Betsy Marro (also known as Elizabeth)
Novelist, reader, and floundering human. Author of CASUALTIES (Berkley 2016) & publisher of SPARK, where we talk about ideas, books, fun stuff, and how to get through all this.
https://elizabethmarro.substack.co
@bethkephart.bsky.social
Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press.
@saribotton.bsky.social
Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
@loriostlund.bsky.social
BASS 2024; ARE YOU HAPPY? (Forthcoming: Astra House 2025); Flannery O'Connor AWARD Series Editor; AFTER THE PARADE (Scribner) & THE BIGNESS OF THE WORLD (Flannery O'Connor Award); Barbara Deming Board Member; cats; San Francisco. 🌈 https://www.loriostlund
@annekorkeakivi.bsky.social
Author of novels AN UNEXPECTED GUEST and SHINING SEA (Little, Brown). Reader, writer, traveler, New Yorker abroad. Anne not Anna. annekorkeakivi.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
@tayari.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. Atlanta born, Atlanta bred, when I die, I’ll be Atlanta dead.
@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
@isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (plus others) who often talks books on the Today Show. Next up? American Dionysus. 🍎 I walk a lot.
@cynthianmartin.bsky.social
Author of The Art of Her Life, Love Like This & Tidal Flats. Editor, the How We Spend Our Days series
@mkann.bsky.social
MK. Artist. Mother to an Angel in heaven after surviving a stillborn birth (yes that means a medical abortion to save my life). 3 X cancer survivor & autoimmune spoonie who needs the ACA. My grade school teachers called me the avenger. #nevertrump 💙🌈🗽
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@andrewkaufman.bsky.social
International bestselling author, 2x cancer survivor, disabled advocate, lover of chocolate, coffee, dogs, and all things colorfully offbeat
@imdavidabrams.bsky.social
Novelist (“Fobbit” & “Brave Deeds”), husband (40 years), human father (3x over), Cat Daddy (3x over). Avid reader. Full-time vanlifer since Aug 2024. The Quivering Pen is now on Substack: https://davidabrams.substack.com/
@donnatalarico.bsky.social
Writer, higher ed storyteller, lit mag founder (Hippocampus). Co-ed, Getting to the Truth: The Craft & Practice of Creative Nonfiction. In-progress YA memoir. Curious. Loves diners, road trips, ephemera, wordplay, crosswords & board games.
@jillchristman.bsky.social
Author of IF THIS WERE FICTION (U Nebraska Press). Editor at RIVER TEETH (riverteethjournal.com) & BEAUTIFUL THINGS: follow us here @riverteeth.bsky.social! NEA Prose Fellow. Ball State Professor. Raised up by hippies. Kind of witchy. jillchristman.com
@amspagna.bsky.social
Reader (of everything!) Writer (of Pushed, Uplake, Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus, Reclaimers, and other books) I'd rather be outside
@amyberko.bsky.social
Author of Tender Points and Gravitas • Cohost of Light Jacket, San Francisco's roving outdoor reading series • Working on a novel that I like to call Untitled Bisexual Jumpsuits Project • she/they • amyberko.com
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@tgwood505.bsky.social
Novelist (author of 15 novels including THE STILL POINT), Teacher, Photographer, Knitter, Film Buff, Mom of 2 New Adults. Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Time shared between San Diego and Vermont.
@thelasagna.bsky.social
Excitable bookseller. YA/ Romance writer. Milo’s dad. tastemaker. family air hockey champion. noodles never die. all opinions are my own.
@marthabee.bsky.social
Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
@miekeeerkens.bsky.social
American-Dutch dual citizen writer & educator living in Amsterdam. MFA U of Iowa. @theatlantic @Catapult.co @lareviewofbooks etc Book with Picador (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250117809/allshipsfollowme)
@gracelp.bsky.social
Writing about belonging & diaspora in NYT, Longreads, LitHub, The Offing and elsewhere. Author of the memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER (Ohio State Univ Press, 2024)
@karenbabine.bsky.social
Writer. The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo; All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer; Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life / Assoc Prof @UTCEnglish / Editor @assayjournal / My skillet's name is Agnes.
