Jay DeFazio
Educator, Artist, Speaker, Author of “You Only Live Twice: A Memoir in Two Genders” now available for pre-order on Amazon
(he/him)
@avashianeema.bsky.social
Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022.
@kdwinchester.bsky.social
Contributing Editor Book Riot | Founder @readappalachia.bsky.social | Formerly Reading Women | Forthcoming Appalachian Disability Anthology from UP of KY | she/her
@browneallover.bsky.social
Author of THEY ALL FALL THE SAME (1/7/25 @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social) & HILLBILLY HUSTLE (2020 WVU press) KY Attorney/Pizza Purveyor. Repped by Alice Speilburg. https://bsky.app/profile/alicespeilburg.bsky.social www.wesbrowneauthor.com
@crystalwilki.bsky.social
Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
@margaretrenkl.bsky.social
Author, most recently, of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. Contributing opinion writer for The New York Times (appearing on the first and third Mondays of each month.)
@sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY. linktr.ee/sarabandebooks
@jencousins.bsky.social
Mom 🏳️⚧️ LGBTQ+ rights activist 🏳️🌈 social justice warrior ⚔️ she/her | views expressed are my own
@elissamalespina.bsky.social
School Librarian. Author of the AI School Librarian’s Newsletter. elissamalespina.substack.com Contributing Author Of Trouble In Censorville - The Far Rights Attack on Public Education.- Former School Board Member - Views are my own! - elissamalespina.com
@nataliehastings.bsky.social
Research/Organizing for a better Ohio. Education advocate @honesty4ohioed @ohagainstextremism Battling the Right-wing extremists who live rent-free in my head. Kentucky girl at 💚#SOSNicaragua PS My dog is cuter than yours
@rainbowyouth.bsky.social
We are a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the health, safety, and wellness of 2SLGBTQ+ young people across the United States with offices in Indianapolis and Oklahoma City. www.RainbowYouthProject.org
@tainskeep.bsky.social
Queer, non-binary trans writer, reader, Hoosier, breaded pork tenderloin aficionado. #MWE for Feb, other #MusicChallenge stuff cuz it's fun. “I am large, I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman http://ohmanchester.substack.com
@jbethiejean.bsky.social
community organizer, writer, Kentuckian Forthcoming memoir Rednecks for Black Lives from Haymarket Books ❤️🔥 Substack: working class love notes IG and everywhere else: @jbethiejean Web: bethhowardky.org
@karynannglo.bsky.social
Lifelong Disrupter, bibliophile, writer wannabe, forever teacher; I want to be the one to walk in the sun ☀️
@taulby.bsky.social
@VT_RLCL. US South & Appalachia. Research: historical & cultural memory; race & white nationalism. Most recently writing on Gone with the Wind, plantation tourism, and campus racism. Horror enthusiast. Sports watcher. Dad.
@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
@mathewyates.bsky.social
queer poet & painter | from Paducah, KY w roots in MS & Appalachia | in IN | hermit | disabled, ND | survivor | fluid | trans | they/she/he 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ✍️ in Protean, Malarkey, Ghost City, Stone Circle, & others mathewyates.com etsy.com/shop/mathewyatesart
@skylarjordan.bsky.social
Journalist. Half my heart is in Appalachia. The other half is in England. Write about both professionally, study both academically, at home in both personally. On leave while I fight tonsil cancer Oh, and I love #EastEnders
@debiowens.bsky.social
Retired teacher, sketch artist, teach life and social skills to adults with disabilities. Yaya to 4, mom to 2. #DemCast #BLM #LGBTQAlly #Advocate4ThoseWhoCant Let’s do this! Blue in Kentucky! Go Pack Go
@msrivera114.bsky.social
Colorado 2022 Teacher of the Year, National Finalist, AMLE Educator of the year, PAEMST Awardee, 6th grade Science Teacher, CAST President, she, her *Opinions are my own
@lizprather.bsky.social
Writer, poet, teacher https://www.heinemann.com/authors/100500.aspx
@nenadonovan.bsky.social
I’m a Mom, a Nene and sometimes a Pirate! Out here living my best life! https://linktr.ee/nenadonovan
@jriebelliott.bsky.social
There are a lot of sides to me--MS Psychology🧑🎓 Crazy 🩵Blue and Gold Macaw Mom 💛, 🧿Wiccan🌛🌚🌜, Liberal 🔵, Wife👰, Animal Rescue🐾, Gardening 🌱, Professional Photographer 📸...just to name a few things.
@vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social
Children's Author | Molly's Tuxedo | Mac Wears a Hat ‘26 | Smith College | Emory Law | www.vickijohnsonwrites.com | https://linktr.ee/vickijohnsonwrites
@tljamesa.com
School Libraries https://www.tljamesa.com/ #KyLChat #stressdoodle #KyGoPlay School Libraries, also School Libraries.
@alisonheronhruby.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Education and Director of FCTL at Morehead State University Poet/Writer Rep: Iris Blasi https://alisonhopeheron.weebly.com/
@cjfryer.bsky.social
Beechwood High School AP Calculus Teacher | Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics President | NKU College of Education Instructor | Education Professional Standards Board Vice Chair | Kentucky Colonel | Husband & Father
@tatecurtis.bsky.social
Energy & environment reporter, West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Son & grandson of immigrants. Dog dad. Rail enthusiast. He/him.
@alzaps.bsky.social
poetry person, tired teacher, alliteration aficionado. he/him Book, Texas Review Press, Spring 2025! Chapbook at Belle Point Press! alfonsothepoet.weebly.com
@rainesford.bsky.social
Writer, reporter, author. Kentuckian. [email protected] www.rainesfordstauffer.com
@gavindowning.bsky.social
Librarian. Teacher. Nerd. Defender of Intellectual Freedom. Personal account. My opinions are my own.
@liberalhillbilly.bsky.social
Appalachian 🌄 Liberal Wife and dog mom Lover of beauty, artistry, freedom
@kysweetpotato.bsky.social
#kentuckycolonel #appalachian #bluecollarscholar Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy. Views expressed are my own and do not represent my employer
@mistygedlinske.bsky.social
Wordsmith. Weather condition. Western NC -> Southern WI. Queer there and everywhere. Y’all Means All. (she/her) 💖💜💙 www.mistygedlinske.com
@brianfuchs.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, Trans Ally🏳️⚧️, Queer🏳️🌈 (he/him/whatever pronouns you like)👍🏻 🌚🩷🌝
@writinginthecity.bsky.social
She/her/y’all. Educator. Author of “Waters Run Wild.” Novel of the WV coal mine wars (2018) WV -> CLE 🌱 🌻 CNF awards 🏆 from Blue Earth Review and Foreword Reviews.
@kathdriskell.bsky.social
Free-thinker & writer living in a KY country church built before the Civil War. Chair, Spalding MFA. Words in The New Yorker & River Teeth—💙Resist. KY Poet Laureate 25-26.
@mntoy21.bsky.social
🇬🇹Chapina 👩🏻🏫Liberatory Educator 📖Author 🌎Multilingual Learning ✊🏽Ethnic Studies Practitioner ✂️🎨Artist heart + crafts 🍎Minnesota Teacher of the Year 2021-2022 💻 NBCT
@leapingminnow.bsky.social
Believer in the 4th estate, equity and inclusion | Environmentalist | Appalachian | All views are entirely my own
@tonya-aria.bsky.social
Traveler of many paths. Eternal optimist. Free spirit. Old soul. Tree hugger. Survivor. Thinker. Dreamer. Seeker. Pacifist. Vegan. Kentuckian.
@tgrunfit.bsky.social
run - bike - run - pilates | dog mom | PR pro | 16x26.2 & duathlon #teamusa
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile. collections: Deifying A Total Darkness, To Emit Teal, The Second Stop Is Jupiter, & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife (UPK, Oct 14, 2025)
@spygal.bsky.social
Queer, neurodivergent, book addict, activist, and lover of humanity 💜 P.S. I poop on fascists 🤓
@fedupteacher.bsky.social
union organizer,lover of humanity, equality,facts,my children,& Kentucky Basketball #resist #antiracist #Ky120UnitedAFT #BlackLivesMatter🌈🏳️⚧️🚫DMS
@bohn-meghan.bsky.social
Former animal keeper, current children's library assistant. Opinions are my own.