Erica 👻 🌲 📕
@rickirobin.bsky.social
Writer, reader, knitter, sometimes organizer. Student of climate & shifting seasons. Contentedly discontent.
Ghosts of Distant Trees, Porphyry Press 2025
Denali National Park, AK.
Part of my heart lives in the desert.
she/her
ericarobinwatson.com
Ghosts of Distant Trees, Porphyry Press 2025
Denali National Park, AK.
Part of my heart lives in the desert.
she/her
ericarobinwatson.com
Pinned
It’s always a good sign when you and your publisher take book pics in the wood pile, independently and with zero coordination 😅
If you’ve already purchased my book, THANK YOU, & check out the other porphyry titles! Discount code below!
If you’ve already purchased my book, THANK YOU, & check out the other porphyry titles! Discount code below!
My first essay collection is brand new, & I’m proud of how it’s been received thus far! I’d love for it to reach more readers interested in climate, relationship to place, & interrogating common environmental narratives.
Order here, or your favorite indy bookstore: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
Order here, or your favorite indy bookstore: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My first essay collection is brand new, & I’m proud of how it’s been received thus far! I’d love for it to reach more readers interested in climate, relationship to place, & interrogating common environmental narratives.
Order here, or your favorite indy bookstore: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
Order here, or your favorite indy bookstore: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
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I published OIL BEACH in 2023. I was happy to put my weird little musings about this very big coastline in it
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I wasn't able to promote it as much as I'd hoped because I got pretty sick when it came out 😩, but I hope it is still finding its readers 🐬🛢️
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I wasn't able to promote it as much as I'd hoped because I got pretty sick when it came out 😩, but I hope it is still finding its readers 🐬🛢️
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I published OIL BEACH in 2023. I was happy to put my weird little musings about this very big coastline in it
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I wasn't able to promote it as much as I'd hoped because I got pretty sick when it came out 😩, but I hope it is still finding its readers 🐬🛢️
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I wasn't able to promote it as much as I'd hoped because I got pretty sick when it came out 😩, but I hope it is still finding its readers 🐬🛢️
every email from outdoor gear brands is like "THE LAST PANTS YOU'LL EVER NEED, 17.2% off for some convoluted reason"
Me: oooo [clicks, buys pants]
[20 minutes later] "It's been a while since you've bought pants. You definitely need more pants"
Pick a lane, y'all
Me: oooo [clicks, buys pants]
[20 minutes later] "It's been a while since you've bought pants. You definitely need more pants"
Pick a lane, y'all
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
every email from outdoor gear brands is like "THE LAST PANTS YOU'LL EVER NEED, 17.2% off for some convoluted reason"
Me: oooo [clicks, buys pants]
[20 minutes later] "It's been a while since you've bought pants. You definitely need more pants"
Pick a lane, y'all
Me: oooo [clicks, buys pants]
[20 minutes later] "It's been a while since you've bought pants. You definitely need more pants"
Pick a lane, y'all
“'Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic & start seeing it as fragile...it’s always ppl who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.'”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“'Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic & start seeing it as fragile...it’s always ppl who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.'”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And #Fairbanks, if I missed you, I’ll be back at Solstice Bookshop on Saturday with all these other local authors!
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
And #Fairbanks, if I missed you, I’ll be back at Solstice Bookshop on Saturday with all these other local authors!
A few pics from my first couple book-talking/selling events this last week, in Fairbanks, with @pataky.bsky.social and @coyotetrail.bsky.social & here at Denali. It’s been a lovely transition into this stage of my book’s life!
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A few pics from my first couple book-talking/selling events this last week, in Fairbanks, with @pataky.bsky.social and @coyotetrail.bsky.social & here at Denali. It’s been a lovely transition into this stage of my book’s life!
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From boiling berries into pigment to hosting virtual exhibitions, Fairbanks artist Alyssa Quintyne is creating art that’s both experimental and accessible. Read more about their work in this week's Creative Currents column. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/11/25/c...
