Mimi Manyin
@mimimanyin.bsky.social
Writer. Musician. Editor | 📚 Ploughshares, Witness, Michigan Quarterly Review, Meridian, Greensboro Review etc. | 🎓MVICW Fellow, Sewanee Scholar | mimimanyin.com
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
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
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
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
Upcoming Silent Reading Party!🎶📚 Feb 12 at the Countway Library. Enjoy live music (by me!) that evoke love, self-empowerment, & resilience while sipping hot beverages. Take a break & pamper yourself! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #reading
January 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Upcoming Silent Reading Party!🎶📚 Feb 12 at the Countway Library. Enjoy live music (by me!) that evoke love, self-empowerment, & resilience while sipping hot beverages. Take a break & pamper yourself! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #reading
Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥳 Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous year filled with joy and light! #newyear #happynewyear
January 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥳 Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous year filled with joy and light! #newyear #happynewyear
Another fun Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library yesterday! We had yummy hot chocolate & donuts! Plus very productive reading/writing time! 📖☕️🍩🎹 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #writer #musician #livemusic #piano #music #medicalhumanities #wellbeing
December 13, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Another fun Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library yesterday! We had yummy hot chocolate & donuts! Plus very productive reading/writing time! 📖☕️🍩🎹 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #writer #musician #livemusic #piano #music #medicalhumanities #wellbeing
Come to my Silent Reading Party today at the Countway Library! Sip hot beverages & listen to relaxing music while you read. I’ll be improvising new tunes plus old classics and seasonal surprises on the piano! 🎶📚☕️ #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #piano #music
December 12, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Come to my Silent Reading Party today at the Countway Library! Sip hot beverages & listen to relaxing music while you read. I’ll be improvising new tunes plus old classics and seasonal surprises on the piano! 🎶📚☕️ #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #piano #music
My new story “The Lost Mermaid” is out in Peauxdunque Review (Issue 10)! Copies available at: peauxdunquereview.com/shop/peauxdu... #literary #fiction #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #fairytale #mermaid #seawitch #littlemermaid #hanschristianandersen #identity #otherness #desires #longing
December 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
My new story “The Lost Mermaid” is out in Peauxdunque Review (Issue 10)! Copies available at: peauxdunquereview.com/shop/peauxdu... #literary #fiction #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #fairytale #mermaid #seawitch #littlemermaid #hanschristianandersen #identity #otherness #desires #longing
READ MORE BOOKS 📖📚 #reading #writing #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #reader #writer #musician #piano #music #books
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Come to my Silent Reading Party this Thurs at the Countway Library! Sip hot cocoa & enjoy live piano music specifically arranged & improvised (by me!) to set the mood for reading. Let’s have fun together! 📚☕️🎶 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Come to my Silent Reading Party this Thurs at the Countway Library! Sip hot cocoa & enjoy live piano music specifically arranged & improvised (by me!) to set the mood for reading. Let’s have fun together! 📚☕️🎶 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities