Brian Spears
Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus (Ret.), author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.
@andrewhickey.500songs.com
That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
@rachelmansmckenny.bsky.social
Humorist and author from the Midwest. Seen in NYTimes, McSweeneys, Elle,WaPo and other places. writing center person. Here for the jokes and books. rachelmansmckenny.com
@ambertamblyn.bsky.social
Author of 7 books. Bylines in NYT, The New Yorker, The Cut. Publisher of Listening in the Dark on Substack. Purchase Dark Sparkler: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dark-sparkler-amber-tamblyn/22589944?ean=9780062348166&next=t
@rodimusprime.bsky.social
✈️ Award Winning Podcast Comedian. Writer for HBO’s Game Theory w/ Bomani Jones. The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast co-hosted with my wife @saydatagain #TBGWT
@ren-powell.bsky.social
MAD ORPHAN LIT #Poet | #Playwright |Teaching Artist 🍊 Poetry Editor, Orange Blossom Review. #Substacker @ dramaticroots.com Lapsed academic. Meditative trail runner (ie slow). renpowell.com #5amwritersclub
@profblmkelley.bsky.social
writer/historian/distinguished professor/bestselling author of Black Folk/director @UNCSouth / #StudyingSegregation/ Breast cancer survivor/ The Oracle
@sandymcintosh.bsky.social
Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs. https://sandymcintosh.info
@emilyrisaacson.bsky.social
Small college prof. Early modernist. Director of Honors and Gen Ed programs. Sometimes professional. Always seeking delight. Views entirely my own.
@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.
@khadijahqueen.com
Doctor of poems. In my crone era. https://www.khadijahqueen.com/ linktr.ee/authorKQ
@theycallhimbfg.bsky.social
I'm not Steve Harvey. I’m not Suge Knight. I'm not Uncle Phil. I'm not Common. I'm not Nate Dogg. I was B_Effin_G at The Bad Place. I am 757-born and raised. A photographer. An HIU alum. A Jeopardy watcher. A bourbon drinker. Also not a fan of Jerry Jones.
@kirinjaan.bsky.social
Pashtun-American writer living in Amsterdam. Pushcart nom, Tin House Fellow, Pen EV fellow, Steinbeck fellow, Vermont Studio Center, among others… www.kirinkhan.com
@diasporter.bsky.social
“IDEAS OF IMPROVISATION” (2023) from Thread Makes Blanket Press, Poet, autistic mystic atheist & Johnny Black velvet rumbler, HyperQbic colorpuntalist, self-unemployed—Pi is my spirit guide, if it isn’t black—it isn’t liquorice.
@sherricola.bsky.social
art curator/illustrator | fashion work: @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS record label, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens,ga
@beekaekae.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, workshop leader. Hand holder Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others. Pushcart nominee. www.bethkanter.com Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
@iaawc.bsky.social
Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers imparting field-related craft, pedagogy, celebrations, & concerns nativewriterscaucus.wordpress.com
@jnicolejones.bsky.social
writer & editor // author of LOW COUNTRY (2021) and THE WITCHES OF BELLINAS (May 14, 2024) // formerly VanityFair, VICE // lolsob.substack.com // jnicjones.com
@rainhayes.com
A California-based photographer working with 'invisible' ultraviolet and infrared light. Get in touch for licensing, prints and unique collaborations. https://rainhayes.com
@jameslilliefors.bsky.social
Poet, journalist, novelist. BotN nominee. First poetry collection, SUDDEN SHADOWS (Finishing Line Press), coming in October.
@sharonipov.bsky.social
writer/editor | writing poetry independently and collaboratively | words in Chicago Reader, Floating Bridge Press, Humana Obscura, Mississippi Review, Sundog Lit, The Hyacinth Review, The Winged Moon | BOTN nominee
@iowacapitaldispatch.com
Community journalism for democracy. We're a non-profit news site dedicated to hard-hitting and fair coverage of state government and politics.
@bonniejo.bsky.social
Writer, berry picker, donkey wrassler, lover of freedom. Author of six books of fiction, including THE WATERS (2024).
@dr-unicorn-fists.bsky.social
A writer, her executive disfunction, 2 cats, a bloodthirsty main character w/a midlife crisis, & some yarn. LD, PhD, ADHD, AOOFTG Moon Trees and Other Orphans (BLP, 2019); Digital Voices: Podcasting in the Creative Writing Classroom (Bloomsbury, 2023)
@tinywrenlit.bsky.social
tiny wren lit focuses on tiny poems + tiny issues (2-3 times per year). Readers can download each issue in a zine format. Home of the tiny zine. Subs closed. Web: https://www.tinywrenlit.com/
@michaelharriot.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Author of Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America. Never reneged; never will.
@pamschmid.bsky.social
Minnesota transplant. Words are my medicine. ✨️📚 CNF ed., Sleet Magazine. Find me: Barren Magazine, Belleview Literary Review, River Teeth, The Common, more.
@thebrandonhaff.bsky.social
Writer, prof, etc. | Stories: Sewanee Review, Harvard Review, New Orleans Review, Carolina Quarterly, etc. | VCCA '23, '24; KHN '24; Hambidge '25 | #RVA | @Richmonder.bsky.social | Reader @Variantlit.bsky.social https://thebrandonhaff.com/
@lauralemoon.bsky.social
www.lauralemoon.com Writer/journalist/baddie 😎 Words in: Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Salon, The Daily Beast, Bellevue Literary Review, etc. Advisor on public health policy to UN, CDC, USDOJ, White House Policy Council MFA in CNF @ Antioch 📚
@bananascallops.bsky.social
Poet. Editor of Cape Cod Review. Words in Gulf Coast, Foglifter, Prairie Schooner, Electric Lit, & Michigan Quarterly Review. More here: www.johnbonanni.com
@davidleavitt.bsky.social
Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist. Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc. I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek. Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player. Work w/me: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/david_leavitt
@rushthewriter.bsky.social
From KCK to the 🌽 fields. Journalist, filmmaker, sneaker head, professor. Likes: tacos, nerd stuff, rap, and KC sports. https://rushthewriter.journoportfolio.com/
@lisagrouette.bsky.social
Unemployed journalist · Photographer · Iowan · She/her · Animal lover · Favored grandchild · Inelegant · Oxford comma diehard· Likely running late https://lisagrouette.journoportfolio.com
@douglaswburns.bsky.social
4th-generation Iowa journalist. Fmr. Carroll Times Herald owner. Writes The Iowa Mercury column on Substack. Founder Mercury Boost, advertising and PR
@climatechris.bsky.social
Meteorologist and Senior Climate Scientist I received a death threat from a MAGA supporter because I talked about climate change on-air.
@theswinerepublic.bsky.social
Author of the book The Swine Republic, Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality and blogging at https://riverraccoon.substack.com
@zacharyos.bsky.social
Just your friendly neighborhood reporter ● Writes about Iowa politics for @iastartingline ● Producer of fine podcasts.
@amierivers.bsky.social
labor journalist @iowastartingline.com // inbox things: iowastartingline.com/newsletter // story ideas and hot goss: [email protected]
@artcullen.bsky.social
Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.
@tahomareview.bsky.social
We publish poetry, fiction, and nonfiction twice a year. Professional pay rates. All online since 2024! Current issues, submission periods, etc. at tahomaliteraryreview.com
@palmerpdx.bsky.social
Publicist, CALYX Press | Associate poetry editor, CALYX Journal | Book Reviewer, NY Journal of Books
@rloden.bsky.social
Poet. Author of HOTEL IMPERIUM, DICK OF THE DEAD, poems in Journal of the Plague Years, Paris Review &c.