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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · 16h

thank you so much for reading!

Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · 14d

After years of reading the great literary magazine, Crannóg, I simply could not be more thrilled to have a poem of my own in this gorgeous new issue (No. 63), now available to order (€10 + shipping) through crannogmagazine.com.

Cover art featuring a painting of a fox under moonlight for Crannóg's Autumn/Winter 2025 issue (No. 63)

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24

NBCC member Sean Carlson reviewed Oona Frawley's essay collection "This Interim Time" for The Common's monthly "What We're Reading" series:

What We’re Reading: July 2025

SEÁN CARLSON <br> Frawley revisits memory to anchor her love and affection for each of her parents as she knew them. With precision and tenderness, she flits between their real and imagined pasts,…

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Jul 25

NBCC member Sean Carlson wrote an essay about music, memory, and aging anchored around the late-’70s punk band The Undertones for The Missouri Review: buff.ly/EoJtUrt

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 19

Here comes the summer! My essay, "Teenage Kicks," on music, discovery, and memory, anchored around The Undertones, is out now in the latest Missouri Review!

Opening excerpt here: missourireview.com/article/teen...

Full article in print and via Project MUSE here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 19

New writing in the Missouri Review, @commonmag.bsky.social, and @rteradio1.bsky.social: An essay on The Undertones, a review of Oona Frawley’s This Interim Time, and a debut short story, "Cricklewood" - my latest newsletter: seancarlson.substack.com/p/new-writin...

New writing in the Missouri Review, the Common, and RTÉ Radio 1

An essay on The Undertones, a review of Oona Frawley’s This Interim Time, and a debut short story, "Cricklewood"

seancarlson.substack.com

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 18

What a treat to read and recommend Oona Frawley's achingly gorgeous new essay collection This Interim Time for @commonmag.bsky.social's "What We're Reading" series: www.thecommononline.org/what-were-re...

What We’re Reading: July 2025

SEÁN CARLSON <br> Frawley revisits memory to anchor her love and affection for each of her parents as she knew them. With precision and tenderness, she flits between their real and imagined pasts, her...

www.thecommononline.org

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've a feeling you'll appreciate this one!

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 17

I'll share a link once my essay, "Teenage Kicks," is live online, but if you'd appreciate the print edition, you can now order the summer issue of the Missouri Review here! secure.touchnet.net/C20067_ustor...

The Missouri Review's Summer 2025 issue - "Location, Location, Location" - image featuring the upper half of the cover art

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 10

how wonderful!

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 9

✏️ 💕

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Máire Logue (a Maura) @mairelogue.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just caught with this gorgeous ep of The Prompt ‘Shoes’ three wonderful pieces. @seancarlsen.bsky.social @zoecomyns.bsky.social loved Cricklewood Seán, lived there in the early 90s.

Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 7

Listen to my short story "Cricklewood" now via the RTÉ Player. Honored to be featured alongside such resonant contributions from Sara Keating and Róisín Leggett Bohan. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Shoes

Guest Writer: Belinda McKeon New writing by: Sara Keating, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Seán Carlson

www.rte.ie

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 9

oh, thank you so much, @mairelogue.bsky.social!

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 7

Listen to my short story "Cricklewood" now via the RTÉ Player. Honored to be featured alongside such resonant contributions from Sara Keating and Róisín Leggett Bohan. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Shoes

Guest Writer: Belinda McKeon New writing by: Sara Keating, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Seán Carlson

www.rte.ie

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 6

Today! Listen in from 7:30-8:00 p.m. on RTÉ Radio 1:

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 5

Tomorrow! Tune in to @wearetheprompt.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

The Prompt: Trying on 'shoes' with author Belinda McKeon

This week on The Prompt on RTÉ Radio 1, guest writer Belinda McKeon's writing prompt is 'shoes'.

www.rte.ie

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jul 3

"And in every case, the answer was not less journalism — but more."

Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Jul 2

“To journalists in the U.S., I say this: Do not wait for repression to arrive in its most visible form. The playbook has changed,” writes CPJ’s Americas Regional Director José Zamora, for the Center of News, Technology, and Innovation.

Read more:

A Letter from Guatemala

My father has spent over 1,050 days arbitrarily detained in Guatemala for his reporting.

cnti.org

Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jun 30

This week is the week:

My debut work of fiction, a short story titled "Cricklewood," will air on RTÉ Radio 1's @wearetheprompt.bsky.social at 7:30 p.m. this coming Sunday, July 6th.

Hope you can listen in! Or come join us here in Listowel!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats are in order! Both contributor @sean-carlson.bsky.social and contributor Lauren Hunt received the 2025 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award for Literature 👏

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · Jun 6

!!!

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · Jun 6

NBCC member Sean Carlson received a 2025 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award for Literature:

Emerging Artist Award – St. Botolph Club Foundation

The Emerging Artist Award

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · May 27

Best wishes to everybody in, or heading to, Listowel for Writers' Week. So sorry to be missing this year's festivities! #LWW25

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · May 25

not sure their broader plans, but the first episode is available for replay here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Ep 01: The Patron Saint of...

Eight of Ireland's best writers set writing prompts and the public were invited to submit up to 750 words of poetry or prose. In the first episode, '...the patron saint of…’ was chosen as the prompt a...

www.rte.ie

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · May 24

Will be listening in to the initial episode tomorrow, featuring guest writer Mike McCormack discussing contributions from Colm McAuliffe, John Paul Davies, and Brendan Kileen. www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

The Prompt - RTÉ Radio 1's new showcase for fresh Irish writing

The first episode of The Prompt presented by Zoë Comyns airs on Sunday 7.30pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

www.rte.ie

Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · May 24

I'm in awe to be included in this lineup: My first work of fiction, a short story titled "Cricklewood," will air on Irish national radio @rteradio1.bsky.social this summer — on Sunday, July 6th — as part of a new series, @wearetheprompt.bsky.social, presented by @zoecomyns.bsky.social!

"Celebrating the power of story and the thrill of new writing, The Prompt (on RTE Radio 1, presented by Zoe Comyns), will give another generation of storytellers a platform with fresh, original voices responding to the challenge in striking ways."

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · May 14

Sometimes we could all use a living-room show with a toy dinosaur bubble machine. My little essay / review on Mirah's recent @undertowmusic.bsky.social stop in Providence: motifri.com/the-changing...

The Changing Light of Mirah: Singer-songwriter reinforces hope at a house show in Providence - Motif

Mirah’s second full-length, Advisory Committee (K Records, 2002), came out during the spring of my freshman year at Boston University. While the album’s title perhaps suggested some homage to academia...

motifri.com

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