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Erin Langner

@erinlangner.bsky.social
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essayist. museum editor. playlister. www.erinlangner.com

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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about remembering and forgetting unstable moments, Eva Hesse, + Kate Zambreno’s FOAM for Zona Motel zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-foa...
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REVIEW: Foam by Kate Zambreno
How does a midcentury artist who died of a brain tumor at age 34 and who never had children relate to a birthing scene?
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about remembering and forgetting unstable moments, Eva Hesse, + Kate Zambreno’s FOAM for Zona Motel zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-foa...
zonamotel.substack.com
REVIEW: Foam by Kate Zambreno
How does a midcentury artist who died of a brain tumor at age 34 and who never had children relate to a birthing scene?
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Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My book is the finalist for the Washington State Book Award! This is exciting to me for many reasons but especially because Washington is the first place I’ve lived that I truly love and feel allegiant to, so it is very special to be recognized as a Washington writer 🥹
Graphic congratulating the 2026 Washington State Book Award Finalists
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Omg congratulations Ally!!!
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kenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
These people are wildly racist, smug, and gleeful about their destructive actions.
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Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
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Mister Anthony
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So grateful to have it among the stellar essays on #memoirmonday today Thank you @saribotton.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...
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"Memoir Monday" Personal Essay Roundup 7/20/26
PLUS: Scroll down to the bottom for so many great workshops and calls for submissions...
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I wrote about Burtynsky, Watkins, the Superfund site where I grew up, and the way past and future landscapes shape one another for Craft Literary www.craftliterary.com/2026/07/15/m...
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Manufactured Landscapes by Erin Langner - CRAFT
Uranium Tailings #12, Elliot Lake, Ontario. I was searching for an image of mill tailings. Burtynsky, of course, I thought when I found it. The photograph shows black, barren trees, thin and broken li...
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Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Keep an eye on this space... Submissions open in ONE WEEK! (Bonus points if you now have that song stuck in your head.) Check out the guidelines at forget.cool/submissions and share with your writer friends!
Vivid pink and orange Forget Cool explosion graphic warning writers that submissions are opening soon - check it out at forget.cool/submissions
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I often think of how more people are employed by art museums than by coal mines now.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/05/2026
Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...
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Engaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests | CNN
When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.
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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Celine Dion is a formidable opponent for my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Kristin Hersh's "Hips and Makers" -- but I'm not giving up yet! Look at this great photo I dug up from Billboard, of Kristin and Michael Stipe shooting the song's video! Read and vote here! marchxness.com/sweet16-dion...
a photo from billboard magazine in january 1994. the caption reads: Clips And Makers. Kristin Hersh and Michael Stipe (holding hands) met in Athens,
Ga., to shoot a clip for "Your Ghost," the lead single from "Hips And Makers,"
Hersh's debut solo set for Sire/Reprise. Katherine Dieckmann, center, directed.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“It made me think about how moments turn into memories, and how memories are like a song that’s performed differently each time it’s played.” I adore the melancholy of this line, this essay, this song.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Truth. Even “All I Want for Xmas” is in a minor key.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
All Mariah songs are sad. marchxness.com#/2ndround-ca...
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March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Over the moon to have my Mariah essay on @memoirland.bsky.social Memoir Monday in so much amazing company AND back for round 2 against a most excellent Ani song + essay TODAY. read + read + vote!!
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Oh, I love to hear this so much! Despite not being into celeb memoirs, I really enjoyed it and found the first half especially moving
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Cheryl Graham @cherylgraham.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ok, how did I miss this one by @erinlangner.bsky.social ? Such a beautiful mix of personal essay and deep-dive music writing. “A fractured self is sometimes the only kind that can survive the disconnect between how we expect the world to be and how it ends up being.” marchxness.com/2ndround-car...
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3/16, 2nd Round: (5) Mariah Carey vs (13) Ani DiFranco — March Sadness 90s Edition
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thank you so much!
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Memoir Monday Roundup 3/16/26
Essays...get your personal essays. PLUS: Scroll down to the bottom for so many great workshops, calls for submissions, and a conference....
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Over the moon to have my Mariah essay on @memoirland.bsky.social Memoir Monday in so much amazing company AND back for round 2 against a most excellent Ani song + essay TODAY. read + read + vote!!
