Sara Gelston Somers

author of ODETTE (New Michigan Press, '16), NEA fellow, former FAWCer, longtime occupier of storage units.

[Alyssa Knickerbocker @alyssaknix]

"All the tired horses in the sun / How am I supposed to get any writing* done"

Loved this essay about writing, motherhood, and the often overwhelming experience of SOUND in parenting, by @saragelston

(* typo intentional)

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

@thefutureisnoun @The_Rumpus Thank you for this and for reading.

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

I wrote about motherhood, the composer John Cage, and my lifelong aversion to noise over at The Rumpus. Many thanks to editors Marisa Siegal and Darcy Jay Gagnon, and for original artwork by Ciera Dudley.
https://t.co/Sr4NEj3ixO

[Paul Haney @PaulHaney]

"To listen to the song is to not know exactly what’s being asked. Riding or writing? The words are nearly indistinguishable." Thanks for keeping the tradition of @The_Rumpus essays with Dylan themes / titles! Also a beautiful meditation on sound itself.

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

@nh_russ @The_Rumpus Thank you!

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

@darcyjaygagnon Such a pleasure to work with you on this, Darcy. Music nerds unite.

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

@darcyjaygagnon It really is the best bad album ever

[Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon]

Also @saragelston look what you made me do.

[Darcy Jay Gagnon @darcyjaygagnon]

Loved getting to work with @saragelston on this essay, who's style I greatly admire and is so utterly cool. Check this out fellow music nerds.

[Domenick Ammirati @dammirati]

An essay about finance, ontology, and death in the form of a love letter to Taylor Swift

[Paul J. Pastor @pauljpastor]

Everyone wants to become Wendell Berry, but no one wants to slop the hogs.

[Sara Gelston Somers @saragelston]

@Laura_Adamczyk @FSGOriginals ahhhhhhhh yes!

[Moshe Kasher @moshekasher]

If you have ever used the word “content” to describe something creative you’re doing you should be forced to retire from the arts and work in a gypsum factory for the rest of time.

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

If you feel like you need an AR-15 you are not mentally fit to own an AR-15.