Andy Oler
Parent, English prof, Hoosier. He/him. Departments Editor, New Territory, #LiteraryLandscapes. Old-Fashioned Modernism: Rural Masculinity & Midwestern Lit (LSU, 2019) & Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell (MSU, 2023).
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Midwest Studies
People doing various academic or public study of the Midwest and some of the accounts they might follow
@hujane.bsky.social
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti 📚 My new book 'Abortion' is out now prh.com/abortion
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com
I write about culture, history, and power. Pulitzer finalist for criticism. currently: working on a book previously: The Undefeated, WaPo (Pre-Bezos, mostly) she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
@jenguiliano.bsky.social
studies American history, sports mascots, and digital stuff. Fulbright Scholar. author of Indian Spectacle; Primer for Teaching Digital History; and more.
@emmashort.bsky.social
thinking about hotels, gertrude bell, and the environment. not necessarily at the same time. assistant professor of modern & contemporary literature at durham university. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-22129-4
@danyelsmith.bsky.social
author; see above | journalist; mostly at the New York Times Magazine | creator + host; mostly of the Black Girl Songbook podcast | go Celtics 🔆 https://www.danyelsmithwriter.com/ https://shinebrighthq.substack.com/
@brianconnolly.bsky.social
Fast and Furious expert Book: Situation Critical (https://www.dukeupress.edu/situation-critical) Book: Domestic Intimacies (https://www.pennpress.org/9780812209853/domestic-intimacies/) Journal: History of the Present (https://read.dukeupress.edu/history-o
@timothyaschuler.bsky.social
Freelance writer and environmental journalist. Critic-in-residence @placesjournal.bsky.social. Editor of NOW at Landscape Architecture Magazine. Fifth-generation Kansan. He/him.
@unofficial60songs.bsky.social
The visuals/illustrations for Rob Harvilla's "60 Songs that Explain.." podcast. Fan Created. (active, May 2025)
@harvilla.bsky.social
Host of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S, old guy at THE RINGER, tentative embracer of new social-media platforms
@erikgunn.bsky.social
Deputy Editor at Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com | Likes & RTs ≠ endorsements | opinions = mine | Tips: erik@wisconsinexaminer.com | DM for Signal | https://wisconsinexaminer.com/author/Erik-Gunn/ | Fun: 🚂🚃🚃🚃
@ericblanc.bsky.social
Assistant Prof Rutgers Labor Studies; author We are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/ Red State Revolt, laborpolitics.substack.com; EWOC, Rutgers AAUP-AFT, 🌹
@melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Reporter at @ProPublica.org interested in immigration and labor. Based in Chicago. Also a fan of parenting memes.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@ztul.bsky.social
"warrenisdead" from the other place. he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. writer and narrative designer, working on Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, UMass Amherst. http://sonjadrimmer.com/about-forte (She/her)
@buffalowallow.bsky.social
Writer. Prof. Splitter of wood. Words in Tin House, Orion, Slate…Co-editor Midwest Review.
@marinahenke.bsky.social
Making podcasts at New Hampshire Public Radio, mostly Outside/In. outsideinradio.org. Email me at mhenke@nhpr.org
@creativecritical.bsky.social
creativecritical.net is an online journal for writing and teaching that explores the relationship between creative and critical practices Eds: Irina Dumitrescu, Gabriel Flynn & Thomas Karshan Submissions: editors@creativecritical.net
@rmclaycomb.bsky.social
English, Theatre, trying to make things better from the inside out. *In the Lurch: Verbatim Theater and the Crisis of Democratic Deliberation* (UMichiganP 2023) Sr. Assoc. Dean, Prof. @ Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts.
@martycain.bsky.social
Poet / scholar / bisexual dad / aging punk freak / library worker in Ithaca NY. Co-editor of Garden-Door Press, author of three books including The Prelude (Action Books, 2023). Vox in Joyous Shrub. He/him www.marty-cain.com
@mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social
First-gen PhD, professor of writing, author of the novel Seldom Seen, a Miner's Tale. Writer of tales short and shorter, poems, CNF, scholarship. Facilitator of therapeutic and expressive writing workshops. Crafter and consumer of cocktails.
