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Susanna Donato

@susannadonato.bsky.social

Writer, editor, communicator, terrier squire | Work in Redivider, Proximity, Entropy, Electric Literature, A HARP IN THE STARS | she/her

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Susanna Donato@susannadonato.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I can’t get over the fact that the football commentators on one of yesterday’s World Cup games used the words “bewilderment” and “discomfited” (!) in their commentary. Do American sports fans have *that* poor of a vocabulary? Don’t answer that.

Susanna Donato@susannadonato.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I spend far too much time thinking about the time I saw Lucinda Williams at the Bluebird Theater in Denver and I wanted to buy a "You Took My Joy, I Want It Back" T-shirt, but they only went up to a large that runs small. Ma'am, I'm 5'9" with a bosom. An ouroboros of taken joy.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽@joshuaeakle.com · 6mo ago

I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.

Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If My Heart Will Go On isn't the saddest March Sadness song in your mind, maybe now it's the most terrifying

GreGORY Maupin@gjmaupin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I *just* remembered being dressed as a French clown chef and playing MHWGO on accordion to intentionally freak out a barge of people going down the Chicago River to a billionaire’s secret birthday party location. This was almost 25 years ago. Later that night I would personally terrify Bette Midler.

Sejal Shah@sejalshah.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So excited for this @marchxness.bsky.social anthology from @splitlippress.com! I will be reading at @fandmcollege.bsky.social as part of their #emergingwritersfestival, which begins tonight, 3/30/26 and HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC will be there, sold by @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social. 🔥💓🎵

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And allow us to remind you that it's release week for Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: the March Xness anthology. It's like this whole tournament got shrunk down into book form! Thanks to @splitlippress.com for bringing this beauty into the world: www.splitlippress.com/product-page...

Susanna Donato@susannadonato.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is such a beautiful cover and beautiful insights into @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 's sensitivity. Re-read her essay before making any judgments about just how sad "My Heart Will Go On" is. Spoiler: It's really sad, and it's a beautiful essay.

Melissa Fite Johnson@mfitejohnson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And then I am giving this @marchxness.bsky.social championship game all I’ve got by sharing one last (very brief) cover I did, which is so vulnerable that I kept my eyes closed the whole time:

Sejal Shah@sejalshah.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I had a terrible time deciding. Both essays are sad in the best way. I thought @cicilybennion.bsky.social had me completely and then I re-read @susannadonato.bsky.social's essay on Ani and remembered my first Ani concert in 1994 & being ghosted by people I loved & voted Ani. @marchxness.bsky.social

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 6mo ago

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR HALFTIME SCORE You Had Time 226, Brick 210 Close, hard-fought game here by two essays and songs that have shown their quality throughout the tourney. It's anyone's game. Vote by 9am AZ time SAT at marchxness.com

Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I was never cool enough to be on a first-name basis with Ani, but listening to "You Had Time," I feel like had this been my intro to her, I would have been. She has my vote now.

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tipping off our other Final Four matchup NOW: (6) Ben Folds Five, Brick vs (13) Ani DiFranco, You Had Time. Read, listen, and vote by noon eastern time Saturday to send the sadder of the two to the Championship: marchxness.com#/final4-fold...