Marge Anderson
@margeanderson.bsky.social
Intentional optimist. Writer. Champion for nature and belonging. Will raise hell if necessary. Work hard and be nice to people.
"Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms
around our children. They laugh at us with our poor
falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back
together once again at the table." - Joy Harjo
What happens at your kitchen table?
poets.org/poem/perhaps...
#poetry
around our children. They laugh at us with our poor
falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back
together once again at the table." - Joy Harjo
What happens at your kitchen table?
poets.org/poem/perhaps...
#poetry
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December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms
around our children. They laugh at us with our poor
falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back
together once again at the table." - Joy Harjo
What happens at your kitchen table?
poets.org/poem/perhaps...
#poetry
around our children. They laugh at us with our poor
falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back
together once again at the table." - Joy Harjo
What happens at your kitchen table?
poets.org/poem/perhaps...
#poetry
Need solace from the news? This poem is balm. poets.org/poem/you-are...
You Are Who I Love
You, selling roses out of a silver grocery cart You, in the park, feeding the pigeons You cheering for the bees You with cats in your voice in the morning, feeding cats You protecting the river You ar...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Need solace from the news? This poem is balm. poets.org/poem/you-are...
Dangnabbit! I was NOT going to buy more books until 2026, but the great @bethmacy.bsky.social nabbed me at the airport. #booksky
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Dangnabbit! I was NOT going to buy more books until 2026, but the great @bethmacy.bsky.social nabbed me at the airport. #booksky
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That cover 😍
Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
That cover 😍
Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
IT IS COMING! Best mystery writer working today! Gobs of atmosphere and the Irish music in every sentence. #booksky tanafrench.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
IT IS COMING! Best mystery writer working today! Gobs of atmosphere and the Irish music in every sentence. #booksky tanafrench.com
Why be a Daisy when you can be a Jordan? #booksky #wibookfest
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Why be a Daisy when you can be a Jordan? #booksky #wibookfest
Looking forward to digging into @AngelaFlournoy 's novel of friendship, estrangement, and how time passes after her insights at #wibookfest. @CreeMyles provided a refreshing interview! #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Looking forward to digging into @AngelaFlournoy 's novel of friendship, estrangement, and how time passes after her insights at #wibookfest. @CreeMyles provided a refreshing interview! #booksky
I wasn't going to buy another book, but then @jonvhickey read the opening of his book. The writing crackled with energy - irresistable. Can't wait to read this! #wibookfest #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I wasn't going to buy another book, but then @jonvhickey read the opening of his book. The writing crackled with energy - irresistable. Can't wait to read this! #wibookfest #booksky
"It was through books that I found community with my experience of consciousness." @melissafebos sharing insights on intimacy, craft, a sustainable and healthy life - and cracking wise while enlightening us. A meaningful presentation, and a lot of laughs. #wibookfest #booksky
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"It was through books that I found community with my experience of consciousness." @melissafebos sharing insights on intimacy, craft, a sustainable and healthy life - and cracking wise while enlightening us. A meaningful presentation, and a lot of laughs. #wibookfest #booksky
"Breakthroughs are going to continue to happen, but they will happen without the involvement of the United States." Mark O'Connell on the 1957 International Geophysical Year, which brought scientists - including my birth father - together for the good of humanity. #booksky #wibookfest #climatechange
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Breakthroughs are going to continue to happen, but they will happen without the involvement of the United States." Mark O'Connell on the 1957 International Geophysical Year, which brought scientists - including my birth father - together for the good of humanity. #booksky #wibookfest #climatechange
Fascinating stories from the Americana Music community. Free speech, Keith Urban’s boxers, and a life dedicated to supporting songwriters and performers. An important book! @tsaviano.bsky.social with Stephanie Elkins. #wibookfest
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fascinating stories from the Americana Music community. Free speech, Keith Urban’s boxers, and a life dedicated to supporting songwriters and performers. An important book! @tsaviano.bsky.social with Stephanie Elkins. #wibookfest
Important storytelling about the resilience of Tibetan refugees and the harrowing challenges they overcome to keep their culture alive despite authoritarianism. #booksky #freetibet
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Important storytelling about the resilience of Tibetan refugees and the harrowing challenges they overcome to keep their culture alive despite authoritarianism. #booksky #freetibet
Insightful take on the prescient genius of Virginia Woolf. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Virginia Woolf's ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ Predicted the Future 100 Years Ago
Our critic A.O. Scott takes apart a scene from “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s 1925 masterpiece, and shows why the book is a must-read now.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Insightful take on the prescient genius of Virginia Woolf. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
#poetry #fascism #democracy #peace
poets.org/poem/septemb...
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
#poetry #fascism #democracy #peace
poets.org/poem/septemb...
September 1, 1939
I sit in one of the dives
poets.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
From September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
#poetry #fascism #democracy #peace
poets.org/poem/septemb...
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.
#poetry #fascism #democracy #peace
poets.org/poem/septemb...
Reposted by Marge Anderson
Have you been told to stay away from the South or West sides of Chicago?
Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled stories from local residents in a new book called “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.” news.wttw.com/2025/01/29/w...
Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled stories from local residents in a new book called “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.” news.wttw.com/2025/01/29/w...
