Marcia Yudkin

Since June 2022: Introvert UpThink critiques society's disparagement of introverts and gleans empowering insights about introverts from classic books. Subscribe free: introvertupthink.com

New micro story, "Baggage," out in Tiny Molecules today. It was written in Smokelong's March Marathon this year. tinymolecules.com/issues/twentys… @TinyMolecules @SmokeLong

My short story, "Outliers," appears in Turn & Work today. turnandwork.com/guest-post/out…

Your mind works differently from others'. Learn why and how to embrace its particularities. themindfulword.org/understand-you…

Just published: "Just Looking" - an essay on the dynamics of seeing and being seen. hollowandsky.org/just-looking-m…

Five prose poems by me about wild New England: themackinaw.net/the-mackinaw/m…

For my Substack, Introvert UpThink, I'm soliciting personal essays about being an introvert or dealing with one at home, at work or in the community. #introverts See the first reader essay and guidelines: introvertupthink.com/p/reader-stori…

The moral tension over being solicited for a stranger's GoFundMe campaign: eclectica.org/v30n1/yudkin.h…

What was it that was following me on that road through the woods? A true tale published in Halfway Down the Stairs: halfwaydownthestairs.net/2025/12/01/on-…

What I experienced as a philosophy graduate student at Cornell in the 1970s: philosophynow.org/issues/171/Wha…

"Words for Water": a micro inspired by swimming in Maui, in response to a @SmokeLong prompt. theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/11/07/wor…

"Say What?" New personal essay on How I Learned about imperfect hearing and miscommunications. howilearnedseries.com/p/say-what-hea…

NEW: I am resuming taking on nonfiction writing clients. Details here: introvertupthink.com/p/writing-coac…

Two nonfiction flash pieces about my life in the countryside up on Flash Boulevard today. flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/mar…

Getting kicked out of a writing workshop for complaining too much turned into a learning experience: new essay in Next Avenue. nextavenue.org/who-me-a-compl…

You can find me more often now on Bluesky at @marciayudkin.bsky.social.

New essay, "Betrayed From Within," just came out in Flare Magazine. Written in Smokelong Fitness: They have some great prompts! flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/special-valent… @flarelitmag @SmokeLong

My critique of Derek Thompson's article in The Atlantic, "The Anti-Social Century." introvertupthink.com/p/introversion…

My latest personal essay, about an object connecting me with my father: thebookendsreview.com/2025/01/15/a-k…

When did I become alive to myself? My contemplation of this question was just published in Stillpoint Quarterly, illustrated with Mary Cassatt's and others' gorgeous paintings: buff.ly/49jOVCm