Mimi Manyin
@mimimanyin.bsky.social
Writer. Musician. Editor | 📚 Ploughshares, Witness, Michigan Quarterly Review, Meridian, Greensboro Review etc. | 🎓MVICW Fellow, Sewanee Scholar | mimimanyin.com
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Mimi Manyin
@mimimanyin.bsky.social
· Sep 27
If you’re looking for something to read as the air turns chilly and the night gets longer, check out my short story, "Whisper in the Wind", in Ploughshares (Vol. 49 No. 1, Spring 2023)! ❤️🩹🕊 #love #grief #connection #hope #magic #ghost #literary #fiction www.pshares.org/issues/sprin...
Pics from my Gothic Silent Reading Party! I had so much fun playing piano at the Countway Library. Thanks all for coming! Be a light for others. Keep your imagination alive & read more boooks! 🕯️📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #gothic #gothicsilentreadingparty
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Pics from my Gothic Silent Reading Party! I had so much fun playing piano at the Countway Library. Thanks all for coming! Be a light for others. Keep your imagination alive & read more boooks! 🕯️📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #gothic #gothicsilentreadingparty
GOTHIC SILENT READING PARTY! Today Oct 22, 2025 at Countway Library! I’ll be improvising frightfully relaxing music with a gothic twist to set the mood for fun October reading! 🍁👻🧛 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #gothicpiano #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #gothicsilentreadingparty
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
GOTHIC SILENT READING PARTY! Today Oct 22, 2025 at Countway Library! I’ll be improvising frightfully relaxing music with a gothic twist to set the mood for fun October reading! 🍁👻🧛 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #gothicpiano #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #gothicsilentreadingparty
Silent Reading Party & Paws 📚🎹🐾 fun pics! Sasha (HUPD) was a rock star at the Countway! She played guitar & BYOB (a “Pup Light” gift from me instead of a book) while I played the piano! #SilentReadingParty #SilentWritingParty #Communutyengagementdog #therapydog #medicalhumanities #pianoimprovisation
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Silent Reading Party & Paws 📚🎹🐾 fun pics! Sasha (HUPD) was a rock star at the Countway! She played guitar & BYOB (a “Pup Light” gift from me instead of a book) while I played the piano! #SilentReadingParty #SilentWritingParty #Communutyengagementdog #therapydog #medicalhumanities #pianoimprovisation
SILENT READING PARTY & PAWS! 📚🐾 July 14, 2025 (Mon) from 3-4:30 pm with a very special guest 🐶! Come read with Sasha & enjoy live music (by me) at the Countway Library! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #dog #therapydog #wellness #mentalhealth #medicalhumanities
July 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
SILENT READING PARTY & PAWS! 📚🐾 July 14, 2025 (Mon) from 3-4:30 pm with a very special guest 🐶! Come read with Sasha & enjoy live music (by me) at the Countway Library! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #dog #therapydog #wellness #mentalhealth #medicalhumanities
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In Norse mythology, Loki's father was the little-known jötunn Fárbauti. Some scholars feel Fárbauti's name ("Cruel Striker") evokes lightning, suggesting he was a storm giant. An intriguing idea considering Loki's complicated relationship with the thunder god Thor.
#FolkyFriday
#FolkyFriday
July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In Norse mythology, Loki's father was the little-known jötunn Fárbauti. Some scholars feel Fárbauti's name ("Cruel Striker") evokes lightning, suggesting he was a storm giant. An intriguing idea considering Loki's complicated relationship with the thunder god Thor.
#FolkyFriday
#FolkyFriday
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Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum) flowers.A coastal member of the Daisy family.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
July 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum) flowers.A coastal member of the Daisy family.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
Taking my Silent Reading Party wherever I go! Big thanks to @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social
for the chance to play music at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! 🎹🔊 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #hauntedshores #unquietshores #pianoimprovisation
for the chance to play music at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! 🎹🔊 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #hauntedshores #unquietshores #pianoimprovisation
June 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Taking my Silent Reading Party wherever I go! Big thanks to @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social
for the chance to play music at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! 🎹🔊 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #hauntedshores #unquietshores #pianoimprovisation
for the chance to play music at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! 🎹🔊 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #hauntedshores #unquietshores #pianoimprovisation
Excited to teach a writing workshop & talk about Jane Campion’s “The Piano” plus uncanny sounds & images at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! Thanks @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social for a lovely time! #hauntedshores #unquietshores #creativewriting #piano
June 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Excited to teach a writing workshop & talk about Jane Campion’s “The Piano” plus uncanny sounds & images at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! Thanks @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social for a lovely time! #hauntedshores #unquietshores #creativewriting #piano
More public piano! So happy to play this Essex piano on Platform 2 at the Edinburg Waverly train station! Improvising music with trains rumbling in & rolling out & sunlight streaming through the roof was an amazing experience! #publicpiano #trainstation #piano #music #livemusic #pianoimprovisation
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
More public piano! So happy to play this Essex piano on Platform 2 at the Edinburg Waverly train station! Improvising music with trains rumbling in & rolling out & sunlight streaming through the roof was an amazing experience! #publicpiano #trainstation #piano #music #livemusic #pianoimprovisation
Blackcurrant & Clotted Cream + Orange Chocolate ice cream! 🍧🍨 #icecream #blackcurrant #clottedcream #orangechocolate #scottish #dessert
June 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Blackcurrant & Clotted Cream + Orange Chocolate ice cream! 🍧🍨 #icecream #blackcurrant #clottedcream #orangechocolate #scottish #dessert
Finally crossed path with this lovely piano at Terminal E at the Logan airport after all these years! Great fun improvising and thankful for public pianos! 🎹✈️ #airportpiano #bostonlogan #publicpiano #piano #music #pianoimprovisation #livemusic
