Cara Benson

But what about Ann Richards?

Image of an eastern bluebird

Saw my first Eastern bluebird of the season yesterday! Love is greater than illegal wars and their petty, evil instigators. #birds

(Photo from Birds of Nebraska)

When Life Gave Her Ageism, She Created Oldster

Had the good fortune to talk a bit about Oldster Magazine with Kasia Pilat at The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

Hey that's fantastic, Sari!!!!

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Good work!

Slightly blurry image of me with the caption How to Pitch a Personal Essay w/ Cara Benson. The blurry is not intentional, rather a result of not having good tech game today.

Hey writers! I'm leading an online seminar for Grub Street on April 25. Let's get your words out there - storytelling matters!
grubstreet.org/seminar/how-...
(The image being blurry is not intentional, rather a result of not having good tech game today.) #writers #writing

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

A stack of books titled AN ARMSULL OF BIRDS: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment by Cara Benson (me!) on a counter with a handsome ginger cat briefly considering them.

Advance readers copies hot off the press! Murphy ultimately preferred the box they came in, but paused briefly to consider the loot. #books #cats

I have a crush on Sam Darnold.

It does not, however, make some folks climate experts. I spent way too long explaining how this arctic blast is actually A RESULT of overall global warming.

Fuck.

I can't.

I can't look. Break it to me gently.

volume up when you call

Please urge your House Rep to vote NO! #wolves #wolf #endangeredspecies

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Hey US friends - in addition to calling your senators to tell them to abolish ICE, it’s also a great day to tell them to vote NO on HJ Resolution 140 that would strip environmental protections from public lands surrounding Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121

Kristi Noem and her department’s latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately.

Hi, authoritarianism scholar here! To answer your question, no, these are terrible choices to make if one wanted to consolidate an authoritarian regime. In fact, I'd go so far as to say these choices are based on the flawed logic that enough repression will cause people to give up and stop... (1/n)

Good to know!

I'm a hugeDenis Johnson fan -- poems and fiction

Congrats!

Eileen Myles once said to write as if you're writing to someone who adores you and is really interested in what you have to say. That seems like a beautiful convergence of approaches.

Picture of a computer with the document for my book An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment on screen.

Proofreading begins. It may still be getting tweaked, but you can pre-order it now! In fact, pre-pub purchases are helpful. You can go to my website or bookshop dot org to find it. An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. #booksky #birds #mentalhealth #recovery

ICE slipping on ice

🙂

From your lips to the voting booth, may it become so.

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