Libre
A southern literature & arts mag bent on brain pain, taking the narrative back, jiggling it open, extracting the oyster from its background of compressed pain to reexamine what it means to scavenge for agency in liminal states of illness.
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Mental Health Literature, Arts, & Advocacy Folks
A (hopefully) diverse list of persons who contribute to mental health advocacy through the arts or sciences.
@campbellpenn.bsky.social
My name is Campbell Penn and I am an aspiring writer on the cusp of publishing my first book. The Imperfection of Love is a murder mystery style writing that is highly influenced by my past work in psychology with an emphasis on intergenerational trauma.
@duotrope.com
Duotrope is an award-winning writers' resource. Search for publishers and agents, track your submissions & more! https://duotrope.com @duosuma.com is our submission manager.
@jameskennedy.bsky.social
Musician, author & podcaster from Wales 🏴 Album : http://linktr.ee/makeanger Book : http://linktr.ee/noisedamage Podcast : http://linktr.ee/jameskennedypodcast Instagram: http://Instagram.com/jameskennedyUK
@beardedbetts.bsky.social
Writer. Eater of Books. Lover of Comics. Library Tech. Drummer. Burrito enthusiast. He/Him husband. '23 Brave New Weird recipient, '25 Pushcart, '21 BOTN, & '21 BSF nominated. TRVE CVLT out now @Tenebrous Press. www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com.
@specawards.bsky.social
The mission of the SSBA is to recognize and promote independent and small press authors writing exceptional speculative fiction. Founded by @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social Cofounded & posts by @millieabecassis.com 🌐 https://linktr.ee/smallspecbookawards
@featherproof.bsky.social
Publishing strange and beautiful fiction and nonfiction and post-, trans-, and inter-genre tragicomedy www.featherproof.com
@wordward.bsky.social
Writer of the spaces beyond silence, where the wild things roar. YA, CNF, shorts and shouts. Prepping an EXPLOSION of interrelated playful projects on learning how to come home to ourselves, YA and more. http://WeberMack.com for fun freebies & download
@xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social
poetess, applied linguist, educator, sick af // check it out at jessicaheronpoetry.com 🤡 // Poetry Editor: Blood+Honey // Staff Writer: MovieJawn // Lead Fiction Reader & Poetry Reader: Okay Donkey
@snort516.bsky.social
I post articles I read that I think should be read. Gift article sharer, awkward moment creator and enthusiast, midiochre debater, public school mom, twin mom, atheist, liberal, emotional support human, trying to keep up.
@ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social
Poetry Press, publishing books, broadsides, and other beautiful things, since 1969. Find us at: ashlandpoetrypress.com **Currently reading for the Richard Snyder Prize** ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com
@wingedlion.bsky.social
SFF & horror writer (https://ricardovictoria.carrd.co) SFWA member. I like TTRPG & Theme Parks. Toy collector. Ph.D. Sustainable Design. 🇲🇽 He/Him No A.I.🚫 Tempest Blades series: https://mybook.to/TempestBlades
@danwoodswriter.bsky.social
Terrible writer, solid takes. Petty bitch. Put me on your pod for plausible deniability! IWW-FJU, Land of Enchantment, USA. danwoodswriter.com for fresh reads! Check back often! https://linktr.ee/danwoodswriter
@outsiderart.bsky.social
Reduce Reuse Recycle ♻️ UPCYCLING! Temple. Shrine. Assemblage. Raw Creation! Outsider art. Art Brut. Folk Art. Visionary Art. NO Gatekeepers 🚫
@aliciamswain.bsky.social
Poet, writer, feminist, animal lover Debut poetry collection (Steel Slides and Yellow Walls) coming August 2025 Richmond, VA • https://linktr.ee/aliciamswain
@cyanidecherries.bsky.social
Dreamer, pessimist, artist, crockpot poet ,a cyanine cherry, a suburban witch Creator of Suburban Witchcraft Magazine @suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social https://olorielmoonshadow.wordpress.com/
@authoriview.com
Discover in-depth author interviews and insights into their writing journeys at AuthoriView. 📚✍️ Submit your interview for free and connect with readers worldwide! 🌍📖 Visit AuthoriView.com to share your story today. 🚀 #AuthorInterviews
@caititalks.bsky.social
New chapook: Meditations (on Cheese) coming in 2025 🧀 Caiti talks t̶o̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ disabled & queer poet. Author of YOKE (MyrtleHaus). EIC for HNDL Magazine. Words in Rattle, Little Old Lady Comedy, manywor(l)ds, etc (She / they) 📍St. Louis
@legoverleg.bsky.social
Poet, mail carrier, educator, bipolar disorder/mental health advocate, MtG player, https://poesyjeffpearson.com Previous editor to Blood Orange Review, 5x5 Litmag, and Fugue Trying to make this my commonplace book
@n0face.bsky.social
Surprisingly, I’ve survived long enough to see rights given me in the 1970’s start disappearing. Gardener, nature’s caretaker, dog and cat wrangler at heart. Trying to breathe through this suffocating national crisis. Sci-fi audiobooks help.
@lacortese.bsky.social
Querying my PhD novel about 9/11, January 6th, and the climate crisis through the lens of a dysfunctional DC family. It's fun, I swear! Current: PhD in Creative Writing@University of East Anglia Past: MFA@College of Charleston, Ed. Assistant@Swamppink
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press publishes risk-taking, visionary writers who transform culture through literature.
