Linda Maceri
@lindamaceri.bsky.social
It’s Ma Cherry. Writer. Washington Square Review | jmww | Shenandoah Review | Black Warrior Review | etc.
I was just thinking this morning how this story has almost vanished from the news. Every Democrat in Congress should be following Pramila Jayapal's example, drawing attention to this outrage.
NEW: If Republicans won’t conduct oversight of Trump’s unconstitutional and cruel immigration policies that kidnap and disappear immigrants of all statuses, I will.
Today’s Shadow Hearing will focus on how his actions are destroying U.S. families and communities.
Today’s Shadow Hearing will focus on how his actions are destroying U.S. families and communities.
September 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was just thinking this morning how this story has almost vanished from the news. Every Democrat in Congress should be following Pramila Jayapal's example, drawing attention to this outrage.
“Mom married Hurricane Gerald because her first marriage was too peaceful, too boring. That’s what she told my dad when she divorced him: he never shouted.”
"Mom married Hurricane Gerald because he was strong. Passionate. Because he was too big for the car, too big for the house, too big for an office job. Mom married Hurricane Gerald because she loved the lazy swirl of his clouds."
Read @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's story, "Fighting Wind":
Read @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's story, "Fighting Wind":
Fighting Wind
Mom married Hurricane Gerald because he was strong. Passionate. Because he was too big for the car, too big for the house, too big for an office job. Mom married Hurricane Gerald because she loved the...
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September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Mom married Hurricane Gerald because her first marriage was too peaceful, too boring. That’s what she told my dad when she divorced him: he never shouted.”
That is one resourceful killer crab!
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
That is one resourceful killer crab!
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the next time someone says we have to focus on the economy and not the ‘culture war’, tell them to go to fucking Omaha
RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
May 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the next time someone says we have to focus on the economy and not the ‘culture war’, tell them to go to fucking Omaha
"His depression hidden, like black mittens tucked into the pockets of an overcoat, a hint of sadness pooling under his eyes."
It feels surreal, but I'm beyond thrilled to have "Mud Pies" in @smokelong.bsky.social, along with new work from @shiramusicant.bsky.social & @quickasaflash.bsky.social. Thanks @christopherallen.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for the fun interview. www.smokelong.com/stories/mud-...
Mud Pies - SmokeLong Quarterly
My father loved to watch other men play golf, the graceful way they swung their clubs, the ball soaring over the fairway, small and true. He wore cashmere sweaters he couldn’t afford. Slept with peopl...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"His depression hidden, like black mittens tucked into the pockets of an overcoat, a hint of sadness pooling under his eyes."
I have nothing to add, but this is must-read thread.
So, I am going to be honest with everyone here, over the past couple years I have had a bit of a personal evolution on trans issues. I have come to a place of *unequivocal* support for trans people. I would like to share my thinking as I hope it will prove useful.
February 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I have nothing to add, but this is must-read thread.
I'm a bit stunned by these headlines. Today I would not expect to see a headline about a "Trump mob." Something vague about "Capitol protests" or "DC demonstrators." There's was a brief moment when words mattered. And then suddenly they didn't.
January 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm a bit stunned by these headlines. Today I would not expect to see a headline about a "Trump mob." Something vague about "Capitol protests" or "DC demonstrators." There's was a brief moment when words mattered. And then suddenly they didn't.
Are there actually no knitters at the NYT?
December 30, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Are there actually no knitters at the NYT?
Word choice is another place where left and right aren't fighting on a level field. The right takes words the left has used for itself -- liberal, progressive, woke (even "politically correct" was a new left joke) -- mock them, twist them all out of shape, and then sell their version...
Isn't there an equivalent word to "woke" to describe the right wing? "Fascist" works but it's too old fashioned and too academic. Something in the modern vernacular is called for but I'm just not conversant enough in that to know what it might be.
Ideas?
Ideas?
December 24, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Word choice is another place where left and right aren't fighting on a level field. The right takes words the left has used for itself -- liberal, progressive, woke (even "politically correct" was a new left joke) -- mock them, twist them all out of shape, and then sell their version...
Quote this with who you’d be in Star Trek
November 25, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Quote this with who you’d be in Star Trek
Today's date always makes me grieve. This morning I listened to Greg Brown's "Brand New '64 Dodge" and wondered if it could mean anything to people who weren't alive on November 22, 1963. Beautiful, slant storytelling. Feels like a haunting flash fiction set to music.
youtu.be/Y1bG_Gpfi0s?...
youtu.be/Y1bG_Gpfi0s?...
Brand New '64 Dodge
YouTube video by Greg Brown - Topic
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November 22, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Today's date always makes me grieve. This morning I listened to Greg Brown's "Brand New '64 Dodge" and wondered if it could mean anything to people who weren't alive on November 22, 1963. Beautiful, slant storytelling. Feels like a haunting flash fiction set to music.
youtu.be/Y1bG_Gpfi0s?...
youtu.be/Y1bG_Gpfi0s?...
Certain people, growing out of trauma and exhaustion which I fully understand, believe there’s some power... in saying, “yeah, since when does Donald Trump follow the law!?!?” ... A better answer, both more effective and more dignified, is to say, “Okay, let’s see you try.”
