Neema Avashia
Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022.
@mandylen.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, pizza eater. Author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone (S&S). Creative Writing faculty at The University of British Columbia. Appalachian. she/her https://www.mandylencatron.substack.com
@baristanomics.bsky.social
Coffee + climate cogitator. Holler to holler. Home in Appalachia. https://linktr.ee/baristanomics
@heatherbelladams.bsky.social
Author MARANATHA ROAD (WVU); THE GOOD LUCK STONE (Haywire); STARRING MARILYN MONROE AS HERSELF (forthcoming Regal House); fiction in North Carolina Literary Review, Reckon Review, Thomas Wolfe Review, Still, Stanchion, etc Rep’d by Carly Watters
@sbrookcorfman.bsky.social
I believe in the utility of suffering but this is a bit much // poet sbrookcorfman.com
@heshan.bsky.social
Once almost an entire Olympic team. Hit all 146 MBTA T stops on 7.2.24. Visited both salt cathedrals. Runs up stairs, dances, skates. Civic organizer + comms + design + ed policy. GenX New Romantic QPR fan.📍02130/unceded Massachusett/Pawtucket land. 👶🏾🇱🇰👦🏾🇬🇧👨🏾🇺🇸
@bethtillman.bsky.social
Whirling dervish. Writer. "Live and hope." Likes pie. M.F.A, J.D. Words in Creative Nonfiction, James Baldwin Rev, Lit Mama, Complete Sentence. Pushcart noms. www.bethtillman.com
@andydehnart.com
Writer, TV critic, creator of realityblurred.com, VP of TCA, writing coach, husband, cat dad, improviser, runner, lover of em dashes and roller coasters. More at andydehnart.com! 🏳️🌈 He/him
@cherylskorysuma.bsky.social
FIC/CNF/poetry. Pub US/UK/CA. Multi-Pushcart nominee. 51 comp placements since 2019. MG fantasy novel out summer 2025 w Chicken House Press. Past Flash CNF Contributing Editor Barren/reader Reckon Review. Canadian mix heritage Aboriginal/Ukrainian/Brit
@adityadesai.bsky.social
me jobs: writer, editor, phd student in lit. their job: literature nonprofit programming.
@evkelly.bsky.social
New Economy Program Coordinator for Appalachian Voices, anthropologist, union girlie. At home in the mountains with a good book or game. She/her
@masonjarpress.bsky.social
A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/ banner pic by Stephanie Gibson
@splitlippress.com
publisher of boundary-breaking prose books come get us @ splitlippress.com and https://linktr.ee/splitlippress posts by yrs truly @suburbanprairie.bsky.social
@zoebossiere.bsky.social
Writer | Managing Editor at brevitymag.com | CACTUS COUNTRY: A BOYHOOD MEMOIR out now from Abrams Books | Indies Introduce & Indie NEXT | rep’d by @frecklywench.bsky.social | they/she 🏳️⚧️🏜 | https://linktr.ee/zoebossiere | zoebossiere.com
@nixmyth.bsky.social
KY. Poetry. Appalachia. Communism. Making visual art in textiles, wood, and metal over @sassy_sewcialist on Instagram
@sheilasquill.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Editor. Visual Artist. Author of ALL THINGS EDIBLE, RANDOM AND ODD: ESSAYS ON GRIEF, LOVE AND FOOD, CLASH Books.
@emhilly.bsky.social
Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |
@thejeremybjones.bsky.social
When I say writer, Siri hears rider thejeremybjones.com New book out in Sept: cipherthebook.com In the NC mountains Repped by Justin Brouckaert at Aevitascreative
@darjeun.bsky.social
anti-fascist | anti-45/47 | and unapologetically queer writer, editor, runner, dreamer, cloudwatcher.
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs.
@masonatoms.bsky.social
Independent mountain journalism // Co-host Inside Appalachia on radio & podcast // Formerly: goats, roller derby, newspapers, condors // Holler at me: mason.j.adams@gmail
@jessiew.bsky.social
Author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight | Historian of 20th C U.S., Appalachia, labor, women & gender | Associate Prof. at WVU | Views mine. JessicaWilkerson.org
@edkarshner.bsky.social
Homesick Hillican. Writer. Folklore columnist for Reckon Review. Professor of English & Department Head of English and Media Arts at Robert Morris University.
