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Lance Richardson

@lancerichardson.bsky.social

Pulitzer finalist for TRUE NATURE: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen. Writer-in-residence at the University of Minnesota. Teach in the Bennington MFA. www.lancenrichardson.com

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Signe Johansen@signesjohansen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sharing for anyone else poleaxed by grief. After my dad died last year people were really kind in sharing advice on how to cope, but nobody warned me about the physical exhaustion that accompanies grieving. It all makes much more sense after reading this ❤️‍🩹

bookletting.bsky.social@bookletting.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is so true. After reading The Grieving Brain by O'Connor, I realized part of physical exhaustion stems from the fact grief is very mentally demanding. The brain "is utterly disoriented by the fact a loved one no longer exists," and needs time & energy for "neural rewiring."

M.R. Robinson@mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

Erin L. Thompson@artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My daughter's beloved child is the one I hold here. The one that I held on my lap While we looked at the light of the sun when we were alive, And that I still hold, now that we are both dead. - inscription on this c. 400 BCE Greek grave marker, carved with a grandmother holding a swaddled baby

Fragmentary marble sculpture of a woman and baby now in the Metropolitan Museum (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254695)
Darusha Wehm@darusha.ca · 2mo ago

Some things I did not understand until I was part of the publishing industry: - Awards ≠ sales - Critical acclaim ≠ sales - Almost all authors you see in a bookstore have another source of income, usually large enough to pay the bills - You do not have to publish to be a writer

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It takes strength to look the person who could fire you in the eye and tell them that both they and their boss are giant pieces of trash. You usually don't win, but you definitely leave a mark, and you write your place in history. That's what Scott Pelley did today.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'" "She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that." This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign. In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic." "So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton. Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans. "I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?" Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did. "I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A family in Idaho has dropped their lawsuit challenging a state law barring transgender students from using the restroom after their 16-year-old trans daughter died by suicide. Idaho AG Raul Labrador praised the decision without mentioning the girl's death or why the case was dismissed.

High school group challenging Idaho’s trans bathroom ban drops lawsuit after student’s death

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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Lance Richardson@lancerichardson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am endlessly confused about how Trump can seemingly bend an entire political party and the US Government to his own will, suggesting some kind of unprecedented political genius; and yet every video of him is just, like, the equivalent of an illiterate child hitting himself in the face with Legos.