Joy Lanzendorfer
@joylanzendorfer.bsky.social
Author of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. Work in The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, and others. www.ohjoy.org
What a nice surprise to find that my short story "The Bear" is a Special Mention in this year's Pushcart Prize anthology! Thank you Chicago Quarterly Review for nominating it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What a nice surprise to find that my short story "The Bear" is a Special Mention in this year's Pushcart Prize anthology! Thank you Chicago Quarterly Review for nominating it.
Thanks to The Forge Literary Magazine for inviting me to read at LitCrawl. I hadn't been in a long time and it felt like old times. Good job celebrating books, everybody.
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to The Forge Literary Magazine for inviting me to read at LitCrawl. I hadn't been in a long time and it felt like old times. Good job celebrating books, everybody.
I'm reading at LitCrawl! Come say hi!
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm reading at LitCrawl! Come say hi!
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
Next Wednesday, I'll be speaking in Carmel about the MacGowan sisters, two successful women novelists who survived a mysterious murder attempt involving poisoned marshmallows. It's free to attend. If you're in the area, I hope you can make it.
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Next Wednesday, I'll be speaking in Carmel about the MacGowan sisters, two successful women novelists who survived a mysterious murder attempt involving poisoned marshmallows. It's free to attend. If you're in the area, I hope you can make it.
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 6:
And so the story concludes with grooming and a cuddle.
The end.
And so the story concludes with grooming and a cuddle.
The end.
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 6:
And so the story concludes with grooming and a cuddle.
The end.
And so the story concludes with grooming and a cuddle.
The end.
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 5:
Mom is right, it is too much trouble to do anything with the bag. Perhaps there is food in the box? Alas, no.
Mom is right, it is too much trouble to do anything with the bag. Perhaps there is food in the box? Alas, no.
August 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 5:
Mom is right, it is too much trouble to do anything with the bag. Perhaps there is food in the box? Alas, no.
Mom is right, it is too much trouble to do anything with the bag. Perhaps there is food in the box? Alas, no.
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 4:
Pulls the bag out of the box, which is a little scary! Then discovers he can't open the bag, so determines to run away with it.
Pulls the bag out of the box, which is a little scary! Then discovers he can't open the bag, so determines to run away with it.
August 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 4:
Pulls the bag out of the box, which is a little scary! Then discovers he can't open the bag, so determines to run away with it.
Pulls the bag out of the box, which is a little scary! Then discovers he can't open the bag, so determines to run away with it.
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 3:
"Hey Mom, do you think there was FOOD in this thing?"
"Hey Mom, do you think there was FOOD in this thing?"
August 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 3:
"Hey Mom, do you think there was FOOD in this thing?"
"Hey Mom, do you think there was FOOD in this thing?"
The story of the mother and kit grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 2:
Now the baby is excited and also his butt needs itching.
Now the baby is excited and also his butt needs itching.
August 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The story of the mother and kit grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 2:
Now the baby is excited and also his butt needs itching.
Now the baby is excited and also his butt needs itching.
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 1:
Initial concern, sniffing around, can I fit underneath the boards?
Initial concern, sniffing around, can I fit underneath the boards?
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The story of the mother and baby grey fox investigating our new deck construction, 1:
Initial concern, sniffing around, can I fit underneath the boards?
Initial concern, sniffing around, can I fit underneath the boards?
A couple of photographs from my recent writing residency in Costa Rica. I saw a baby sloth! Thank you #AtmospherePress.
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A couple of photographs from my recent writing residency in Costa Rica. I saw a baby sloth! Thank you #AtmospherePress.
I had a great time at Sebastopol Litquake this past weekend. I got to read with some other excellent novelists and I debuted a chapter from my new novel, The Bath School Disaster.
Thank you @sashavasilyuk @michaeldavidlukas @leekravetz @mengeranderson for hoofing it down to the North Bay!
Thank you @sashavasilyuk @michaeldavidlukas @leekravetz @mengeranderson for hoofing it down to the North Bay!
May 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I had a great time at Sebastopol Litquake this past weekend. I got to read with some other excellent novelists and I debuted a chapter from my new novel, The Bath School Disaster.
Thank you @sashavasilyuk @michaeldavidlukas @leekravetz @mengeranderson for hoofing it down to the North Bay!
Thank you @sashavasilyuk @michaeldavidlukas @leekravetz @mengeranderson for hoofing it down to the North Bay!
I'm reading at Sebastopol Litcrawl! Come one, come all
May 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm reading at Sebastopol Litcrawl! Come one, come all
Here is a colorized poster from the time. No one knows what this dress was!
April 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here is a colorized poster from the time. No one knows what this dress was!
I’m so honored to have won Atmosphere Press's Playa Flamingo Writing Residency. I’m going to get to spend five days writing in Costa Rica! I’ve never been there before and am excited.
#AtmospherePress #WritingResidency
#AtmospherePress #WritingResidency
April 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m so honored to have won Atmosphere Press's Playa Flamingo Writing Residency. I’m going to get to spend five days writing in Costa Rica! I’ve never been there before and am excited.
#AtmospherePress #WritingResidency
#AtmospherePress #WritingResidency
That is what I hoped, that it was red. I also like the idea of orange or yellow or black. But someone sent me this, which if true, is disappointing to me:
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
That is what I hoped, that it was red. I also like the idea of orange or yellow or black. But someone sent me this, which if true, is disappointing to me:
I really really want to know what color those flowers were.
April 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I really really want to know what color those flowers were.
Wore my kid out hiking
April 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Wore my kid out hiking
