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Devon Fredericksen

@devonfredericksen.bsky.social
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Author of HOW TO CAMP IN THE WOODS Environmental science journalist with words in the New York Times, The Atlantic, High Country News, Hakai, bioGraphic devonfredericksen.com

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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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Over the Tuscan Hill
Why I refuse to age gracefully
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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Exquisite wordsmith @devonfredericksen.bsky.social traveled to a remote Norwegian archipelago for @biographic.bsky.social to document the human stewards who care for wild seabirds, and the reciprocal relationship that benefits both. (Stay tuned for Devon's book that stemmed from this assignment!)
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The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Here’s my weird recipe for writing productivity. It’s one part flame, one part wax, and one part holding up my end of a moral bargain.
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How I Motivate Myself to Write
The best tool I’ve found for getting words on the page
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
For some summer sweetness, this week’s Substack is a roundup of rom-coms that challenge the genre’s historically problematic tropes.
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The Best Rom-Coms I’ve Seen in Recent Years
A snob’s selection
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I just returned from living on a remote island for three months and here’s what I learned about pleasure-seeking.
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The Relationship Between Scarcity and Reward
What living on a remote island reminded me about pleasure-seeking
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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 11/07/2025
A thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social. Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
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Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This week, we're reading: Anthony Lane's regional tour of risotto; OA contributor @steventagle.com on finding refuge in the Greek language, and @devonfredericksen.bsky.social on a whale washed ashore on Long Beach Peninsula. These & more recs: buff.ly/NLzyfQN
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switchyardtulsa.bsky.social @switchyardtulsa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We’re excited to share that @devonfredericksen.bsky.social’s beautiful essay "To Steal a Whale Bone" was featured in @longreads.com last week! You can find it in the latest issue of Switchyard. Read it online now: www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/whal...
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Longreads @longreads.com · 02/05/2025
3. "To Steal a Whale Bone," @devonfredericksen.bsky.social @switchyardtulsa.bsky.social "Fredericksen’s careful gaze—leveled both inward and on the ever-changing shoreline—makes this piece one you’ll savor." www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/whal...
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To Steal a Whale Bone — Switchyard
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Longreads @longreads.com · 23/04/2025
“There’s something about the thrill of discovery that can make a person believe what they’ve found is theirs now—to claim, to guard, to name.” @devonfredericksen.bsky.social for Switchyard www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/whal...
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To Steal a Whale Bone — Switchyard
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’ve been working on this story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social for many months and am so grateful to members of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation for all that they shared with me. Also so grateful to @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social for her stunning art. 💜 www.hcn.org/issues/57-3/...
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The true cost of the huckleberry industry - High Country News
The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My latest up on Substack:
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How Many Angry Women Does It Take to Smash the Patriarchy?
And is it possible to get pleasure from rage?
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
You can read the feature by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social here: www.biographic.com/the-eider-ke...
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The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I had so much fun answering Britany Robinson’s thoughtful questions for her insightful Substack, Wild Writing. Check out our conversation here:
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Where's the conflict?
Devon Fredericksen on trusting the story—and Modern Love!
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New Substack post up, in which I tell the story about getting way too stoned at OMSI and how that impacted my thoughts on beauty and monsters. devonfredericksen.substack.com/p/how-import...
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How Important Is Beauty?
And what happens when you fall in love with a monster?
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Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Will she or won't she steal the whale bone? In this lovely essay, by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social, that's not actually the question to be asking. #SwitchyardMagazine
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To Steal a Whale Bone — Switchyard
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Latest Substack post up, in which I explore why, surrounded by an ocean of post-election sadness, I feel strangely buoyant. Read it here: devonfredericksen.substack.com/p/what-i-did...
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Check out this story from @devonfredericksen.bsky.social for a taste of the kinds of stories that @hakaimagazine.com & bioGraphic will produce!
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
ICYMI, we're joining forces with bioGraphic in the new year, but that doesn't mean we're letting up on our dedication to covering coastal science and societies--as evidenced by some of these A+ bioGraphic stories. A 🧵: www.biographic.com/the-eider-ke...
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The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A bright spot in journalism! Hakai and bioGraphic are combining forces! Consider donating to support this merger. More than ever, we need rigorous fact-checking, stories that enliven the way we think about the natural world, and scientific reporting told beautifully.
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Hakai Magazine - bioGraphic
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
New post up at my Substack, Bitten Fruit.
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Man Tears as Entertainment
Why I can’t look away
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
Extreme heat is bad for triploid oysters—bred for summer eating. Does climate change means we should open our palates to "spawnier" oysters? 🦪👀 By @devonfredericksen.bsky.social hakaimagazine.com/news/so-long...
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So Long Triploids, Hello Creamy Oysters | Hakai Magazine
Triploid oysters—selectively bred for summer eating—suffer in high temperatures. Is their plight enough to get us to change our oyster eating habits?
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Devon Fredericksen @devonfredericksen.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
For @bioGraphic, I wrote about an age-old tradition in Norway that illuminates the bond between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both. www.biographic.com/the-eider-ke...
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The Eider Keepers - bioGraphic
An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both.
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