Maria Robinson
@mariaaarobinson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction & sometimes non-. Work in Electric Lit, Wigleaf, The Forge -> Best Microfiction 2023, Rejection Letters, Catapult, BLR, cream city review, and more. Cupboard full of beans (I make a lot of soup).
Got to write about Weapons’ spookiest subtext for @electricliterature.com
“I walked out with a warning about what happens to the children of a society too preoccupied with its imagined enemies to recognize the real threat operating in plain sight.”
Modern America Is a Horror Movie - Electric Literature
A tyrannical orange clown who draws power from brainwashed young people? Oh right, we’re talking about “Weapons,” the year’s most incisive genre film
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Got to write about Weapons’ spookiest subtext for @electricliterature.com
agh this is so good
new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
agh this is so good
Damn, this is so good.
Our nonfiction story of the week is Places I'll Never See Again by Andrew Bertaina.
Places I’ll Never See Again - The Forge Literary Magazine
Places I’ll Never See Again, nonfiction by Andrew Bertaina
forgelitmag.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Damn, this is so good.
Maybe an existential flash about mushrooms will help
"The dog once ate a mushroom from the duff in the place where the trees-turned-timbers were felled. It told her things far more valuable than whatever’s inside the room I’m not describing."
—Maria Robinson
—Maria Robinson
Maria Robinson – ANMLY
anmly.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Maybe an existential flash about mushrooms will help
Biased but the @katiehrob.bsky.social piece in this issue is 🔥🔥🔥
Spend some time with our ✨ April Issue 💫 before it hits the archive tomorrow!
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
May 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Biased but the @katiehrob.bsky.social piece in this issue is 🔥🔥🔥
So thrilled to be a part of this amazing issue! anmly.org/ap40/maria-r... 🍄🟫🐕🍄
May 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So thrilled to be a part of this amazing issue! anmly.org/ap40/maria-r... 🍄🟫🐕🍄
I haven’t been posting about soup but that doesn’t mean i haven’t been making it.
(This post both 100% is and 100% is not about soup.)
(This post both 100% is and 100% is not about soup.)
February 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I haven’t been posting about soup but that doesn’t mean i haven’t been making it.
(This post both 100% is and 100% is not about soup.)
(This post both 100% is and 100% is not about soup.)
I only took this screenshot to see what he was reading—now I’m stuck with a shirtless therapist!
January 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I only took this screenshot to see what he was reading—now I’m stuck with a shirtless therapist!
my dream for us all is a future where if i were to acontextually post
this shit is so fucked.
it wouldn’t make immediate sense to you
this shit is so fucked.
it wouldn’t make immediate sense to you
January 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
my dream for us all is a future where if i were to acontextually post
this shit is so fucked.
it wouldn’t make immediate sense to you
this shit is so fucked.
it wouldn’t make immediate sense to you
Back at you, @wigleaf.bsky.social ✨🤩💫
January 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Back at you, @wigleaf.bsky.social ✨🤩💫
Top-tier late-December vibes in Anne Waldman’s “Seasonal Poem” (from the Dec. 13 issue of JSTOR Daily daily.jstor.org/merry-christ...)
December 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Top-tier late-December vibes in Anne Waldman’s “Seasonal Poem” (from the Dec. 13 issue of JSTOR Daily daily.jstor.org/merry-christ...)
Tonight’s soup: broccoli, cheddar, and white bean purée with homemade wholegrain mustard croutons.
December 20, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Tonight’s soup: broccoli, cheddar, and white bean purée with homemade wholegrain mustard croutons.
Kinda early but I’m calling it: best thing I read today.
A few months into the pandemic, while rifling through old papers, Ed Park stumbled on something truly incredible: an unpublished manuscript, decades old, filled with the kind of “sustained artistic bliss” in short supply during lockdown.
Beautiful Plan of Your Future | Ed Park
Unpublished work by living authors has a simpler status, removed from the din of literary executors and divided acolytes.
thebaffler.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Kinda early but I’m calling it: best thing I read today.
This is an incredible piece of journalism, and another reminder that healthcare should not be for profit (and neither should news).
NEW: “Eat What You Kill”
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did…
propub.li
December 7, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This is an incredible piece of journalism, and another reminder that healthcare should not be for profit (and neither should news).
Best thing I read today.
Love this essay from @elisabethnicula.bsky.social … could really blockquote any paragraph, but this one fit in one phone screen
www.smallpresstraffic.org/the-back-roo...
www.smallpresstraffic.org/the-back-roo...
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Best thing I read today.
Tonight’s soup: yellow split pea with onion, carrot, potato, and parsley (pan-fried veggie hot dog coins on top, re-heated buttermilk biscuit on the side)
December 1, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Tonight’s soup: yellow split pea with onion, carrot, potato, and parsley (pan-fried veggie hot dog coins on top, re-heated buttermilk biscuit on the side)
TV on the Radio’s incredible Tiny Desk Concert prompted me to revisit some other faves. This one always leaves me covered in goosebumps: youtu.be/z1Lh06y6Z1Q?...
Dirty Three: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 12:53 AM
TV on the Radio’s incredible Tiny Desk Concert prompted me to revisit some other faves. This one always leaves me covered in goosebumps: youtu.be/z1Lh06y6Z1Q?...
Best thing I saw today youtu.be/zi_jOYpeCEM
TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Best thing I saw today youtu.be/zi_jOYpeCEM
Reposted by Maria Robinson
Everyone should read this.
November 25, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Everyone should read this.
First thing I read today.
I felt a lot of things when I read the Vanity Fair essay on Augusta Britt. One was that I never wanted to hear a woman described as a “muse” ever fucking again. So I asked the talented, anti-muse writer/artist AJ Bermudez to write the essay I needed to read. electricliterature.com/a-woman-isnt...
A Woman Isn’t a Muse - Electric Literature
Like Augusta Britt, we exist outside of men’s imaginations
electricliterature.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:10 PM
First thing I read today.
Best think I saw today: this painting of a slice of lemon meringue pie by artist & author Elizabeth Schoonmaker. (That jaunty pompadour of meringue!)
November 25, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Best think I saw today: this painting of a slice of lemon meringue pie by artist & author Elizabeth Schoonmaker. (That jaunty pompadour of meringue!)
Best thing I read today.
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Best thing I read today.
Tonight’s soup: acorn squash, black bean, and corn garnished with sour cream, crispy tortilla strips, and a vigorous squeeze of lime.
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Tonight’s soup: acorn squash, black bean, and corn garnished with sour cream, crispy tortilla strips, and a vigorous squeeze of lime.
Best thing I read today.
Now that the Sky is more filled, I'm reposting this new story of mine. It's part of the novel I'm working on and means a lot to me. I'd love it if you gave it a read.
Tw: dementia
therumpus.net/2024/11/04/r...
Tw: dementia
therumpus.net/2024/11/04/r...
Rumpus Original Fiction: Obliquity - The Rumpus
Andrea tells me her hallucinations are getting worse, more frequent, more frightening, though she doesn’t elaborate on how.
therumpus.net
November 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Best thing I read today.
To the digit… and now it’s time for me to crunch on some osteoporosis pills while I write my will.
Your real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2025
November 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
To the digit… and now it’s time for me to crunch on some osteoporosis pills while I write my will.