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Aarik Danielsen

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Debut essay collection PIECES OF THE NIGHT forthcoming (Cornerstone Press, 2027) Recovering newspaperman “Realist of a larger reality” In love w/a Nebraska girl Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather He/him https://aarikdanielsen.com

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“Oh man, when you search ‘waffle house waitress arrested,’ there’s actually kind of a lot”

@hollypelesky.bsky.social

07.03.2026 00:45 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

from the other room I heard her singing California love while she was cooking and there really are no words to express how madly fucking in love I am with this weirdo

06.03.2026 18:13 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

none of this is exaggerated

06.03.2026 03:20 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A restaurant lamp that looks like a breast

A restaurant lamp that looks like a breast

“If you’re gonna make that design choice, buy two. It’s a missed opportunity.”

@hollypelesky.bsky.social

06.03.2026 02:15 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question

05.03.2026 20:31 👍 1234 🔁 220 💬 11 📌 0
Me at Powell’s, photo by Holly

Me at Powell’s, photo by Holly

Upside down pizza place sign

Upside down pizza place sign

A blazers mural

A blazers mural

Free little library sign with scrabble tiles

Free little library sign with scrabble tiles

Portland

05.03.2026 20:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love that

05.03.2026 19:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(because she sits on the same side of the table as me and looks at Edward Hopper art books while we’re eating sushi)

05.03.2026 05:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Holly at Powell’s in Portland holding the Autofocus anthology in which she has an essay

Holly at Powell’s in Portland holding the Autofocus anthology in which she has an essay

“Babe, I’m for sale at Powell’s”

- @hollypelesky.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social

05.03.2026 04:40 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I went to Powell’s and all I got were these 13 books

05.03.2026 04:38 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a group of children are looking at a map Alt: a group of children are looking at a map

I’m in the Goonies’ town so you can’t tell me nothing

04.03.2026 23:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“We’re gonna get high and go to Powells,” she said.

This is my AWP.

04.03.2026 21:46 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

eating a grilled cheese and crab sandwich in Kurt Cobain’s hometown, just like he always sang about

04.03.2026 21:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“I’ve seen 12 different kinds of rain today”

04.03.2026 20:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me and Holly by the pacific in Washington

Me and Holly by the pacific in Washington

Lapping waves

Lapping waves

Curved cloud formations over the ocean

Curved cloud formations over the ocean

ocean babes

04.03.2026 20:06 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was just in Livingston a few days ago! But I drove a dirty Honda Fit, so no (less) worries.

03.03.2026 23:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

i'm art

03.03.2026 22:19 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

omg

03.03.2026 21:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trans rights are human rights. This isn't a tough one.

03.03.2026 21:09 👍 416 🔁 84 💬 2 📌 2

ty love

03.03.2026 20:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(if you get this joke, you were a very specific kinda kid in the late 90s/early 2000s and I was too)

02.03.2026 01:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A road sign for Bremerton, Washington

A road sign for Bremerton, Washington

with apologies to MxPx, I’m only passing through

02.03.2026 01:50 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m in the middle of the woods in the middle of the neighborhood where my girlfriend grew up, which is to say I’m in the middle of sacred ground

01.03.2026 23:22 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Oh fuck I smell a bagel”

01.03.2026 19:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Love it

01.03.2026 06:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mary Oliver and Company

01.03.2026 04:14 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

my partner is good at 1,001 things but tonight I gotta say how goddamn talented she is as a photographer. her vacation pictures on here alone testify.

01.03.2026 03:36 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“I want it that way” (Holly singing along with Backstreet Boys)

01.03.2026 03:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Champagne fending machine in the Seattle grand Hyatt

Champagne fending machine in the Seattle grand Hyatt

*very Vanessa Bayer / Cecily Strong voice*

Luxury …

01.03.2026 02:18 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

*briefly worries my bf is gonna leave me for a diner*

01.03.2026 00:23 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0