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On being the best

at gymnastics, at writing, at being
Jun 2•Corey Ann Haydu

May 2026

The Tower Show

and just being the artist I am
May 7•Corey Ann Haydu

April 2026

The Sweetest Time

On publishing and promoting a book in my 40s; and an ode to friendship yet again
Apr 15•Corey Ann Haydu

March 2026

In Defense of, and with Great Admiration for, Lindy West

Entering The Discourse by Rejecting The Discourse
Mar 29•Corey Ann Haydu

Friends as Keepers of Memory

and that clay we made beads with
Mar 9•Corey Ann Haydu

February 2026

My High School's Lit Journal, My College's Fiction Classes, and Other Rejections I'm Still Working Through

Things are impossibly bleak, I don’t have words to offer that haven’t already been said.
Feb 6•Corey Ann Haydu

January 2026

Non Fiction Vs. Fiction

or maybe they're the same thing.
Jan 6•Corey Ann Haydu

December 2025

A Poetry Challenge and a Year End Summary of Sorts

Plus a lot of preordering asks. :)
Dec 3, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

September 2025

Arthur, Coney Island, The Lion King, and My Two Daughters

an exploration of how to build a story that is true
Sep 23, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

August 2025

A very exciting MOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS cover reveal!

and a little reflection on the moment that started it all
Aug 13, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

July 2025

Houses We Don't Live in Anymore

and books we can't write again
Jul 23, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

May 2025

Imaginary Friends

and facts about dolphins or whatever
May 14, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

March 2025

Being Good at Being

I went to college for acting, a fact that now has the faraway quality of other things about me that used to be true— that a high school boyfriend wrote…
Mar 26, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

January 2025

Snow Day

a quick poem before the day takes hold
Jan 20, 2025•Corey Ann Haydu

December 2024

No Draws

This is not a poetry substack, after all, and yet it's all poetry, isn't it?
Dec 11, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

November 2024

Not a Poetry Substack

except right now I can only write poetry
Nov 18, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

11/10/24

read a poem, take some action.
Nov 11, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

11.7.24

This is not a poetry substack now or maybe it is I don't know.
Nov 7, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

October 2024

Writing election poetry to stop doom scrolling

10/29/24 The thing about our anniversary is it is also the anniversary of the week before our hearts broke watching results come in on our honeymoon in…
Oct 29, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

September 2024

The Right Pace to Walk Through The Met

And letting other rhythms become your own
Sep 20, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

July 2024

Broken Link! Pants!

I was informed that the very important link to the only pants I don’t hate was broken!!!
Jul 3, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

Always Revising for Hope

in parenting, in writing, in life these days
Jul 2, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

April 2024

The Unlikeliest Extrovert

or returning to the kid I was before all the rest
Apr 19, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu

February 2024

Scaffolding

And what's underneath
Feb 28, 2024•Corey Ann Haydu