Ariana Benson // the Word Hashira ⚔️✍🏾
poet, essayist, animé fan, cozy gamer, sportsball enthusiast, tree hugger, multivariate nerd 🎯
a day spent down a Wiki Rabbit Hole is a day well spent👩🏾💻
my📚: BLACK PASTORAL (UGA Press, 2023; winner, Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize)
@shipmanagency.bsky.social
The Shipman Agency offers complete literary services to writers at all stages of their careers: event booking, independent publicity, mss consultations, The Work Room. she/her https://www.theshipmanagency.com/
@danadelibovi.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, translator. Consulting Poetry Editor, Cable Street. New book: Sweet Hunter: The Complete Poems of St. Teresa of Ávila, available everywhere.
@shannongibney.bsky.social
Author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be; We Miss You, GF; Where We Come From (co-author) + others. Printz Honor, Carter G. Woodson + 3 MN Book Awards. Also: Adoptee, Blerd, Mama, Prof, Runner, Traveler, waiting for the world to end in ‘25.
@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.”
@lsevick.bsky.social
Lover of beaches, books, dogs, yoga, and the Oxford comma. Forgiver of trespasses. Author of Lion Brothers and The Bamboo Wife. Poems in The Southern Review, Orion, The Sun, Poetry Northwest. Board member: Furious Flower and Longleaf Writers Conference.
@zcarpenterhall.bsky.social
Writer, tutor, editor, critic. Into the Same Sound Twice (Seren, 2023) https://www.serenbooks.com/book/into-the-same-sound-twice/
@brihughespoet.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway; edits Osmosis Press, How(ever) How2 Digital Archive, Resurgence and Ecologist poetry feature; ask me about the RHUL Poetry MA pathway! https://linktr.ee/brihughespoet
@dare-williams.bsky.social
queer | poz | poet | jazz head | associate poetry editor @thehooliganmag MFA @WarrenWilsonMFA writings/workings at DareWilliams.com
@dinnertheatrics.bsky.social
author of Visiting Hours of the World (Alice James Books, 2027) 🍃 more at malvikajolly.com
@kebpoet.bsky.social
Queer nonbinary, poet, editor, educator | MFA from Randolph College | Author of “Bloodroom” forthcoming in 2026 from Sundress Publications 🩸 linktr.ee/kayebancroft
@candicefrederick.bsky.social
Journalist for hire | Formerly: Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost | Other Bylines: The Daily Beast, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, ELLE and Harper's Bazaar | [email protected] | candicefrederick.contently.com
@donikakelly.bsky.social
Author of Bestiary and The Renunciations and The Natural Order of Things | Graywolf Press | Kate Tufts | Hurston/Wright | Anisfield-Wolf |NEA | Iowa English | she/her/dr.
@dapowell.bsky.social
Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social. Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈 http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
@superdannie.bsky.social
I like short walks to the freezer to put my Reese’s in it. Art account: https://bsky.app/profile/rendergoddess.bsky.social
@rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social
⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿 ⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor ⋆Rep: @abuckslater.bsky.social @ SJGA ⋆Grad Student/Them in STEM ♿ 🌈⚕️ https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
@usualjune.bsky.social
A game about summer break and the end of the world by @finjico.bsky.social Wishlist ➡️ https://bit.ly/3NjX3c1
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@writesloud.bsky.social
First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion Aug 2025) Writer/Editor/Prof Columnist at WCP [email protected] she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️ www.hgrieco.com
@rlwheeler.bsky.social
poet + 2am laundry folder • they/them • reader/editorial asst @splitlipthemag • pushcart/BotN noms • words: waxwing, the journal, wildness, anmly, foglifter, gigantic sequins, &c. more at: https://www.rachaellinwheeler.com
@serxaphym.bsky.social
Acolyte of the Exquisite | Poet, Critic, and Medium haunting Chicago | Persian-American | she/her 🏳️⚧️ tempagha.squarespace.com
@cabezagrande.bsky.social
Founder: NOT YOUR MAMA'S WALKING CLUB #SMUTSTRUT Elder Millennial| Fasting Goddess|Fat People Can Fitness Too| Maximimalist| #blacksky
@chaoticbutterfly.bsky.social
26 🐒 music / fashion / art / video games / enthusiast creator of #gamerskyclub (starting in Jan. 2025)
@dmurphy.bsky.social
dad/poet/educator/tradesman/gardener/bodhrán player/former boxer 🇮🇪🇸🇮 Winner, The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in poetry, 2024 (ESTATE SALE: University of Utah Press, 2025) https://uofupress.com/books/estate-sale/ www.dmurphy.online
@benkline.bsky.social
Writer, coffee fiend, Madonna mega-fan, Gemini, tall, clumsy and twangy. IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE from Variant Lit! Some of my work: https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/publications/ Podcaster at https://www.youtube.com/@mlvcpodcast
@thepoetslizard.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of VA 2020-22, Emerita; ODU Louis I. Jaffe Professor; Baguio girl; https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbearer/ ; linktr.ee/thepoetslizard
@seanthomasd.bsky.social
Poet. Recent books with BOA Editions, Jacar Press. I work as a Medtech and caregiver, and teach part-time in the Western Connecticut State U MFA Program. Disability rights advocate, father, husband, obsessive Cleveland Cavs fan.
