Meghan Racklin
@meghanracklin.bsky.social
managing editor at passerbymagazine.com, writer in The Baffler, The New Republic, The Brooklyn Rail, LitHub, elsewhere
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Meghan Racklin
@meghanracklin.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Empress Elisabeth and the Archives of Anorexia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Meghan Racklin considers the life and imperfectly rendered image of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
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Since we’re here now, I wrote this piece for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social last year, about anorexia, archives, and Elisabeth of Austria — it’s one of my favorite things I’ve written
Wrote about Jamieson Webster's On Breathing for The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2025/03/book...
Jamieson Webster’s On Breathing: Care in a Time of Catastrophe | The Brooklyn Rail
It is a story that would be unbelievable if it were not true: a pilot who worked on aeronautical oxygen regulation for high-altitude flying invented the first reliable, mass-produced ventilator becaus...
brooklynrail.org
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Wrote about Jamieson Webster's On Breathing for The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2025/03/book...
For @bombmag.bsky.social, I talked to Margie Sarsfield about her book, Beta Vulgaris, agricultural labor, eating disorders, and the worst thing that can happen to anyone: getting what you want
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
BOMB Magazine | Margie Sarsfield by Meghan Racklin
Whispering beets and inner surrealism illuminate a haunting exploration of agricultural exploitation, eating disorders, and the terrifying fulfillment of…
bombmagazine.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For @bombmag.bsky.social, I talked to Margie Sarsfield about her book, Beta Vulgaris, agricultural labor, eating disorders, and the worst thing that can happen to anyone: getting what you want
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
I had such a lovely time talking to Haley Mlotek about her beautiful, thoughtful new book about divorce for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"I think there is some puritanical holdover that makes divorce very sexually alluring because there's no longer the presumption of virginity." @meghanracklin.bsky.social interviews @haleymelodic.bsky.social about her unflinching memoir on divorce, "No Fault." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Airport of Human Experience | Los Angeles Review of Books
Meghan Racklin interviews Haley Mlotek about her new memoir “No Fault.”
lareviewofbooks.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I had such a lovely time talking to Haley Mlotek about her beautiful, thoughtful new book about divorce for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Anyway here's how it played in the press last time anything went this far, just for reference
February 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Anyway here's how it played in the press last time anything went this far, just for reference
Oh my god I could cry I’m so excited
Before the Girl's Story, there was the girl. Coming soon.
February 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh my god I could cry I’m so excited
Thinking about this, from Maggie Nelson
February 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thinking about this, from Maggie Nelson
And even includes this absolutely lethal drive-by shot at David Sedaris
February 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And even includes this absolutely lethal drive-by shot at David Sedaris
Looking for the BEST author interviews — surprising, insightful, delightful, etc.
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looking for the BEST author interviews — surprising, insightful, delightful, etc.
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ACT UP, 1990
January 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ACT UP, 1990
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it’s bad and it’s gotten exponentially worse in the past 6 months. if you write anything involving deep research/old books/forgotten periodicals you’re probably noticing “wiki creep,” because it’s one of the few resources left standing. the internet as an archive is disappearing, has disappeared.
Ha ha ha so Google Books’s time-restricted search is just not working any more; it’ll return stuff from this century no matter what you specify as the time frame.
Thanks, enshittification! I hate it here!
Thanks, enshittification! I hate it here!
January 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
it’s bad and it’s gotten exponentially worse in the past 6 months. if you write anything involving deep research/old books/forgotten periodicals you’re probably noticing “wiki creep,” because it’s one of the few resources left standing. the internet as an archive is disappearing, has disappeared.
Just so happen to be in the middle of watching twin peaks with my husband—he’s never seen it before. It’s remarkable the impact it has for both of us; with new eyes and old it is strange and moving and brilliant and will remain so. RIP ❤️
January 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just so happen to be in the middle of watching twin peaks with my husband—he’s never seen it before. It’s remarkable the impact it has for both of us; with new eyes and old it is strange and moving and brilliant and will remain so. RIP ❤️
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Israeli forces are intensifying its bombardment of Gaza City after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, reports the Palestinian Civil Defence.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
ISRAEL AND HAMAS AGREE GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL TO HALT 15-MONTH WAR
Israel and Hamas reach deal for a ceasefire to take effect on Sunday and a captive release, Qatar’s prime minister says.
aje.io
January 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Israeli forces are intensifying its bombardment of Gaza City after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement, reports the Palestinian Civil Defence.
🔴 LIVE updates:
🔴 LIVE updates:
I’ve been trying to read an essay on Bookforum’s site for a few days now but the site appears to be down — hoping it’s a temporary issue, not sure I can take it if the magazine is in trouble again
January 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’ve been trying to read an essay on Bookforum’s site for a few days now but the site appears to be down — hoping it’s a temporary issue, not sure I can take it if the magazine is in trouble again
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Our thoughts are with everyone affected by these fires. We are hoping for our collective safety and looking forward to a communal recovery. You can find an ongoing list of mutual aid resources here: tiny.cc/malan-fire
Tinycc
tiny.cc
January 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Our thoughts are with everyone affected by these fires. We are hoping for our collective safety and looking forward to a communal recovery. You can find an ongoing list of mutual aid resources here: tiny.cc/malan-fire
Obsessed with the Harvard glass flowers
December 31, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Obsessed with the Harvard glass flowers
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December 28, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Our current economic environment isn’t exactly hospitable to small magazines fighting from the political margins. That’s why we need your help to keep cracking on in 2025—every bit helps. Please consider donating to The Baffler today.
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Working on something
December 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Working on something
I got the marissa zappas perfume advent calendar as a present to myself, there are twelve so I’m starting today and finishing on Christmas, going to thread my thoughts here
December 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I got the marissa zappas perfume advent calendar as a present to myself, there are twelve so I’m starting today and finishing on Christmas, going to thread my thoughts here
Serial home invader caught
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Serial home invader caught
Noticing that people are playing a bit fast and loose with the term Yves Klein blue
December 1, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Noticing that people are playing a bit fast and loose with the term Yves Klein blue