I’m Erika, a writer who thinks about pop culture, feminism, class, and sometimes the end of the world. You know, fun stuff. I write creative nonfiction, do various kinds of journalism, and teach.

Clumsy Thoughts is a newsletter where I share short, poorly edited notes about on culture, writing and life. It’s an experiment I began in the spirit of sharing work more freely—more about that in Issue 1 :

Welcome, Since this is the first issue, I thought I’d start with some thoughts about sharing writing and the reasoning behind this project. For most of my career, my writing has been bound by publication guidelines. Part of this had to do with economics. While other folks wrote blogs or submitted to literary journals, I chose journalism early on because i…

2 years ago · Erika Thorkelson

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Erika Thorkelson

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Writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, freelance journalist and writing instructor living in Vancouver, Canada.