# Books and Bangs

A little space to untangle the complications of writing, creating, mom-ing, and the search for joy

By Corey Ann Haydu

· Launched 5 years ago

# [Books and Bangs](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/)

[On being the best](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/on-being-the-best)

[at gymnastics, at writing, at being](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/on-being-the-best)

Jun 2•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[The Tower Show](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/the-tower-show)

[and just being the artist I am](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/the-tower-show)

May 7•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[The Sweetest Time](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/the-sweetest-time)

[On publishing and promoting a book in my 40s; and an ode to friendship yet again](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/the-sweetest-time)

Apr 15•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

Most Popular

[My High School's Lit Journal, My College's Fiction Classes, and Other Rejections I'm Still Working Through](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/my-high-schools-lit-journal-my-colleges)

Feb 6•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[Routines: Drinking, Eating, Parenting, Writing](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/routines-drinking-eating-parentingwriting)

Mar 16, 2022•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[Friends as Keepers of Memory](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/friends-as-keepers-of-memory)

Mar 9•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[Arthur, Coney Island, The Lion King, and My Two Daughters](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/arthur-coney-island-the-lion-king)

Sep 23, 2025•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[In Defense of, and with Great Admiration for, Lindy West](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-and-with-great-admiration)

Mar 29•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

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[Things are impossibly bleak, I don’t have words to offer that haven’t already been said.](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/my-high-schools-lit-journal-my-colleges)

Feb 6•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[Non Fiction Vs. Fiction](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/non-fiction-vs-fiction)

[or maybe they're the same thing.](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/non-fiction-vs-fiction)

Jan 6•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[A Poetry Challenge and a Year End Summary of Sorts](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/a-poetry-challenge-and-a-year-end)

[Plus a lot of preordering asks. :)](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/a-poetry-challenge-and-a-year-end)

Dec 3, 2025•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)

[A very exciting MOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS cover reveal!](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/a-very-exciting-mothers-and-other)

[and a little reflection on the moment that started it all](https://coreyannhaydu.substack.com/p/a-very-exciting-mothers-and-other)

Aug 13, 2025•[Corey Ann Haydu](https://substack.com/@coreyannhaydu)