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Forging Creative Community in a Burning World

Wishing you a peaceful Spring Equinox. Join me this weekend at the Hi-Dez Lo-Fi Lit Fest!

Mar 19 • Eleanor Whitney

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February 2026

A Rebuild Year

A hi-desert writers meet up and a queer feminist reading in Baltimore during AWP!

Feb 26 • Eleanor Whitney

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January 2026

A Dubious Time

Fragments for the New Year: Community, anxiety, and creating space for creativity.

Jan 14 • Eleanor Whitney

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December 2025

Surviving a Death Card Year

On reluctant reinvention.

Dec 30, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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September 2025

Keep on Swimming

A time to roam and a time to focus and a new EP from Skirting, “Wants and Needs”

Sep 22, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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August 2025

On giving yourself permission

A book marketing workshop this weekend and my DIY residency in Paris.

Aug 6, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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May 2025

I thought I was the roadrunner, but I’m actually the coyote

How a sudden layoff is making me re-examine my relationship to work, two excellent craft books, and an upcoming reading and workshop.

May 31, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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April 2025

Conversations with my 22-year-old inner anarchist

Perfectionism, possibility, facing my inner-critic and fighting despair in the face of fear and uncertainty.

Apr 19, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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March 2025

March forth!

Taking action that can bring us hope.

Mar 4, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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January 2025

Reflections from a world on fire

An article on loss and recovery in Architectural Digest and finding moments of joy and creation during dark days.

Jan 31, 2025 • Eleanor Whitney

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December 2024

We have the communities we build, the attention we show, and the care that we give

Reflections a year of publishing rejections (and success) and the enduring power of community and creative expression.

Dec 13, 2024 • Eleanor Whitney

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November 2024

On the Sacrificial and the Sublime

One year in the desert and a new essay that peeks into our nuclear past (and future?).

Nov 1, 2024 • Eleanor Whitney

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