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Joyce Thompson

Joyce Thompson

Heron: A Love Story

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May 5, 2023

Heron: A Love Story

May 5, 2023

Joyce Thompson

Survival by Fiction: the novel versus the novel corona virus

Welcome to climate Armageddon. I’ve moved downstairs to write because we just had a 3.46 earthquake, the 12th this week and the first one…

Sep 6, 2020

Survival by Fiction: the novel versus the novel corona virus

Sep 6, 2020

Joyce Thompson

Here in Oakland

Here in the flats No-sound sounds apocalyptic. The sky’s bone white Air color’s the gift of the smoke of many fires, a reactionary force…

Aug 21, 2020

Here in Oakland

Aug 21, 2020

Joyce Thompson

Dialog: Talking Heads on Bodies Made of Words

In memoir as in fiction, dialog is more eau de speech than it is transcript, a distilled approximation of the real thing.

Jul 16, 2020

Jul 16, 2020

Joyce Thompson

How America Got This Way: David Talbot Shines Light into the Heart of Darkness

While you’re locked down by a virus with no respect for national borders, under the thumb of a president with little respect for human…

Apr 17, 2020

How America Got This Way: David Talbot Shines Light into the Heart of Darkness

Apr 17, 2020

Joyce Thompson

Said the Birds

Morning birds singing as they have not for 20 years. The virus came and said, Thou motherfuckers shalt stop trashing the planet. We all…

Apr 11, 2020

Said the Birds

Apr 11, 2020

Joyce Thompson

Donuts

Sure, I can see the advantages of staying neutral in the face of human suffering, I just can’t do it. Every time I try to build up a good…

Mar 27, 2020

Donuts

Mar 27, 2020

Joyce Thompson

The Recovered Self: A Hero(ine)’s Journey

The genres we humans practice are less silos than strands, at least in the hands of skilled weavers. Case in point is veteran novelist Ann…

Jan 13, 2020

The Recovered Self: A Hero(ine)’s Journey

Jan 13, 2020

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Fiction-Writing as Trance Possession: Conscience Place and Story Mind

In a conversation with my son this week, the term “neurological diversity” arose. It entered the room courtesy of Greta Thornburg in…

Nov 28, 2019

Fiction-Writing as Trance Possession: Conscience Place and Story Mind

Nov 28, 2019

Joyce Thompson

How a One-Term Warren Presidency Can Save America

First, let’s talk about the inherent value of a one-term presidency. Twenty-two of our presidents served a single term or less. Fourteen…

Sep 16, 2019

How a One-Term Warren Presidency Can Save America

Sep 16, 2019

Joyce Thompson

Joyce Thompson

6 novels, 2 collections of short stories and a memoir published— plus 20 years as a technology marketer. Radically impious.

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