kara oakleaf
reader of all the things, writer of a few things. assistant professor and wrangler of other bookish things in the dmv. words at karaoakleaf.com
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing. https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@jessica-p-robinson.bsky.social
Jessica Robinson is Executive Director of Better Said Than Done, a storyteller, the co-author of Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors, author of the novel Caged (JP Robinson), and the memoir Stages: My Life in Stories. https://jessicapiscitellirobinson.com/
@drhannahstevens.bsky.social
Editor || Writer || Publisher || Director at Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com || Queer 🌈 || Between Scotland 🏴 and Taiwan 🇹🇼 || She/Her. || hannahstevenswriter.com & windandbones.com ||
@foxcitylit.bsky.social
A literary reading series in Fairfax City, Virginia. https://foxcitylit.com/
@slowdownshow.org
Major Jackson delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up for our daily poem newsletter --> bit.ly/3AWdEMl Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
@jailthepoets.bsky.social
Author of Dead in Long Beach, California. Professor, wife and chronically unbothered.
@emilycbm.bsky.social
1/4 of my personality is Broadway. 1/4 is Intersectional Feminism. 1/4 is Quantum Leap. 1/4 is Disaster related history.
@aaup.bsky.social
The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. aaup.org
@rosemetalpress.bsky.social
Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
@emmapattee.bsky.social
Climate journalist. Novelist. Parent. Oregonian. My book TILT comes out March 2025
@tmcallister.bsky.social
Author of novels HOW TO BE SAFE and THE YOUNG WIDOWER'S HANDBOOK. New book of essays IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE coming from Rose Metal Press in May 2025. Co-host of Book Fight! podcast. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. South Jersey. Tom.mcallister.ws
@theinnerlooplit.bsky.social
Creating an inclusive creative writing community in Washington, DC. Monthly readings, writing retreats, residencies, podcast & more! linkin.bio/theinnerlooplit
@jessicaberg.bsky.social
agency director + founder @roseclifflit.bsky.social | strategic with the commas | Rep: @askamycollins
@taralynnmasih.bsky.social
Award-winning author of the novel MY REAL NAME IS HANNA and the recent collection HOW WE DISAPPEAR; editor of THE RMP FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH FICTION More info at www.TaraMasih.com
@jessicakallista.bsky.social
Artist/educator working in collage, video, sound & performance. Contemplating the nature of love, reality & simulacra via Barbies 💫🔮🧚🏽♀️ 🌈♾️ Blissed out on a Higher Selves Playdate with @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋 https://linktr.ee/jessicakallista
@arttaylorwriter.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning short story writer. Professor at George Mason University.
@carriecallaghan.bsky.social
Books, tea, cats, seasons, books. Histfic author. 🏳️🌈 www.carriecallaghan.com
@pjeffersdevlin.bsky.social
Author, GMU writing community, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, Flourtown and the Wissahickon Creek
@susanmd.bsky.social
Novelist 📚 BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA (Harper Collins, Jan 2024) 🌟 FARAH ROCKS series (Capstone Books) 🏆American Book Award. Teaches creative writing @ Johns Hopkins Univ. She/her 🇵🇸 www.SusanMDBooks.com
@tjbutlerauthor.bsky.social
TJButlerAuthor.com Dating Silky Maxwell (ELJ Editions) short stories for badass people Writer and photographer Your cool, childfree Gen X auntie
@kairosdoug.bsky.social
Writing and Rhetoric faculty at GMU. Digital Rhetoric, Games/Gaming, Tech Comm. Wine and Chinese tea. Tai chi student.
@davisflyer.bsky.social
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason U. Director, writer, translator, dramaturg. Pilot. Ham (FCC kind). Lawrence University ('80) and Yale School of Drama ('83, '03).
@mollyandrearyan.bsky.social
Fiction writer (words in Overheard Lit, Okay Donkey, Barren Magazine, Idle Ink, and elsewhere), fiction team for Split Lip, converted cat lady, Pittsburgh dweller, hobby enjoyer WIPs: novel & kidlit series she/her mollyandrearyan.com
@susiemuth.bsky.social
Poet | MFA from @mason__cw | Former Poetry Editor @phoebejournal | jigsaw puzzler | she/her
@faith-palermo.bsky.social
Writer. Fish enthusiast. Recovering Diet Coke addict. Nonfiction editor @ Phoebe Journal. GMU MFA CNF faithpalermo.com
@kenbudd.bsky.social
Writer on travel, health, and other cool stuff. Bylines: Washington Post, The Atlantic, Nat Geo, NYT, Best American Travel Writing. Author of the memoir, The Voluntourist. Co-host, @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social.