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Finally crossed path with this lovely piano at Terminal E at the Logan airport after all these years! Great fun improvising and thankful for public pianos! 🎹✈️ #airportpiano #bostonlogan #publicpiano #piano #music #pianoimprovisation #livemusic
Grateful for the chance to view precious letters from Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, & the complete manuscript of “The Quality of Mercy” (1891) from the Howells Archive at the Houghton Library. #williamdeanhowells #henryjames #edithwharton #marktwain #americanliterature #houghtonlibrary
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Grateful for the chance to view precious letters from Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, & the complete manuscript of “The Quality of Mercy” (1891) from the Howells Archive at the Houghton Library. #williamdeanhowells #henryjames #edithwharton #marktwain #americanliterature #houghtonlibrary
Some fun pics from The Raven’s Trail Walking Tour of Poe’s Boston: Edgar Allan Poe Square, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common, and more. #edgarallanpoe #poe #raven #telltaleheart #dreamwithinadream #boston
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Some fun pics from The Raven’s Trail Walking Tour of Poe’s Boston: Edgar Allan Poe Square, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common, and more. #edgarallanpoe #poe #raven #telltaleheart #dreamwithinadream #boston
When the book I got from last year’s ALA conference book exhibit eerily predicted the “Shirley Jackson and Folk Horror” Panel and the “Teaching the American Gothic” Roundtable I’d be on at this year’s conference… #literature #americanliterature #gothic #shirleyjackson #gothicliterature #gothichorror
June 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
When the book I got from last year’s ALA conference book exhibit eerily predicted the “Shirley Jackson and Folk Horror” Panel and the “Teaching the American Gothic” Roundtable I’d be on at this year’s conference… #literature #americanliterature #gothic #shirleyjackson #gothicliterature #gothichorror
Another fun Silent Reading Party at Countway Library! Thanks all for coming and for the kind comments about my improvisation, confirming music soothes, heals, and brings people together! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #mentalhealthawareness #countway #medicalhumanities
May 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Another fun Silent Reading Party at Countway Library! Thanks all for coming and for the kind comments about my improvisation, confirming music soothes, heals, and brings people together! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #mentalhealthawareness #countway #medicalhumanities
Today! SILENT READING PARTY🎵WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Listen to live music improvised just for you, read a book, or check out zines from the library's zine-making workshop!☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #book #medicalhumanities #reading
May 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today! SILENT READING PARTY🎵WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Listen to live music improvised just for you, read a book, or check out zines from the library's zine-making workshop!☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #book #medicalhumanities #reading
SPRING IS FOR READING! 💐📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reader #writer #reading #writing #music #books #spring #flowers #wellness #wellbeing #mentalhealthawareness #nature #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #medicalhumanities
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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StoryBall is TONIGHT! There are still a few tickets available -- grab one and surprise a friend with a nice outing! 😀
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StoryBall – Our Annual Fundraiser!
Stories Matter Foundation is pleased to present our annual fundraising event, StoryBall, in-person for 2025.
www.storystudiochicago.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
StoryBall is TONIGHT! There are still a few tickets available -- grab one and surprise a friend with a nice outing! 😀
buff.ly/De8Vtak
buff.ly/De8Vtak
SILENT READING PARTY🎵 WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Take a break, read zines from the library's zine-making workshop, & listen to live music improvised just for you! ☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #mentalhealthawareness #medicalhumanities
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
SILENT READING PARTY🎵 WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Take a break, read zines from the library's zine-making workshop, & listen to live music improvised just for you! ☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #mentalhealthawareness #medicalhumanities
I WOULD RATHER BEE READING 🐝📚 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reading #writing #writer #bee
May 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I WOULD RATHER BEE READING 🐝📚 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reading #writing #writer #bee
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Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...
January 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...
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Is your workplace giving you nightmares? These books can help give you your sanity back.
7 Books That Turn the Workplace Into a Nightmare - Electric Literature
The slow erosion of self of a soul-sucking job makes the workplace the ultimate gothic setting
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May 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Is your workplace giving you nightmares? These books can help give you your sanity back.
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Looking South towards Hags Head as the low evening sun in the West lights up the rock faces at the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Looking South towards Hags Head as the low evening sun in the West lights up the rock faces at the Cliffs of Moher.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
February Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library with hot beverages & live music (by me!). Love is in the air for books and tunes that remind us of the tribulations & joys in life. I had a fun time on the piano! Thanks all for coming! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation
February 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
February Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library with hot beverages & live music (by me!). Love is in the air for books and tunes that remind us of the tribulations & joys in life. I had a fun time on the piano! Thanks all for coming! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation
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Indulge in your love of literature this Valentine’s Day and spend the day with our Winter 2024-25 Issue. https://pshr.us/winter24
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Indulge in your love of literature this Valentine’s Day and spend the day with our Winter 2024-25 Issue. https://pshr.us/winter24