Sarah Twombly
@sarahtwombly.bsky.social
Writer. Parent. Tired and hopeful. Work in NYT, the Atlantic, Esquire, Ploughshares. Black Lives Matter. Love is love. Science is real. Free Palestine.
Can we send @booker.senate.gov flowers of gratitude!? Or DoorDash him a coffee?
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Can we send @booker.senate.gov flowers of gratitude!? Or DoorDash him a coffee?
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Kīlauea is erupting again.
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
December 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Kīlauea is erupting again.
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
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One of the best things I ever did for myself was stop comparing my life trajectory to people who have support systems. I won’t say I never had help, but I’m just now truly understanding the difference between “assistance” and “support”.
December 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
One of the best things I ever did for myself was stop comparing my life trajectory to people who have support systems. I won’t say I never had help, but I’m just now truly understanding the difference between “assistance” and “support”.
This post has inspired me through so much… always reminding us of the importance of art in the face of brutality…
Although Odesa, Ukraine was attacked multiple times this month & there are ongoing issues w/ electricity & heat—Poetry Studio for Kids continues its work —you can find more information at: www.poemsnotbombs.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:21 AM
This post has inspired me through so much… always reminding us of the importance of art in the face of brutality…
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Every state could do this.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Every state could do this.
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Every time I get asked "how are you?", I write my "real" answer on a piece of paper & stick it in a jar. Now I've brought these together in a fractured essay.
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
Fifty Five Responses | MattKendrick.co.uk
Fifty-five responses to an everyday question, one of which is a lie. Reflections on illness.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Every time I get asked "how are you?", I write my "real" answer on a piece of paper & stick it in a jar. Now I've brought these together in a fractured essay.
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
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If you're submitting to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Anthology, please read the guidelines. We've had several entries way over the word limit and some that have the author's name on the story. We really want to accept your stories, so read the guidelines and don't fall at the first hurdle. Ta.
December 9, 2024 at 2:27 PM
If you're submitting to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Anthology, please read the guidelines. We've had several entries way over the word limit and some that have the author's name on the story. We really want to accept your stories, so read the guidelines and don't fall at the first hurdle. Ta.
Whenever I feel lost, I return to this deeply moving essay by Heather Sellers, who managed to find her way, against great odds. The language and the story move me to tears, every time.
creativenonfiction.org/writing/wher...
creativenonfiction.org/writing/wher...
Where Am I? - Creative Nonfiction
She gets lost on a straight line—that’s what Heather Sellers’s father said about her, and it wasn’t an unfair description. But a chance encounter with a stranger in an airport proves to be a turning p...
creativenonfiction.org
December 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Whenever I feel lost, I return to this deeply moving essay by Heather Sellers, who managed to find her way, against great odds. The language and the story move me to tears, every time.
creativenonfiction.org/writing/wher...
creativenonfiction.org/writing/wher...
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Entries open tomorrow!!!
Looking forward to reading what you all send in 🤓🤩😁
Looking forward to reading what you all send in 🤓🤩😁
Just one week to go until submissions open for the #WelkinMini
100 words
Free to enter
Deadline = 2nd January
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're pondering an entry, these are some of the things I'd love to see in the inbox when submissions open up...
100 words
Free to enter
Deadline = 2nd January
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're pondering an entry, these are some of the things I'd love to see in the inbox when submissions open up...
Welkin Mini
The Welkin Mini is a biennial competition to celebrate micro fiction and creative non-fiction up to 100 words. Like the main Welkin Prize, it is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all ...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Entries open tomorrow!!!
Looking forward to reading what you all send in 🤓🤩😁
Looking forward to reading what you all send in 🤓🤩😁
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I am re-reading Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, edited by Tara L. Masil and pubbed by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, in preparation to propose a college course in flash, and I'm so very grateful it exists!
rosemetalpress.com/books/the-ro...
rosemetalpress.com/books/the-ro...
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction | Rose Metal Press
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction
rosemetalpress.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I am re-reading Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, edited by Tara L. Masil and pubbed by @rosemetalpress.bsky.social, in preparation to propose a college course in flash, and I'm so very grateful it exists!
rosemetalpress.com/books/the-ro...
rosemetalpress.com/books/the-ro...
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Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
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Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom?
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
Trans Journalists Association
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their careers.
www.transjournalists.org
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom?
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
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Normalize inconsistency in your art. Normalize not making every art piece super detailed and intricate. Normalize just creating art for the sake of it.
November 17, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Normalize inconsistency in your art. Normalize not making every art piece super detailed and intricate. Normalize just creating art for the sake of it.
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In 2016 we got Kate McKinnon at a piano in a pantsuit singing “Hallelujah.” In 2024, we got … Bill Burr.
He was a shameful choice even if Harris had won, and an unforgivable choice in the face of who did win. Another institute falls from grace.
He was a shameful choice even if Harris had won, and an unforgivable choice in the face of who did win. Another institute falls from grace.
Before SNL tonight, let's talk about their first post-election ep. Would love to hear your thoughts on my essay about Lorne Michaels' capitulation in advance.
SNL's gutter misogyny was more than a bomb, it was betrayal by an institution that previously met the moment in times of national crisis.
SNL's gutter misogyny was more than a bomb, it was betrayal by an institution that previously met the moment in times of national crisis.
Dissociation, Misogyny, and Saturday Night Live in Authoritarian Times - Women’s Media Center
Saturday Night Live, a cultural mainstay that has offered healing and hope at pivotal moments of national crisis, chose instead to rub salt in the wound in its first post-election episode.
womensmediacenter.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
In 2016 we got Kate McKinnon at a piano in a pantsuit singing “Hallelujah.” In 2024, we got … Bill Burr.
He was a shameful choice even if Harris had won, and an unforgivable choice in the face of who did win. Another institute falls from grace.
He was a shameful choice even if Harris had won, and an unforgivable choice in the face of who did win. Another institute falls from grace.