With 80% of my Fine Arts Work Center students yesterday! ๐
Another:
Saw a Watch for Manatees sign. Walked fifty feet, looked down. My birthday present!
Iโm going to fix my face in this position for the next several days (though I will not be holding office hours).
Iโm coming back to Cape Cod. Again.
One more.
This file might be too big for Bluesky but Iโll give it a try.
On Friday night, I read from SONG SO WILD & BLUE with brilliant @kendra_mckinley, who sang a range of Joni songs through Hejira. This was the fourth event where Iโve been paired with a musician, and I love how these collaborations lift and stir the air, two forms talking to each other in real time.
Closer.
Last night from the Lincoln Tunnel Helix. Thatโs sunlight doing that.
Mount Greylock, which I first started thinking about years ago through a window in Melvilleโs house.
Western MA friendsโthis is tonight! Doors 6PM. WANDER in the Berkshires. Canโt wait to read alongside Kendra McKinley, who will be singing Joni.
A few more pictures:
I am back home after giving a reading at The Sea Ranch in CA, and Iโm still thinking about these sheep nearby.
Heโs back.
Maybe itโs time to come back to Bluesky. (My blue visitor just now.)
I got to talk with John Kelly about Joni, a joy! on.SoundCloud.com/PU5qUNuxhgqZ...
Look up look up 349 million birds in migration last night
I wrote about my old friend Joshua Clover:
elizabethmccracken.substack.com/p/so-blue-co...
This!
SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the @theglobeandmail.com today! ๐
I loved having this conversation with @garthgreenwell.bsky.social at @prairielights.com this week, and love that it has another life here: open.substack.com/pub/garthgre...
Three days, Iowa City! Canโt wait to talk with Garth and see you! ๐๐
A new piece in The Writerโs Chronicle, a spinoff of SONG SO WILD AND BLUE. (On Joni, Jude, love, alligators, writing, Louisiana ๐) writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...
Thank you, Barbaraโs Bookstore OโHare! ๐ซ
Thanks so much, Vipassana! ๐
With @marthaannetoll.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social last night.
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone whoโs read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. ๐๐๐
Tonight, DC! @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave, 7PM. Weโd love to see you ๐๐