Joy Lanzendorfer
@joylanzendorfer.bsky.social
Author of RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. Work in The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, and others. www.ohjoy.org
As someone who has foraged for mushrooms for years, I don't understand people taking the risks that allow this to happen. Don't eat anything that resembles a death cap or destroying angel or the other deadly ones. Free button mushrooms, or whatever, aren't worth the risk of *check notes* dying.
Do Not Eat Wild Mushrooms, Officials Warn After Poisonings Turn Deadly
Key Takeaways
www.hazard-herald.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As someone who has foraged for mushrooms for years, I don't understand people taking the risks that allow this to happen. Don't eat anything that resembles a death cap or destroying angel or the other deadly ones. Free button mushrooms, or whatever, aren't worth the risk of *check notes* dying.
Reposted by Joy Lanzendorfer
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
Me: Welp, I should probably get around to my Christmas shopping...
Internet: "Our Favorite Picks For Last-Minute Christmas Gifts."
Me: AHHHHHHHH
Internet: "Our Favorite Picks For Last-Minute Christmas Gifts."
Me: AHHHHHHHH
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Me: Welp, I should probably get around to my Christmas shopping...
Internet: "Our Favorite Picks For Last-Minute Christmas Gifts."
Me: AHHHHHHHH
Internet: "Our Favorite Picks For Last-Minute Christmas Gifts."
Me: AHHHHHHHH
I wrote a play!
It's a comedy. It's called Mrs. Dickens' Christmas Dinner, and it's getting a staged reading by the Petaluma Readers Theater on December 19, 20, and 21.
Charles Dickens' wife Kate gets fed up with all the women's work she has to do during the holidays and goes on strike.
It's a comedy. It's called Mrs. Dickens' Christmas Dinner, and it's getting a staged reading by the Petaluma Readers Theater on December 19, 20, and 21.
Charles Dickens' wife Kate gets fed up with all the women's work she has to do during the holidays and goes on strike.
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner — Mercury Theater
Mrs. Dickens’ Christmas Dinner Created and Performed by Petaluma Readers Theatre Friday December 19 at 7pm Saturday November 20 at 7pm Sunday December 21 at 2pm TICKETS Before "A Christmas Carol"...
www.mercurytheater.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wrote a play!
It's a comedy. It's called Mrs. Dickens' Christmas Dinner, and it's getting a staged reading by the Petaluma Readers Theater on December 19, 20, and 21.
Charles Dickens' wife Kate gets fed up with all the women's work she has to do during the holidays and goes on strike.
It's a comedy. It's called Mrs. Dickens' Christmas Dinner, and it's getting a staged reading by the Petaluma Readers Theater on December 19, 20, and 21.
Charles Dickens' wife Kate gets fed up with all the women's work she has to do during the holidays and goes on strike.
For @altajournal I wrote about a new play, Last West, about the photographer Dorothea Lange. More here:
A Poetic Portrait of Dorothea Lange
The Last West theatrical production at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art captures the photographer’s life and lens.
www.altaonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
For @altajournal I wrote about a new play, Last West, about the photographer Dorothea Lange. More here:
What a nice surprise to find that my short story "The Bear" is a Special Mention in this year's Pushcart Prize anthology! Thank you Chicago Quarterly Review for nominating it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What a nice surprise to find that my short story "The Bear" is a Special Mention in this year's Pushcart Prize anthology! Thank you Chicago Quarterly Review for nominating it.
Today is the last time watching the Halloween parade at my son's school and I'm trying not to think too hard on that, lest I start getting weepy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today is the last time watching the Halloween parade at my son's school and I'm trying not to think too hard on that, lest I start getting weepy.
Wait. Are bumblebees my favorite insects?? 🐝
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Wait. Are bumblebees my favorite insects?? 🐝
Thanks to The Forge Literary Magazine for inviting me to read at LitCrawl. I hadn't been in a long time and it felt like old times. Good job celebrating books, everybody.
