Cari O.

Meet us in Paris, writer friends!

Book cover: Foster by Claire Keegan in a leafy park

My #fridayreads is “Foster” by Claire Keegan, which I began reading in a lovely, leafy park in Brussels 💜

a cartoon character holding a sign that says not disturb Alt: a cartoon character holding a sign that says not disturb

Don’t ask me to do anything for the next month. I already HAD too much writing to do, and now that I’m fresh off the @saloneurope.bsky.social salon in Brussels, there is even MORE writing to do. I’m at my desk. And I’m not leaving it until Madrid. 💜

Yes! I’m happy we found each other. 😊

And I’d loooooove to see that pic 😍

Hi! It’s me. I’m Cari 💜💜💜

Sidewalk sign for Passa Porta bookshop

Sign across the wall walking into a bookstore

Found everything I need in Brussels.
#books #reading

Pleassssssssssse 🙏

Marie!! I miss writing with you, and I hope the work is going well. 💜💜

Church in Brussels

I am in Brussels and 😍😍😍 I already love this city!

Plate of Swedish meatballs

When in Sweden …

Honestly Europe is a balm (she says while packing for Sweden/Belgium).

Chapbook competition prize notification celebrating Cari Oleskewicz and her manuscript “Ocala.”

I’ll take it. 😌🤷‍♀️🎉🥂

Watched Weapons - excellent - reading May Sarton because solitude. 💜

Movie poster for Weapons. Children running in the night

It’s been an excellent year for #horror. I just saw Weapons and it’s A+++++++

Congratulatory post featuring a black pen scribbling on a yellow background.

An exciting chapbook development 🎉🎉😊

Novel “Shadow Tag” by Louise Erdrich on a blanket with a black cat.

My #Fridayreads is “Shadow Tag” by Louise Erdrich, who writes like no other. Popular with Oliver P. James, household cat, as well.

Ready to book…

You will find a story by me in this fantastic new issue of Penstricken, and I have spent the morning enjoying every other contributor’s glorious work. 💜

Thank you! And your words are melodic, Ali. Looking forward to meeting in person in Brussels.

I’m now writing a prose poem about that time I slighted my neighbor thanks to another lovely workshop with @saloneurope.bsky.social and @julieirigaray.bsky.social
So grateful for this community 💜

#poems #amwriting

Book: “just an ordinary day” by Shirley Jackson

For me … !

Silent book club is when we all show up with our own books and read quietly together for an hour. It’s a lovely way to carve out uninterrupted reading time. And with other readers! The one I belong to changes location every month. It’s fun.

Book (The Little Virtues) on a wood table with a glass of red wine.

At Silent Book Club tonight, reading up on The Little Virtues in preparation for next week’s book club with @saloneurope.bsky.social 💜 📚

New York friends. Please. ⬇️

Sunrise in St Augustine, FL this morning. 💜

Here, I write about Champagne (yayyyy 🥂) and misquote rap artist Rick Ross (nooooo 👀). Cheers.

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Poem called “A Word Like Nibble” by Cari Oleskewicz

Judith Magazine has put out a gorgeous folio on their substack called “This Moment.” I have a poem included among the poems of some of my writing heroines. Check it out. 💜 judithmagazine.substack.com/p/this-momen...

Orange cat laying on a stack of notebooks

Were the notebooks ever really mine? Was the desk? A lament.

I like this…especially after re-reading the earlier poem. I need to dive deeper into her work; she’s new to me!