swan huntley, Author at Autostraddle

swan huntley

Swan Huntley’s novels include I Want You More, Getting Clean with Stevie Green, The Goddesses, and We Could Be Beautiful. She’s also the writer/illustrator of the darkly humorous The Bad Mood Book and You’re Grounded: An Anti-Self-Help Book to Calm You the F*ck Down. Swan earned an MFA at Columbia University and has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo. She lives in Los Angeles.

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How To Conquer Your Fears and Get Out of a Creative Rut

“There is a reason you started making art in the first place, and that reason is joy. I suggest you make something purely because you want to make it.”

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Nov 25, 2024

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I’ve Spent a Lot of Time Pretending Not To Know What I Want

“There I was, gay at a gay club, not wanting to be gay, with my best friend / drunken lover who identified as hetero despite her not-that-hetero choices.”

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Jun 13, 2024

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25 Things About Being Chronically Single

“I’m not sure that people who’ve spent most of their lives in relationships receive this same type of ‘Why?'”

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Mar 15, 2024

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The Sociopath Who Loved Me Enough

“As soon as we met Tara and Tony, our lives morphed to make room for them. Instead of drinking Carol’s parents’ liquor on Friday nights, we went to their apartment…

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Aug 27, 2018

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25 Things About Being Chronically Single

25 Things About Being Chronically Single

All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

How To Conquer Your Fears and Get Out of a Creative Rut

I’ve Spent a Lot of Time Pretending Not To Know What I Want

25 Things About Being Chronically Single

The Sociopath Who Loved Me Enough

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