Holly M. Wendt
@hmwendt.bsky.social
Novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) out now! Free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com. Words in Shenandoah, Fourway Review, Memorious, & c. Writer, educator, enthusiast. they/them
We are a week away from this reading by Hannah Grieco / @writesloud.bsky.social at Lebanon Valley College! Join us in-person on 10/28 at 7pm Eastern OR join us on Zoom (zoom.us/meeting/regi...). Hannah's collection, FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT (@stanchion.bsky.social) is fantastic. Come through!
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We are a week away from this reading by Hannah Grieco / @writesloud.bsky.social at Lebanon Valley College! Join us in-person on 10/28 at 7pm Eastern OR join us on Zoom (zoom.us/meeting/regi...). Hannah's collection, FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT (@stanchion.bsky.social) is fantastic. Come through!
the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa
Happy NHL season! Counting down the minutes to puck-drop? Need something to do during intermissions besides chew your nails and second-guess the coaching decisions? Maybe pick up a hockey novel like HEADING NORTH! Print: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Ebook available at That Other Site.
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy NHL season! Counting down the minutes to puck-drop? Need something to do during intermissions besides chew your nails and second-guess the coaching decisions? Maybe pick up a hockey novel like HEADING NORTH! Print: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Ebook available at That Other Site.
If you're not quite ready for the end of hockey season and you need a new book for your Pride Month reading stack, check out HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books)!
Get your paperback here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Or snag the ebook from That Other Site.
Get your paperback here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Or snag the ebook from That Other Site.
June 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you're not quite ready for the end of hockey season and you need a new book for your Pride Month reading stack, check out HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books)!
Get your paperback here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Or snag the ebook from That Other Site.
Get your paperback here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/... Or snag the ebook from That Other Site.
I'm so excited for this: join @lvcengcw.bsky.social in welcoming Monica Prince (@poeticmoni.bsky.social) to Lebanon Valley College's visiting writers series, Writing: A Life, on 4/10 at 7 pm EDT! In-person at Bishop Library or on Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm so excited for this: join @lvcengcw.bsky.social in welcoming Monica Prince (@poeticmoni.bsky.social) to Lebanon Valley College's visiting writers series, Writing: A Life, on 4/10 at 7 pm EDT! In-person at Bishop Library or on Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
UNLUCKY MEL was my first Spring Break read. Human, humane, & hilarious!
(& a searingly real treatment of the grad school grind)
(& a searingly real treatment of the grad school grind)
March 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
UNLUCKY MEL was my first Spring Break read. Human, humane, & hilarious!
(& a searingly real treatment of the grad school grind)
(& a searingly real treatment of the grad school grind)
A battered baseball in the snow, as seen on my walk in to campus. I'm choosing to read this as a happy omen here on Truck Day.
February 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A battered baseball in the snow, as seen on my walk in to campus. I'm choosing to read this as a happy omen here on Truck Day.
Y'all! Under Review Lit is on Bluesky now! Give these sports lit rockstars a follow at @underreviewlit.bsky.social & dive into Issue 11!
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Y'all! Under Review Lit is on Bluesky now! Give these sports lit rockstars a follow at @underreviewlit.bsky.social & dive into Issue 11!
Timmy and I are enjoying @jezcox.bsky.social & Adam Blythe's commentary on the Tour Down Under!
January 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Timmy and I are enjoying @jezcox.bsky.social & Adam Blythe's commentary on the Tour Down Under!
Pittsburgh, come hang! On Saturday, January 18 at 2 p.m., I'll be reading from HEADING NORTH and offering a Q&A on the publication process at the Carnegie Library Pittsburgh Carrick location. www.carnegielibrary.org/event/author...
January 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pittsburgh, come hang! On Saturday, January 18 at 2 p.m., I'll be reading from HEADING NORTH and offering a Q&A on the publication process at the Carnegie Library Pittsburgh Carrick location. www.carnegielibrary.org/event/author...
One of my students, a brilliant poet who wrote extensively and shatteringly about grief, made me this years ago:
January 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
One of my students, a brilliant poet who wrote extensively and shatteringly about grief, made me this years ago:
Timothy in his role as Grading Barnacle™️.
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Timothy in his role as Grading Barnacle™️.
Timothy does not care one whit that I have finished the book I was reading and now have other things I would like to do.
November 30, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Timothy does not care one whit that I have finished the book I was reading and now have other things I would like to do.
I am so excited to eat these.
November 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I am so excited to eat these.
Belated but no less enthusiastic praise for @libbycudmore.bsky.social's badass neo-noir NEGATIVE GIRL. @billyz.bsky.social & I both read it in the same 48 hours—a magnetic, exciting mystery with a deep, relevant knowledge of music & heart. I hope there's more Valerie Jacks & Martin Wade to come
November 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Belated but no less enthusiastic praise for @libbycudmore.bsky.social's badass neo-noir NEGATIVE GIRL. @billyz.bsky.social & I both read it in the same 48 hours—a magnetic, exciting mystery with a deep, relevant knowledge of music & heart. I hope there's more Valerie Jacks & Martin Wade to come
But at least Timmy and I have *our* electric blanket.
