Sometimes life is annoying but then I remember showing Amy Hempel this tweet after workshop once and both of us laughing.

New essay on the ‘stack about art and beauty and media and monkin’

annieraab.substack.com/p/monkmaxxin...

A poem for the coming spring

Trying to pick my Bluesky persona

I was saving this for December, but maybe starting it during the first snowfall is just as acceptable

Here's a couple examples.

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Follow me if you believe in preserving art and beauty in an era of billionaire-run algorithms and endless content slop. I write essays and art criticism and the occasional story, usually from and about the Midwest.

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