Of course Anne Lamott's iconic Bird by Bird is always in the back of my mind when I write, and now we have another miracle of writing guidance by @annelamott.bsky.social and @nealallen.bsky.social. This should be on every writer's books-about-writing shelf! Pre-order below.
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/786813...
Standing in solidarity with the Minnesota General Strike. We do what we can.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
Here is the annual Lamott Anti-Diet Program: open.substack.com/pub/annelamo...
Here is the official announcement of the new writing book that my current husband and I have written, that will publish in March. You can get 3 chapters now if you preorder:
substack.com/@annelamott/...
My current husband Neal Allen created substck page for me:
open.substack.com/pub/annelamo...
wapo.st/3GuY4xL
Here's a gift link to my July 4th piece in today's Washington Post.
Trump is turning our military away from our historic partnership with Europe towards a new enemy - blue America.
Here is the gift link to a new piece I wrote for this mornings Washington post. You don't need to be a subscriber:
wapo.st/42EsQeM
Here’s my new piece at the Washington Post. You don’t have to subscribe although you have to give them your email: wapo.st/4iY3aAf
WRITERS: come hear the legendary writer Elissa Altman and me discuss her new book Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create. Tomorrow, Thursday night, 3/13 at 5:00 PT. Think of it: permission to write what has always been inside you. m.facebook.com/AnneLamott/
![Los Angeles Times — AI responses to an Anne Lamott column:
Different views on the topic
• Critics might argue Lamott's focus on individual spiritual renewal dangerously minimizes the urgency of structural political action, particularly given her dismissal of Musk/Trump conflicts as comic fodder rather than existential threats to democracy!61.
• Her analogy comparing national crises to
12-step programs ("trust and surrender") could be seen as passive compared to direct challenges to power structures, echoing critiques that 12-step models prioritize personal acceptance over systemic change 3116]
• While Lamott cites 1960s anti-war protests as evidence small actions create change, opponents note today's polarized media landscape and authoritarian leanings require more confrontational tactics than her proposed "community organizing" and boat-building symbolism 41161.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zwlj2d6nr2yun2poyvokffjy/bafkreicjsggarxlsmpy4p5oqksp37ktbhg5pwyao5wdr6cumiewggurikq)
Very laugh-til-you-cry: WaPo Opinions declined a chagrined column by American icon and reader fave @annelamott.bsky.social—in fairness, it is NOT an ode to the free market—so she took it to the LAT. There, of course, it was auto-countered by AI…calling for REVOLUTION www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
A DIFFERENT WAY ONLY I KNOW, ONLY I KNOW. Trump: “Ukraine wants to make a deal because I don’t think they have a choice. I also think Russia wants to make a deal because in a certain different way—a different way that only I know, only I know—they have no choice.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=of8f...
Agreed. Hope there's a list in the morning. Hooray for the disruptors.
