Constance Malloy
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Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
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Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
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Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
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Just reposting an old piece. Sadly, I recently overheard a high school student talking about how over scheduled they are. I wonder if their parents are listening.
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Whose Nightmare Is It? (Constance Malloy)
cw: suicide The beauty of the internet is that you can find a tutorial to aid in your own demise. That’s what 15 year-old Sally Baker did. In a minute forty-four flat she learned how to tie a slip …
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November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just reposting an old piece. Sadly, I recently overheard a high school student talking about how over scheduled they are. I wonder if their parents are listening.
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This sounds so amazing!
Don't miss today's episode with poet extraordinaire @robincostelewis.bsky.social about Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy. We look across her 3 books, across time from Ancient Greece to modern Alexandria, across her life and Cavafy's
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/robi...
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/robi...
Robin Coste Lewis : Archive of Desire - Tin House
Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy began as a collaborative multidisciplinary project between the poet Robin Coste Lewis, the composer Vijay Iyer, the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This sounds so amazing!
So excited to see Farmer Ted and Helga the Witch visiting Mocha and Melissa!!
I do so hope you'll check it out! It's the most fun mother-daughter project we've every done!
I do so hope you'll check it out! It's the most fun mother-daughter project we've every done!
“”If I’m unhappy at Halloween,’ she said, tapping the wart on her nose, ‘then everyone should be unhappy. Especially Farmer Ted…’”
Mocha & I are spending this rainy morning with the delightful FARMER TED’S PUMPKIN PATCH by @theburninghearth.bsky.social! Check it out, friends!📚🤎🍁🎃🐶
Mocha & I are spending this rainy morning with the delightful FARMER TED’S PUMPKIN PATCH by @theburninghearth.bsky.social! Check it out, friends!📚🤎🍁🎃🐶
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So excited to see Farmer Ted and Helga the Witch visiting Mocha and Melissa!!
I do so hope you'll check it out! It's the most fun mother-daughter project we've every done!
I do so hope you'll check it out! It's the most fun mother-daughter project we've every done!
Purple & Green Stone Press launches first children's book Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch at Wonderland Bookshop in Shorewood, WI. Constance and Hannah Malloy wrote and illustrated the book, featuring the long-time beloved Helga the Witch.🧙♀️🎃
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Purple & Green Stone Press launches first children's book Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch at Wonderland Bookshop in Shorewood, WI. Constance and Hannah Malloy wrote and illustrated the book, featuring the long-time beloved Helga the Witch.🧙♀️🎃
www.amazon.com/Farmer-Pumpk...
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A kids' book in time for Halloween from the ever brilliant @theburninghearth.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Farmer-Pumpk...
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch [Malloy, Constance, Malloy, Hannah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch
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October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A kids' book in time for Halloween from the ever brilliant @theburninghearth.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Farmer-Pumpk...
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Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
constancemalloy.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
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Check out @theburninghearth.bsky.social new project, a children's book illustrated by her daughter. I was lucky to see this one come together and am looking forward to reading it with my grandkid gang.
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
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Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
constancemalloy.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Check out @theburninghearth.bsky.social new project, a children's book illustrated by her daughter. I was lucky to see this one come together and am looking forward to reading it with my grandkid gang.
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
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Constance! (And Hannah!) Congratulations on your new book and the launch of this press! Such wonderful news! Check it out, friends!❤️📚
Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
constancemalloy.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Constance! (And Hannah!) Congratulations on your new book and the launch of this press! Such wonderful news! Check it out, friends!❤️📚
Just in time for Halloween! Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch.
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch is the first book released by my imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. Written by me, illustrated by my daughter, it's the story of a bothersome witch named Helga, who tries to ruin Halloween for Farmer Ted.
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch is the first book released by my imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. Written by me, illustrated by my daughter, it's the story of a bothersome witch named Helga, who tries to ruin Halloween for Farmer Ted.
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch [Malloy, Constance, Malloy, Hannah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch
www.amazon.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just in time for Halloween! Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch.
