VR Hickman
@vrhickman.bsky.social
a book in one hand and, in the other, a great deal of hesitation // she/her
#FlowerReport from today’s trip to the botanical gardens
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
#FlowerReport from today’s trip to the botanical gardens
At the risk of turning this into a Bookforum fan account: woooo, new issue of Bookforum! AND look at all those pansies, which are honestly bringing me back to life
February 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
At the risk of turning this into a Bookforum fan account: woooo, new issue of Bookforum! AND look at all those pansies, which are honestly bringing me back to life
Letterpress greetings from the library
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Letterpress greetings from the library
Varda on the cover of the new Bookforum!
October 31, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Varda on the cover of the new Bookforum!
I don’t want to cause trouble but just look at everything that’s on sale at NYRB this weekend for women in translation month
August 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I don’t want to cause trouble but just look at everything that’s on sale at NYRB this weekend for women in translation month
Happy 100th birthday to James Baldwin, the patron saint of (among many other things) struggling novelists
August 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Happy 100th birthday to James Baldwin, the patron saint of (among many other things) struggling novelists
[somewhere deep in a Teams chat, late Friday afternoon] “Should we look up the Spanish word for love? Gotta be one of these, right?”
“Yeah I mean it definitely still rhymes with either one, might as well use both”
“Yeah I mean it definitely still rhymes with either one, might as well use both”
July 24, 2024 at 10:17 PM
[somewhere deep in a Teams chat, late Friday afternoon] “Should we look up the Spanish word for love? Gotta be one of these, right?”
“Yeah I mean it definitely still rhymes with either one, might as well use both”
“Yeah I mean it definitely still rhymes with either one, might as well use both”
Every writer’s dream is to have the first letter of their novel printed in a font this large (happy Bloomsday)
June 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Every writer’s dream is to have the first letter of their novel printed in a font this large (happy Bloomsday)
Agnès Varda is the Google doodle!
December 13, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Agnès Varda is the Google doodle!
Happy Tape for the Turn of the Year Day to all who celebrate
December 6, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Happy Tape for the Turn of the Year Day to all who celebrate
Mary Oliver: A Mood
October 26, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Mary Oliver: A Mood
This is genius and I am implementing it immediately (from the always helpful @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social)
October 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM
This is genius and I am implementing it immediately (from the always helpful @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social)
What if I withdrew from society for several months and just devoted myself to this
September 6, 2023 at 4:07 PM
What if I withdrew from society for several months and just devoted myself to this
Bookforum has returned and look at this absolutely beautiful table of contents
September 4, 2023 at 7:53 PM
Bookforum has returned and look at this absolutely beautiful table of contents
Friday morning benediction from your hero and mine Anne Carson
August 25, 2023 at 1:11 PM
Friday morning benediction from your hero and mine Anne Carson
Hey hi everybody, here’s the inimitable Celia Paul teaching us how to set boundaries as artists ☠️☠️☠️
August 20, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Hey hi everybody, here’s the inimitable Celia Paul teaching us how to set boundaries as artists ☠️☠️☠️