@upstartcrowpod.bsky.social
A new podcast featuring interviews with authors of fiction, nonfiction, and whatever excites us, in partnership w/ George Mason University's Watershed Lit. Hosted by @kenbudd.bsky.social, Jennifer Disano, and @bill-upstartcrow.bsky.social. upstartcrow.org
@taradoeswriting.bsky.social
writer, reader, dreamer ✨ / gmu mfa 2020 https://linktr.ee/taradoeswriting
@michaelsimsbook.bsky.social
Author NYT Notable Bk & Lib Jour Best Sci Bk ADAM’S NAVEL, WaPo & Globe Best Bk STORY OF CHARLOTTE’S WEB, Edgar & Gold Dagger finalist ARTHUR & SHERLOCK. Journalist: New Statesman, NYT, TLS, LAT, WaPo, WSJ. Next book DARWIN’S CHILD < Basic Bks/Hachette.
@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social
Writer, Designer • Words: Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Masters Review, Fractured, Los Angeles Review, HAD, Hobart, X-R-A-Y, Maudlin House • Rep'd by Mina Hamedi / Janklow & Nesbit sarpsozdinler.com
@saloneurope.bsky.social
Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/europeanwriterssalon
@cbigs.bsky.social
pushcart and best microfiction nominated writer | recent stories: ghost parachute| cleaver| BULL | your impossible voice | new chapbook: http://InRareCases.com
@kplumhoff.bsky.social
fiction @flashfrog.bsky.social, @theforge.bsky.social, @gonelawn.bsky.social, @xraylitmag.bsky.social elated Pushcart, BotN, BSF nominee 2025 fellow @smokelong.bsky.social organizer @saloneurope.bsky.social valencia, es katherineplumhoff.com
@gailguerrero.bsky.social
Author and cat lady 🐈 / Mexican / ESL / aro-ace / she|her / BSFA awards nominee and finalist / First reader at Diabolical Plots and The Skull & Laurel / Short stories and poems here: beacons.ai/abigailguerrero
@evanbrooke.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. Mom. Words in Threepenny Review, Northwest Review, Baltimore Review, Cutleaf, Chicago Quarterly Review. Jersey native, Philly resident. Alum: Bennington Writing Seminars, Bread Loaf, Community of Writers
@lauraleighwrite.bsky.social
Appalachian, prison reform advocate, mother, author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (UP Kentucky, 2024) and Jaws of Life: Stories (West Virginia UP, 2018). Words in STORY, North American Review, Florida Review, others. www.lauraleighmorris.com
@mlmcguinness.bsky.social
Irish writer with words @ Fictive Dream, Banshee, Splonk, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, The Forge, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, The Metaworker and many other fine places, twice Pushcart nominated, Best Microfictions 2025 Co.Founder of The Pride Roars
@theprideroars.bsky.social
A collective of women's voices -2025 social media posts by @delgeo14.bsky.social and @mlmcguinness.bsky.social https://theprideroars.blogspot.com
@timothydenevi.bsky.social
Author of Freak Kingdom (on Hunter S. Thompson) & Hyper (about ADHD). Associate Prof, George Mason MFA. Latest project: Joan Didion's political evolution: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/opinion/joan-didion-mystery-rfk.ht
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War. Next book: The River Has Roots, March 4, 2025. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
@lmariharris.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Ozarks dweller. Wigleaf Top 50. Best Microfiction. Editor at trampset.
@elenamacdonald.bsky.social
gmu mfa // phoebe journal web editor // development & editorial coordinator for poetry daily // they/she
@kateog.bsky.social
Bridport Short Story Shortlist 2024, 1st Prize Fish Publishing Flash Award 2024, Bath Flash Fiction Longlist 2024, Laurie Lee Prize Shortlist 2024