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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congratulations to the amazing 2026 finalists in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

A minimalist design featuring a grid of red and white squares, with a white panel in the center listing the finalists in poetry:
Maria Isabelle Carlos
Emma De Lisle
Troy Osaki
Margaret Ray
Jeff Whitney

A minimalist design featuring a grid of green and white squares, with a white panel in the center listing the finalists in creative nonfiction:
Lance Larsen
Willi Pascual
Kasey Payette
m. mick powell

A minimalist design featuring a grid of red and white squares, with a white panel in the center listing the finalists in fiction:
Mariah Gese
Matthew Lansburgh
Mimi Manyin
AJ Rodriguez
Rebecca Swanberg
Jennifer Wawrzinek

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fun pics from our Summer Reading Party & Paws! I loved serenading Bartholomew the bunny with piano music from pop/rock to improvised melodies to FIFA anthems while he gave free kisses to us all!📚🐰🎹⚽️ @countwaylibrary.bsky.social #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #pettherapy

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today - SUMMER READING PARTY & PAWS with Bartholomew the bunny!🐰📚🎵 I'll be playing old favorites & improvising new music on the piano. Join us for some fun reading & bunny love @countwaylibrary.bsky.social #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #pettherapy #medicalhumanities

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Pics from our Silent Coloring Party! I had fun playing piano @countwaylibrary.bsky.social as always. Free drinks+markers+paper +Sasha coloring pages!🐕‍🦺🐿️ I hope you’ll keep coloring & making art (I made more mini art)! 🎨🎹 #silentcoloringparty #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Today - SILENT COLORING PARTY!🎨🎹 Back by popular demand! I'll be improvising on the piano as usual to set the mood for mindful coloring or reading. Come unwind & recharge @countwaylibrary.bsky.social #silentcoloringparty #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Pics from our Silent Coloring Party @countwaylibrary.bsky.social! I filled the room with melodies of love & resilience on the piano. We had fun coloring, doodling, & drinking hot choc together. Thanks all for coming!🎨🎹 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #silentcoloringparty #pianoimprovisation

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

SILENT COLORING PARTY today! 🎨🎹🎶 I’ll play old melodies & improvise new ones on the piano at this special February spin-off of our Silent Reading Party @countwaylibrary.bsky.social! Take a break, color, & unwind. Bring a book if you like. #silentcoloringparty #silentreadingparty #pianoimprovisation

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy 2026! Wishing you all a joyous and meaningful year ahead! May you shout and sing even louder in the new year! Don’t let anyone drown your voice or dim your light. Take up space. Shine brighter. Use your voice to spread the truth! #newyear #music #sing

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Pics from my Gothic Silent Reading Party! I had so much fun playing piano at the Countway Library. Thanks all for coming! Be a light for others. Keep your imagination alive & read more boooks! 🕯️📖 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #gothic #gothicsilentreadingparty

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

GOTHIC SILENT READING PARTY! Today Oct 22, 2025 at Countway Library! I’ll be improvising frightfully relaxing music with a gothic twist to set the mood for fun October reading! 🍁👻🧛 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #gothicpiano #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #gothicsilentreadingparty

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Silent Reading Party & Paws 📚🎹🐾 fun pics! Sasha (HUPD) was a rock star at the Countway! She played guitar & BYOB (a “Pup Light” gift from me instead of a book) while I played the piano! #SilentReadingParty #SilentWritingParty #Communutyengagementdog #therapydog #medicalhumanities #pianoimprovisation

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

SILENT READING PARTY & PAWS! 📚🐾 July 14, 2025 (Mon) from 3-4:30 pm with a very special guest 🐶! Come read with Sasha & enjoy live music (by me) at the Countway Library! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #dog #therapydog #wellness #mentalhealth #medicalhumanities

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

In Norse mythology, Loki's father was the little-known jötunn Fárbauti. Some scholars feel Fárbauti's name ("Cruel Striker") evokes lightning, suggesting he was a storm giant. An intriguing idea considering Loki's complicated relationship with the thunder god Thor. #FolkyFriday

A photo of a large lightning bolt striking the earth.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Sea Aster (Tripolium pannonicum) flowers.A coastal member of the Daisy family. County Clare, Ireland.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Excited to teach a writing workshop & talk about Jane Campion’s “The Piano” plus uncanny sounds & images at the Unquiet Shores conference @edinburghnapier.bsky.social! Thanks @hauntedshores.bsky.social @macabredanse.bsky.social for a lovely time! #hauntedshores #unquietshores #creativewriting #piano

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

More public piano! So happy to play this Essex piano on Platform 2 at the Edinburg Waverly train station! Improvising music with trains rumbling in & rolling out & sunlight streaming through the roof was an amazing experience! #publicpiano #trainstation #piano #music #livemusic #pianoimprovisation

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Blackcurrant & Clotted Cream + Orange Chocolate ice cream! 🍧🍨 #icecream #blackcurrant #clottedcream #orangechocolate #scottish #dessert

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Finally crossed path with this lovely piano at Terminal E at the Logan airport after all these years! Great fun improvising and thankful for public pianos! 🎹✈️ #airportpiano #bostonlogan #publicpiano #piano #music #pianoimprovisation #livemusic

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Grateful for the chance to view precious letters from Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, & the complete manuscript of “The Quality of Mercy” (1891) from the Howells Archive at the Houghton Library. #williamdeanhowells #henryjames #edithwharton #marktwain #americanliterature #houghtonlibrary

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Some fun pics from The Raven’s Trail Walking Tour of Poe’s Boston: Edgar Allan Poe Square, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common, and more. #edgarallanpoe #poe #raven #telltaleheart #dreamwithinadream #boston

