Star Wuerdemann
@starwuerdemann.bsky.social
Writer/Educator/Acupuncturist in Washington State. Bread Loaf '23 alum. Pronounced WORD-a-man.
I take this as love.
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I take this as love.
Go ahead, outsource all your family moments to AI. What are memories, anyway?
this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
![All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S
Hot take, but an honest one.
I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to fa... See more
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December 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Go ahead, outsource all your family moments to AI. What are memories, anyway?
S before T on the bookstore shelf.
Doesn't inspire confidence that they couldn't find "thesaurus."
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
S before T on the bookstore shelf.
Our entire culture is based in trying to avoid death and pain. I would never disrespect my dead father with an AI facsimile.
🧵Some things: I'm in a moment where I *desperately* want my mom. But that comes with the awareness that I miss her actual presence, lived experience, and the unique thing that was our relationship. Information given to a program *cannot* be those things.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Our entire culture is based in trying to avoid death and pain. I would never disrespect my dead father with an AI facsimile.
"...I now carry those library hours with me wherever I go."
Beautiful essay by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social.
Beautiful essay by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social.
Happy to have an essay from my forthcoming collection up @literaryhub.bsky.social today! "The time a library lends, I suspect, is a little like love: the more it gives away, the more comes back to it in kind."
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"...I now carry those library hours with me wherever I go."
Beautiful essay by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social.
Beautiful essay by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social.
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One of those nights when your Tarot cards describe what you said in therapy and then a little more. The part you only said to yourself.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One of those nights when your Tarot cards describe what you said in therapy and then a little more. The part you only said to yourself.
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In 25 years of teaching creative writing, by far and away the two most common traits I've seen among successful writers are that they read avidly and that they support other writers enthusiastically.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In 25 years of teaching creative writing, by far and away the two most common traits I've seen among successful writers are that they read avidly and that they support other writers enthusiastically.
Accidentally typed character named Billy as Silly, first time ever in 5+ years; one letter and I would have written an entirely different novel.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Accidentally typed character named Billy as Silly, first time ever in 5+ years; one letter and I would have written an entirely different novel.
Amber is a phenomenal teacher--one of the best!
Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks
Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Amber is a phenomenal teacher--one of the best!
I miss the addictiveness in that everyone was in one place.
I don't miss the addictiveness of Twitter but many times I feel like I'm posting for 5 of you here.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I miss the addictiveness in that everyone was in one place.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Also to break my heart and leak quiet tears.
"You're making up a guy to get mad at!" Yes, I am a novelist. That's the job description.
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Also to break my heart and leak quiet tears.
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One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
About the man and about the state of our country.
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
About the man and about the state of our country.
Auto correct just turned my name into Star Wars and surely now I have special powers.
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Auto correct just turned my name into Star Wars and surely now I have special powers.
This one made me cry. Painfully astute.
Lately I’ve been doing interviews for my new book, and I keep getting some variation of the same question: How do you stay hopeful?
In truth, a lot of the time I’m not.
September’s comic is about what it feels like to be losing hope. You can read it here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-storie...
In truth, a lot of the time I’m not.
September’s comic is about what it feels like to be losing hope. You can read it here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-storie...
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This one made me cry. Painfully astute.
I didn't know Oval Office was having a worst-spoken-word-poetry-contest.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I didn't know Oval Office was having a worst-spoken-word-poetry-contest.
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This!
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This!
Working on a new novel. It has decided to be set in 2014-2015 and I am legit excited for the music I'll be listening to for the several next years.
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Working on a new novel. It has decided to be set in 2014-2015 and I am legit excited for the music I'll be listening to for the several next years.
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
An amazing offering--I love studying sentences with Nina! (And the cost-benefit is ridiculous...don't tell her she should be charging more!)
open.substack.com/pub/ninaschu...
open.substack.com/pub/ninaschu...
Sentence Intensive
Coming in September
open.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
An amazing offering--I love studying sentences with Nina! (And the cost-benefit is ridiculous...don't tell her she should be charging more!)
open.substack.com/pub/ninaschu...
open.substack.com/pub/ninaschu...
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I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.
July 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.
Autocorrect changed "my novel" to "my love" and, yes.
July 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Autocorrect changed "my novel" to "my love" and, yes.
Legit the funniest best book promo video. I laughed so hard.
July 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Legit the funniest best book promo video. I laughed so hard.