Were You Ever Told to Avoid the South or West Sides? New Book Shares Stories of Disrupting Segregation
Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled Chicagoans’ stories in their new book. The goal was to better understand what can happen when people explore often ig...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Have you been told to stay away from the South or West sides of Chicago?
Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled stories from local residents in a new book called “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.” news.wttw.com/2025/01/29/w...
Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled stories from local residents in a new book called “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.” news.wttw.com/2025/01/29/w...
Reposted by Marge Anderson
Great panel at #ASA2025 on teaching about race and racism in Chicago, featuring Tonika Johnson (standing) of Folded Map, Maria Kyrsan (moderator), Ken Garcia-Gonzales of Facing History & Ourselves, Yamali Rodriguez-Gruger @chipubschools.bsky.social & Jessica Marshall @spencerfoundation.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great panel at #ASA2025 on teaching about race and racism in Chicago, featuring Tonika Johnson (standing) of Folded Map, Maria Kyrsan (moderator), Ken Garcia-Gonzales of Facing History & Ourselves, Yamali Rodriguez-Gruger @chipubschools.bsky.social & Jessica Marshall @spencerfoundation.bsky.social
Book haul from Storyhouse Bookpub - Des Moines. I snatched Maggie Smith’s new book in my beak! Excited to dip into Suleika Jouad’s anthology of creative insight. This book by Alexander Chee has been on my TBR forever. #writing #booksky @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social @alexanderchee.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Book haul from Storyhouse Bookpub - Des Moines. I snatched Maggie Smith’s new book in my beak! Excited to dip into Suleika Jouad’s anthology of creative insight. This book by Alexander Chee has been on my TBR forever. #writing #booksky @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social @alexanderchee.bsky.social
A slow burn, creepy and atmospheric. Great insight into the solace and frustration of womens' colleges in the 19th century, and a true crime mystery. My thoughts: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #mountholyokecollege #truecrime
July 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A slow burn, creepy and atmospheric. Great insight into the solace and frustration of womens' colleges in the 19th century, and a true crime mystery. My thoughts: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #mountholyokecollege #truecrime
It's a palace! It's a mint! It's a zoo! It's a fortress! It's a writing retreat! It's a prison! It's a must-read for anyone visiting the Tower of London - read why here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #London #England #TowerofLondon
July 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's a palace! It's a mint! It's a zoo! It's a fortress! It's a writing retreat! It's a prison! It's a must-read for anyone visiting the Tower of London - read why here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #London #England #TowerofLondon
One of my best books read this year. The Antidote by Karen Russell. Superb. Transporting. Deeply creative. Added bonus: it's not set in NYC or LA! www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #newdeal #dustbowl #greatplains #nebraska #pawnee #immigration
Marge Anderson's review of The Antidote
5/5: A Prairie Witch, a basketball-crazed daughter of a murdered mother, a scarecrow, a Black photographer for the New Deal with an enchanted camera, and a Polish bachelor farmer walk into the Dust Bo...
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July 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of my best books read this year. The Antidote by Karen Russell. Superb. Transporting. Deeply creative. Added bonus: it's not set in NYC or LA! www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky #newdeal #dustbowl #greatplains #nebraska #pawnee #immigration
When was the last time you cried at the end of a novel? For this jaded old bookworm, it’s been a minute. See why here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @taylorjenkinsreid.bsky.social #booksky #spaceprogram #1980's #women
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When was the last time you cried at the end of a novel? For this jaded old bookworm, it’s been a minute. See why here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @taylorjenkinsreid.bsky.social #booksky #spaceprogram #1980's #women
Between the treachery and the plague, there’s not enough cloth-of-gold in the world that would make it fun to be a royal in the Middle Ages. My thoughts on this book www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
If you liked Succession, you'll love the power and dysfunction of the York brothers. #booksky
If you liked Succession, you'll love the power and dysfunction of the York brothers. #booksky
July 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Between the treachery and the plague, there’s not enough cloth-of-gold in the world that would make it fun to be a royal in the Middle Ages. My thoughts on this book www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
If you liked Succession, you'll love the power and dysfunction of the York brothers. #booksky
If you liked Succession, you'll love the power and dysfunction of the York brothers. #booksky
My take on jumping into a series at book #22! Cool premise - recommended! www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social #booksky #venice #corsica #paris #london
Marge Anderson's review of Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon, #22)
3/5: Jumping into a new series at the 22nd book requires a little suspension of disbelief, and in this case, it was a delight. I couldn’t really follow all of the characters, but the ex-head of Israel...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My take on jumping into a series at book #22! Cool premise - recommended! www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social #booksky #venice #corsica #paris #london
Over the moon to be with the great Jane Hirshfield. And my commentary on the publication of her collected works - we need #poetry in these dark times. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky
June 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Over the moon to be with the great Jane Hirshfield. And my commentary on the publication of her collected works - we need #poetry in these dark times. www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky
My review of Jane Harper's Exiles. An evocative trip into Australia's wine region. #booksky #mystery #australia #wine www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Marge Anderson's review of Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)
3/5: Another evocative immersion into an Aussie landscape by Jane Harper – this time, a small town in the wine region. Almost all of the action happens over two seasons of the local wine festival. Har...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My review of Jane Harper's Exiles. An evocative trip into Australia's wine region. #booksky #mystery #australia #wine www.goodreads.com/review/show/...