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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 11h

Severe hearing loss now, but I persevere…

Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 11h

Hot deal for one BlueSky pal today: buy my 2026 collection, “The Divide,” and I’ll throw in the latest Clackamas Literary Review, featuring my interview with Maria McLeod. DM me. Thanks!

Two perfect-bound books: The Divide and Clackamas Literary Review

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 12h

Here's a dire website: College Closure Watch. Colleges are closing at an alarming rate. Type in your favorite college to see hard data on their future health:

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U.S. College Watchlist

Search public enrollment, oversight, financial, accreditation, and staffing evidence.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Do you live in Portland? I'm selling my vintage Smith Corona Galaxy Deluxe on Craigslist for $70. BlueSky price: $50. "With jeweled escapement..." To enhance your street cred among the literati, this is the exact make/model that Cameron Crowe name checks in "Almost Famous." DM me.

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Vintage 1960s Smith Corona Galaxie DeLuxe Typewriter - antiques - by owner - collectibles sale - craigslist

Own a piece of history from the Atomic Age: a vintage 1960s Smith Corona Galaxie DeLuxe typewriter. Works great. At the time, the key selling point in this model was Smith Corona’s use of a “jeweled.....

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Good one! (I too had an incidental find...)

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oh wow! I think I had some kids from this family in my classroom over the years…

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Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Calling Arab poets! There's only a few days left to submit your manuscript to the 2026 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize! The winning manuscript will receive a $2,000 prize and publication with Noemi Press (US) and @outspokenpress.bsky.social (UK) Guest judge: Hala Alyan noemipress.submittable.com/submit

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Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Calling US-residing Latinx poets! There's just a few days left to submit your manuscript to the 2026 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize! The winning manuscript will receive a $2,000 prize and publication with Noemi Press Guest judge: Rigoberto González noemipress.submittable.com/submit

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

As a palate cleanser, may we please replace “liminal space“ with “interregnum”or “interstice”?

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So here's what @mooninabucket.bsky.social, my writer pal and yours, had to say about my very long story in chapbook form, "Audiophile." I feel seen or, dare I say, heard!

Imagine if Marcel Proust were a music-obsessed girl growing up in the 1970s who found her sense of hearing ebbing away just as she entered adolescence. If he had, you might’ve gotten “Audiophile” instead of “Swann’s Way.”

“So how do you get your music these days?” the book begins. “The internet? The splashy talent shows on the TV screen? The iPod’s dense compressions of the MP3 file? Does the device in your pocket spew a stream of zeroes and ones to the plastic buds crammed in your ears? And does the music transform you?… Or does the music merely fill your day with numbing noise?”

Evan’s beautiful libellum geeks out over the nuances of recorded music to a degree that would please anyone who enjoyed “High Fidelity” or “Almost Famous,” while using the girl’s loss of hearing as a metaphor for the loss of her innocence. Thus, when she rhapsodizes on the superior capabilities of high-end sound equipment from a bygone age, she also conveys the depth of her longing for the intuitive, sensual way she engaged with the world in childhood.

As the protagonist tells us, “Nothing beats the warmth of an LP’s satin groove, amplified through glowing vacuum tubes, released through a loudspeaker’s pulsing paper cone. Sound was liquid, and you swam in it. You drank it up. You danced to music with your eyes closed. You pictured the room where the groove was cut. I mean you could really hear the room.“

On a personal note, Evan shared with me that he himself is experiencing progressive hearing loss. As a music connoisseur, it’s been a difficult adjustment for him. I want to thank Evan for using this experience as the impetus to write “Audiophile,” which is much more than a love letter to music, or a story of one music lover’s loss of access to the greatest pleasure she’s known; it’s also a reminder—for all who may have forgotten, or simply never noticed—of how rich the experience of music listening can be.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Endling,” by Maria Reva, is a rollicking road trip through war-torn Ukraine. There’s a lot to juggle here, including endangered snails, the bride industry, and the author’s very post-modern intrusions. She pulls it off, though.

The hardcover edition of Endling, a novel by Maria Reva.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

For my story collection, The Divide, I was interviewed by the wise and gracious Maria McLeod for Clackamas Literary Review. The interview is now posted on their website. (Thanks, Maria, and thanks, CLR!).

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Clackamas Literary Review is an outstanding journal. They have been selected by the Clackamas Community College Foundation to be part in the 2026 Cougar Community Campaign's annual fundraiser. Consider donating. Thanks!

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Clackamas Literary Review

Join us in strengthening the Cougar Community! Support students and make a gift today!

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Astoria Writers Guild fall conference is done, and it was spectacular. Here’s a pic of me at the gala Friday night, reading from my story, “Bad Girls,” which is on submission at some favorite litmags, yours and mine.

The author, shiny domed, reads from his story at a lectern in an art gallery.

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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why? some people have asked. Why did you write a book? I don't know the answer yet but I will try to by 8pm NYC time, Thurs, Sept 24 when you can hear excerpts from "We'll Be Birds" and readings by the six incredible authors listed below ⬇️ Join us? www.sandandgravelpress.com/lisa-thornto...

A graphic for Lisa Thornton's chapbook release 9/24 at 8pm NYC time with a drawing of a silo and another of a hand and listing the readers: Sumitra Singam, Nora Maynard, Will Musgrove, Evan Williams, Claudia Wair, and Amy Cipolla Barnes.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Okay, how cute is the Cannon Beach Library? See for yourself this Saturday, during their annual book fair / fundraiser. I'll be there selling my books. A dozen more authors too. And a big raffle, with groovy prizes. 12:00-4:00.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I rode my bike home from my writing group’s meetup at Baerlic Brewing, and the moon was full!

Full moon and an auto’s brake lights in an urban setting.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Shelfie at Bold Coffee and Books. I love my cover!

The cover of my book, The Divide, at Bold Coffee and Books

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thorn is out of print, but I recently saw it at Manzanita News & Espresso in sunny Manzanita by the Sea. The coffee is worth the trip. The book is too! My first book won the 2013 Chandra Prize at BkMk Press, and later won IPPY gold in the collection category.

Thorn, a collection of stories by Evan Morgan Williams, on a shelf.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Kent Nelson is the greatest living short story writer you've never heard of. He offered to do a book swap with me. That's some asymmetry right there:

Kent Nelson's words to Evan Williams, on the title page of Nelson's book, Spirit Bird, which won the 2014 Drue Heinz Prize.

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The light is on for Evan Morgan Williams! @pahoehoe.bsky.social💡 “The Clear Blue Sky” is a moving story of tension, where the fractures between two people stand starkly against love. Check out Evan’s amazing writing over at the site!

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The Clear Blue Sky - Evan Morgan Williams — Bulb Culture Collective

“Oh, it’s definitely our story, Paul.”

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Heyo! Thank you, Pangyrus team!

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This story is so f—ng good …

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Realistic fiction short stories. A cluttered tinker’s wagon of influences…

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.

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Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus

“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

My favorite cinema dog of all time is known as just plain “Dog.”

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

So this photographer, K.B. Dixon, read about my Oregon Literary Fellowship and asked me to sit for a portrait for his series on the Oregon Arts Watch website. The result:

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Wolf! I went for a hike near Playa Summer Lake. Apparently I had company.

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Evan Williams @pahoehoe.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Here is my third collection, Taylor’s version:

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