Ann Guy

Writer. Number cruncher. Night owl. Prose/poetry: @craftliterary @sweetliterary @riverteeth @muthamagazine @literarymama @ekphrasticrev @entropymag.

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

Today, I’m fortunate to have a piece up on CRAFT about writing and parenting, and the ways they push and pull against each other. My deep gratitude to the CRAFT editors, my writing groups, and the parent writers who inspire and show me the way.

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

New #criticalessay:

"Now, as a writer, reader, and mother of young kids, I continue to search for connection with others like me—and unlike me—through words."

—@annsy0, "Mother-Writers Are Writers"

https://t.co/1e3nWHzL1l

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@MichelleSincla3 @CraftLiterary Thank you for reading and for your kind words! So appreciate it.

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@Shelbyhinte Aw, thanks Shelby! You do the same for me!!

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

Today, I’m fortunate to have a piece up on CRAFT about writing and parenting, and the ways they push and pull against each other. My deep gratitude to the CRAFT editors, my writing groups, and the parent writers who inspire and show me the way.

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

New #criticalessay:

"Now, as a writer, reader, and mother of young kids, I continue to search for connection with others like me—and unlike me—through words."

—@annsy0, "Mother-Writers Are Writers"

https://t.co/1e3nWHzL1l

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@CraftLiterary Thank you to the CRAFT dream team! Grateful for the opportunity to work with you.

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

So enjoyed speaking with @kellymcmasters2 about her new memoir in essays, The Leaving Season (Norton, May 2023). She offers so much wisdom about her creative choices as a writer, woman, and mother in this interview. Grateful to @MuthaMagazine for sharing it with the world!

[Mutha Magazine @MuthaMagazine]

"If work is going well, I have no personal life. If mothering is going well, my work is suffering."

https://t.co/JS45QZEHAJ

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

This one, you guys. A renewed world threaded with grief.

[River Teeth @riverteeth]

“I want to tell Allie that the trout lilies are up. That wood frogs are chuckling where the marsh marigolds shove their leaves through the mud.”

-from “Trout Lilies,” this week's Beautiful Things essay.

Read the rest: https://t.co/NEMyNgxymC

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

The end of this one left me on the shore of a strange, yet familiar land.

[River Teeth @riverteeth]

“Slim chance the surgeon gives, but like a tiny bird, I look for crumbs. Nurses flit in, check the PICC line, IV tubing. My mother’s a sleeping marionette, strings at rest.”

-from "Breadcrumbs," this week's Beautiful Things essay.

Read the rest: https://t.co/WLQXND8W0E

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@mayleechai So’s the city on this side of the Bay!

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@Shelbyhinte You’re watching the Superbowl and I’m putting together a Lego model of King Tut’s tomb with my kid and marveling at the short line at Fenton’s.

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

What a pleasure to spend time with this author. Come, take a walk with us along the Pacific on this winter’s day. Listen to Toni’s voice. And then curl up with her book for more of the same.

[Terrain.org @Terrainorg]

"Falling into memory, while still in the present moment, can be a great dive," says Toni Mirosevich, author of Spell Heaven, in this lovely interview with Ann Guy. https://t.co/SLyMDoMMyt

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

I’ve benefited from the wise and always on-point editorial help from @Shelbyhinte for years. So pleased that her gifts will now be shared with the rest of the writing world at @WriteorDieTribe!

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

Remember that scene from A Few Good Men where Colonel Jessup tries and tries to avoid admitting anything, then finally bursts out with it because deep down he never regretted any of it? I can taste it now.

[The Associated Press @AP]

The Jan. 6 panel ended its 10th session with a vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump for testimony.

"We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion," Cheney said. https://t.co/8uciTugoBB

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@kahunteroma Aw, thanks Katie!

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

Thrilled to announce that my flash creative nonfiction piece about reaching for lightness is up today in @SweetLiterary, a magazine that publishes delicious morsels that I’ve been reading for years. Enjoy! https://t.co/mVkbcP6M7K

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

As someone who has seen this lady perform, I can say that when it comes to karaoke, she knows what she’s talking about. So glad you could share Lauren with the world, @kahunteroma. Congratulations.

[Katie Hunter @kahunteroma]

Thank you 🙏 @herstry for giving my essay on friendship, grief, and karaoke a home. https://t.co/kOW4zgtFhm

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

Thank you, @MuthaMagazine — honored to appear in your journal!

[Mutha Magazine @MuthaMagazine]

"Once upon a time, I dumped hand-me-downs from paper bags directly into her dresser drawers. She didn’t care much how they looked as long as they fit." On tweens, memory, and clothes by @annsy0 https://t.co/LJv039vehM

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@Shelbyhinte @MuthaMagazine 🙏🥰

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

It’s shorts weather in California! My new flash essay, “Cutoffs,” is up today on @MuthaMagazine. Honored to have my words in this journal that considers motherhood from unusual and unapologetic angles. https://t.co/giLAuAQEjT

[Ann Guy @annsy0]

@kahunteroma Seriously. And it will get the award for most boring reality TV show, because the last time I got excited to watch someone sit at a computer typing for 12 hours a day was never.