Paul Lisicky
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
With 80% of my Fine Arts Work Center students yesterday! 💙
July 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With 80% of my Fine Arts Work Center students yesterday! 💙
Saw a Watch for Manatees sign. Walked fifty feet, looked down. My birthday present!
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Saw a Watch for Manatees sign. Walked fifty feet, looked down. My birthday present!
I’m going to fix my face in this position for the next several days (though I will not be holding office hours).
July 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m going to fix my face in this position for the next several days (though I will not be holding office hours).
I’m coming back to Cape Cod. Again.
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m coming back to Cape Cod. Again.
On Friday night, I read from SONG SO WILD & BLUE with brilliant @kendra_mckinley, who sang a range of Joni songs through Hejira. This was the fourth event where I’ve been paired with a musician, and I love how these collaborations lift and stir the air, two forms talking to each other in real time.
June 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On Friday night, I read from SONG SO WILD & BLUE with brilliant @kendra_mckinley, who sang a range of Joni songs through Hejira. This was the fourth event where I’ve been paired with a musician, and I love how these collaborations lift and stir the air, two forms talking to each other in real time.
Last night from the Lincoln Tunnel Helix. That’s sunlight doing that.
June 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Last night from the Lincoln Tunnel Helix. That’s sunlight doing that.
Mount Greylock, which I first started thinking about years ago through a window in Melville’s house.
June 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mount Greylock, which I first started thinking about years ago through a window in Melville’s house.
Western MA friends—this is tonight! Doors 6PM. WANDER in the Berkshires. Can’t wait to read alongside Kendra McKinley, who will be singing Joni.
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Western MA friends—this is tonight! Doors 6PM. WANDER in the Berkshires. Can’t wait to read alongside Kendra McKinley, who will be singing Joni.
I am back home after giving a reading at The Sea Ranch in CA, and I’m still thinking about these sheep nearby.
June 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am back home after giving a reading at The Sea Ranch in CA, and I’m still thinking about these sheep nearby.
Maybe it’s time to come back to Bluesky. (My blue visitor just now.)
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Maybe it’s time to come back to Bluesky. (My blue visitor just now.)
I got to talk with John Kelly about Joni, a joy! on.SoundCloud.com/PU5qUNuxhgqZ...
Scars On The Soul
John Kelly and Paul Lisicky on storytelling, subversion, and a voice that still breaks our hearts—Joni Mitchell.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I got to talk with John Kelly about Joni, a joy! on.SoundCloud.com/PU5qUNuxhgqZ...
Look up look up 349 million birds in migration last night
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Look up look up 349 million birds in migration last night
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so blue-colored/it's almost blue
Joshua Clover, 1962-2025
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April 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the @theglobeandmail.com today! 🌎
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the @theglobeandmail.com today! 🌎
I loved having this conversation with @garthgreenwell.bsky.social at @prairielights.com this week, and love that it has another life here: open.substack.com/pub/garthgre...
“Art Is Pressurized By Endings”
Paul Lisicky on choosing your mentors, pushing against cynicism, & finitude in art
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April 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I loved having this conversation with @garthgreenwell.bsky.social at @prairielights.com this week, and love that it has another life here: open.substack.com/pub/garthgre...
Three days, Iowa City! Can’t wait to talk with Garth and see you! 💙💙
I’m so excited to talk with @paullisicky.bsky.social about his beautiful new book, Song So Wild & Blue, on Monday at 7pm @prairielights.com. Friends in Iowa City, please come say hi.
April 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Three days, Iowa City! Can’t wait to talk with Garth and see you! 💙💙
A new piece in The Writer’s Chronicle, a spinoff of SONG SO WILD AND BLUE. (On Joni, Jude, love, alligators, writing, Louisiana 🐊) writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new piece in The Writer’s Chronicle, a spinoff of SONG SO WILD AND BLUE. (On Joni, Jude, love, alligators, writing, Louisiana 🐊) writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...
Thank you, Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare! 🛫
April 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thank you, Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare! 🛫
Thanks so much, Vipassana! 💙
I’ve just started reading it and been listening to Court and Spark on repeat since hearing Paul Lisicky talk about the book a few weeks ago. Big recommend!
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone who’s read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. 💙💙💙
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thanks so much, Vipassana! 💙
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone who’s read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. 💙💙💙
March 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone who’s read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. 💙💙💙
Tonight, DC! @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave, 7PM. We’d love to see you 💙💙
March 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Tonight, DC! @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave, 7PM. We’d love to see you 💙💙
There’s a moon behind it.
March 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There’s a moon behind it.
A total joy to read at Pete's Reading Series last night with Jinwoo Chong, Olivia Wolgang-Smith, and Edgar Gomez! Thanks so much to Brian Gresko and Temim Fruchter for being such welcoming co-hosts, to Greenlight Books, and to everyone who came out, knowing they'd be going home in heavy rain. 💙💙💙
March 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A total joy to read at Pete's Reading Series last night with Jinwoo Chong, Olivia Wolgang-Smith, and Edgar Gomez! Thanks so much to Brian Gresko and Temim Fruchter for being such welcoming co-hosts, to Greenlight Books, and to everyone who came out, knowing they'd be going home in heavy rain. 💙💙💙
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Day 60 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @paullisicky.bsky.social’s Art Begins with a No
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March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Day 60 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @paullisicky.bsky.social’s Art Begins with a No
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