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch is the first book released by my imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. Written by me, illustrated by my daughter, it's the story of a bothersome witch named Helga, who tries to ruin Halloween for Farmer Ted.
Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch is the first book released by my imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. Written by me, illustrated by my daughter, it's the story of a bothersome witch named Helga, who tries to ruin Halloween for Farmer Ted.
Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Announcing the Launch of Purple & Green Stone Press
Welcome to The Burning Hearth! Whether you are new to TBH or are a returning reader, I’m happy you are here. Much has been happening in my corner of the universe lately. Happenings that have …
constancemalloy.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hi All! I've busy lately preparing to launch my new imprint Purple & Green Stone Press. (Strictly for self-publication purposes.) My first book to launch is Farmer Ted's Pumpkin Patch. 🎃👨🌾 🧙♀️🧹
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
Written by me, illustrated by my daughter Hannah! Check it out!
constancemalloy.com/2025/10/20/a...
There is just so much in this world that I have no knowledge of. Thank you @davidnaimon.bsky.social for once again closing that gap. As is the case so often after experiencing a BTC interview, I'm off to read his guest's work.
tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
Between the Covers Olga Ravn Interview - Tin House
David Naimon: Today’s episode is brought to you by Sara Jaffe’s Hurricane Envy. Jaffe, author of Dryland, brings her keen eye and her formal ingenuity to subjects that range from queer parenting to th...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There is just so much in this world that I have no knowledge of. Thank you @davidnaimon.bsky.social for once again closing that gap. As is the case so often after experiencing a BTC interview, I'm off to read his guest's work.
tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
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the transcript for the conversation with Olga Ravn is up: tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
Between the Covers Olga Ravn Interview - Tin House
David Naimon: Today’s episode is brought to you by Sara Jaffe’s Hurricane Envy. Jaffe, author of Dryland, brings her keen eye and her formal ingenuity to subjects that range from queer parenting to th...
tinhouse.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
the transcript for the conversation with Olga Ravn is up: tinhouse.com/transcript/b...
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This fall brings not just one but two exhibitions about Ursula and her work.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This fall brings not just one but two exhibitions about Ursula and her work.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
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Le Guin stuff! The opening in London is also the book launch for "The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin," ed. @suchmayer.bsky.social and Sarah Shin, with contributions by @unamccormack.bsky.social and @davidnaimon.bsky.social among others.
This fall brings not just one but two exhibitions about Ursula and her work.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
September 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Le Guin stuff! The opening in London is also the book launch for "The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin," ed. @suchmayer.bsky.social and Sarah Shin, with contributions by @unamccormack.bsky.social and @davidnaimon.bsky.social among others.
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“…turning to art in times of struggle.”
Oh, I really enjoyed @theburninghearth.bsky.social’s in-depth interview with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social. Give it a read, friends!💙📚
Oh, I really enjoyed @theburninghearth.bsky.social’s in-depth interview with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social. Give it a read, friends!💙📚
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“…turning to art in times of struggle.”
Oh, I really enjoyed @theburninghearth.bsky.social’s in-depth interview with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social. Give it a read, friends!💙📚
Oh, I really enjoyed @theburninghearth.bsky.social’s in-depth interview with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social. Give it a read, friends!💙📚
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Such a joy to be in conversation with @theburninghearth.bsky.social
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Such a joy to be in conversation with @theburninghearth.bsky.social
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"As writers, I think it’s those pauses that we want to lean into and excavate what lies beneath." @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social with @theburninghearth.bsky.social
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"As writers, I think it’s those pauses that we want to lean into and excavate what lies beneath." @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social with @theburninghearth.bsky.social
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I'm over the moon that Arthur Sze has been named our 25th U.S. Poet Laureate. Arthur was on the show for his new & collected The Glass Constellation and we looked back across his life as a poet in honor of it.
ICYMI: 📻 tinhouse.com/podcast/arth...
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
ICYMI: 📻 tinhouse.com/podcast/arth...
