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colehersey https://colehersey.com colehersey Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:39:46 +0000 https://colehersey.com en BigLittleThings https://colehersey.com/BigLittleThings Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:39:46 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/BigLittleThings Big Little Things click here for newsletter ENTER ︎ About https://colehersey.com/About Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:18:22 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/About <img width="2079" height="2048" width_o="2079" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd9b0927fa52a421590bfd1f06d7628558845957da6b3e090edcfa90f28af6f0/cole_author_photo.jpg" data-mid="101095181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd9b0927fa52a421590bfd1f06d7628558845957da6b3e090edcfa90f28af6f0/cole_author_photo.jpg" />“Cole Hersey is the real thing, a beautiful and observant writer on his way up. His writing is clear and evocative, visual and touching, with just a bit of edge, and a lot of soul.”// Anne Lamott My name is Cole Hersey (he/him). I am a writer, journalist, and an illustrator based in Oakland, California. Much of my current work focuses on environmental and ecological issues, along with a growing work in art reviews. I have written feature pieces for Wales Arts Review, North Bay Bohemian, Bay Nature, Earth Island Journal, Dispatches, and elsewhere. I have edited for publications such as Poetry Flash, West Marin Review, Quiet Lightning, and Earth Island Journal. My fiction and poetry have appeared in literary magazines across the country and abroad, such as, Short Beasts, 7x7.la, and Parenthesis. My illustrations have been shown throughout California, in spaces such as Bartavelle Coffee and Wine Bar,  Gospel Flats Farmstand in Bolinas, California, and NIAD Art Center. For an example of my web design work, feel free to visit the portfolio of Peter Munselle here.  I am currently finishing work on my first novel, This Heat.For commissions, writing projects, inquiries, or just to say hey, please email me here. ︎HOMEPAGE︎ Untitled Page https://colehersey.com/Untitled-Page-2 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:35:54 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Untitled-Page-2 ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ some  projects ︎ Peter Munselle Website ︎ Rose Broom ︎ Come Sit Enjoy ︎ South Beach Writing https://colehersey.com/Writing-1 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:37:17 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Writing-1 NON-FICTION ///  Find “Meet the Locals” Column HereBAY AREA CURRENT Oakland, CAApril 7, 2026 | “Tenants Win At The Vulcan Lofts” OAKLAND REVIEW OF BOOKSOakland, CAApril 1, 2025 | “There’s a Monster In Lake Merritt” SF REVIEW OF WHATEVER San Francisco, CAFebruary, 2026 | “Book Review: Thomas Merton, and Jenny Erpenbeck” BAY AREA CURRENT Oakland, CAJanuary 27, 2026 | “Scene Report: Fruitvale Anti-ICE March” OAKLAND REVIEW OF BOOKSOakland, CAOctober 31, 2025 | “Convergence of Winter” BAY AREA CURRENT Oakland, CAOctober 29, 2025 | “Tech Bros Don’t Know How to Not Be Evil” SF REVIEW OF WHATEVER San Francisco, CAAugust, 2025 | “Escolar: Creation of Space” BAY AREA CURRENT Oakland, CAAugust 11, 2025 | “Meet the Locals: Black Crowned Night Heron” BAY AREA CURRENT Oakland, CAJune 22, 2025 | “Survival Mode: Ranch Tenants Face Housing Crisis” BUSINESS INSIDER New York, NYMarch 23, 2025| “I Love Being A Barista. It Has Redined My Meaning of Success” SERIOUS EATS New York, NYFebruary 28, 2025 | “How I Came To Love My Moka Pot” VARIABLE WEST Los Angeles, CAFebruary 18, 2025 | “John Waters is the Worst” PACIFIC SUN Marin, CAJanuary 28, 2025 | “Given, then Taken: Point Reyes Ends Ranching at National Seashore” PACIFIC SUN Marin, CADecember 10, 2024| “A Ride-Along with NOAA Researchers”BROKE-ASS STUART San Francisco, CADecember 05, 2024| “Isabella Manfredi’s New Show Explores the Daily Impact of Clothing” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CADecember 10, 2024| “Retrograde Coffee Roasters Comes To Petaluma” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CAOctober 22, 2024| “The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Receive Ranchland in Dillon Beach”BROKE-ASS STUART San Francisco, CAOctober 17, 2024| “The Joy of Making, and