Randy Hardwick
@randyontheglobe.bsky.social
Retired educator, active writer. My husband and I are childless cat ladies with a Labrador.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
Happy to see my latest review for Chicago Review of Books published this morning.
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Finding Joy After Grief: No Stars in Jefferson Park - Chicago Review of Books
No Stars in Jefferson Park, Maggie Andersen’s debut memoir scheduled to release in October, is at its core a Chicago story of working-class triumph in the face of adversity. It is a romantic story of ...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy to see my latest review for Chicago Review of Books published this morning.
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Terrific essay by @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on Giovanni's Room and why the best art is anything but consoling
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Enamored of the Abyss, by Garth Greenwell
On the place of affirmation in art
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October 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Terrific essay by @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on Giovanni's Room and why the best art is anything but consoling
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I asked AI about AI and cognitive decline…
September 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I asked AI about AI and cognitive decline…
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September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations to all of the semi-finalists, especially my pal Meg Jerit.
And to our semifinalists!
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social
Jennifer Bullis @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
Ana Caballero
Elizabeth Gray
Gail Hosking
Meg Jerit
Laurie Kutchins
Sonja Livingston
Madelyn Postman @madelynpostman.bsky.social
Anastasia Walker @staswalker22.bsky.social
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social
Jennifer Bullis @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
Ana Caballero
Elizabeth Gray
Gail Hosking
Meg Jerit
Laurie Kutchins
Sonja Livingston
Madelyn Postman @madelynpostman.bsky.social
Anastasia Walker @staswalker22.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Congratulations to all of the semi-finalists, especially my pal Meg Jerit.
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Our Black Earth
Peter Newall
arcturusmag.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Had my first literary review published today in Chicago Review of Books. Feeling great!
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A Diversity of Horror in "Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories" - Chicago Review of Books
With Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories, Editor Michael W. Philips, Jr. has mined Chicago’s considerable pool of talented horror writers to curate an entertaining, if uneven, mosaic of the city. The met...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Had my first literary review published today in Chicago Review of Books. Feeling great!
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@anandalima.bsky.social's terrific book CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL is out in paperback this week. Have you read it yet? YOU SHOULD!!!
#books
#booksky
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#books
#booksky
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Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, by Ananda Lima: Wow. Just Wow.
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil(out today!) is unlike anything I've ever read.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@anandalima.bsky.social's terrific book CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL is out in paperback this week. Have you read it yet? YOU SHOULD!!!
#books
#booksky
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/craft-stor...
#books
#booksky
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/craft-stor...
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Thank you so much (and I love this review so much)
@anandalima.bsky.social's terrific book CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL is out in paperback this week. Have you read it yet? YOU SHOULD!!!
#books
#booksky
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/craft-stor...
#books
#booksky
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/craft-stor...
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, by Ananda Lima: Wow. Just Wow.
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil(out today!) is unlike anything I've ever read.
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank you so much (and I love this review so much)
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Those of you using LinkedIn for desktop (not the phone app) please do me a favor (cw: #homophobia #transphobia) —
Start to write a post. Press the happy face to insert an emoji. Use the magnifying glass search box to type "surrender".
🤔
Start to write a post. Press the happy face to insert an emoji. Use the magnifying glass search box to type "surrender".
🤔
Our Flag Is Not ‘Surrender’
Pride has a name. LinkedIn has a dollar to say it, but won’t.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Those of you using LinkedIn for desktop (not the phone app) please do me a favor (cw: #homophobia #transphobia) —
Start to write a post. Press the happy face to insert an emoji. Use the magnifying glass search box to type "surrender".
🤔
Start to write a post. Press the happy face to insert an emoji. Use the magnifying glass search box to type "surrender".
🤔
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@jesskeller42.bsky.social, @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Executive Director) talks Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s story “Nocturnal Creatures” on the latest episode of the
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
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@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
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June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@jesskeller42.bsky.social, @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Executive Director) talks Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s story “Nocturnal Creatures” on the latest episode of the
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to StoryStudio’s 2025 StoryBoard Conference in August at The Newberry Library.
June 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to StoryStudio’s 2025 StoryBoard Conference in August at The Newberry Library.
sweet talk arcturusmag.com/2025/06/02/s...
sweet talk
Caroline Fernandez
arcturusmag.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle's "In the Rhododendrons" chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/28/u...
Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle's "In the Rhododendrons" - Chicago Review of Books
“So we’re breaking into a National Trust property full of horny deer in the dark.” Anthony gives Jack a look.“It’s for poetry,” he says. Can a work of memoir also be a work of poetry? Yes, I’d argue—a...
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May 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle's "In the Rhododendrons" chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/28/u...
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The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
April 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
Birds of Gaza arcturusmag.com/2024/01/24/b...
Birds of Gaza
Hadeel Salameh
arcturusmag.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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New to Bluesky. Feels much nicer here and hoping to meet new friends. Interests include writing and theatre. Based in Chicago.
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
New to Bluesky. Feels much nicer here and hoping to meet new friends. Interests include writing and theatre. Based in Chicago.