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Caroliena C
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She/Her. Author of TRUE STORIES out from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social. Writer and PhD candidate. Underperforming at overachieving. carolienacabada.com
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November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I passed my comps yesterday (yay!) but then also found this in my campus mailbox! No idea who it's from! I've been trying to find out!
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Listen, I'm not going to take this, but it is adorable and I WANT to, but I want someone else to feel the joy of finding this.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Happy Halloween from your Focus Friend, Caro-LIMA BEAN 🌱🎃 @bobabria.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Pretty sure the photo on the left was a first attempt at the moon photo on the right.

In any case, rural Iowa is gorgeous and don't let anyone tell you different.
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Greyhound experience so bad I actually want to take the survey and give feedback. And I am lolsobbing at this first question. Where was ANY of this??
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Oh wooooooow fellow writer Elena Ferrante wants to ask me about my work!!1!1!!
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Got to go around the Sheldon Art Museum and find my favorite piece of art.

April 2024 on the left, today on the right.
September 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Lost track of what day I'm on for the #SealeyChallenge since I'm way behind, but here's Brandon Som's The Tribute Horse
August 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's #1 in my heart—my bean buddy helped me get through writing the first draft of my dissertation.
August 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Behind on the #SealeyChallenge but that's okay. This was day 7: Sinners Welcome by Mary Karr.
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social I interrupted my Beansprout for the first time today and I'm both devastated and comforted by the fact that they immediately go to happily sipping boba in their room. We'll try again in the morning. 🌱
August 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
#SealeyChallenge day 6: daughterrarium by Sheila McMullin
August 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
#SealeyChallenge day 5: There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
August 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
#SealeyChallenge day 4: Pleasure Principle by Madeleine Cravens
August 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#SealeyChallenge day 3: My Moon Is the Only Moon: The Poetry of Nali, featuring translators Tyler Fisher, Haidar Khezri, Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, and Shene Mohammed
August 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#SealeyChallenge day 2: City Without People by Niyi Osundare
August 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#SealeyChallenge Day 1: Before There Were More Ghosts by the brilliant Alina Nguyễn 🧡

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August 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There's something refreshing about starting a new notebook. Wrote through the one on the left last night, and started in on the one on the right this morning.
July 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm running regularly again and this time I'm going to make it STICK.
July 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Went to the eye doctor and thought I'd try out contacts again. My face looks unfinished, I think.
July 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Look, I've been Struggling, but this wall in my apartment just makes me really happy. Awards, art, gifts from friends, silly hats.
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Des Moines entered the chat. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've been a fan of @bellinghamreview.bsky.social for years, and have dreamed about having a story published by them. So I'm delighted to share that my short story, "My Father's Mother's Daughter," is out now in Issue 90!

Read it here: bhreview.org/articles/my-...
June 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New #poem! Thank you @rogueagent.bsky.social for giving this piece a place!
June 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM