Sara Rauch
@sara-rauch.bsky.social
Author of WHAT SHINES FROM IT and XO. Words (most recently) in Vast Chasm, Cutleaf, The Spectacle, Revolute. Prose-prone poet. Sober. Mama. Nostalgist. Living on coffee and a prayer. www.sararauch.com
What the world really needs is more snow days.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What the world really needs is more snow days.
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se o drácula tivesse um gato
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
se o drácula tivesse um gato
I have not left the house since Thursday evening, except to go to @bookmoon.bsky.social to stock up on novels, and seriously, this is the best three days off I've had in a long while. Not sad to see November go, but these three days have been magic.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have not left the house since Thursday evening, except to go to @bookmoon.bsky.social to stock up on novels, and seriously, this is the best three days off I've had in a long while. Not sad to see November go, but these three days have been magic.
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hot tip: if you're trying to figure out a holiday gift for a two year old, give them a box of Kleenex. there's nothing a kid that age loves more than removing all the tissues, one by one. (but you should also give them a board book! Dinosaur Surprise, or Each Peach Pear Plum, or one of Taro Gomi's)
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
hot tip: if you're trying to figure out a holiday gift for a two year old, give them a box of Kleenex. there's nothing a kid that age loves more than removing all the tissues, one by one. (but you should also give them a board book! Dinosaur Surprise, or Each Peach Pear Plum, or one of Taro Gomi's)
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I'm so excited to share my zines online for the first time! ☺️ four new zines to inspire creativity and everyday adventures, all available for immediate download on Itch at a name-your-price option: abigailoswald.itch.io
more details about each one in the thread!
more details about each one in the thread!
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm so excited to share my zines online for the first time! ☺️ four new zines to inspire creativity and everyday adventures, all available for immediate download on Itch at a name-your-price option: abigailoswald.itch.io
more details about each one in the thread!
more details about each one in the thread!
When asked on the eve of his birthday if he was excited to turn 7, my youngest looked thoughtful and said, "Yes, but I'm going to miss being 6." (LOL, that's my boy.)
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When asked on the eve of his birthday if he was excited to turn 7, my youngest looked thoughtful and said, "Yes, but I'm going to miss being 6." (LOL, that's my boy.)
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never let them convince you that reading is a waste of time or that reading physical books is replaceable. Physical books, zines, etc -- these are spaces where we cannot be monitored, where we can truly be w/our own thoughts for a gd min & make up our own minds. Of course that frightens them
lmao this is the headline of someone who hasn't read a book in years
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
never let them convince you that reading is a waste of time or that reading physical books is replaceable. Physical books, zines, etc -- these are spaces where we cannot be monitored, where we can truly be w/our own thoughts for a gd min & make up our own minds. Of course that frightens them
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
No, I don't want to take the survey.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
No, I don't want to take the survey.
You know you're old when...
October 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You know you're old when...
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i would be such a good writer if books did not require tension, character development, or settings
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i would be such a good writer if books did not require tension, character development, or settings
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“One must be careful not to wonder if these pleasures are superior to last year’s pleasures. They never are.
That must be the seduction of the past again. But just wait until now becomes then. You’ll see how happy we were.”
Susan Sontag—Unguided Tour
That must be the seduction of the past again. But just wait until now becomes then. You’ll see how happy we were.”
Susan Sontag—Unguided Tour
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“One must be careful not to wonder if these pleasures are superior to last year’s pleasures. They never are.
That must be the seduction of the past again. But just wait until now becomes then. You’ll see how happy we were.”
Susan Sontag—Unguided Tour
That must be the seduction of the past again. But just wait until now becomes then. You’ll see how happy we were.”
Susan Sontag—Unguided Tour
Good mail day.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Good mail day.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
It's almost Halloween so I guess it's time to eat the Easter candy.
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's almost Halloween so I guess it's time to eat the Easter candy.
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The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
@melissajorndwrites.bsky.social Lovelovelove the wildness of your Paranoid Tree story this month! (And the art with it is superb!)
September 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@melissajorndwrites.bsky.social Lovelovelove the wildness of your Paranoid Tree story this month! (And the art with it is superb!)
"The next day, there's a message from Miss Birdy. 'We cannot give your boy his bottle. The milk you left was wild. Please bring better milk.'" —from Sabrina Orah Mark's title story in WILD MILK.
(No matter how many times I read this, it surprises & delights anew.) @dorothyproject.bsky.social
(No matter how many times I read this, it surprises & delights anew.) @dorothyproject.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"The next day, there's a message from Miss Birdy. 'We cannot give your boy his bottle. The milk you left was wild. Please bring better milk.'" —from Sabrina Orah Mark's title story in WILD MILK.
(No matter how many times I read this, it surprises & delights anew.) @dorothyproject.bsky.social
(No matter how many times I read this, it surprises & delights anew.) @dorothyproject.bsky.social
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My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)
Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…
lithub.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
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Happy Monday! Read a short story today. Share a recent fave. Tell an author how much you loved one of theirs...
September 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy Monday! Read a short story today. Share a recent fave. Tell an author how much you loved one of theirs...
After over a decade of listening to them, I FINALLY saw The Avett Brothers live last night. At one point, my friend Kate turned to me and said, Are we even still in the same row? It was that kind of transformative. Long live live music. (And banjos.)
September 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
After over a decade of listening to them, I FINALLY saw The Avett Brothers live last night. At one point, my friend Kate turned to me and said, Are we even still in the same row? It was that kind of transformative. Long live live music. (And banjos.)
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“Unlike some of the other horror writers who mourn a promised future, Schweblin’s stories often show how the future we are mourning is one we have, or thought we had, created ourselves.”
Monsters and Melancholics | Andrea Penman-Lomeli
Samanta Schweblin’s stories show how the future we are mourning is one we have created and are slowly destroying, purposefully and with pleasure.
thebaffler.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Unlike some of the other horror writers who mourn a promised future, Schweblin’s stories often show how the future we are mourning is one we have, or thought we had, created ourselves.”
Feeding time. #backyardpond #thisishowikeepmyselfsane
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Feeding time. #backyardpond #thisishowikeepmyselfsane
Took my students to a stained glass workshop where this sign is on the studio door. I find it very refreshing.
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Took my students to a stained glass workshop where this sign is on the studio door. I find it very refreshing.
Always a good mail day when a new issue of @paranoidxtree.bsky.social shows up! Love this evocative little ticket to defying gravity (if briefly)...
September 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Always a good mail day when a new issue of @paranoidxtree.bsky.social shows up! Love this evocative little ticket to defying gravity (if briefly)...