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Mary Winsor

@mwinsor.bsky.social

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Teacher. Reader. Writer. Runner. 2025 Elizabeth George Foundation grantee. Words in / forthcoming in Ploughshares, Threepenny Review, Northwest Review, Atticus Review, and elsewhere. Best American Essays Notable, 2023.

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Mary Winsor @mwinsor.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to be in the company of these poets and writers and translators whose work I so admire. Might've been late to a couple classes or missed a call or two while I read cover to cover. Thank you, @pshares.bsky.social

Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social · 7d

Our Fall 2025 issue is out now! Read longform prose by Juliana Lamy, Eric McMillan, Youssef Rakha, Fortunato Salazar, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), Heather Thompson-Brenner, Andrea Thurairatnam Imdacha, Devon Walker-Figueroa, and Mary Winsor. Start reading: https://pshr.us/fall25

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Mary Winsor @mwinsor.bsky.social · Jun 26

Surprise, surprise...

Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein.bsky.social · Jun 25

NEW: Several current and former staffers of AG Ken Paxton's office are trading explosive accusations in new filings, the latest of which alleges that Paxton's top deputy obstructed justice and tampered w/ witnesses during his 2023 impeachment. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-staff-misconduct-20393264.php

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Hope Henderson @hoperhenderson.bsky.social · Jun 26

czeslaw milosz, written in berkeley 1971

GIFT
A day so happy.
Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden.
Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.
There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess.
I knew no one worth my envying him.
Whatever evil I had suffered, I forgot.
To think that once I was the same man did not embarrass me.
In my body I felt no pain.
When straightening up, I saw the blue sea and sails.
Berkeley, 1971

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Mary Winsor @mwinsor.bsky.social · Jan 22

Amidst all the ugly today, a reason to hope. I'm deeply grateful to the Elizabeth George Foundation for this generous gift. A special thank you to my recommenders whose support included guidance, encouragement, and signed, hard-copy letters directly snail-mailed! Time to get back to the desk!

Excerpt of 2025 grant letter from Elizabeth George Foundation

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jan 4

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

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