Claire Oleson
@claireoleson.bsky.social
Queer writer | Assistant Editor @kenyonreview.bsky.social | Fiction Fellow at The Center for Fiction | Lit Rep: Eloy Bleifuss Prados at Neon Literary
I’ve got new fiction up in @fivesouth.bsky.social ; it’s got diving, it’s got threats
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Saturation by Claire Oleson
I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hand...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve got new fiction up in @fivesouth.bsky.social ; it’s got diving, it’s got threats
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winter mornings driving to high school with my dad and listening to the pale king on audio book 17 mins at a time, what on earth were we doing,
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
winter mornings driving to high school with my dad and listening to the pale king on audio book 17 mins at a time, what on earth were we doing,
watching someone I know and love google 'dave & busters dress code'
January 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
watching someone I know and love google 'dave & busters dress code'
Hi do you enjoy book reviews and particularly what they can offer our current landscape if they are able to run long/ become voice-led/ and perhaps investigate more than one title or genre? Do you every write them and would you want to? Maybe DM me.
January 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hi do you enjoy book reviews and particularly what they can offer our current landscape if they are able to run long/ become voice-led/ and perhaps investigate more than one title or genre? Do you every write them and would you want to? Maybe DM me.
If you take the train on new year’s they turn you into a bug
January 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If you take the train on new year’s they turn you into a bug
My dad is taking over an hour to ask a man about a belt buckle but I have this I guess; merry
December 26, 2024 at 9:35 PM
My dad is taking over an hour to ask a man about a belt buckle but I have this I guess; merry
Parent feature / rock feature
December 22, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Parent feature / rock feature
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this but trad publishing
I'm not shocked at the speed academia is capitulating to AI, but it's dark how no one--outside of grifters selling products or desperate to carve academic niches--even pretends it's useful for learning. Just acceptance cheating is rampant and admins care little if students learn anything.
December 16, 2024 at 3:59 PM
this but trad publishing
Reposted by Claire Oleson
So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.
We are now accepting submissions for our Short Nonfiction Contest. We are fortunate and excited to have Lucy Ives as this year's final judge!
Find all the guidelines here:
kenyonreview.org/submit/short...
Find all the guidelines here:
kenyonreview.org/submit/short...
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.
Happy to say that this short-short story "Environmentals" is up with the @southeastreview.bsky.social
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42.2 Claire Oleson
Environmentals✧ 2023 Worlds Best Short-Short Story Contest Finalist ✧ Dementia made your dad so easy. He doesn’t hate me anymore, doesn’t yell at you, doesn’t remember the death of your mother well or...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Happy to say that this short-short story "Environmentals" is up with the @southeastreview.bsky.social
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
This is a fantastic poet and a prof of mine; I'm so excited for this collection! Preorders make a big difference to presses and authors-- consider checking out his beautiful work.
Brand new here, but fwiw my new book of poems A Brief History of the Midwest is now available for preorder from @blacklawrence.bsky.social! Officially out in May 2025.
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
This is a fantastic poet and a prof of mine; I'm so excited for this collection! Preorders make a big difference to presses and authors-- consider checking out his beautiful work.
Thanks high school ex-boyfriend; my Magic the Gathering experience is actually really hitting at parties these days and I’ve ruined the lives of several people with previously good time management.
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Thanks high school ex-boyfriend; my Magic the Gathering experience is actually really hitting at parties these days and I’ve ruined the lives of several people with previously good time management.
So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.
We are now accepting submissions for our Short Nonfiction Contest. We are fortunate and excited to have Lucy Ives as this year's final judge!
Find all the guidelines here:
kenyonreview.org/submit/short...
Find all the guidelines here:
kenyonreview.org/submit/short...
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.
Would you believe me even if I told you I’m on the train
November 16, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Would you believe me even if I told you I’m on the train
The only other picture I have up is stupid on purpose so there should at least be one attempt at stupid on accident
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The only other picture I have up is stupid on purpose so there should at least be one attempt at stupid on accident
First paragraph of my story in the Garden Anthology published by Sans Press; very grateful to be in this collection.
November 15, 2024 at 9:31 PM
First paragraph of my story in the Garden Anthology published by Sans Press; very grateful to be in this collection.
November 15, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Scottish moodboard
September 19, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Scottish moodboard
The guy next to me waiting at the gate is being super weird and little
July 30, 2023 at 1:11 PM
The guy next to me waiting at the gate is being super weird and little
being here feels like restarting stardew valley, clean, and whispering to oneself (“it’s gonna be a good farm this time…”)
July 24, 2023 at 11:22 PM
being here feels like restarting stardew valley, clean, and whispering to oneself (“it’s gonna be a good farm this time…”)
Hello! This is my little chapbook of short stories on gender and paint and flash photography. The pdf is still in circulation from a fantastic independent press.
https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/
https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/
July 4, 2023 at 1:12 AM
Hello! This is my little chapbook of short stories on gender and paint and flash photography. The pdf is still in circulation from a fantastic independent press.
https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/
https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/