@translatorsaloud.bsky.social
The Voice of Translated Literature: a YouTube channel featuring translators reading from their own work | Founded in 2020 & run by Charlotte Coombe & Tina Kover 👯 | www.translatorsaloud.com
@obindomag.bsky.social
Welcome to Obindo Magazine, where stories find a home. We are a resting place for stories, poems, and art from far and wide. Submissions are OPEN! Obindomag.com
@galleon-books.bsky.social
We're a small but ambitious publishing house in Atlantic Canada, specifically New Brunswick. Www.galleonbooks.ca
@shawnmcnulty.bsky.social
Visual Artist Modern Abstract Paintings from Minneapolis. Collections: Bill Clinton, Peyton Manning, General Mills, Emerson, US Bank Stadium, Bellagio https://shawnmcnulty.com https://instagram.com/shawnmcnulty 🐿️
@emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social
Louisiana Creole Writer, Poet, Educator, and Researcher • Current PhD @ USM • Poems in the Penn Review, Witch Craft Mag, LaCreole Journal, Eucalyptus Lit, and elsewhere • here & queer 🌈 Emilymgoldsmith.com
@rubber-chicken.bsky.social
New Orleans. Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Emergency contraception for you & yours. Town cryer. she/her
@kevingrauke.bsky.social
Author of SHADOWS OF MEN (Queen's Ferry Press), YONDERITES (@bullshitlit.bsky.social), WEST OF DESTRY (coming in '25 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) and BULLIES & COWARDS (coming in '26 from Cornerstone Press). Texan living in Philadelphia.
@shannonfrostgre.bsky.social
Author. Nietzschean. Mother. Cat-lady. Advocate. Ally. Arachnophobe. #BLM
@authoralnorton.bsky.social
International, award-winning, bestselling author. Owner of Readers Depot. Podcaster. Youtuber. Grandma, mommy. Love to read. Book Hoarder. #Autoimmune warrior. chronically ill. #Disabled. #childabusesurvivor #metoo #wolfpackauthor NO PORN! NO DM'S!
@johnmbailey.bsky.social
Photographer and digital artist enjoying life. Posting art of talented colleagues and my own. A member of Pixels/FAA a network of professional artists. Enjoy! https://pixels.com/profiles/9-john-bailey
@sprestonduncan.bsky.social
Writer of #poetry and occasionally other things. Author of Blood Alluvium (Parlyaree Press). Leathercrafter. INELDA-trained death doula. Richmond, Virginia. #RVA sprestonduncan.com
@ottomanhistory.bsky.social
➥ Old Photos, Pics, Paintings, Maps ➥ Docs from Ottoman Empire Archives ➥ Historical Letters, Writings, Poems, Memoirs, Books, Real Human Stories: / Blog: https://ottoman-history-page.blogspot.com
@marczammit.bsky.social
Director🎬 | Producer 🎥| Actor 🎭 CEO Aptitude Films, Skylark Vision. Homeless Ashes, Witch, JITTERS
@academicabuse.com
📚 Raising awareness of academic abuse 🤝 Support | Resources | Advocacy 📢 Share your story: https://t.ly/Cnj5F 📰 News: https://t.ly/IdILj | 📋 Join: t.ly/Hj5zv 🚀 #EndAcademicAbuse 🖊️ Founder Memoir: academicabuse.com/preorder
@pwritersu.com
Long-Winded Anthology available now! https://pwritersu.com/Long-Winded We'll definitely finish someday. Est. 2018 by @evacathc.bsky.social & @suitcasedragon.com. 🍰 https://pwritersu.com/links 🍰 info@pwritersu.com
@gerg428.bsky.social
Husband, father, writer, traveler and avid reader. Here to connect with other readers and writers. gregoryswilliams.substack.com #writingcommunity #gergthewriter #substack #medium
@bathrobegal.bsky.social
Hi, it's Bathrobe Gal! I draw comics about my adventures as an adult-diagnosed #autistic woman, writer, and chronic bathrobe-wearer. https://www.instagram.com/bathrobe_gal https://bathrobegal.com/ (My real name is Sarah Jane.)
@wirewormmagazine.bsky.social
submissions closed like the Paris Review but... wormier dedicated to the best of the worst 🪲 💙 wirewormmagazine.com
@indalauryn.bsky.social
Writer, editor, podcaster, Black feminist, womanist, witch/pagan/heathen, music curator, smartass. BlackGirlSquee Reclaimers RPG A Black Feminist Apocalypse/Dystopian Survival Resource Compilation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SX3EUqDj7XTLRn4zSI04AYe
@crossrdsreview.bsky.social
A platform for emerging writers & artists ✍️🎨 Celebrating creativity through poetry, prose, and art Submissions open—let your voice be heard 📢 thecrossroadsreview.org/submit
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Award winning writer/artist Poetry, F/CNF, Folklore (FolkHeart Press), mixed-media & assemblage art. Chaps: Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs, Moon kissed Earth wrought Vision drunk, RavenSong, Down River with Li Po. linktr.ee/KPGFolkHeart NO DM solicitation
@sejalshah.bsky.social
Award winning author of This Is One Way to Dance: Essays, an NPR best book of the year & How to Make Your Mother Cry: fictions. Words in Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, Lit Hub, the Guardian, The Rumpus & others. More at www.sejal-shah.com.
@mynachang.bsky.social
📖 THE POTENTIAL OF RADIO AND RAIN ✏️ Locus Rec List, Rhysling HM, Flash Fiction America, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction 💫 MicroVerse Recommended Reading ⚡Electric Sheep SFWA, HWA, SFPA https://mynachang.com