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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

29.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13978    ๐Ÿ” 3993    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 212

What a vile POS that man is.

20.10.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A truly insightful article. My own experience of Giovanniโ€™s Room as a young man was similar to Garthโ€™s. His brilliant analysis provided a framework for me to have deeper insight into that.
Thanks, Garth!

15.10.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finding Joy After Grief: No Stars in Jefferson Park - Chicago Review of Books No Stars in Jefferson Park, Maggie Andersenโ€™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 ...

Happy to see my latest review for Chicago Review of Books published this morning.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/15/f...

15.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enamored of the Abyss, by Garth Greenwell On the place of affirmation in art

Terrific essay by @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on Giovanni's Room and why the best art is anything but consoling

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14.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

04.10.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17691    ๐Ÿ” 7439    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 464    ๐Ÿ“Œ 307
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A total self-reveal. Yuck.๐Ÿคฎ

24.09.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Randy Ray's review of Evenings and Weekends 4/5: A Big Cast of Characters in a Bigger Story A touching story about self-awareness and the timelessness of our human struggle of finding our own place. Setting all of that within the framework of ...

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19.09.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I asked AI about AI and cognitive declineโ€ฆ

18.09.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brilliant breakdown on the Jimmy Kimmel story ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Thank you @underthedesknews.bsky.social

18.09.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 88

Lucky guy.

09.09.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to all of the semi-finalists, especially my pal Meg Jerit.

29.08.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not in that subset. Your character work was brilliant.

27.08.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The World Cup should move to Canada just in case.

22.08.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Black Earth Peter Newall

Our Black Earth arcturusmag.com/2025/08/15/o...

20.08.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 Chicagoโ€™s considerable pool of talented horror writers to curate an entertaining, if uneven, mosaic of the city. The met...

Had my first literary review published today in Chicago Review of Books. Feeling great!

chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/12/a...

13.08.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved this book!

13.08.2025 00:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I loved this book!

20.06.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

@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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20.06.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you so much (and I love this review so much)

20.06.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our Flag Is Not โ€˜Surrenderโ€™ Pride has a name. LinkedIn has a dollar to say it, but wonโ€™t.

Those of you using LinkedIn for desktop (not the phone app) please do me a favor (cw: #homophobia #transphobia) โ€”

Start to write a post. Press the happy face to insert an emoji. Use the magnifying glass search box to type "surrender".

๐Ÿค”

11.06.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@jesskeller42.bsky.social, @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Executive Director) talks Saรฏd Sayrafiezadehโ€™s story โ€œNocturnal Creaturesโ€ on the latest episode of the
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...

11.06.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to StoryStudioโ€™s 2025 StoryBoard Conference in August at The Newberry Library.

10.06.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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sweet talk Caroline Fernandez

sweet talk arcturusmag.com/2025/06/02/s...

04.06.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle's "In the Rhododendrons" - Chicago Review of Books โ€œSo weโ€™re breaking into a National Trust property full of horny deer in the dark.โ€ Anthony gives Jack a look.โ€œItโ€™s for poetry,โ€ he says. Can a work of memoir also be a work of poetry? Yes, Iโ€™d argueโ€”a...

Unaskable Questions in Heather Christle's "In the Rhododendrons" chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/28/u...

02.05.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a tweet by the official White House account. 

Text: โ€œFixed it for you, @NYTimes.
Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen - he's NOT coming back.โ€

There is also a screenshot of the front page of the NyT with a large headline and photo about Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. They have edited the headline with red ink handwriting to say โ€œ Senator meets with deported ms-13 illegal alien in El Salvador whoโ€™s never coming back.โ€

A screenshot of a tweet by the official White House account. Text: โ€œFixed it for you, @NYTimes. Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen - he's NOT coming back.โ€ There is also a screenshot of the front page of the NyT with a large headline and photo about Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. They have edited the headline with red ink handwriting to say โ€œ Senator meets with deported ms-13 illegal alien in El Salvador whoโ€™s never coming back.โ€

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

18.04.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10750    ๐Ÿ” 3392    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 256    ๐Ÿ“Œ 320

Srsly?โ€ฆ Heโ€™s like sexy as a dishrag ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

09.03.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Birds of Gaza Hadeel Salameh

Birds of Gaza arcturusmag.com/2024/01/24/b...

07.03.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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