November 12, 2024 at 12:43 AM
But at least Timmy and I have *our* electric blanket.
It's been a year since my gay literary hockey novel HEADING NORTH came out, & this week doesn't feel celebratory, but I'm doing a giveaway anyway. Books matter, queer joy matters, art matters, generosity matters. Giveaway details in my free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-ye...
November 7, 2024 at 12:33 PM
It's been a year since my gay literary hockey novel HEADING NORTH came out, & this week doesn't feel celebratory, but I'm doing a giveaway anyway. Books matter, queer joy matters, art matters, generosity matters. Giveaway details in my free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-ye...
Join us in-person on Wednesday, October 30 at 7 p.m. in
Bishop Library at LVC or on Zoom for a reading and Q&A with
@frumpenberg.bsky.social! Y'all, if you have not read HOUSEMATES, this is a brilliant opportunity to be introduced to this brilliant novel. Zoom registration:
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Bishop Library at LVC or on Zoom for a reading and Q&A with
@frumpenberg.bsky.social! Y'all, if you have not read HOUSEMATES, this is a brilliant opportunity to be introduced to this brilliant novel. Zoom registration:
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Join us in-person on Wednesday, October 30 at 7 p.m. in
Bishop Library at LVC or on Zoom for a reading and Q&A with
@frumpenberg.bsky.social! Y'all, if you have not read HOUSEMATES, this is a brilliant opportunity to be introduced to this brilliant novel. Zoom registration:
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Bishop Library at LVC or on Zoom for a reading and Q&A with
@frumpenberg.bsky.social! Y'all, if you have not read HOUSEMATES, this is a brilliant opportunity to be introduced to this brilliant novel. Zoom registration:
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Y'all. I am so excited that we're hosting Tara Stillions Whitehead (THEY MORE THAN BURNED, @emergejournal.bsky.social) at Lebanon Valley College on 10/21. If you're local, do not miss this! If you're not local, don't miss it, either--you can join us on Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 15, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Y'all. I am so excited that we're hosting Tara Stillions Whitehead (THEY MORE THAN BURNED, @emergejournal.bsky.social) at Lebanon Valley College on 10/21. If you're local, do not miss this! If you're not local, don't miss it, either--you can join us on Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Heading to Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival this weekend? Join me for "Containing Multitudes: Working with Large Casts of Characters" on Saturday, 10/19, at 1 p.m.!
There are so many fabulous events happening at this festival--hope to see you there!
There are so many fabulous events happening at this festival--hope to see you there!
October 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Heading to Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival this weekend? Join me for "Containing Multitudes: Working with Large Casts of Characters" on Saturday, 10/19, at 1 p.m.!
There are so many fabulous events happening at this festival--hope to see you there!
There are so many fabulous events happening at this festival--hope to see you there!
Thrilled to report that HEADING NORTH is now available as an ebook, so you can snag a copy for all of your lightweight summer travel needs!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D4...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D4...
May 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Thrilled to report that HEADING NORTH is now available as an ebook, so you can snag a copy for all of your lightweight summer travel needs!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D4...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D4...
From yesterday's LVC commencement ceremony, in which I delivered the commencement address.
May 12, 2024 at 11:30 AM
From yesterday's LVC commencement ceremony, in which I delivered the commencement address.
Chicago friends! I'll be reading at Tuesday Funk on Tuesday, May 7, with this *phenomenal* group of writers! Doors at 7 p.m., event starts at 7:30, upstairs at Hopleaf!
May 3, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Chicago friends! I'll be reading at Tuesday Funk on Tuesday, May 7, with this *phenomenal* group of writers! Doors at 7 p.m., event starts at 7:30, upstairs at Hopleaf!
Thrilled to be reading this week with the brilliant Gina Chung (new collection GREEN FROG out now!), thanks to the magic of @jeremybroyles.bsky.social! Join us on 3/28 on Zoom at 6 p.m. MST/9 p.m. EDT. More info & Zoom link here: www.mesacc.edu/departments/...
March 25, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Thrilled to be reading this week with the brilliant Gina Chung (new collection GREEN FROG out now!), thanks to the magic of @jeremybroyles.bsky.social! Join us on 3/28 on Zoom at 6 p.m. MST/9 p.m. EDT. More info & Zoom link here: www.mesacc.edu/departments/...
Spring break is full of catching up on work, but I'm also taking weaving breaks from time to time.
March 6, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Spring break is full of catching up on work, but I'm also taking weaving breaks from time to time.