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Arthur Sze : The Glass Constellation : New & Collected Poems - Tin House
Arthur Sze, winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry for Sight Lines, joins David Naimon to discuss his latest book, The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems. Together they step back t...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'm over the moon that Arthur Sze has been named our 25th U.S. Poet Laureate. Arthur was on the show for his new & collected The Glass Constellation and we looked back across his life as a poet in honor of it.
ICYMI: 📻 tinhouse.com/podcast/arth...
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
ICYMI: 📻 tinhouse.com/podcast/arth...
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
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"This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it."
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it."
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Jai Chakrabarti is a brilliant writer and one of the nicest people you could ever meet.
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Jai Chakrabarti is a brilliant writer and one of the nicest people you could ever meet.
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
An Interview with Jai Chakrabarti
Jai Chakrabarti Welcome to The Burning Hearth. I’m currently sitting in one of my favorite French cafes in Shorewood, WI. Outside, it is a picture-perfect late summer morning. Inside, my sens…
constancemalloy.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My conversation with @jaichakrabarti.bsky.social is live at TBH. ❤️ Jai and his writing will change you!
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
This notion of turning to art in times of struggle has remained a cornerstone of my own artistic vision even when everything else argues against it. -JC
constancemalloy.com/2025/09/15/a...
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Don't miss today's conversation with Rickey Laurentiis about Death of the First Idea, 10 years in the making, a book somehow archaic & futuristic, oracular & confessional, mythic & lyric, taking us from Ancient Greece to New Orleans to Palestine
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/rick...
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/rick...
Rickey Laurentiis : Death of the First Idea - Tin House
Ten years in the making, poet Rickey Laurentiis joins us to talk about her much-anticipated remarkable new collection Death of the First Idea. “In the past decade, as Laurentiis has transitioned, her ...
tinhouse.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Don't miss today's conversation with Rickey Laurentiis about Death of the First Idea, 10 years in the making, a book somehow archaic & futuristic, oracular & confessional, mythic & lyric, taking us from Ancient Greece to New Orleans to Palestine
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/rick...
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/rick...
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An excerpt:
"No need to visit the now national historical landmark in New Jersey to pick up the oldest sound of all. Simply tune in to an empty channel on any radio or old analogue television – amidst the static, a residual trace from the birth of the universe..."
#soundstories #deeplistening
"No need to visit the now national historical landmark in New Jersey to pick up the oldest sound of all. Simply tune in to an empty channel on any radio or old analogue television – amidst the static, a residual trace from the birth of the universe..."
#soundstories #deeplistening
August 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
An excerpt:
"No need to visit the now national historical landmark in New Jersey to pick up the oldest sound of all. Simply tune in to an empty channel on any radio or old analogue television – amidst the static, a residual trace from the birth of the universe..."
#soundstories #deeplistening
"No need to visit the now national historical landmark in New Jersey to pick up the oldest sound of all. Simply tune in to an empty channel on any radio or old analogue television – amidst the static, a residual trace from the birth of the universe..."
#soundstories #deeplistening
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Happy for the honourable mention for my Italo Calvino inspired short story titled "Tales from Coral Country"! 🪸🪸🪸
The jury and organizers of the #writingcompetition “Tell the Untold!” would like to thank all of the participants and are especially thrilled to announce the #winners.
Congrats to Felix (short fiction), Vieser (creative nonfiction), and Fraillon (reflective essay) for their remarkable submissions.
Congrats to Felix (short fiction), Vieser (creative nonfiction), and Fraillon (reflective essay) for their remarkable submissions.
September 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Happy for the honourable mention for my Italo Calvino inspired short story titled "Tales from Coral Country"! 🪸🪸🪸
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Thanks to Dr. Miranda Melcher for chatting with us about The Sound Atlas!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-sound-at... or wherever you get your podcast!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-sound-at... or wherever you get your podcast!
September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thanks to Dr. Miranda Melcher for chatting with us about The Sound Atlas!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-sound-at... or wherever you get your podcast!
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-sound-at... or wherever you get your podcast!