Neile Graham

word tangler, writer wrangler \ UW Built Environments admin/adviser \ former Clarion West workshop director \ she/her

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

I’m Neile_says over at the blue place. I don’t post much there either, but I’d be happy to see you there as I won’t be checking in here.

Thanks for the old good times.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@taylor_dallas Stereolab!!! Longtime fans here at ours. For me it was The Moon Seven Times and it was at least 20 years ago (t-shirts disappeared from my wardrobe around then)

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@stephanieburgis My preorder arrived!

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@thievingmag Wow, what a lovely endorsement! Thank you, @thievingmag, for including my work on your tricksy and delightful site!

[the Thieving Magpie @thievingmag]

The poetry of Seattle writer Neile Graham @Neile_says, soft as rain, powerful as clouds, perfect for Fall reading. https://t.co/1RI5bKE7mk
#thievingmagpie #literarymischief #poetry #fiction #art #essays #photography #fallishere🍁 #seattlepoets

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@HollyWadeMatter Yes. Apparently it was truly alarming.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@HollyWadeMatter Students in our historic preservation program studied it before it went & reported that it was in scary bad shape. So sad to lose it, but you're right: at least there's still part of it.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@smallbeerpress Well, damn! So sorry to hear this. Sending you all the healing thoughts.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

Hey, I'm participating in the Clarion West Write-a-thon once again. Sponsors will get poems (ha! whether they want them or not) and hear about progress on my novel. Summer is here! https://t.co/zzTzOlIVMH

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@JaeSteinbacher @fandsf Look at that! Congratulations, Jae!

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@EllenKushner I love this book so much (though I have the U.S. edition).

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@sicarrol My very Canadian mother made meatloaf when I was a kid. She was was born and grew up in Winnipeg then moved farther west in Canada. I think it might just be a ground-beef-era thing rather than an American thing. I occasionally make it with ground turkey.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@Kris10Callihan I love this story both as a reader and a writer. It's beautifully constructed. I have read it multiple times switching reader/writer hats and admiring it both ways. So delighted to have it in my ears today on an especially tough day.

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

Wow, what a great poem. A powerful, speaking meld of the personal and political. Damn. https://t.co/r0THfoGEV8

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

Wow, I can speak to this. Causing that disappointment was the most painful part of the job when I was was doing that. There's so much talent and promise out there. Your talent and promise. And this no does NOT mean you're not a writer or won't have a great career.

[Clarion West Writers Workshop @ClarionWest]

Okay. Workshop staff speaking here--We know many folks are disappointed by the rejection emails that went out today. We want to talk a little about how hard this process was… (So hard we were two weeks later than usual in sending out the news!) 🧵

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@iamboogie Yeah, here too. Death + cancer treatments in extended family, collapsed drain that will have to be replac$$ed, on it goes, including having to listen to my own whining

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@redscribe Felicitations! 🎂🎉❤️

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@iannmcdonald @EnidMargaretCro Oh, Ian! I am so so sorry to hear this. Thinking of you and sending lots of love

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@nanankweti just got a terrific review of her new short story collection, Walking on Cowrie Shells, at The New York Times. Woot! https://t.co/QNdascgKpA

[Neile Graham @Neile_says]

@JaeSteinbacher @ClarionWest Congrats to them, to you, and all involved!!