Vivian Blaxell
@vivianblaxell.bsky.social
I write stuff. I teach anything they are willing to pay me to teach. I travel. I love the cat. You can find links to some of my work at vivianblaxell.com or search apjjf.org
Could live to 21, the vet said, and I said, I’ve already done that, and the vet said, Now it’s the cat’s turn.
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Could live to 21, the vet said, and I said, I’ve already done that, and the vet said, Now it’s the cat’s turn.
08.06.1945, 08:15
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
08.06.1945, 08:15
Jules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Jules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Memories I don't want: Waiting in a line in the parking lot of a mall for a Covid test. July 11, 2020.
July 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Memories I don't want: Waiting in a line in the parking lot of a mall for a Covid test. July 11, 2020.
How to write a novel about Alexander von Humboldt.
July 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
How to write a novel about Alexander von Humboldt.
I need simple questions and a new neck. Bangkok calling.
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I need simple questions and a new neck. Bangkok calling.
Tonight is the night. World First: I am going to read from the shit chapter but I’ve got to do more practice on all the bam bam bam bam bambam bam bambam BAM bbbbbam bam bambams first.
July 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Tonight is the night. World First: I am going to read from the shit chapter but I’ve got to do more practice on all the bam bam bam bam bambam bam bambam BAM bbbbbam bam bambams first.
See how skilled Banu Mushtaq is: belief, philosophy, feeling, and action in one short paragraph. Too bad about the adverbs in the translation and too bad that anger is not haram to me.
June 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
See how skilled Banu Mushtaq is: belief, philosophy, feeling, and action in one short paragraph. Too bad about the adverbs in the translation and too bad that anger is not haram to me.
The big Naarm aka Melbourne launch. Be there or be square. Only straights miss the date. Etcetera.
June 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The big Naarm aka Melbourne launch. Be there or be square. Only straights miss the date. Etcetera.
I read these stories in Japanese (laboriously) a while ago. They are uncanny and really good. I think Ginny’s translation might be a bit too loyal but the stories are still uncanny and really good in English.
June 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I read these stories in Japanese (laboriously) a while ago. They are uncanny and really good. I think Ginny’s translation might be a bit too loyal but the stories are still uncanny and really good in English.
Where I want to be.
June 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Where I want to be.
One mistake like Mesopotamia and steel and a book is dead to me.
May 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
One mistake like Mesopotamia and steel and a book is dead to me.
Darling, there was no shame to leave behind. I’ve been shameless forever.
May 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Darling, there was no shame to leave behind. I’ve been shameless forever.
I’m texturizing a story about some shallow expatriate going to a Japanese funeral so, to add to my memories, I rewatched Osōshiki (The Funeral) Itami Jūzō, 1984. It is very good.
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m texturizing a story about some shallow expatriate going to a Japanese funeral so, to add to my memories, I rewatched Osōshiki (The Funeral) Itami Jūzō, 1984. It is very good.
You have no idea of how it feels when someone reads this book and likes it.
May 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
You have no idea of how it feels when someone reads this book and likes it.
A little Negroni before dinner after reading at Johns Hopkins University. Tomorrow at Red Emma’s! Be there or be square.
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A little Negroni before dinner after reading at Johns Hopkins University. Tomorrow at Red Emma’s! Be there or be square.