Old Year/New Year Reads. David Szalay FLESH Almost abandoned after reading the first chapter. Persevered and ended up liking. The last sentence left me weeping. 'After this I lived alone.'
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Writes a little, reads a lot. SC Academy of Authors Board of Governors, 3-times finalist for the Ron Rash Fiction Award.
Old Year/New Year Reads. David Szalay FLESH Almost abandoned after reading the first chapter. Persevered and ended up liking. The last sentence left me weeping. 'After this I lived alone.'
01.01.2026 19:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@eliseblackwell.bsky.social Elise - Please share with your students. Thank you. www.scacademyofauthors.com/fellowships-...
19.11.2025 18:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think he's hiding to wait out the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize.
09.10.2025 17:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Rereading THE OLD WAYS 4th time.
15.08.2025 11:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I always though AI meant Artificial Insemination.
12.08.2025 19:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Elise, tomorrow is International Left-Handers Day. Best wishes from one leftie to another. you join Leoardo di Vinci, Michelangelo, Alexander the Great, Paul McCartney, and moi.
12.08.2025 19:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy @eliseblackwell.bsky.social Appreciation Day!
18.07.2025 11:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Happiness is the latest mystery by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social THE FROZEN PEOPLE @vikingbooks.bsky.social Read this time travel mystery straight through
12.07.2025 13:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you. I treasure my copy of IS A RIVER ALIVE and all my copies of Robert MacFarlane books.
03.07.2025 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hope your father is settling in well.
02.07.2025 22:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As a Tuscaloosa transplant to SC - hope your father will come to love Columbia as I do. Best wishes for the journey.
20.06.2025 11:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I get my short stories published and I don't have an MFA. I read a lot.
18.06.2025 18:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My short story HUNTING SEASON is a finalist in the Ron Rash Fiction Awards, and will be published in Broad River Review this fall.
18.06.2025 18:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy Bloomsday! Rejoyce!
16.06.2025 13:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sahara dust clouds.
05.06.2025 13:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for sharing memories of your mother. Over the years I have enjoyed her wit. So sorry to learn of her passing.
28.05.2025 11:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for writing this marvel.
24.05.2025 23:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Yesterday I received my beautiful signed copy of IS A RIVER ALIVE. Began reading last night. Will finish today and regret it didn't go on longer.
24.05.2025 12:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0#FridayReads @jeremydauber.bsky.social AMERICAN SCARY @algonquinbooks.bsky.social From the Salem witch trials to today's reads and watches, things scaring us don't necessarily happen only at night
02.05.2025 11:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My copy is on order. South Carolina, USA.
01.05.2025 17:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@juliaelliott.bsky.social Best wishes for your All Good Books book launch.
01.05.2025 12:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Best wishes for your Tuscaloosa trip. Packing a loved one's memories is always bittersweet.
26.04.2025 13:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#FridayReads @juliaelliott.bsky.social HELLIONS @tinhouse.bsky.social Amazing stories, best read in a well-lit room.
24.04.2025 18:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reading now.
24.04.2025 13:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We met when you came to Columbia, SC. for Caught in the Creative Act. I escorted you from the Inn at USC to the lecture hall. Thank you for your kind advice.
18.04.2025 23:43 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0My young neighbor from Columbia, SC, worked for AmeriCorps. Her mother told me she's coming home.
18.04.2025 23:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today marks a painful anniversary for me. Some of the writers and books that helped me through this year of grieving: Joan Didion A YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social A WIDOW'S STORY, Geraldine Brooks MEMORIAL DAYS.
17.04.2025 14:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Thank you for writing this book.
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Long night, 'cause I'm reading this one until I finish.
#FridayReads @sgj.bsky.social BUFFALO HUNTERS @sagapressbooks.bsky.social Long night, 'cause I'm readin this one until I finish.
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