Paul Lisicky
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
With 80% of my Fine Arts Work Center students yesterday! 💙
July 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With 80% of my Fine Arts Work Center students yesterday! 💙
Saw a Watch for Manatees sign. Walked fifty feet, looked down. My birthday present!
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Saw a Watch for Manatees sign. Walked fifty feet, looked down. My birthday present!
I’m going to fix my face in this position for the next several days (though I will not be holding office hours).
July 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m going to fix my face in this position for the next several days (though I will not be holding office hours).
I’m coming back to Cape Cod. Again.
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m coming back to Cape Cod. Again.
This file might be too big for Bluesky but I’ll give it a try.
June 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This file might be too big for Bluesky but I’ll give it a try.
On Friday night, I read from SONG SO WILD & BLUE with brilliant @kendra_mckinley, who sang a range of Joni songs through Hejira. This was the fourth event where I’ve been paired with a musician, and I love how these collaborations lift and stir the air, two forms talking to each other in real time.
June 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On Friday night, I read from SONG SO WILD & BLUE with brilliant @kendra_mckinley, who sang a range of Joni songs through Hejira. This was the fourth event where I’ve been paired with a musician, and I love how these collaborations lift and stir the air, two forms talking to each other in real time.
Last night from the Lincoln Tunnel Helix. That’s sunlight doing that.
June 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Last night from the Lincoln Tunnel Helix. That’s sunlight doing that.
Mount Greylock, which I first started thinking about years ago through a window in Melville’s house.
June 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Mount Greylock, which I first started thinking about years ago through a window in Melville’s house.
Western MA friends—this is tonight! Doors 6PM. WANDER in the Berkshires. Can’t wait to read alongside Kendra McKinley, who will be singing Joni.
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Western MA friends—this is tonight! Doors 6PM. WANDER in the Berkshires. Can’t wait to read alongside Kendra McKinley, who will be singing Joni.
A few more pictures:
June 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A few more pictures:
I am back home after giving a reading at The Sea Ranch in CA, and I’m still thinking about these sheep nearby.
June 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am back home after giving a reading at The Sea Ranch in CA, and I’m still thinking about these sheep nearby.
Maybe it’s time to come back to Bluesky. (My blue visitor just now.)
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Maybe it’s time to come back to Bluesky. (My blue visitor just now.)
Look up look up 349 million birds in migration last night
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Look up look up 349 million birds in migration last night
SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the @theglobeandmail.com today! 🌎
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
SONG SO WILD AND BLUE in the @theglobeandmail.com today! 🌎
A new piece in The Writer’s Chronicle, a spinoff of SONG SO WILD AND BLUE. (On Joni, Jude, love, alligators, writing, Louisiana 🐊) writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new piece in The Writer’s Chronicle, a spinoff of SONG SO WILD AND BLUE. (On Joni, Jude, love, alligators, writing, Louisiana 🐊) writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...
Thank you, Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare! 🛫
April 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thank you, Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare! 🛫
With @marthaannetoll.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social last night.
March 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
With @marthaannetoll.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social last night.
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone who’s read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. 💙💙💙
March 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today marks a month since SONG SO WILD AND BLUE has been out in the world. Thanks to everyone who’s read the book, bought copies for friends and family, talked about it to friends and family, and posted reviews online. Sending clear, calm, and light. 💙💙💙
Tonight, DC! @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave, 7PM. We’d love to see you 💙💙
March 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Tonight, DC! @politicsprose.bsky.social Conn Ave, 7PM. We’d love to see you 💙💙
There’s a moon behind it.
March 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There’s a moon behind it.