Evan Williams
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
Writer, retired teacher, sometime sage. 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship. Stories in Kenyon, Witness, Zyz, AQR. 3 collections from small presses. “The Divide” forthcoming from Cornerstone Press, 2026. MFA from Montana, long time ago.
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If The Sun has held onto my story for nearly a year, that's a good thing, right?
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If The Sun has held onto my story for nearly a year, that's a good thing, right?
Never say "somehow" in your narration. It is weak. Replace with "by sheer happenstance."
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Never say "somehow" in your narration. It is weak. Replace with "by sheer happenstance."
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"The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension."
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This running track in one of Portland’s “toughest neighborhoods” is so peaceful. I come here to run every weekend. And the sanctuary isn’t just mine: an awesome diversity of people come here to walk, to run, to find space to think…
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This running track in one of Portland’s “toughest neighborhoods” is so peaceful. I come here to run every weekend. And the sanctuary isn’t just mine: an awesome diversity of people come here to walk, to run, to find space to think…
Update: launch will be February 24. Given the troubled relationships within the stories, a little distance from Valentine’s Day’s oxytocin-fed blush might be a good thing. #CornerstonePress
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Update: launch will be February 24. Given the troubled relationships within the stories, a little distance from Valentine’s Day’s oxytocin-fed blush might be a good thing. #CornerstonePress
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This story is so f—ng good …
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus
“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This story is so f—ng good …
Then there was the time Tin House sent me an email. Three words: “Fucking awesome story.” And I never heard from them again.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Then there was the time Tin House sent me an email. Three words: “Fucking awesome story.” And I never heard from them again.
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What better way to honor Omar and this book than to divest from your bank sponsors that invest in and profit from the destruction of Palestine? And to celebrate him by making a statement as such.
Congratulations to author, journalist, and Literary Arts board member Omar El Akkad for winning the 2025 National Book Award. (@nationalbook.bsky.social )
Omar received this award for his book, ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS.
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Omar received this award for his book, ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS.
www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t....
Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced
Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony
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November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What better way to honor Omar and this book than to divest from your bank sponsors that invest in and profit from the destruction of Palestine? And to celebrate him by making a statement as such.
So Gold Man Review, the “other” journal of west coast writers (I’ve had a story in Zyzzyva too), has just published my story, “Darkling,” one of my school stories. Content warnings all over the place for this one, folks, but hopeful as heck in the end.
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So Gold Man Review, the “other” journal of west coast writers (I’ve had a story in Zyzzyva too), has just published my story, “Darkling,” one of my school stories. Content warnings all over the place for this one, folks, but hopeful as heck in the end.
Would you like a lovely February surprise in the mail? My book of stories, "The Divide," is available for pre-order from Cornerstone Press. 20% discount. Read more:
Purchase — Evan Morgan Williams
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Would you like a lovely February surprise in the mail? My book of stories, "The Divide," is available for pre-order from Cornerstone Press. 20% discount. Read more:
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
I have one last ARC of my upcoming story collection, The Divide, from Cornerstone Press, February 2026. I’d love to snag another reviewer or interviewer. Send me a DM with your ideas! Thx!
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I have one last ARC of my upcoming story collection, The Divide, from Cornerstone Press, February 2026. I’d love to snag another reviewer or interviewer. Send me a DM with your ideas! Thx!
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Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
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"...the way he ran, even in the cold, he ran, even in the smoke of the coal they burned for heat in those miserable tarpaper shacks, he ran the bases like a champ, and Erica learned it and loved it all."
My lord, this award-winning story is perfection by @pahoehoe.bsky.social 💙💙💙
My lord, this award-winning story is perfection by @pahoehoe.bsky.social 💙💙💙
September 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"...the way he ran, even in the cold, he ran, even in the smoke of the coal they burned for heat in those miserable tarpaper shacks, he ran the bases like a champ, and Erica learned it and loved it all."
My lord, this award-winning story is perfection by @pahoehoe.bsky.social 💙💙💙
My lord, this award-winning story is perfection by @pahoehoe.bsky.social 💙💙💙
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus
“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...
www.pangyrus.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
My favorite cinema dog of all time is known as just plain “Dog.”
November 11, 2024 at 6:19 AM
My favorite cinema dog of all time is known as just plain “Dog.”
So this photographer, K.B. Dixon, read about my Oregon Literary Fellowship and asked me to sit for a portrait for his series on the Oregon Arts Watch website. The result:
June 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
So this photographer, K.B. Dixon, read about my Oregon Literary Fellowship and asked me to sit for a portrait for his series on the Oregon Arts Watch website. The result: