Anita Gill
@anitagill.bsky.social
She/her | Nonfiction Editor for Hypertext Review | Fulbright Scholar | Tin House ‘25 | Words in Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, The Offing | newsletter: anita.substack.com | website: anitagill.ink
Saw someone wearing this great shirt the other day.
July 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Saw someone wearing this great shirt the other day.
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how it feels to be asked about your research
July 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
how it feels to be asked about your research
This reminds me I need to check out my Passport for PBS and watch the Andy Samberg Know Your Roots episode.
Ditch your Paramount+ and use that $ to support PBS
PBS Passport has a treasure trove of contemporary + vintage PBS programs.
Classic MASTERPIECE shows like RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY and JEWEL IN THE CROWN.
NATURE and NOVA episodes going back to the ‘80s.
40 years of Ken Burns docs, FINDING YOUR ROOTS, so much. All for $5/month donation. Support #PBS!
Classic MASTERPIECE shows like RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY and JEWEL IN THE CROWN.
NATURE and NOVA episodes going back to the ‘80s.
40 years of Ken Burns docs, FINDING YOUR ROOTS, so much. All for $5/month donation. Support #PBS!
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This reminds me I need to check out my Passport for PBS and watch the Andy Samberg Know Your Roots episode.
This week two people bought the books I recommended. I am now drunk with power.
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This week two people bought the books I recommended. I am now drunk with power.
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Rümeysa Öztürk wrote about ICE detention and the women who helped her survive. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk wrote about ICE detention and the women who helped her survive. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
How many tote bags do I have to own before they give me a free Prius I’m sure it’s any day now.
July 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
How many tote bags do I have to own before they give me a free Prius I’m sure it’s any day now.
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Landed in Chicago 45 minutes ago and the man next to me on the Blue Line just ended his phone call with “ya, I gotta get home to give Butkus a steak” which is in the top 5 percent of Chicago sentences you can hear
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Landed in Chicago 45 minutes ago and the man next to me on the Blue Line just ended his phone call with “ya, I gotta get home to give Butkus a steak” which is in the top 5 percent of Chicago sentences you can hear
Im getting my encouragement from cough drop wrappers now.
July 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Im getting my encouragement from cough drop wrappers now.
Before Mantel died, I wrote to her publicist to see if I could connect with her while I was working on my own historical novel (acting delulu I know). They said no because she was working on several projects at the time. I’m glad I took a chance.
‘Beneath every history, another history.’
Today marks the birthday of British novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic Hilary Mantel. Twice the winner of the Booker Prize. Born July 6, 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
Today marks the birthday of British novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic Hilary Mantel. Twice the winner of the Booker Prize. Born July 6, 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
July 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Before Mantel died, I wrote to her publicist to see if I could connect with her while I was working on my own historical novel (acting delulu I know). They said no because she was working on several projects at the time. I’m glad I took a chance.
We are a little over a third of the way through the summer and I have heard Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” disturbingly too many times.
July 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We are a little over a third of the way through the summer and I have heard Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” disturbingly too many times.
Lisbon has decent copy.
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lisbon has decent copy.
My instructor Adam Levin talking about sinkholes in Chicago.
July 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My instructor Adam Levin talking about sinkholes in Chicago.
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hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
Second week of work at Disquiet. Which is mostly me driving a trolley.
July 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Second week of work at Disquiet. Which is mostly me driving a trolley.
We may have the same last name but we are not related and I agree.
Just to be clear: young people will get out and vote if you give them a candidate to vote for. If you give them the same nasty centrist who doesn’t represent their values, they have no stakes in it and they won’t vote. This isn’t rocket science.
June 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We may have the same last name but we are not related and I agree.
Randomly picked this up and it’s all these authors my writing friends keep recommending I check out.
May 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Randomly picked this up and it’s all these authors my writing friends keep recommending I check out.
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When I turned 40, I had 320 short story rejections and no books published. A few years later, I've published a short story collection and two novels with another on the way. Believe in yourself like someone who loves you.
November 13, 2024 at 2:14 PM
When I turned 40, I had 320 short story rejections and no books published. A few years later, I've published a short story collection and two novels with another on the way. Believe in yourself like someone who loves you.
Me after one dance class: Everything hurts and I’m not a surprise talent in this like I had thought.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Me after one dance class: Everything hurts and I’m not a surprise talent in this like I had thought.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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3.5% is all we need. 3.5% of the population being engaged and committed is the magic number to overthrow a dictator. And I'd bet that if 2% of us were *out protesting* yesterday, more of us are out there than that. Keep up the pressure.
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
3.5% is all we need. 3.5% of the population being engaged and committed is the magic number to overthrow a dictator. And I'd bet that if 2% of us were *out protesting* yesterday, more of us are out there than that. Keep up the pressure.
It’s the first day of spring so Chicago does what it does best and we have snow.
March 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s the first day of spring so Chicago does what it does best and we have snow.
I’m case you’re like me and not headed to AWP this year.
Missing out on AWP? Want to meet some new writer friends? Join me (and other awesome writers & poets) for some chill hangouts! Register (for free) for one or both:
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March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’m case you’re like me and not headed to AWP this year.
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