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“I turn on one track repeat, dig my nails into my palms, let myself dissolve. Eventually I don’t exist outside of this song, this tender cave of feeling. “ I mean, these lines alone are such a gut punch, it seems impossible to vote otherwise.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Also, this stunner: “This gentle memory takes it from a song of mourning to a song of celebration. The two things we hold at once at once when we grieve.”
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I’ve not been there somehow, do I need to go??
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I also loved your essay, the use of the Sorrento was so well-played.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Oh, wow, what a moment. And thank you!
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Christopher L. Keller @chrislkeller.com · 11/03/2026
The ending of this @erinlangner.bsky.social essay hits this mama's boy/girl dad in the right spot: between yearning for one more moment and hope for what the day will bring.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ahh, this is so tight! Last chance to read + vote for my essay, Mariah-loving friends!
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phi!ip james shaw @lateration.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
So close. If you were ever gonna vote for me now is the time, little under 2.5 hours to go. Only you can make me a Cinderella story…
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you!
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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It seems that I remain allergic to Crash Test Dummies, but I dig Erin M's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "Superman" & grief for decency. @erinlangner.bsky.social's look back at Mariah Carey & the sad history of "Without You"—which I didn't know; yikes—is also quite good. Get those votes in!
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION DAY 8 HALFTIME SCORES Soul Asylum 80, Patty Loveless 70 Blink-182 88, Nick Cave 67 GnR 111, Kershaw 54 Mariah 52, Crash Test Dummies 43 Last day of the first round games finishes up at 9am AZ time 3/11 at marchxness.com
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Allison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Daydream" was the first CD I owned so I admit I'm biased here... Still, I'm finding so many quotes to love in @erinlangner.bsky.social's essay: "A fractured self is sometimes the only kind that can survive the disconnect between how we expect the world to be and how it ends up being."
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ah, thank you so much ❤️ I also love Daydream deeply.
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thank you for posting this, I could barely contain the excitement at unearthing this remix.
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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"Other people’s words create space to forge a separate self—one away from the story that everyone believes to be yours. " Erin Langer's @marchxness.bsky.social essay about Mariah Carey's "Without You" captures why covers can be so great: marchxness.com#/1stround-ca...
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March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The hottest 90s name, no question.
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We didn't plan for this confluence of erins but we're into it
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My essay on all of the SERIOUS sadness bound up in Mariah Carey’s “Without You,” now live! Vote vote! Special thanks to the #lambs who put together a truly impressive magazine archive (covers included w. essay!)
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...
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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children
Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 03/03/2026
“Enough with the paintings of ships. Enough with the Romantic American landscapes. Enough with the proto-charcuterie board still lifes. We have plenty. And for the love of god, please stop adding portraits of random aristocrats with weird noses.”
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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The March Sadness 90s Edition First Round Game Schedule (brackets due by end of day 2/28): marchxness.com/schedule
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We’ve got this, #lambs. Mariah’s parallel status as Queen of Sadness shall go unrecognized no more.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 01/02/2026
“If at times such foundations seem to loom large, it is because in the United States, government support for health care, education, and the arts is far more limited than in nearly every other democratic nation.” —Aryeh Neier and Gara LaMarche on private philanthropy
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Trump’s Attack on Philanthropy | Aryeh Neier, Gara LaMarche
Universities, law firms, and news media have already been targeted by the administration. As the Justice Department pushes to investigate the Open Society Foundations, it seems that philanthropies tha...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Across Georgia, thousands of students are making the same calculation. From Lakeside High to Kennesaw State, they’re deciding that a suspension is a small price to pay to draw attention to the actions of ICE and the recent tragic deaths in Minneapolis.
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/01/2026
I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is: "My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities." 1/14
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A petition to save the WPA murals inside the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in DC (which the GSA has put up for sale) now has almost 7,000 signatures. Murals are by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, Seymour Fogel, Richmond Barthé, Ethel and Jenne Magafan, among others. www.change.org/p/save-the-w...
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Sign the Petition
Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”
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Erin Langner @erinlangner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
‘Your children, motherless, and the president says, “Good.”’ —Danez Smith
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An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
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