A Common Raven dropping some knowledge on me in Muir Woods. margeanderson.substack.com/p/corvids-cr...
Marge Anderson
@margeanderson.bsky.social
Intentional optimist. Writer. Champion for nature and belonging. Will raise hell if necessary. Work hard and be nice to people. I write the Nature/Nurture newsletter on Substack. https://margeanderson.substack.com/about
It's September 1. Time to re-read this masterpiece. Come on, read it with me! #poetry #booksky #history #imperialism margeanderson.substack.com/p/september-...
Eros, dust, and our affirming flame. September 1, 1939
Reflections on forty-three September Firsts spent with a W. H. Auden masterpiece
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therumpus.net/2026/08/17/a... Profound essay on the loneliness epidemic and what's in plain sight - and missing - from our mental health treatment models.
Awkward Intimacy - The Rumpus
“We have built a world that privileges stimulation over presence and convenience over mutuality. There is an American dimension to this worth naming: a culture organized around individual achievement,...
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New post in Substack about the three-way relationship between me, my mom, and her goddamned cigarettes. #booksky #reading #memoir #caregiving margeanderson.substack.com/p/love-trian...
Love Triangle
Me. My mother. Her cigarettes
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Here’s a soulless, late-stage capitalism mission statement for you: “delivers meaningful industry content and integrated marketing solutions for the scientific community.” Predatory forces coming for #science #journalism johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...
Scientific American and the Collapse of Science Journalism — John Horgan (The Science Writer)
HOBOKEN, JULY 13, 2026. I shouldn’t write a eulogy for something that’s not dead. But I fear for the future of Scientific American --and science journalism as a whole. Attention must be paid. On Ju...
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Just published - my essay responding to Beth Macy's Paper Girl. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/margeand...
If You Grew Up in the Rust Belt, You Will See Yourself in this Book
Beth Macy's Paper Girl on rural America, the decline of local journalism, and how to save our democracy before it's too late.
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How this birder thinks in the field after a career fighting climate change. #greensky #birdsky #writingcommunity #ecologyandconservation #nature #water open.substack.com/pub/margeand...
Family Tree: An American Story Happy Launch Day to my Substack, Nature/Nurture! #writingcommunity #writesky open.substack.com/pub/margeand...
Family Tree: An American Story
Reclaiming what made me from the adoption narrative
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Family Tree: An American Story Happy Launch Day to my Substack! #adoption #family open.substack.com/pub/margeand...
Family Tree: An American Story
Reclaiming what made me from the adoption narrative
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If you love democracy, read this book. My review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #booksky @bethmacy.bsky.social
Another trip into Kevin Wilson's weird, uncomfortable, but strangely sweet world of awkward youth. Recommended. My review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Would Shakespeare have been Shakespeare without the swashbuckling innovations of Christopher Marlowe? Methinks not. My review of @stephengreenblatt's deliciously immersive biography here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Stunner of a piece by Micheal Adno. Brilliant sweep and scale, from the lyric to the scientific, from geological time to human generations, from personal to cultural. What we have in common with our sister the Box Turtle and our brother the Herring Gull. oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
The Worm Charmers
A hint of blue on the horizon meant morning was coming. And as they have for the past fifty-four …
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"Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. They laugh at us with our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table." - Joy Harjo What happens at your kitchen table? poets.org/poem/perhaps... #poetry
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Need solace from the news? This poem is balm. poets.org/poem/you-are...
You Are Who I Love
You, selling roses out of a silver grocery cart You, in the park, feeding the pigeons You cheering for the bees You with cats in your voice in the morning, feeding cats You protecting the river You ar...
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Dangnabbit! I was NOT going to buy more books until 2026, but the great @bethmacy.bsky.social nabbed me at the airport. #booksky
That cover 😍 Know any book lovers? We just released the second edition of one of Orion's most popular anthologies, Earthly Love, just in time for the holidays. Support small business this Small Business Saturday. Get yours at the link here. orionmagazine.org/product/eart...
IT IS COMING! Best mystery writer working today! Gobs of atmosphere and the Irish music in every sentence. #booksky tanafrench.com
Looking forward to digging into @AngelaFlournoy 's novel of friendship, estrangement, and how time passes after her insights at #wibookfest. @CreeMyles provided a refreshing interview! #booksky
I wasn't going to buy another book, but then @jonvhickey read the opening of his book. The writing crackled with energy - irresistable. Can't wait to read this! #wibookfest #booksky
"It was through books that I found community with my experience of consciousness." @melissafebos sharing insights on intimacy, craft, a sustainable and healthy life - and cracking wise while enlightening us. A meaningful presentation, and a lot of laughs. #wibookfest #booksky
"Breakthroughs are going to continue to happen, but they will happen without the involvement of the United States." Mark O'Connell on the 1957 International Geophysical Year, which brought scientists - including my birth father - together for the good of humanity. #booksky #wibookfest #climatechange
Fascinating stories from the Americana Music community. Free speech, Keith Urban’s boxers, and a life dedicated to supporting songwriters and performers. An important book! @tsaviano.bsky.social with Stephanie Elkins. #wibookfest
Important storytelling about the resilience of Tibetan refugees and the harrowing challenges they overcome to keep their culture alive despite authoritarianism. #booksky #freetibet
Insightful take on the prescient genius of Virginia Woolf. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Virginia Woolf's ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ Predicted the Future 100 Years Ago
Our critic A.O. Scott takes apart a scene from “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s 1925 masterpiece, and shows why the book is a must-read now.
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From September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden: There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. #poetry #fascism #democracy #peace poets.org/poem/septemb...
September 1, 1939
I sit in one of the dives
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