Heather Lanier
@heatherklanier.bsky.social
Essayist, poet, TED Speaker, thrift store shopper. BOOKS: Raising a Rare Girl (New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice) & Psalms of Unknowing: Poems. Work in Longreads, The Sun, Atlantic. Writing Prof @RowanU. Trying to be more human, not superhuman.
it was lovely to meet you and your pants were the best!
April 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
it was lovely to meet you and your pants were the best!
3/ Sometimes half of the creative process is just listening to the truth of the thing you’re making.
January 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
3/ Sometimes half of the creative process is just listening to the truth of the thing you’re making.
2/ Two hours later, I had a draft of a flash essay that felt alive and interesting to me. Sometimes the thing you’re trying to make isn’t bad. It’s just in the wrong container, or abiding by the wrong rules. It’s trying to squawk like a duck when it’s actually a blue whale.
January 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
2/ Two hours later, I had a draft of a flash essay that felt alive and interesting to me. Sometimes the thing you’re trying to make isn’t bad. It’s just in the wrong container, or abiding by the wrong rules. It’s trying to squawk like a duck when it’s actually a blue whale.
Love this. Yes. Someone should review @jackiedwrites.bsky.social 's forthcoming NO OFFENSE.
November 27, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Love this. Yes. Someone should review @jackiedwrites.bsky.social 's forthcoming NO OFFENSE.
"'Moby' just makes me think of early aughts techno. Should the white whale be reconciling more with his privilege?"
November 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM
"'Moby' just makes me think of early aughts techno. Should the white whale be reconciling more with his privilege?"
Too many dashes. This hope metaphor is beak-less and, thus, unbelievable.
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Too many dashes. This hope metaphor is beak-less and, thus, unbelievable.