@chris-offutt.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Kentuckian. Professor Emeritus. Ex-dishwasher, curb painter, house painter, mover, truck driver, landscaper, breakfast cook, waiter, store clerk, delivery man, and more.
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West Liberty, IA
26.10.2025 13:41 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks, Mike.
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Thanks Regan.
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Ten years ago I wrote this essay about social class. Hope it still holds up.
oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
Chris Offutt ( @chris-offutt.bsky.social ) tiene la capacidad de escribir sobre las regiones marginadas de los Estados Unidos sin sonar involuntariamente condescendiente o desdeΓ±oso. βVolver a casaβ recoge once de sus relatos.
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Muchas gracias!
11.10.2025 15:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Muchas gracias.
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Washington, Iowa
15.09.2025 16:14 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0It's the office for a grain transport company. Behind it and above is the granary.
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West Chester, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside
Washington County, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside #barn
Aw, man, thank you! Among the highest compliments...
06.09.2025 16:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0More like the country is out of step with itself. I never felt "in step" with the majority of the people. But I had more belief that our leaders would try to do the right thing, even if I disagreed with them.
05.09.2025 14:42 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks !!!
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside
02.09.2025 13:31 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Thanks, David. Both places are beautiful in very different ways. TV writing... I did my time toiling in that glittering cesspool. Got in and got out. As Dorothy Parker said: "Hollywood money isn't money, it's congealed snow, melts in your hand."
02.09.2025 00:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think the stoplights hold the composition together. By the way, are you in IC?
01.09.2025 22:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I dearly love the writing of @chris-offutt.bsky.social. But I had no idea until last year that his eye was as sharp as his pen. Overjoyed to have his photographs (and words!) in @salvationsouth.com today.
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N. Dodge St. Iowa City, IA
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Lubbock, Texas
18.08.2025 15:05 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good description! So funny.
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Wapsi Avenu, Johnson Couty, IA
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside #barn
Boston, Mass. 1986
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #boston
Ralls, Texas
23.06.2025 14:00 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The doe is stomping to warn her fawn of potential danger--me. The stomp is also an attempt to provoke a response from me to see if I am a threat.
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Blythevill, Arkansas
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Short interview about the new book, social media, and loneliness.
youtu.be/28fxrxDrYn4?...