@revdrmonica.bsky.social
Theologian. Writer. Speaker. I teach people of faith how to understand suffering without questioning God’s love. Learn more at MonicaAColeman.com
@thekidfury.bsky.social
aging digital butch queen from a land of sunshine, cigars and gold teeth
@thedreamweaver777.bsky.social
Just figuring things out. Excited to connect! Bash 💥 32 TX Licensed Therapist ☀️ Writer 📚 Activist ✊🏾 Soon-to-be guitarist 🎸
@daiyoukaigeisha.bsky.social
Writer ✍️, Gamer 🕹️, Nerd 🧙🏿♀️, Traveler 🌎, and Lover of Booze 🍷- Techie that simply wants to retire, write bad fiction & poetry, and play video games. https://theangrybookdragon.wordpress.com/ https://ko-fi.com/daiyoukaigeisha#
@adamclay.bsky.social
Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).
@gabriellebates.bsky.social
author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) ♥️ originally from Bham, AL // now in Seattle // cohost of the podcast The Poet Salon
@danyellawilder.bsky.social
I’m a digital freelance writer/editor. Teaching creative writing @WriteGirl. Prev: @theraincrossgazette @blavity @southsideweekly etc. Book Lover. Self-proclaimed Yapper. Californian. | 🇯🇲
@emilyfmaloney.bsky.social
Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Incoming Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
@adashtra.bsky.social
Video Game Reporter @verge Reporting on the biz, culture, & horniness of the game industry 📧: [email protected] Signal: @adashtra.87 Discord: @adashtra 📍Northeast Ohio 🌠 per aspera, ad astra 🌠 She/her
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@lewistoferrari.teamlh.social
jess ⋆ she/her ⋆ 8-time wdc fan 🇵🇸🏳️🌈 forza ferrari!
@xmiramira.com
Gaming Content Creator | Community Manager | Founder of The Noir Network | Consultant | 📧 [email protected] Twitch Partner | Twitch Ambassador 🎮 https://xmiramira.carrd.co/ https://www.xmiramira.com/
@simplyedynandco.com
I still believe in (black girl) magic. 🤍✨🪐👩🏽💻 Sustainability | Women’s Health Advocate | Politics | Bibliophile | Writer | SBO https://simplyedynandco.com/
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social
The Whiting Foundation provides support for writers, editors, educators, and the librarians and archivists who preserve our shared cultural heritage. www.whiting.org
@iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social
kismet 🌸 poet/essayist/chismosa 🌸 local brown femme hottie (international) 🌸 hispanic never hispeace 🌸 buy me tostones 🌸 inter/e/views editor @ split lip magazine 🌸 micro editor @ the offing 🌺✨ danielwritespoetry.com ✨🌺
@ranja72.bsky.social
Video game writer. Wrote for Guerrilla and PUBG games. Author of PAC-MAN: Birth of an Icon and Sonic Art and Design books. See ranja72.com for details, projects, contact.
@hpowellsmith.bsky.social
Narrative design // Honor Bound, Royal Affairs, Noblesse Oblige, Crème de la Crème, Blood Money from Choice of Games // King of the Castle, Love Island, Fallen London // they/them // hpowellsmith.com
@englishscribe.bsky.social
Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and beyond. Techland - Horizon Forbidden West - HorizonCalloftheMountain - Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own. He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com