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Steve Himmer

@shimmer.bsky.social

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Occasional novelist, regular walker. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/. http://www.stevehimmer.com

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 20h

Thursday night at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social I'll be in conversation with @ambersparks.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 4d

That about covers it

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 5d

has a Nobel laureate ever looked so much like the agéd bass player in a classic rock band?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The award comes with prize money of almost $1.2 million.

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 5d

Nice wall of cloud rolled up across the mouth of the bay where it flows into the ocean

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 5d

A Cooper's Hawk just thumped a window beside me (softly, without injury) then flew off with the same embarrassed aura the dog had the other day when she failed jumping into the car and walked back to the house like she hadn't wanted to go for a ride anyway.

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 6d

Next Thursday night 10/16 at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, talking to my pal @ambersparks.bsky.social — please join us!

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 6d

Going on tour next week! Come say hi please don’t make me read to myself and that one guy who’s actually got earbuds in

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 6d

That game was delightful. But too short. But also not too short because I need to keep my other job, too.

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 7d

And a good morning to you, Madame Acorn

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 7d

cannot get this song out of my head (again) so if you pass by my office please accept my apology and/or join in the singing

I've Got a Bulldog

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, this leaf fell hard!

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 8d

Send me your work!

Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 8d

We're pleased to accounce that submissions are now open to be read by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social until November 3.

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 11d

I’m not even much of a poetry reader and I marvel at the incisiveness and erudition of Elisa Gabbert’s post mortem on BEST AMERICAN POETRY, which recently ended its 40 year run (gift link)

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What Was Best About the ‘Best American Poetry’?

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 10d

Hm, is “charge into fire” really the phrase we want here?

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 11d

I'd forgotten about this photo I took on a summer walk and how it looked like Dr Brabo from the sticker was the same person who left behind their hat

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Claire Cansick @clairecansick.bsky.social · 11d

Turn Off Your Mind oil and acrylic on gesso, diptych, 2025. Finished with the help of a photo donated by an instapal.

Right leaning wave painting in violets and green, a ship lit up sits on the horizon

Left leaning wave with a merry skeleton enjoying the swell. The two paintings meet to for a whole.

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Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social · 11d

Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille: Thought this was a contemporary critique of selfie culture but it's a 16th century monument to René of Chalon, Prince of Orange of course. Silly me.

Life-size limestone statue of putrefied corpse. The head stares upward at a small phone-sized object (actually a human heart) held aloft in the left hand.

Close up of the same sculpture showing the head, arm and heart in more detail

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 11d

in lieu of screaming I am going to plant 100 daffodils

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 11d

This is obviously a Martian landing pod but where is the pilot?

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 12d

Collateral damage from roadwork

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 12d

A very inspirational recipe note

TEXT: Notes
For an even crispier crust, double the oil.
450 grams is about 3.75 cups
If dough seems dry and not forming ball in mixer add another tablespoon or two of water
Remember, every pizza can be a personal pizza if you try hard and believe in yourself! (this final note is highlighted in the image)

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 13d

It's too perfect that a long-defunct small press infamous for robbing its authors (me among them) also seems to have failed to file copyrights which now prevents me from claiming the AI settlement even though the book was part of the stolen database. Adding insult to injury even from the grave!

Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 13d

This one’s a family favorite youtu.be/Qv4jcKJROFA?...

From Hell It Came (1957) Original Trailer [FHD]

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 13d

Pretty excited (and more than a little surprised) to have a piece in any Best American anything, let alone Sciene & Nature Writing

Cover of Best American Science & Nature writing 2025, guest edited by Susan Orlean

Opening of my essay "when we used to glow," originally pubbed in Hippocampus

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations! That's excellent.

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · 13d

We need top scientists working on this