Ellen Wayland-Smith
@ellenws.bsky.social
USC Writing Professor. Los Angeles. I write essays & other things. "The Science of Last Things: Essays on Deep Time and the Boundaries of the Self" now out from Milkweed Editions.(https://milkweed.org/book/the-science-of-last-things)
Honestly one of my favorite Goodreads reviews for The Science of Last Things yet. Highly accurate!
August 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Honestly one of my favorite Goodreads reviews for The Science of Last Things yet. Highly accurate!
Thank you, @milkweed.bsky.social for hosting a reading of The Science of Last Things last night. And thank you to all the Minneapolis natives who braved 12 degree temperatures to be there. It was truly special.
January 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Thank you, @milkweed.bsky.social for hosting a reading of The Science of Last Things last night. And thank you to all the Minneapolis natives who braved 12 degree temperatures to be there. It was truly special.
And finally, here are some of the gorgeous gingerbread cookies my daughter decorated.
December 25, 2024 at 12:31 AM
And finally, here are some of the gorgeous gingerbread cookies my daughter decorated.
Also, here's a picture of a small dog with a large ball in its mouth care of my daughter.
July 27, 2023 at 11:38 PM
Also, here's a picture of a small dog with a large ball in its mouth care of my daughter.
Thinking about bubbles and the origins of life somewhere in a warm little pond, as befits my inaugural foray into a new social media ecosystem.
July 27, 2023 at 11:37 PM
Thinking about bubbles and the origins of life somewhere in a warm little pond, as befits my inaugural foray into a new social media ecosystem.