Emily Mohn-Slate
mohnslate.bsky.social
Emily Mohn-Slate
@mohnslate.bsky.social
author, THE FALLS & FEED 📚
BE WHERE YOU ARE on Substack
emilymohnslate.substack.com 🛼
PGH/LA 🌊 (she/her)
lots of feelings since 1979
Join @erinnbatykefer & me for the next Ass in Chair Collective meetup this Mon, April 21st at 12 pm EST.🪑💥This one is open to anyone, so bring a friend! Register at the link in post: emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/this-month...

#accountability #writing #art #writingcommunity #assinchaircollective
April 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🧜🏼‍♀️⚡New interview with author & musician
@junegervais.bsky.social on leaning into the pleasure of creative practice, & seducing herself back to the work 🧜🏼‍♀️⚡Seriously, this interview is such good medicine.
emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/be-open-fo...
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Join us for the next Ass in Chair Collective meetup this Mon, April 14th at 12 pm EST.🪑💥 We help each other take the edge off of diving into our creative work by doing it together. Details & link in post 🔗 —would love to see you there! 🪑💥
emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
💥🎙️New interview with writer, editor, and creative coach, Heidi Fiedler (@heidifiedler.bsky.social) up today at Be Where You Are! She shares wisdom on her nebula notebook process, writing in short bursts of time, and bringing a light touch to whatever she's doing 🎙️💥

#booksky #creativity #writing
April 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us for the next Ass in Chair Collective meetup this Mon, April 7th at 12 pm EST.🪑💥 This one's for paid subscribers only—April 21st is the next free one! Link to register in here: emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🪑Get on the list for the Spring Ass in Chair Collective meetups every Monday at 12 pm EST with @erinnbatykefer & me!🪑
March 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The world is topsy turvy. I woke up today thinking about this poem I wrote years ago about my son, Kai ✨

#poetry #booksky #poems #resist
March 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Join us for the next Ass in Chair Collective meet-up on Wed, March 12th from 9-10 am EST on zoom. 💥🪑The concept is simple: we get together as creative people, say hello, and then each of us will work on our own thing. Together.

emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
March 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I finally canceled Amazon prime and Goodreads and migrated over to @thestorygraph.com💥Crickets over there for me…My friends who love to read: pleeease join the party & come find me! @mohnslate 🤓📚 #books
March 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
March 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Come join us! First meet-up of The Ass in Chair Collective this Mon, March 3rd at 12 EST on Zoom! Dorothy Parker said, “Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.” Each of us will work on our own thing. Together. emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/join-the-a...
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📚✨New interview with Lesléa Newman (@leslea.bsky.social) up at Be Where You Are! Lesléa is a literary legend, author of Heather Has Two Mommies & many books for adults and children. Here, she shares her process and wisdom, and a great story about studying with Allen Ginsberg 📚✨
February 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here to tell you about TINY DAY NEWS! Their goal is to get people to stop looking at their phones and notice—and write about—the world. BONUS: if you want a copy, just submit a story & you’ll get 3 months of Tiny Days delivered to you by mail! Send news and photos to: newsroom@tinydaynews.com 📰💜
February 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sharing this poem of mine as a reminder to us to keep trying to hang onto joy despite it all 🌱✨
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Lucille Clifton forever ✨
February 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
✨Come find refuge with Felicia Savage Friedman & me Sat, Feb 22nd from 12:30-1:30 EST on zoom. We'll meditate & write together & find refuge in community.✨ 🪷🧘🏽‍♀️ Workshop is free but donations collected go to YogaRoots on Location. 🪷🧘🏻‍♂️ Register at shorturl.at/wRVns; details at Be Where You Are💥
February 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In case you need some light ✨✨ (I know I do)
February 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I love this interview with James Crews up at Be Where You Are. James shares a window into his practices, including the power of "wonder walks," allowing things to be as they are, and seeing writing and mindfulness as "two strands of a single braid"🪶✨ emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/you-are-he...
February 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎉Happiest pub week to Nancy Reddy whose book, THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH is out! 💥 In her interview Nancy shares her behind-the-scenes wisdom on her habits & practices, talking out ideas when you’re stuck, and “starting before you’re entirely ready.” 📝 @stmartinspress.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New interview up today at Be Where You Are with poet, editor, educator, and arts organizer Han VanderHart (
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social )💥 Deep wisdom + a bevy of incredible reading recs and a writing & drawing prompt called “The House of Memory.” ✨✨ @ohiounivpress.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I loved this interview with poet & arts educator Tiffany Melanson—so many gems in here💥 emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/permission...
December 13, 2024 at 11:56 PM