Creative Currents: Alyssa Quintyne - The Alaska Current
Alyssa Quintyne is on a mission to make her art obtainable.
thealaskacurrent.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
From boiling berries into pigment to hosting virtual exhibitions, Fairbanks artist Alyssa Quintyne is creating art that’s both experimental and accessible. Read more about their work in this week's Creative Currents column. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/11/25/c...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The COP30 climate conference wrapped up on Sat and we have thoughts!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social and I discuss the bad news--how the COP30 agreement didn't mention fossil fuels, the good news--new opportunities for climate policy, and the overall utility of global meetings.
@amywestervelt.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social and I discuss the bad news--how the COP30 agreement didn't mention fossil fuels, the good news--new opportunities for climate policy, and the overall utility of global meetings.
Ep.5: Early PostMortem on COP30
Podcast Episode · The COPOut Podcast · 11/24/2025 · 55m
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November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The COP30 climate conference wrapped up on Sat and we have thoughts!
@amywestervelt.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social and I discuss the bad news--how the COP30 agreement didn't mention fossil fuels, the good news--new opportunities for climate policy, and the overall utility of global meetings.
@amywestervelt.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social and I discuss the bad news--how the COP30 agreement didn't mention fossil fuels, the good news--new opportunities for climate policy, and the overall utility of global meetings.
Got up to pee around 1:30 and caught this out the window.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Got up to pee around 1:30 and caught this out the window.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
I guess this is an aurora account now.
Oh, I’m looking forward to reading this one - a new to me title
On this 23rd day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting the #memoir “So, How Long Have You Been Native?” by #Aleut #Yup’ik scholar Alexis C. Burton.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #alaskanative #alaska #books #booksky #nativeamerican #tourism
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#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #alaskanative #alaska #books #booksky #nativeamerican #tourism
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Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 23
For the twenty third day of Alaska Native Heritage Month, we are highlighting a memoir by Aleut/Yup’ik writer Alexis C. Bunten, “So, How Long Have You Been Native?” Her essays explore Alaska Native…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Oh, I’m looking forward to reading this one - a new to me title
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Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tw...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
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@kenske.bsky.social is one of the strongest moral voices in Fairbanks. He speaks truth to power. Every time.
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
NANA must not make white supremacy an Iñupiaq value
To the editor: NANA Regional Corporation and its subsidiary, Akima, have been in the news many times this year for allegations of human rights violations.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@kenske.bsky.social is one of the strongest moral voices in Fairbanks. He speaks truth to power. Every time.
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
“This is not and Iñupiaq, Inuit, Alaska Native or Indigenous issue. This is a human rights issue, and we all must work together to demand NANA divest, before more people suffer.”
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I have two poems appearing in this!
Cover Reveal! The ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK comes out this Friday, but you can pre-order it now. Short stories, poems, and (full color) artwork by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/ALJhw
Cover Reveal! The ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK comes out this Friday, but you can pre-order it now. Short stories, poems, and (full color) artwork by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/ALJhw
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I have two poems appearing in this!
Cover Reveal! The ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK comes out this Friday, but you can pre-order it now. Short stories, poems, and (full color) artwork by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/ALJhw
Cover Reveal! The ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK comes out this Friday, but you can pre-order it now. Short stories, poems, and (full color) artwork by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/ALJhw
Reminder to #Fairbanks folks: come hang out with us tomorrow, 11/19, for books and conversation! I might cry, or I might not - there's only one way for you to find out!
2 weeks from today we'll gather at Gather Fairbanks (ha.) with author Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social and guest Julianne Warren @coyotetrail.bsky.social for the GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES launch party! See you? Nov. 19, '25, doors at 5:30, 721 2nd Ave.
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reminder to #Fairbanks folks: come hang out with us tomorrow, 11/19, for books and conversation! I might cry, or I might not - there's only one way for you to find out!
