Nina she/her
@ninaturns60.bsky.social
Lover of books & all things bookish. Coffee obsessed. Scribbler; printmaker. I dig bugs & trees. Becoming a badass little old lady one houseplant at a time. Manage intern program & fundraise at Copper Canyon Press. Have a parent with dementia. Elder Gen X.
I think tom kha soup may save me this winter.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I think tom kha soup may save me this winter.
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... Walk
through the garden’s dormant splendor.
Say only, thank you.
Thank you.
—Ross Gay
through the garden’s dormant splendor.
Say only, thank you.
Thank you.
—Ross Gay
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
... Walk
through the garden’s dormant splendor.
Say only, thank you.
Thank you.
—Ross Gay
through the garden’s dormant splendor.
Say only, thank you.
Thank you.
—Ross Gay
Is there anything more PNW than knowing there are fabulous Northern Lights happening and the sky is too clouded over to see them?
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Is there anything more PNW than knowing there are fabulous Northern Lights happening and the sky is too clouded over to see them?
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Humans evolved to create. Creating is your birthright. Don't go through life without enjoying it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Humans evolved to create. Creating is your birthright. Don't go through life without enjoying it.
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Fun way to find out
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fun way to find out
So, between The Diplomat and Poldark, we're all in love with Aidan Turner now, right?
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
So, between The Diplomat and Poldark, we're all in love with Aidan Turner now, right?
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Doing reverse truck or treat this year where I stay home in my normal clothes and everybody takes turns stopping by to give me candy and tell me how nice I look
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Doing reverse truck or treat this year where I stay home in my normal clothes and everybody takes turns stopping by to give me candy and tell me how nice I look
If you're having chronic shoulder pain, just go on a trip where you don't have to sit at a laptop for a few days, and voila! Pain gone.
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you're having chronic shoulder pain, just go on a trip where you don't have to sit at a laptop for a few days, and voila! Pain gone.
God, I love Portland
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
God, I love Portland
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To rest, go to the woods where what is made is made without your thought or work.
-- Wendell Berry
-- Wendell Berry
October 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
To rest, go to the woods where what is made is made without your thought or work.
-- Wendell Berry
-- Wendell Berry
Some good news to share today! Huge congratulations to Richard Siken and Gabrielle Calvocoressi. I'd also like to give a big shoutout to my colleagues at @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social for all the ways they go above and beyond to bring these books into the world 💜🔥
Congratulations to GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN whose collections are finalists for the 2025 National Book Award! 🌟
Winners will be announced at a livestreamed ceremony on Nov. 19th. Register at https://bit.ly/48TAcj9
Congratulations to all honorees—it is an honor to be among you!
Winners will be announced at a livestreamed ceremony on Nov. 19th. Register at https://bit.ly/48TAcj9
Congratulations to all honorees—it is an honor to be among you!
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Some good news to share today! Huge congratulations to Richard Siken and Gabrielle Calvocoressi. I'd also like to give a big shoutout to my colleagues at @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social for all the ways they go above and beyond to bring these books into the world 💜🔥
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I can't believe there are people who have the energy to get up in the morning and start doing things and keep doing things all day. WTF sounds fake.
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I can't believe there are people who have the energy to get up in the morning and start doing things and keep doing things all day. WTF sounds fake.
As a grad of that very department, I am so proud!
Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a grad of that very department, I am so proud!
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Must read for the book world from @defector.com and something I would have cited the hell out of in Art of Libromancy if it'd been out before I wrote it. tl;dr: Publishing is always ideological, especially when we claim it's not.
Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector
When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...
defector.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Must read for the book world from @defector.com and something I would have cited the hell out of in Art of Libromancy if it'd been out before I wrote it. tl;dr: Publishing is always ideological, especially when we claim it's not.
Well, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social knew what was up and has been saying so for years. Those of us who listened to her are not surprised.
This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social knew what was up and has been saying so for years. Those of us who listened to her are not surprised.
Can we just get Ezra Klein to STFU?
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Can we just get Ezra Klein to STFU?
I know I am ridiculously old to be talking about video games, but there is still nothing better than Moss to play on the VR and I dearly long for a third one because I've played the first two so many times, and all the other games I try don't even come close.
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I know I am ridiculously old to be talking about video games, but there is still nothing better than Moss to play on the VR and I dearly long for a third one because I've played the first two so many times, and all the other games I try don't even come close.
I called Premera Blue Cross because of an EOB that looked wonky and they were extremely nice and helpful and I didn't have to wait on hold for even a minute and my entire world view has just been completey turned upside down.
September 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I called Premera Blue Cross because of an EOB that looked wonky and they were extremely nice and helpful and I didn't have to wait on hold for even a minute and my entire world view has just been completey turned upside down.
I am always astonished by how many of my fellow OlyPen residents are afraid of Seattle. Kids that grew up here not wanting to go to UW because of the scary city. SO glad my own kiddo was born and had several years in Seattle before we moved here.
the amount of raw, unadulterated fear that many Americans have of even small cities is never going to stop being darkly hilarious to me
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I am always astonished by how many of my fellow OlyPen residents are afraid of Seattle. Kids that grew up here not wanting to go to UW because of the scary city. SO glad my own kiddo was born and had several years in Seattle before we moved here.
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Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the anti-abortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
RFK Jr. Opens Investigation Into the Safety of the Abortion Pill
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the antiabortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.
bloom.bg
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.
It's National Coffee Day. You know how to celebrate ☕
a cartoon of a coffee maker and a cup of coffee .
Alt: An animated gif of making cup of coffee with an Aeropress.
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's National Coffee Day. You know how to celebrate ☕
I wish everyone would stop acting like autism is a bad thing. Neurodiversity is like any other type of diversity: a beautiful, interesting, integral part of humanity.
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I wish everyone would stop acting like autism is a bad thing. Neurodiversity is like any other type of diversity: a beautiful, interesting, integral part of humanity.