Thomas Kong’s Work” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CAOctober 15, 2024| “A Ride-Along With Ocean Researchers” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CASeptember 26, 2024| “Humpback Haven: Whales Overtake Local Shorelines” PACIFIC SUN San Rafael, CASeptember 17, 2024 | “Lucy Stark and Fabien Capello at the Blunk House” PT REYES LIGHT Pt Reyes, CAAugust 7, 2024 | “Recording Project Captures Sounds of Point Reyes” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CAJuly 23, 2024 | “Replanting Sonoma Kelp Forests Begins” PACIFIC SUN San Rafael, CAJuly 9, 2024 | “Pelicans Are Starving Across the Bay” SERIOUS EATS New York, NYJune 21, 2024 | “Don’t Forget About the French Press” BROKE-ASS STUART OnlineFebruary 8, 2024 | “A Fitting End for Et Al’s Final Show” exhibition review HEALDSBURG TRIBUNE Healdsburg, CAAugust 15, 2023 | “Natural Wonder Goes On Market”  DISMANTLE MAGAZINE Online June 28, 2023 | “A Living Chest” essay on animism EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL Berkeley, CA April 19, 2023 | “All’s Not Right With California Wildflowers” PACIFIC SUN San Rafael, CA April 11, 2023 | “Painted Hills” EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL Berkeley, CA January 17, 2023 | “Holding Back a Flood” THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE Online September 21, 2022 | “Shifting Light in the Choya” EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL Berkeley, CA August 22, 2022 | “A Fuel Leak in O‘ahu spurs protests” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CA June 22, 2022 | “Clouded By Coho” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CA April 26, 2022 | “Plannning For Drought in Sonoma” BERKELEYSIDEBerkeley, CA January 21, 2022 | “Resoration at Codornices Creek” DISPATCHES Berkeley, CA December 13, 2021 | “We Grew Under The Sky” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CA November 16, 2021 | “Advocates Push for Reintroduction of Beavers” DISPATCHES Berkeley, CA June 12, 2021 | “The Scout” NORTH BAY BOHEMIAN Sonoma, CA May, 2021 | “Droughts Effect on Fire Risk” BOHEMIAN/PACIFIC SUN Bay Area March, 2021 | “The Coming Tide” BOHEMIAN/PACIFIC SUN Bay AreaNovember, 2020 | “This Bird Screams Fire” BAY NATURE San Francisco, Bay AreaNovember, 2020 | “On Quiet Beaches” FICTION & OTHER ///    Big Little Things Newsletter LUCKY JEFFERSON OnlineJanuary 26, 2026 | “Stream Trail in Spring” Poetry SHORT BEASTS OnlineSeptember 25, 2024 | “Wake II” Fiction THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE OnlineOctober 18, 2023 | “A Heatwave in October” essay DISPATCHES Berkeley, CA October 8, 2021 | “Drowned Cathedrals”essay 7X7.LA Los Angeles, CAFebruary, 2021 | “Crowhead” fiction WALES ARTS REVIEW Newport, WalesJanuary, 2021 | “Walking Slowly”essay POUR VIDA Los Angeles, CASummer, 2020 | “Yielding to Reprieve” fiction MEDIUM the internetSpring, Summer 2020 | “Covid Journals” View Medium posts here essays THE ECKLEBURG REVIEW Baltimore, MD Fall, 2019 | “Home Through The Smoke” essay PARENTHESES JOURNAL International Spring, 2019 | “Hope They Call It Dakota” fiction THE FREE LIBRARY OF THE INTERNET VOID Winter, 2019 | “Ibex” fiction SANTA CRUZ ALMANAC Santa Cruz, CA Summer, 2018 | “Ancient Heart,” “In the Window" fiction MARIN ARTS & CULTURE Tibouron, CA Fall, 2017 | “Point Reyes: To See a Piece of Land” essaySTRAYLIGHT ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE Parkside, WI Winter, 2014 | “Then They Startle” (unavailable) fiction DENALI ARTS MAGAZINE Eugene, OR 2014 | “Talking During a Blizzard” (print only) fiction “Try as we might to believe we have a solid and objective view of things, how we see the world is through stories, and stories always have a perspective.”  // from A Seal Between The Road︎ Title https://colehersey.com/Title-1 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:56:42 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Title-1 selected DESIGN︎ Peter Munselle https://colehersey.com/Peter-Munselle Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:02:10 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Peter-Munselle GOLD STAR TACOS POSTERSongoing poster project for chef Justin Lanska’s Texan Breakfast pop-up (selected posters) <img width="3600" height="5400" width_o="3600" height_o="5400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a70f0cc550be1e798b411bff69b70880b3cbeda17f4e1b4491f139e571917068/goldstar_oneyear_poster.jpg" data-mid="222268023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a70f0cc550be1e798b411bff69b70880b3cbeda17f4e1b4491f139e571917068/goldstar_oneyear_poster.jpg" /> <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e092095a11e41fd4ce13f4846a0c30de5d65961dab1d0b3abe4518bb4b92aedb/goldstar_november_poster.jpg" data-mid="222267822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e092095a11e41fd4ce13f4846a0c30de5d65961dab1d0b3abe4518bb4b92aedb/goldstar_november_poster.jpg" /> PETER MUNSELLE // portfolio, 2020Online portfolio of architect and painter, Peter Munselle <img width="2744" height="1286" width_o="2744" height_o="1286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f30388a7256a058f2928a962ae931d0fb8e8bb8b38a2f640cf7b3fdaae699a50/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.00.09-PM.png" data-mid="100283055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f30388a7256a058f2928a962ae931d0fb8e8bb8b38a2f640cf7b3fdaae699a50/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.00.09-PM.png" /> <img width="2758" height="1384" width_o="2758" height_o="1384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bacd0fcf399e1ee749fa7d695fc50074df1fedb9ef282ce1beb944127faab68b/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.00.36-PM.png" data-mid="100283078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bacd0fcf399e1ee749fa7d695fc50074df1fedb9ef282ce1beb944127faab68b/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.00.36-PM.png" /> <img width="2832" height="1384" width_o="2832" height_o="1384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/711c76366d5961a056d88a8a17e0b5bf94cbfdfe1ca3ecd5f21dbe31b010b3e6/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.01.26-PM.png" data-mid="100283079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/711c76366d5961a056d88a8a17e0b5bf94cbfdfe1ca3ecd5f21dbe31b010b3e6/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.01.26-PM.png" /> Bartavelle T-Shirt Design https://colehersey.com/Bartavelle-T-Shirt-Design Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:02:24 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Bartavelle-T-Shirt-Design BARTAVELLE T-SHIRT // 2020 Official merch of Bartavelle Coffee and Wine Bar <img width="1094" height="1144" width_o="1094" height_o="1144" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d0c02c37f0df4491e8b59bf0d0e4edc784e8d27a0c7f04b352ff891d8045d82/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-2.45.49-PM.png" data-mid="100283384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d0c02c37f0df4491e8b59bf0d0e4edc784e8d27a0c7f04b352ff891d8045d82/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-2.45.49-PM.png" /> <img width="1090" height="1112" width_o="1090" height_o="1112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36c7c40d42ca879b8173a77c56bfa7560e18097fbc3b215a30682c624798dce2/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-2.45.33-PM.png" data-mid="100283391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36c7c40d42ca879b8173a77c56bfa7560e18097fbc3b215a30682c624798dce2/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-2.45.33-PM.png" /> Rose Broom https://colehersey.com/Rose-Broom-1 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:42:49 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Rose-Broom-1 ROSE BROOM // poetry zine, 2017 Poetry zine on the Gentrification of the Bay Area, written and desgined by Cole Hersey <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/085ab6db6fe19aac47dcaf8e8168615166af4f7a25bc9c6cc1d70b8703364fd0/IMG_5561.JPG" data-mid="100282112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/085ab6db6fe19aac47dcaf8e8168615166af4f7a25bc9c6cc1d70b8703364fd0/IMG_5561.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68bb6ca95ae0466fccb5a9f423ffd95f9de2d5e96ed847d7209b705e1df6adcc/IMG_5564.JPG" data-mid="100282149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68bb6ca95ae0466fccb5a9f423ffd95f9de2d5e96ed847d7209b705e1df6adcc/IMG_5564.JPG" /> Untitled Page https://colehersey.com/Untitled-Page-1 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:13:03 +0000 colehersey https://colehersey.com/Untitled-Page-1 COME.SIT.ENJOY //  prose zine, 2017 Prose poetry zine on climate change and loss, written and designed by Cole Hersey <img 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