GIFT LINK
GIFT LINK
The Most Pernicious Anticipatory Obedience Hides in Plain Sight
In the waning days of the 2024 presidential campaign Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos became the target of widespread and deserved disgust for nixing The Washington Post’s policy of endorsing presidential…
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November 14, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Certain people, growing out of trauma and exhaustion which I fully understand, believe there’s some power... in saying, “yeah, since when does Donald Trump follow the law!?!?” ... A better answer, both more effective and more dignified, is to say, “Okay, let’s see you try.”
GIFT LINK
GIFT LINK
“Bastard Out of Carolina” was real to me in a way no book had ever been. This one hurts.
Dorothy Allison has died. Just a gutting loss... Her "Bastard Out of Carolina" was transformative for me, the first time I'd seen class bigotry portrayed on the page, and fought against, the way I'd lived it. I wrote this piece in 2017 for the novel's 25th anniversary
An Essential Novel About Poverty, Bigotry, and Sexual Abuse, Twenty-Five Years Later
“Bastard Out of Carolina” is about the stories that are told about us, and the ones we learn to tell about ourselves.
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November 8, 2024 at 3:03 AM
“Bastard Out of Carolina” was real to me in a way no book had ever been. This one hurts.
I woke up this morning to a 3 a.m. text from my daughter, who works in the elections office. That's probably when she got off work. All she said was that she was glad she was nearby instead of a 1000 miles away at college, as she was in 2016. Just a thought for all the elections workers...
November 6, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I woke up this morning to a 3 a.m. text from my daughter, who works in the elections office. That's probably when she got off work. All she said was that she was glad she was nearby instead of a 1000 miles away at college, as she was in 2016. Just a thought for all the elections workers...
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Okay, officially bawling now & praying to every god who ever existed that Miss Viola gets to see Kamala Harris inaugurated.
November 5, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Okay, officially bawling now & praying to every god who ever existed that Miss Viola gets to see Kamala Harris inaugurated.
One minor reason I want her to win is so we Californians can atone for giving the country Nixon and Reagan.
A potential "first" that somehow isn't mentioned:
—GOP has had two prez from California, Nixon + Reagan
—Its first-ever prez nominee was from Calif, Fremont
—But America's most populous (and best) state has never had a Dem nominee for prez. Until now.
We'll see tomorrow.
—GOP has had two prez from California, Nixon + Reagan
—Its first-ever prez nominee was from Calif, Fremont
—But America's most populous (and best) state has never had a Dem nominee for prez. Until now.
We'll see tomorrow.
November 4, 2024 at 10:40 PM
One minor reason I want her to win is so we Californians can atone for giving the country Nixon and Reagan.
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I HATE phone banking, but this feels like something I can do. Maybe it’s something you can do too?
Again, if you're introverted but dying to help, try a ballot cure phone bank.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
I was just on a ballot cure phone bank with 300 volunteers, roughly 90% of whom appeared to be middle aged or elderly women.
November 4, 2024 at 12:38 AM
I HATE phone banking, but this feels like something I can do. Maybe it’s something you can do too?
I did the thing today. I do believe she’s going to win.
October 29, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I did the thing today. I do believe she’s going to win.
I'm listening to this right now and it's great. I wouldn't have been unhappy if it wasn't. It's still money for a good cause. But Americana music is my thing, and a lot of my favorite artists are on here. Even better, half the artists are new to me, so I'm making some exciting discoveries!
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Cardinals At The Window, by Various Artists
136 track album
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October 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I'm listening to this right now and it's great. I wouldn't have been unhappy if it wasn't. It's still money for a good cause. But Americana music is my thing, and a lot of my favorite artists are on here. Even better, half the artists are new to me, so I'm making some exciting discoveries!
How come when you’re 18 people start calling you “ma’am,” and as soon as you get close to 60 it’s “miss”?
October 7, 2024 at 7:16 PM
How come when you’re 18 people start calling you “ma’am,” and as soon as you get close to 60 it’s “miss”?
“Unconventional”
This is not “unconventional.”
It’s voter suppression.
It’s voter intimidation.
It’s election interference.
It’s anti-democratic, un-American, and it must be defeated.
Are you registered to #vote?
It’s voter suppression.
It’s voter intimidation.
It’s election interference.
It’s anti-democratic, un-American, and it must be defeated.
Are you registered to #vote?
October 5, 2024 at 1:13 AM
“Unconventional”
Finishing my final post card to a swing district voter. I feel better doing something than just worrying about the election.
October 4, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Finishing my final post card to a swing district voter. I feel better doing something than just worrying about the election.
Stories like this are why I love flash fiction. So much emotional and narrative complexity. I don’t think it’s possible to achieve this sudden impact in a longer form.
Honored to have this CNF-ish piece up at Milk Candy Review today: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2024/10/03/c...
Certain Expectations of Water ~ by Ani King
1. Any water can be living water. Be it in a strip mall church, or a river, or a lake, or the ocean, according to my father. Even if it was brackish and slimy and smelled of soggy dead leaves. My f…
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October 3, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Stories like this are why I love flash fiction. So much emotional and narrative complexity. I don’t think it’s possible to achieve this sudden impact in a longer form.