@chrisstevenson.bsky.social
Born in TX, raised in FL and PA. Splits time between DC and WV. Library Manager. PT old man. FT Struggling Writer. Part toddler, part cowboy. Baba Yaga fan boy. https://linktr.ee/christopherstevenso
@jeffreydlofton.bsky.social
RED CLAY SUZIE The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize Longlist Georgia Author of the Year Sr Advisor at Library of Congress Inside Voices Podcast JeffreyDLofton.com
@katefussner.bsky.social
📕 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE (HarperCollins, March 18, 2025) 📕 THE SONG OF US (KTegenbooks/HarperCollins) ✍ DVMentor '22 ✍ MFA Lesley ‘21 🏳🌈Queer she/her rep: Eric Smith @P.S. Literary
@appodlachia.com
Appalachian politics, cultural stuff, and labor. Pro-Union / Anti-corporate greed. Which side are you on? https://beacons.ai/appodlachia
@maudlavin.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Chicago, always. Author CUT WITH THE KITCHEN KNIFE (Yale UP), CLEAN NEW WORLD (MIT), PUSH COMES TO SHOVE (MIT) SILENCES, OHIO (Cowboy Jamboree). Ed. THE BUSINESS OF HOLIDAYS, OLDEST WE'VE EVER BEEN, BOYS' LOVE, Gugg Fellow
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
Author of the short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM. Stuff in places like The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 anthology, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, etc. www.barrettbowlin.com www.linktr.ee/barrettbowlin
@tlpavlich.gay
Writer, theatre artist, transmasc (they/them) | Features Editor @ TheRumpus.net | WoSo nerd Equal Pay for Equal Pay | ACAB includes Ted Unkel | #Crew96 #VamosRayo #FCSP #NWSLBoston My mother likes all my skeets
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com.
@renjender.bsky.social
Queer writer-performer/producer making a film, writing at NY Times, NPR, Village Voice and Slate. 2021 National Critics Institute Fellow. *Deeply* petty. Gmail: njender Insta: renjender. https://renjender.contently.com
@jessicah.bsky.social
Author "The Magnetic Girl," (Southern Book Prize, Indie Next, Bitter Southerner picks.) "Invisible Sisters,” too. Drummer. Southerner. Abortion rights are human rights. www.jessicahandler.com. New novel, “The World To See” coming in 2026.
@kathyfish.bsky.social
Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink (fmrly Crazyhorse) | Wigleaf | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
@camilleuadams.bsky.social
HOW TO BE UNMOTHERED: a Trinidadian Memoir 🇹🇹 (Aug 19, 2025) with Restless Books Best of the Net 2024 Nonfiction Winner | PhD in CNF | MFA in Poetry | Tin House 23/24 Reading Fellow https://www.camilleuadams.com Preorder links available on my website 📕
@lorraineberry.bsky.social
Writes about books @latimes.com Trained as a historian. Grew up in the PNW.
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Dog person, cat person, native plant restoration person. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her. https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
@escoffery.bsky.social
Author of IF I SURVIVE YOU, a NY Times Editor’s Choice, IndieNext Pick, & International Bestseller. Nom’d for the National Book Award, PEN/Jean Stein, PEN/ Robert W. Bingham, & Story Prize. Booker Prize, PEN/ Faulkner & NBCC John Leonard finalist.
@bdholms.bsky.social
CUNY prof, writer, dog spoiler. Appalachian roots. she/her. bethanyholmstrom.com
@rossshowalter.com
Deaf, queer, postmodern surrealist. Writing in NYT, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, et al. https://bio.site/rosshowalter
@ericajberry.bsky.social
Writer of feelings & the environment (Orion, NYT, Guardian, etc), teacher, author of Wolfish (winner of 2024 Oregon Book Award). Portland, OR. She/her. www.ericaberry.com
@hannahbae.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, illustrator 2020 Rona Jaffe award winner 2019 AAWW fellow ½ of @eatdrinkdraw AAJA for life Alum of CNN, Newsday, U.S. Embassy Seoul & more
@esmewang.com
📚The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise 🏆 Best of Young American Novelists, Whiting Award, NYT Bestseller 🎓 Writing classes @ unexpectedshapeacademy.com 🇹🇼🌈♿️ she/her 🌱My interesting website @ esmewang.com
@biblioracle.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. Www.whytheycantwrite.com
@thebookmaven.bsky.social
NEW PODCAST: The Book Maven: A Literary Revue https://thebookmavenpodcast.substack.com/ Critic @LATimesBooks LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245 https://linktr.ee/bookmaven
@drovarela.bsky.social
Writer, public health enthusiast, National Book Award finalist. Next novel, MIDDLE SPOON (Viking, 2025). Everything you need to know: alejandrovarela.work https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776881/middle-spoon-by-alejandro-varela/