about the first time you watched Silver Linings Playbook.
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
No submission fee for Issue Three submissions until Sunday at midnight. We realize we’re asking a lot with this theme. I personally want a dramatic monologue in the vein of Nash or 1976’s Sybil, or a brief personal essay about the first time you watched Silver Linings Playbook.
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We don't know the full spectrum of what's being affected, in part, because the people responsible are still getting their stories straight and figuring out how the machines they are turning on and off even function. The backlash they have encountered from the public has been important.
January 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We don't know the full spectrum of what's being affected, in part, because the people responsible are still getting their stories straight and figuring out how the machines they are turning on and off even function. The backlash they have encountered from the public has been important.
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"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
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January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
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“If Democratic leaders won’t fight, then it’s hard to expect civil society, or just ordinary people, to pick up the slack. Either democracy was on the ballot in November or it wasn’t, and if it was, it makes no political, ethical or strategic sense to act as if we live in normal times.”
January 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“If Democratic leaders won’t fight, then it’s hard to expect civil society, or just ordinary people, to pick up the slack. Either democracy was on the ballot in November or it wasn’t, and if it was, it makes no political, ethical or strategic sense to act as if we live in normal times.”
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"Masculinity is a construct invented by bros to repress hoes. You'll learn that when you read 'Orlando,' you noob."
(Happy b-day, Virginia)
(Happy b-day, Virginia)
Dude, You’ve Gotta Check Out This Virginia Woolf Chick
Yo, Tanner! Get your dick over here; I’ve got a Four Loko with your name on it. Yeah, bro, so far my summer has been tight tight tiiiiiight — thank...
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January 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Masculinity is a construct invented by bros to repress hoes. You'll learn that when you read 'Orlando,' you noob."
(Happy b-day, Virginia)
(Happy b-day, Virginia)
Weekend reading:
January 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Weekend reading:
I’m very excited to have a story forthcoming in @librelit.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’m very excited to have a story forthcoming in @librelit.bsky.social
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My whole essay "Verde" at The American Scholar is now available to read online (outside the paywall). "Words change the way we see, taste, smell, and live in the world."
theamericanscholar.org/verde/
theamericanscholar.org/verde/
Verde - The American Scholar
Learning a foreign language isn’t just about improving cognitive function—it can teach us to sense the world anew
theamericanscholar.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:43 PM
My whole essay "Verde" at The American Scholar is now available to read online (outside the paywall). "Words change the way we see, taste, smell, and live in the world."
theamericanscholar.org/verde/
theamericanscholar.org/verde/
I’m finding this book - part biography, part history, part philosophy - fascinating
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I’m finding this book - part biography, part history, part philosophy - fascinating
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A quiet moment, a warm cup of tea, the sound of rain on the window. Nothing to fix, nowhere to go—just this.
#zen #mindfulness #gratitude #buddha
#zen #mindfulness #gratitude #buddha
November 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
A quiet moment, a warm cup of tea, the sound of rain on the window. Nothing to fix, nowhere to go—just this.
#zen #mindfulness #gratitude #buddha
#zen #mindfulness #gratitude #buddha
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A periodic reminder that if you can't afford a book the library does buy books, and sometimes we even buy hundreds of copies of one book. Checking out books from your local library supports authors, which means they get paid and can write more great books!
September 5, 2024 at 4:48 PM
A periodic reminder that if you can't afford a book the library does buy books, and sometimes we even buy hundreds of copies of one book. Checking out books from your local library supports authors, which means they get paid and can write more great books!
A Tennessee Board of Education has now banned Wicked, Beloved and 35 other books as "pornography."
Under a new TN law, any description of sexual activity is "harmful to minors." Another 150 books have already been flagged for removal.
Sex workers tried to warn you.
www.wsmv.com/2024/11/14/r...
Under a new TN law, any description of sexual activity is "harmful to minors." Another 150 books have already been flagged for removal.
Sex workers tried to warn you.
www.wsmv.com/2024/11/14/r...
Rutherford County faces heated debate over book bans in school as 150 more titles are pulled from library shelves
The book bans were initiated by board member Caleb Tidwell, who flagged the titles as sexually explicit under school board policy and state obscenity laws.
www.wsmv.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:59 AM