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to The Forge Literary Magazine for inviting me to read at LitCrawl. I hadn't been in a long time and it felt like old times. Good job celebrating books, everybody.
This has been going through my head for days now. I'm not complaining.
RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (Live on The Graham Norton show)
YouTube video by RAYE
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This has been going through my head for days now. I'm not complaining.
I'm reading at LitCrawl! Come say hi!
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm reading at LitCrawl! Come say hi!
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
If people unfriend you online in a passive aggressive snit, I highly suggest asking them about it in real life. The underhanded things people do on the Internet wither in the light of day.
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If people unfriend you online in a passive aggressive snit, I highly suggest asking them about it in real life. The underhanded things people do on the Internet wither in the light of day.
This year is the 100th anniversary of one of my favorite novels, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos.
For @altajournal I wrote about Loos’s journey from child actor to one of the first and funniest female screenwriters—but not before Loos tried out a little gold digging herself. Read here:
For @altajournal I wrote about Loos’s journey from child actor to one of the first and funniest female screenwriters—but not before Loos tried out a little gold digging herself. Read here:
She Invented Lorelei Lee—and Then Hollywood Forgot Her
The hardscrabble origin story of Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the bestselling 1925 novel that spawned a smash Broadway musical and the iconic Marilyn Monroe film.
www.altaonline.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This year is the 100th anniversary of one of my favorite novels, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos.
For @altajournal I wrote about Loos’s journey from child actor to one of the first and funniest female screenwriters—but not before Loos tried out a little gold digging herself. Read here:
For @altajournal I wrote about Loos’s journey from child actor to one of the first and funniest female screenwriters—but not before Loos tried out a little gold digging herself. Read here:
Taylor Swift finding 12 ways to say "I'm famous and jaded, but now I've found real love" is not doing it for me. I think she peaked.
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Taylor Swift finding 12 ways to say "I'm famous and jaded, but now I've found real love" is not doing it for me. I think she peaked.
Thank god I can wear long sleeves again.
September 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank god I can wear long sleeves again.
R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
Why riding underneath the car is safer than riding inside the car, and other neato things to learn from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
www.newyorker.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
R.F.K., Jr.: A Day in the Life
cockalorum /kŏk″ə-lôr′əm/
noun
A little man with an unduly high opinion of himself.
noun
A little man with an unduly high opinion of himself.
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
cockalorum /kŏk″ə-lôr′əm/
noun
A little man with an unduly high opinion of himself.
noun
A little man with an unduly high opinion of himself.
This is the scariest time ever, so I would think horror movies would be rocking it this year. So far, no.
September 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is the scariest time ever, so I would think horror movies would be rocking it this year. So far, no.
Me: I really need to cut back on sugar.
A half hour later, I'm eating chocolate for breakfast.
A half hour later, I'm eating chocolate for breakfast.
September 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Me: I really need to cut back on sugar.
A half hour later, I'm eating chocolate for breakfast.
A half hour later, I'm eating chocolate for breakfast.
Next Wednesday, I'll be speaking in Carmel about the MacGowan sisters, two successful women novelists who survived a mysterious murder attempt involving poisoned marshmallows. It's free to attend. If you're in the area, I hope you can make it.
September 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Next Wednesday, I'll be speaking in Carmel about the MacGowan sisters, two successful women novelists who survived a mysterious murder attempt involving poisoned marshmallows. It's free to attend. If you're in the area, I hope you can make it.
The Internet is ruining the world.
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Internet is ruining the world.
It's raining and I'm so happy about it!
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's raining and I'm so happy about it!
Since Kim Novak's in the news, here's an old article I wrote about her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr.
Hollywood Loved Sammy Davis Jr. Until He Dated a White Movie Star
A decade before the Supreme Court ruled in favor of interracial marriage, the Rat Packer risked losing his career—and his life
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Since Kim Novak's in the news, here's an old article I wrote about her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr.