Writer. Substack: Rethinking....(Almost) Everything. Novel: WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, coming in May. Four books of poetry, two non-fiction. Other things. https://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lztexlcrqk2shttps://burchb.substack.com/p/in-the-forest-and-the-trees27 Sep 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztexlcrqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lugg5yqkw22dJoin me and the amazing Frances Dinkelspiel at A Great Good Place for Books: 6120 La Salle AVE, Oakland on July 31st at 7pm20 Jul 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugg5yqkw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3ltihydtchk2hI'll be reading from WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW again at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland on July 31st at 7pm. 6120 La Salle Ave. The wonderful Frances Dinkelspiel will join me for a discussion of books and writing. Come talk with us!08 Jul 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltihydtchk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3ltbewevxqs2bhttps://substack.com/home/post/p-167561843?source=queue06 Jul 2025 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltbewevxqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lszmd4hmwk2vOn the Recommended Reads list at BooksbyWomen: https://booksbywomen.org/recommended-reads/03 Jul 2025 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lszmd4hmwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lss3hjpuxk2pThank you, Nina Schuyler, for your brilliant Q&A with me at Book Passage yesterday. Such a great audience!30 Jun 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lss3hjpuxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lseq6wn2f22vI'll be reading and talking about books and writing with Nina Schuyler this Saturday, June 28, at Book Passage in Corte Madera. Join us!24 Jun 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lseq6wn2f22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lsemsu5wsc2tWhen ancestors are a problem. https://burchb.substack.com/p/messy-ancestors24 Jun 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsemsu5wsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lrz4kskwns2pLaunching this book on Saturday, June 28. 1pm at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA and talking books with the best, Nina Schuyler. If you're around, join us!20 Jun 2025 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrz4kskwns2phttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lrghqfquw22kWe need to sustain and inspire ourselves through what looks like a long resistance. Latest Substack: how people do that. Sing, dance, be together. https://substack.com/home/post/p-161744007?source=queue12 Jun 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrghqfquw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lpabkrrqn222A book with a playlist. What You Don't Know comes out next week. Meanwhile here's a pre-taste. Have a listen: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6elo5gudYrSJEhh7cDD6vu?si=De8DVCyvT3-iBvCSVLQhAQ15 May 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpabkrrqn222https://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lor2bcgxq22sAre we haunted now? https://burchb.substack.com/p/ghost-stories09 May 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lor2bcgxq22shttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lo2ibmbf6k2dI've been thinking about "double consciousness" lately. My latest substack explores this in life and literature. How fragile is the white ego? Whiteness is so hard to talk about now. https://substack.com/home/post/p-158668372?source=queue30 Apr 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2ibmbf6k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lmzl7dkc2s2zRadical change, making a 180° turn, upending your life: sometimes it's necessary. Thinking about this on Substack. burchb.substack.com/p/u-turning https://burchb.substack.com/p/u-turning17 Apr 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzl7dkc2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lmd2ry67l22rNew Substack: what is a sin-eater and what does it have to do with Elizabeth Strout or this administration? Also Sigrid Nunez and the necessity of listening. https://burchb.substack.com/p/tell-me-a-story08 Apr 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmd2ry67l22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3llmiz6w7lk22Maybe everyone passes. burchb.substack.com/p/passing https://burchb.substack.com/p/passing30 Mar 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmiz6w7lk22https://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lkwqofftfc2sAPRIL 5! That's the date and don't be late. National protest. Hands Off. Check Indivisible.org to find what's local or even better get yourself to DC. https://Indivisible.org22 Mar 2025 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwqofftfc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lktexmfjp22fLiterature, nature, politics, Richard Powers's novels and Nina Schuyler's linked stories. Art assemblage mines the connections between things. Substack does the same. www. burch.substack.com20 Mar 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktexmfjp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lk57dfxvi22aAnd WHEN does the soul arrive? Depends on whether you're a theologian, a poet, or Walt Disney https://substack.com/home/post/p-157918789?source=queue11 Mar 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk57dfxvi22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3ljl6mkr6d22jNew Substack posted today: literary antidotes to the current evils. https://substack.com/home/post/p-156752458?source=queue04 Mar 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljl6mkr6d22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3livbglgj5k2tIt’s that sinking feeling in the gut, the thud in the heart, and the mind saying No, no. burchb.substack.com/p/moral-injury https://burchb.substack.com/p/moral-injury24 Feb 2025 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3livbglgj5k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3li5qzmdeb22dMy last Substack takes apart coded color words for races. https://substack.com/home/post/p-152684808?source=queue14 Feb 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5qzmdeb22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lhs3mrxa3k2wThe wilderness we are in now, women. https://burchb.substack.com/p/women-in-the-wild10 Feb 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhs3mrxa3k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lhfb3smprc2yFeel like we're wandering in the wilderness now? Women have often done so. https://open.substack.com/pub/burchb/p/women-in-the-wild?r=yz2ls&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true04 Feb 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfb3smprc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lhaa4moruk2502 Feb 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhaa4moruk25https://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lgu6hjjvns2wLying and stealing, DT's primary skill set, the suggestively shitty roots of the word "fascism," and the resistance to Orban in Hungary, that's where this Substack post goes. burchb.substack.com https://burchb.substack.com29 Jan 2025 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgu6hjjvns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lgt5t3bbec2tI've posted a new Substack piece on lying and the need for counter-narratives called The Big Lie. This would be my counter-narrative. https://open.substack.com/pub/burchb/p/the-big-lie?r=yz2ls&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Jan 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt5t3bbec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lg4jo3c5gc22Latest Substack is a broad view on aging. https://open.substack.com/pub/burchb/p/the-gilded-age?r=yz2ls&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true19 Jan 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4jo3c5gc22https://bsky.app/profile/beverlyb.bsky.social/post/3lfzvjjpelc2xFavorite tree on my favorite walk with my favorite wife.18 Jan 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:wam2luhpupupoadpmqfrbm4v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfzvjjpelc2x