@allisonkwilliams.bsky.social
Formerly GuerillaMemoir over there Writer, editor at Brevity, literal fire-eater Give yourself permission. linktr.ee/guerillamemoir
@clairedederer.bsky.social
Award-winning author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
@gaylebrandeis.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, gentle rabble rouser. Co-proprietor of Secret World Books in Highland Park, IL.
@sheilasquill.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Editor. Visual Artist. Author of ALL THINGS EDIBLE, RANDOM AND ODD: ESSAYS ON GRIEF, LOVE AND FOOD, CLASH Books.
@dintywmoore.bsky.social
Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
@angermonsoon.bsky.social
Grind line. Predator Studies. March Xness. DIAGRAM. New Michigan Press. The Assessment Matters Institute. Essay Daily. University of Arizona MFA. Working hard for the money. http://otherelectricities.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.
@zoezolbrod.bsky.social
Reader, writer (THE TELLING, CURRENCY, essays etc in The Rumpus, The Guardian, Salon, HuffPost, Brevity Blog), Chicago
@keahbrown.bsky.social
Author, Journalist, cheesecake lover. More/Moore fan: Mandy, Drew, Para. The Secret Summer Promise out now! Bi Icon🌈📚
@heidiczerwiec.bsky.social
Essayist and poet, author of CRAFTING THE LYRIC ESSAY: STRIKE A CHORD and FLUID STATES. Sr. Editor at Assay. Perfumista and forager. She/her
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com.
@sfmontgomery.bsky.social
Author of HALFWAY FROM HOME, QUITE MAD, and three poetry chaps. Forthcoming craft book and flash nonfiction collection. Associate Prof. ♿🏳️🌈
@emmabolden.bsky.social
Just trying to put words together. The Tiger and the Cage: A Memoir of a Body in Crisis (Soft Skull 22), House Is an Enigma (Bull City Press), medi(t)ations (Noctuary Press, 16), Maleficae (Gen Pop Books, 13).
@xtinehlee.bsky.social
Author of TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU DON’T REMEMBER Ecco/Harper Collins | 🐓+🐝💨 | doberman mind, dachshund body | she/they Cuddle fish: christinehlee.substack.com IG: @xtinehleewriter Rep: Ayesha Pande
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
@mlfaliveno.bsky.social
writer, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND: ESSAYS & forthcoming novel, HEMLOCK | asst. prof at UNC | she/they www.melissafaliveno.com
@thellpsx.bsky.social
writer,The Future Is Disabled,Care Work,Bodymap,Dirty River co-ed w/@ejeris of Beyond Survival. transformative & disability justice structural engineer,1/3rd of http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org. older cousin w great tits & opinions,they/we brownstargirl.org
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social
Biracial Asian writer. 💃 phd. 📕: Dear Twin, Unwieldy Creatures, Straight White Men Can’t Dance (forthcoming from Bloomsbury). Shirley Jackson finalist. Features & Reviews ed: Anomaly. EIC: just femme & dandy. sensitivity reader. http://www.addietsai.com
@paulcrenstorm.bsky.social
Best American Essayist. Newest collection: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814258828.html https://linktr.ee/paulcrenshaw
@demisty.bsky.social
Mother of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of student, PhD. Website at demistybellinger.com. Story collection All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt)
@writesloud.bsky.social
First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion Aug 2025) Writer/Editor/Prof Columnist at WCP hgrieco@washingtoncitypaper.com she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️ www.hgrieco.com
@kiese.bsky.social
@megpillow.bsky.social
Writer | Dr. | Project Manager for Roxane Gay | Co-editor The Audacity | 🌈🌱| Rep’d by Alyssa Jennette | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@readandbreathe.bsky.social
Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025). www.michelefilgate.com