oh my GOD landlordesses I am SORRY

Tiny poem in the lickety~split today! ✨

The idea that non famous people are supposed to follow fewer people than follow them is so perverse. Like I’m supposed to unfollow two people from high school every time I want to follow a raccoon account?

I wrote a pink book about a three-legged dog, Lady Gaga, Reality Winner, Satan, selfies and the way surveillance changes the way we talk to ourselves. 🧵

Every time I see a raccoon on the street (often) I want her to stay still so I can admire her. But then one actually did and I was like this freak has rabies I think

me every time I have run into a student at the student gym over the past three years and it’s kind of weird : there was literally no way to predict this

iowa city weather is truly never nicer than when it’s on the cusp of tornado

The worst part of moving is when you have to manually pick up all of your dimes

Kate Branca Elda María Román The Rumpus Reader Sienna Zeilinger: "The Muralist" by ilana. "How do you separate the desire to make art from the desire to be seen?" I love this essay for its equally relentless honesty whether its speaker is looking outward or inward The Rumpus #RumpusEssays therumpus.net/2023/02/14/the…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—this essay by ilana rules

my friend Ivan Flores in Mend Journal surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewconten…

“To think that the only kind of protagonist young girls may get is an author self-insert designed to be better than everyone” - !!! at my genius former student Alyvia Weigel in Cleveland Review of Books

"Joey would jump off a bridge if I asked her to. I know because I did once. I just asked her." —erin sherry, Flat Earth Read more: mastersreview.com/new-voices/fla…

thanks The Boiler !! 🦶💖👯‍♀️ theboilerjournal.com/2022/10/25/ila…

Meet our next writer Ilana Bean (ilana from Dublin UNESCO who is in residence with Melbourne Connect! Read Ilana's letter on our Facebook: facebook.com/MelbourneUNESC…

"In many ways, Hume's book is about the urge to look away from the brutalities and misogyny woven into daily American life. It’s also about what happens when we stop averting our eyes and look plainly." ilana on Christine Hume The Ohio State University Press clereviewofbooks.com/writing/christ…

A fascinating essay on how medical illustration supports our understanding of the human body by one of our Virtual Writers in Residence for 2023 ilana, who was hosted by Melbourne Connect ... melbconnect.com.au/discovery/arti…

Yes!!! It’s here!!