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

When the book I got from last year’s ALA conference book exhibit eerily predicted the “Shirley Jackson and Folk Horror” Panel and the “Teaching the American Gothic” Roundtable I’d be on at this year’s conference… #literature #americanliterature #gothic #shirleyjackson #gothicliterature #gothichorror

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Another fun Silent Reading Party at Countway Library! Thanks all for coming and for the kind comments about my improvisation, confirming music soothes, heals, and brings people together! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #mentalhealthawareness #countway #medicalhumanities

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Today! SILENT READING PARTY🎵WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Listen to live music improvised just for you, read a book, or check out zines from the library's zine-making workshop!☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #book #medicalhumanities #reading

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

StoryBall is TONIGHT! There are still a few tickets available -- grab one and surprise a friend with a nice outing! 😀 buff.ly/De8Vtak

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StoryBall – Our Annual Fundraiser!

Stories Matter Foundation is pleased to present our annual fundraising event, StoryBall, in-person for 2025.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

SILENT READING PARTY🎵 WITH ZINES! May 15, 3-4pm at Countway Library! Take a break, read zines from the library's zine-making workshop, & listen to live music improvised just for you! ☕️🌻 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #livemusic #mentalhealthawareness #medicalhumanities

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Patrick Dexter @patrickdexter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Looking South towards Hags Head as the low evening sun in the West lights up the rock faces at the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

February Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library with hot beverages & live music (by me!). Love is in the air for books and tunes that remind us of the tribulations & joys in life. I had a fun time on the piano! Thanks all for coming! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation

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Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Indulge in your love of literature this Valentine’s Day and spend the day with our Winter 2024-25 Issue. pshr.us/winter24

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Upcoming Silent Reading Party!🎶📚 Feb 12 at the Countway Library. Enjoy live music (by me!) that evoke love, self-empowerment, & resilience while sipping hot beverages. Take a break & pamper yourself! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities #reading

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy New Year 2025! 🎉🥳 Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous year filled with joy and light! #newyear #happynewyear

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Another fun Silent Reading Party at the Countway Library yesterday! We had yummy hot chocolate & donuts! Plus very productive reading/writing time! 📖☕️🍩🎹 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #pianoimprovisation #writer #musician #livemusic #piano #music #medicalhumanities #wellbeing

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Come to my Silent Reading Party today at the Countway Library! Sip hot beverages & listen to relaxing music while you read. I’ll be improvising new tunes plus old classics and seasonal surprises on the piano! 🎶📚☕️ #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #piano #music

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My new story “The Lost Mermaid” is out in Peauxdunque Review (Issue 10)! Copies available at: peauxdunquereview.com/shop/peauxdu... #literary #fiction #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #fairytale #mermaid #seawitch #littlemermaid #hanschristianandersen #identity #otherness #desires #longing

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Christopher Citro @christophercitro.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A dream come true publication! ❤️ The Kenyon Review just sent my contributor copy with my poem "Hawk Shadow Here to Help." I took the magazine outside to show the hawks but I think they're all down in Miami Beach until the sun comes back. 🙏 Thank you to everyone at @kenyonreview.bsky.social !!!

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Come to my Silent Reading Party this Thurs at the Countway Library! Sip hot cocoa & enjoy live piano music specifically arranged & improvised (by me!) to set the mood for reading. Let’s have fun together! 📚☕️🎶 #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #livemusic #pianoimprovisation #medicalhumanities

Silent Reading Party, Thur Dec 12, 3 to 5 pm, Countway Library

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

❤️🔥Fire Exit by @morgantalty.bsky.social is one of @npr.org's Best Books of the Year! "Saying goodbye to these characters was like waving goodbye to a friend after a too-short visit: wistful but grateful for the time together." apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

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Books We Love

Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

“Come to Mama” - my new story is out in Michigan Quarterly Review Mixtape Issue 14: Place! sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/2024... Thanks MQR and Guest Editor A. Shaikh for bringing this to the world. #fiction #flashfiction #haunted #identity #belonging #haunting #ghost #otherness #loneliness #mama

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

Mixtape alert! I’m on A-side, and it’s a sad song. #Mixtape #stories #MichiganQuarterlyReview #MQRmixtape #litmag sites.lsa.umich.edu/mixtape/

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

If you see this, post a dog.

Our dog, Koko, shaking herself dry on the bank of a river. Her hind legs are bunched, her forelegs are splayed out. The rest of her is a hideous black void—she resembles an alien spider.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 05/05/2024

I hosted another Silent Reading Party & improvised live music at Countway Library! We had so much fun together. Love the National Library of Medicine exhibit “The Yellow Wall-Paper”! #silentreadingparty #silentwritingparty #writer #pianist #pianoimprovisation #CharlottePerkinsGilman #YellowWallpaper

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 05/05/2024

it’s my birthday 🥳 a great day to buy my books, imo www.harpercollins.com/products/a-l... bookshop.org/p/books/all-...

copies of A Living Remedy and All You Can Ever Know, stacked side by side

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

I have a new story out in Witness Magazine! Read “A Blotch of Ink” in this “Crush” issue (Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2024)! Big thanks to everyone at Witness for your support & help. witnessmagazine.square.site/product/crus... #literary #fiction #shortstories #otherness #tattoo #humanity #compassion

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 12/04/2024

For Coraline fans and for Jill Thompson fans. Her art from the Neil Gaiman colouring book is up for auction: comics.ha.com/c/search/res...

A page from the Neil Gaiman Colouring book showing Coraline meeting the three ghost children with buttons for eyes.

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