I do math inspired by string theory. I read a lot, mostly science fiction and history. I write about all these things in various combinations.
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I made an email newsletter for sharing stuff about what I've been writing! Follow the link in the thread for some old-fashioned epistolary connection.
ALT A cat sniffs at a shiny key.
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Saturday October 5th at 3:00pm we'll be launching Ursula Whitcher's NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON! They'll be joined in conversation by A.D. Sui and Suzan Palumbo.
bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events…
@superyarn @TheSuiWay
This is tonight! Come see if I can follow a brioche pattern and explain my book at the same time!
PROSE/CRAFT! Coming up next week online with the @ArgoBookshop.
Come hang with @superyarn & Friends for a panel about the craft of writing and of knitting/crocheting/embroidery/and other forms of making.....there may even be a tiny bit of haberdashery!
argobookshop.ca/events/41299
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Most Attractive Hobbies for Men According to Women:
Manuscript Posting
Permaculture Gardening
Collecting History Monographs
Amateur Paleontology
Camping and Backpacking
Scything
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Check out how gorgeous this book is, y'all.
ALT Copies of North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher lying on a wavy knitted scarf.
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PROSE/CRAFT! Coming up next week online with the @ArgoBookshop.
Come hang with @superyarn & Friends for a panel about the craft of writing and of knitting/crocheting/embroidery/and other forms of making.....there may even be a tiny bit of haberdashery!
argobookshop.ca/events/41299
New story up! Pandemic feelings, teaching in Wisconsin feelings, and the limits of portal fantasy for career advice!
A somewhat psychedelic story about a girl learning who she wants to be... Flannelfeet by Ursula Whitcher, is out now. @superyarn #litjournal #scifi #sff #scififantasy #fantasy #scifiwriters #sciencefiction #bookstagram #fantasybook #bookish #currentlyreading #scifinewsletter
Elliptic curves: not just for cryptography!
"Elliptic Curves Come to Date Night" by Ursula Whitcher is the April Feature Column. She explores the shape of decision-making in a simple cooperative board game, highlighting Portakal and Sturmfels' work in applied geometry.
Read more: ow.ly/aCvl50R7Mjl
ALT April Feature Column
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New Episode! Pesky heroes ruin everything.
#ttrpgcommunity #solottrpg @superyarn #TTRPGs #tabletop
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Check out my essay about spaceships and dumplings!
In a genre like space opera, where characters travel huge distances and visit planets that don’t exist, a sensuous food description can make an entire universe seem more real. Read more at bit.ly/3PiMmHY #scifi #sff #scififantasy #fantasy #scifiwriters #sciencefiction
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For my blog this week, I sat down with my friend @superyarn to discus her super cool new book that's being kickstarted right now.
If you liked Andor, you'll love North Continent Ribbon! buff.ly/4a3M8wk
ALT Book cover North Continent Ribbon with futuristic architecture and lush wilderness
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I just inhaled @superyarn 's story CLOSER THAN YOUR KIDNEYS and am promptly sharing it with EVERYONE ELSE. This is stunning language and imagery and worldbuilding and just... yes, all of it. So glad I got turned onto this (via @deuceofgears).
frivolouscomma.com/fiction/c…
Go. Read.
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The platonic ideal of cheese. Time travel and the rise of fascism. Gendery mechs and capitalist machinery. An arranged marriage + a little death curse. A superhero boyfriend and a hundred footnotes. The destruction of an empire that begs to be destroyed.
kickstarter.com/projects/dav…
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The first cover reveal from the crowdfund is now live over at Yoon Ha Lee/@deuceofgears's newsletter 🖤
Read an interview with Ursula Whitcher/@superyarn about NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON & check out the incredible cover art by @treelet
buttondown.email/deuceofgear…
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These books from @RobotLeBlanc @DomSDickey @ttmaddenwrites @see_starling @SharangBiswas @TheSuiWay & @superyarn are fantastic we promise 📚 💀🐍
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Get the January Analog now with my story “The Handmaiden Alchemist” and a poem by my darling friend mathematician Ursula Whitcher @superyarn
ALT Two copies of a magazine, one open to show a story.
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@superyarn called dibs on house-favorite THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera (@TorDotComPub), "a literary meditation and an exuberant point-of-view game in the best speculative tradition"