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Claire Oleson

@claireoleson

Queer writer | Assistant Editor @kenyonreview.bsky.social | Fiction Fellow at The Center for Fiction | Lit Rep: Eloy Bleifuss Prados at Neon Literary

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AUTOCORRECT TWO: CLAIRE OLESON

Two new poems up in @autocorrectmag.bsky.social πŸ’«

www.autocorrectmag.com/02/oleson.html

09.12.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

21.02.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturation by Claire Oleson I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hand...

I’ve got new fiction up in @fivesouth.bsky.social ; it’s got diving, it’s got threats

fivesouth.net/saturation-b...

31.01.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

winter mornings driving to high school with my dad and listening to the pale king on audio book 17 mins at a time, what on earth were we doing,

26.01.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

watching someone I know and love google 'dave & busters dress code'

18.01.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi do you enjoy book reviews and particularly what they can offer our current landscape if they are able to run long/ become voice-led/ and perhaps investigate more than one title or genre? Do you every write them and would you want to? Maybe DM me.

10.01.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you take the train on new year’s they turn you into a bug

01.01.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My dad is taking over an hour to ask a man about a belt buckle but I have this I guess; merry

26.12.2024 21:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parent feature / rock feature

22.12.2024 16:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this but trad publishing

16.12.2024 15:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.

19.11.2024 15:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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42.2 Claire Oleson Environmentals✧ 2023 Worlds Best Short-Short Story Contest Finalist ✧ Dementia made your dad so easy. He doesn’t hate me anymore, doesn’t yell at you, doesn’t remember the death of your mother well or...

Happy to say that this short-short story "Environmentals" is up with the @southeastreview.bsky.social

www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...

03.12.2024 17:25 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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huge news

28.11.2024 16:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

love baseball

27.11.2024 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

22.11.2024 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Violently 28

21.11.2024 22:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic poet and a prof of mine; I'm so excited for this collection! Preorders make a big difference to presses and authors-- consider checking out his beautiful work.

21.11.2024 15:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Elizabeth

20.11.2024 02:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks high school ex-boyfriend; my Magic the Gathering experience is actually really hitting at parties these days and I’ve ruined the lives of several people with previously good time management.

19.11.2024 21:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to read these submissions! Lucy's own nonfiction work is a triumph of form, content, and voice.

19.11.2024 15:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Would you believe me even if I told you I’m on the train

16.11.2024 22:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The only other picture I have up is stupid on purpose so there should at least be one attempt at stupid on accident

16.11.2024 15:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First paragraph of my story in the Garden Anthology published by Sans Press; very grateful to be in this collection.

15.11.2024 21:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some short fiction up with Joyland;

joylandmagazine.com/fiction/loca...

15.11.2024 20:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scottish moodboard

19.09.2023 13:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The guy next to me waiting at the gate is being super weird and little

30.07.2023 13:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

being here feels like restarting stardew valley, clean, and whispering to oneself (β€œit’s gonna be a good farm this time…”)

24.07.2023 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good post

04.07.2023 01:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello! This is my little chapbook of short stories on gender and paint and flash photography. The pdf is still in circulation from a fantastic independent press.

https://newfound.org/shop/claire-oleson-things-from-the-creek-bed-e-book/

04.07.2023 01:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m like this.

03.07.2023 15:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0