@vincenthaddad.bsky.social
Scholar of literature and popular culture. Author of The Detroit Genre (Lever Press, 2024) and currently writing a books about Dragon Ball Z (UMN Press) and the comic book character The Question (UPM Press)
@ohiopoetry.bsky.social
The Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) is an active group of poets and #poetry lovers who have a relationship with #Ohio. Join us at http://ohiopoetry.org and https://www.facebook.com/ohiopoetry.
@jburroughs.bsky.social
Recent US Beat Poet Laureate Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep. https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs 🏳️🌈
@michelleniemann.bsky.social
Academic Writing Coach and founder of Draft by Draft: https://draftbydraft.com/. We work one-on-one with faculty in the humanities and social sciences. PhD from UW Madison. Live in Indianapolis, where I co-organize NIGHTJAR, a poetry series.
@vernakale.bsky.social
Associate Editor, the Hemingway Letters Project (Cambridge); editor, The Sun Also Rises (Norton Library); author, Ernest Hemingway (Reaktion). UNC ‘99; Fulbright, Germany ‘00-01; Penn State ‘05, ‘10. Llama. J!.
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
Writer, school nurse. SmokeLong, Pithead Chapel, Cincinnati Review, Hippocampus, Necessary Fiction +. SL Bridport. SL Bath. Pushcart & BotN nominations. Associate Flash Fiction Editor at JMWW. Watcher of trains. lisathorntonwriter.com 🌾 🪺 🌞 ☁️ 🌙 🕊
@cherylspinner.bsky.social
just your local femme no-goodnik who buys the flowers herself.
@europeanreview.bsky.social
A magazine about culture and ideas, from Europe, for the world, with essays, reviews, stories, profiles and other adventurous writing.
@forestasmr.bsky.social
Immerse yourself in the beauty of southern Indiana's forest. Discover calming sounds and serene images from our woodland lifestyle—your perfect escape from life's daily pressures. #pinksky
@nobabooks.bsky.social
National Outdoor Book Awards: Recognizing outstanding writing & publishing in the outdoor field. Awards given in: Outdoor Literature, Nature & Environment, History-Biography, Children's, Art/Photography. etc. Posts by Ron Watters.
@drbirdmanbob.bsky.social
Musician who plays woodwinds including clarinet and shakuhachi…improvises new music, Indian music, bird song, etc. Citizen of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi.
@darlingorlaith.bsky.social
Research Ireland postdoc @ UCD in contemporary literature, affect, and late capitalism | Previously postdoc @ JLU Giessen | PhD @ Trinity College Dublin | Saoirse don Phailistín | Work @ https://orlaithdarling.com
@chasesolidago.bsky.social
she/her - phd haver - 🌾🏳️🌈🌾 Ecologist - Historian - Plant Toucher
@northmeridian.bsky.social
Independent humanities press for the humane in inhumane times. thenorthmeridianreview.org
@rlschankula.bsky.social
Writer/Producer & Creative Director, Traverse City Film Festival
@ritamookerjee.bsky.social
Agent of chaos, professor by day. Author of False Offering. Editor of Honey Literary and Split Lip Magazine. Board VP of Sundress Publications.
@rosstangedal.bsky.social
Husband & Father | Professor, Writer, Editor @ UW-Stevens Point | Publisher @Cornerstone Press
@laurenarrington.bsky.social
NEH Public Scholar (2023). I write books. Bylines @ LitHub, LARB, TLS, Irish Times, Public Books; rep’d Peter Straus @ RCW; Chair of English at the University of South Florida
@laheffernan.bsky.social
English Prof at UNF (Jacksonville, FL). Co-author, The Teaching Archive (U Chicago Press, 2021). Working lately w Jax archivists, historians, writers, and students.