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this explains so much
There are a lot of prominent people who want to vote for 90s Republicans and, having lost hope in the actual GOP, want Dems to become that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this explains so much
This is alarmingly true. I anticipated being like “yes, it’s a book, reading it is what people will do with it” but I too have yet to be normal abt it.
I even got emotional when a family friend told me her giant puppy ate part of her copy. I’m like “omg first dog eaten copy can I share this??”
So:
I even got emotional when a family friend told me her giant puppy ate part of her copy. I’m like “omg first dog eaten copy can I share this??”
So:
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is alarmingly true. I anticipated being like “yes, it’s a book, reading it is what people will do with it” but I too have yet to be normal abt it.
I even got emotional when a family friend told me her giant puppy ate part of her copy. I’m like “omg first dog eaten copy can I share this??”
So:
I even got emotional when a family friend told me her giant puppy ate part of her copy. I’m like “omg first dog eaten copy can I share this??”
So:
The way below zero days make you want to do nothing and everything all at once
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The way below zero days make you want to do nothing and everything all at once
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I send out a very occasional newsletter, and I'd love to send it to you too! Given the precarity of all of this, email feels like a more reliable way to let folks' know abt writing news, + other thoughts & Ozzy pics. Here's the latest, signup link in replies
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“Get your mind off wintertime, you ain’t goin nowhere”
The night before my birthday, I couldn’t sleep, and worked on this instrad. Some of these songs are referenced directly in the book, and others found their way in at a slant.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I send out a very occasional newsletter, and I'd love to send it to you too! Given the precarity of all of this, email feels like a more reliable way to let folks' know abt writing news, + other thoughts & Ozzy pics. Here's the latest, signup link in replies
www.ericarobinwatson.com/campaigns/vi...
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I send out a very occasional newsletter, and I'd love to send it to you too! Given the precarity of all of this, email feels like a more reliable way to let folks' know abt writing news, + other thoughts & Ozzy pics. Here's the latest, signup link in replies
www.ericarobinwatson.com/campaigns/vi...
www.ericarobinwatson.com/campaigns/vi...
“Get your mind off wintertime, you ain’t goin nowhere”
The night before my birthday, I couldn’t sleep, and worked on this instrad. Some of these songs are referenced directly in the book, and others found their way in at a slant.
www.ericarobinwatson.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I send out a very occasional newsletter, and I'd love to send it to you too! Given the precarity of all of this, email feels like a more reliable way to let folks' know abt writing news, + other thoughts & Ozzy pics. Here's the latest, signup link in replies
www.ericarobinwatson.com/campaigns/vi...
www.ericarobinwatson.com/campaigns/vi...
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CLMP (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses) included GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES by Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social in their roundup of new November books from small presses!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
CLMP (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses) included GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES by Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social in their roundup of new November books from small presses!
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www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
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www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
2nd night: back in the expected half of the sky.
p.s. - I had to unexpectedly replace my phone over the summer, & everything about the new iPhone is worse than the old iPhone, except for aurora pictures, I’ve learned in the last 28 hours. So at least there’s that.
p.s. - I had to unexpectedly replace my phone over the summer, & everything about the new iPhone is worse than the old iPhone, except for aurora pictures, I’ve learned in the last 28 hours. So at least there’s that.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
2nd night: back in the expected half of the sky.
p.s. - I had to unexpectedly replace my phone over the summer, & everything about the new iPhone is worse than the old iPhone, except for aurora pictures, I’ve learned in the last 28 hours. So at least there’s that.
p.s. - I had to unexpectedly replace my phone over the summer, & everything about the new iPhone is worse than the old iPhone, except for aurora pictures, I’ve learned in the last 28 hours. So at least there’s that.
#AlaskaSky did anyone else see a green fireball tonight?? My partner was out photographing auroras and saw it! Home now bc suddenly it’s a work night for him but so curious if anyone else saw it ☄️
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#AlaskaSky did anyone else see a green fireball tonight?? My partner was out photographing auroras and saw it! Home now bc suddenly it’s a work night for him but so curious if anyone else saw it ☄️