Dr. Emily Friedman
Storyteller about storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
Associate Professor of English
Words at Polygon (RIP), LA Review of Books, more. Next book: HOW STORIES ARE PLAYED (on #TTRPG Actual Play & digital storytelling performance)
www.ecfriedman.com
- *looks around at a string of memes emerging from this post* I dunno, man. I just play with nightmare AU versions of myself, generally.
- @dimension20.bsky.social MSG show & latest @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social dropped back-to-back Much is said of what Mulligan can do w/D&D, from tight live show to sweeping spectacle. But I take away appreciation for the meticulous, often-unseen craft of pre- & postproduction that bouys his work.
- If anyone's curious, my 18C Novel Course will be reading: Haywood, FANTOMINA (1725) Fielding, THE GOVERNESS (1749) Burney, EVELINA (1778) Austen, EMMA (1816) Anonymous, THE WOMAN OF COLOUR With @rebeccaromney.com JANE AUSTEN'S BOOKSHELF as guide to an additional novel adoption.
- One of the weirdest side effects of my job and of iPhone facial recognition is searching for a friend & the earliest image is from long before you met.
- Last ice dye — today’s rain helps keep the temperature down, & I really need to get dye off my hands before I travel. But my godson’s shirt needed another hit of dye before that packet gets sent off, & I added a scarf for myself. The other bin is an experiment in shibori-inspired tying.
- I want a world in which everyone feels as safe & secure & celebrated & loved as I do. I want that, perhaps impossibly, especially for my mother, who was hell-bent on ensuring her children — & all children — did not grow up with the deprivation she did.
