Mimi
@mimish.bsky.social
Clinical Social Worker. I love art, music, theatre, politics, history, literature, travel, sports. I once taught high school history, but no one listened, obviously.
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broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
broken record on this but a similarly great beat for left wing media would be covering arts and culture and not just focusing primarily on politics and current events because there's a massive void there right now
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One of the best parts of my job is that I get to help run this awesome literary prize. Here are the finalists for the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature: lithub.com/heres-the-sh...
Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 John Dos Passos prize.
The annual John Dos Passos Prize for Literature honors the country’s most talented fiction writers for career-long contributions to the genre. First launched in 1980, the prize is the oldest …
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October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One of the best parts of my job is that I get to help run this awesome literary prize. Here are the finalists for the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature: lithub.com/heres-the-sh...
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Here's a fun (I hope!) story I made about some teenagers who find a magical teapot! Thanks to J Journal for taking this on. www.jjournal.org/post/teapot-...
Teapot Summer by Brandon Ahmad Haffner
Birthdays I remember the teapot summer. Thanks to Brenda I couldn’t forget if I wanted. I remember the day we found it I was strutting the center line on Main like a lunatic. Big-shouldered, daring ca...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Here's a fun (I hope!) story I made about some teenagers who find a magical teapot! Thanks to J Journal for taking this on. www.jjournal.org/post/teapot-...
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Wrote an article on Richmond's James River Writers, an organization trying to foster community around the arts despite increasing obstacles: www.richmonder.org/james-river-...
James River Writers conference brings together Richmond's literary scene
“We do have a national reputation. I think Richmond is getting known for being an artistic community.”
www.richmonder.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Wrote an article on Richmond's James River Writers, an organization trying to foster community around the arts despite increasing obstacles: www.richmonder.org/james-river-...
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National Book Award finalist. Amazing!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
National Book Award finalist. Amazing!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
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Today is pub day for @jennicjul.bsky.social's Red Rabbit Ghost, a horror novel I've been excited to read for many many months. I teach Julian's short fiction every year, and every year the students and I are surprised and awed. This is going to be good, y'all.
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Red Rabbit Ghost
Check out Red Rabbit Ghost - <p><b>An impulsive young outcast confronts his small town's dark secrets in this atmospheric and haunting debut horror novel from brilliant new voice Jen Julian. <p/> "Dre...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today is pub day for @jennicjul.bsky.social's Red Rabbit Ghost, a horror novel I've been excited to read for many many months. I teach Julian's short fiction every year, and every year the students and I are surprised and awed. This is going to be good, y'all.
bookshop.org/p/books/red-...
bookshop.org/p/books/red-...
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2024 brought 400+ #VCCAFellows to Virginia and 40+ to France! 🎨 🎼 ✍️ 💫 Help us keep creating space for artists in 2025. Consider a year-end gift to VCCA's Annual Fund: vcca.com/annual-fund
Wishing you a joyous New Year from all of us at Mt. San Angelo and le Moulin à Nef! 🌟
Wishing you a joyous New Year from all of us at Mt. San Angelo and le Moulin à Nef! 🌟
December 31, 2024 at 2:34 PM
2024 brought 400+ #VCCAFellows to Virginia and 40+ to France! 🎨 🎼 ✍️ 💫 Help us keep creating space for artists in 2025. Consider a year-end gift to VCCA's Annual Fund: vcca.com/annual-fund
Wishing you a joyous New Year from all of us at Mt. San Angelo and le Moulin à Nef! 🌟
Wishing you a joyous New Year from all of us at Mt. San Angelo and le Moulin à Nef! 🌟
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Bring in the New Year with fresh panic!
Panic Now?: Tools For Humanizing by @rhetlab.bsky.social has undone and remade my thinking about our world’s crises. You should read this. From @utpress.bsky.social.
“Panic is not a replacement for loving the world, but a way into doing so very differently."
Panic Now?: Tools For Humanizing by @rhetlab.bsky.social has undone and remade my thinking about our world’s crises. You should read this. From @utpress.bsky.social.
“Panic is not a replacement for loving the world, but a way into doing so very differently."
December 31, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Bring in the New Year with fresh panic!
Panic Now?: Tools For Humanizing by @rhetlab.bsky.social has undone and remade my thinking about our world’s crises. You should read this. From @utpress.bsky.social.
“Panic is not a replacement for loving the world, but a way into doing so very differently."
Panic Now?: Tools For Humanizing by @rhetlab.bsky.social has undone and remade my thinking about our world’s crises. You should read this. From @utpress.bsky.social.
“Panic is not a replacement for loving the world, but a way into doing so very differently."
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Insurrectionists and their abettors are disqualified from taking the Oath of Office, which requires they swear on the Holy Bible to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution they *just violated*. It's in the Constitution. Amendment 14, Section 3.
Look it up.
Look it up.
December 26, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Insurrectionists and their abettors are disqualified from taking the Oath of Office, which requires they swear on the Holy Bible to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution they *just violated*. It's in the Constitution. Amendment 14, Section 3.
Look it up.
Look it up.