Andrea Avery
@andreaavery.bsky.social
Author SONATA: A MEMOIR OF PAIN AND THE PIANO (Pegasus Books) and VISITING COMPOSER: A NOVELLA (**OUT NOW** from Miami U Press).
BA (🎹) MFA, Ed.D @ ASU
MD-born desert dweller. Editor. Thrifter. Cat lady.
Rheumatoid arthritis since 1989.
She/her.
BA (🎹) MFA, Ed.D @ ASU
MD-born desert dweller. Editor. Thrifter. Cat lady.
Rheumatoid arthritis since 1989.
She/her.
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Andrea Avery
@andreaavery.bsky.social
· Jul 1
🎶 Happy Publication Day to VISITING COMPOSER by @andreaavery.bsky.social!! 🎶
“Gorgeous, layered, and full of feeling, this brief trip out of time and into the hearts and minds of two psychically connected young composers is a delight.” –Gregory Spatz
sites.miamioh.edu/miami-univer...
“Gorgeous, layered, and full of feeling, this brief trip out of time and into the hearts and minds of two psychically connected young composers is a delight.” –Gregory Spatz
sites.miamioh.edu/miami-univer...
It’s my book’s birthday! And I am so glad and grateful it is in the hands of Miami
University Press. Dream publication experience …
@miamioh-press.bsky.social -press.bsky.social
University Press. Dream publication experience …
@miamioh-press.bsky.social -press.bsky.social
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Any Oregon writers with disabilities want to establish a critique group? One with social and networking events?
#oregon #writers #disabilities #group #critique #social #networking
#oregon #writers #disabilities #group #critique #social #networking
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Any Oregon writers with disabilities want to establish a critique group? One with social and networking events?
#oregon #writers #disabilities #group #critique #social #networking
#oregon #writers #disabilities #group #critique #social #networking
Today in Arizona I am thinking about the subtle differences in meaning between “strip mall” and “shopping center” Because today there was a shooting at a strip mall and also a whole different shooting over at a shopping center
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today in Arizona I am thinking about the subtle differences in meaning between “strip mall” and “shopping center” Because today there was a shooting at a strip mall and also a whole different shooting over at a shopping center
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My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass: 9781506737300 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My graphic novel “Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis” is the perfect present for every opera-loving, anti-war sf/fantasy fan in your life. Give the gift of dark comedy and creative resistance this holiday season. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730993...
Not the least of which is shooting him from above, so he looks like a lil harmless baby, and I know that’s a rosary but it’s giving teething necklace
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not the least of which is shooting him from above, so he looks like a lil harmless baby, and I know that’s a rosary but it’s giving teething necklace
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If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
No one has ever been cooler than the best rollerskater at the local rink. This holds true across all decades and generations since rollerskates and, specifically, rinks were invented
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
No one has ever been cooler than the best rollerskater at the local rink. This holds true across all decades and generations since rollerskates and, specifically, rinks were invented
mmm mmm gross
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Lawsuit alleges Campbell’s fired worker who reported a VP’s recorded rant belittling customers and making discriminatory remarks.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
mmm mmm gross
Little Free Libraries are like private schools. Beloved by people who want to sidestep, opt out of, undermine or ignore actually public things while vigilantly policing who accesses their private, and substandard, replacements for them. Sorry.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Little Free Libraries are like private schools. Beloved by people who want to sidestep, opt out of, undermine or ignore actually public things while vigilantly policing who accesses their private, and substandard, replacements for them. Sorry.
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And also besides being totally useless, AI is also really bad for the environment but besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
And also besides being totally useless, AI is also really bad for the environment but besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
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I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I’m sure I’m gonna get dragged for this, but I think AI is bad. AI has completely ruined Google search and it’s created a lot more slop that needs to be avoided on the Internet.
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
“Armadale,” Wilkie Collins’ tortured bromance novel, has no baronets but it has two (!) shipwrecks!
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Armadale,” Wilkie Collins’ tortured bromance novel, has no baronets but it has two (!) shipwrecks!
I don’t think I could go totally back from smart phone, but is there an option for a not-that-smart phone? Like an iPhone with a 2010 level of AI but a really good camera?
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I don’t think I could go totally back from smart phone, but is there an option for a not-that-smart phone? Like an iPhone with a 2010 level of AI but a really good camera?
I am not convinced that “young, untested newbie who’s never governed anything” is automatically worse than “corrupt career politician who has never done any other job, and does it poorly.” Call me crazy.
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am not convinced that “young, untested newbie who’s never governed anything” is automatically worse than “corrupt career politician who has never done any other job, and does it poorly.” Call me crazy.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Alice supported and took many people with Long COVID under her wing — I was honored to call her a colleague and friend."
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
@mileswgriffis.bsky.social in @thesicktimes.org's obituary for the great Alice Wong: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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Alice was the first person to ever encourage my creative writing. She was a thoughtful editor and a beloved mentor. I learned so much about activism just by watching her move through the world. May her memory be a blessing to us all.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Alice was the first person to ever encourage my creative writing. She was a thoughtful editor and a beloved mentor. I learned so much about activism just by watching her move through the world. May her memory be a blessing to us all.
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
Somewhere someone is naming their cat GPT i just know it
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Somewhere someone is naming their cat GPT i just know it
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Get in the habit of bringing up accessibility at meetings, in stand-ups, and in demos. Bring up things you've done to address accessibility. Likewise, don't be afraid to ask, "Have we tested this on a keyboard?" or "What's the experience like on a screen reader?"
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Get in the habit of bringing up accessibility at meetings, in stand-ups, and in demos. Bring up things you've done to address accessibility. Likewise, don't be afraid to ask, "Have we tested this on a keyboard?" or "What's the experience like on a screen reader?"
Maybe don’t make an inedible toy (designated as a choking hazard and containing “compounds and polymer sprinkles”) and call it “Play-Doh scented butter” (even “butter-scented Play-Doh” would be marginally better, with a good graphic designer on the case) and put it in food-style packaging?
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Maybe don’t make an inedible toy (designated as a choking hazard and containing “compounds and polymer sprinkles”) and call it “Play-Doh scented butter” (even “butter-scented Play-Doh” would be marginally better, with a good graphic designer on the case) and put it in food-style packaging?
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
Thrifters, please stop bringing your non-thrifter husbands and boyfriends with you and letting them stand in all the wrong places while staring at their phone
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thrifters, please stop bringing your non-thrifter husbands and boyfriends with you and letting them stand in all the wrong places while staring at their phone