Litbowl
I share beautiful words from beautiful books. Mostly poetry. Some prose. Always attributed, always pro-author, and generative AI is theft.
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@toddedillard.bsky.social
“Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, poetry editor of The Boiler, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
@adriennenovy.bsky.social
author of CROWD SURFING WITH GOD (Half Mystic Press 2018/2023), EREV GILDENE (Game Over Books, 2022), GOOD LUCK IN THE REAL WORLD (Button Poetry, 2026)
@audacityofdespair.bsky.social
Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
@sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY. linktr.ee/sarabandebooks
@josephfasano.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher | helping people write and be heard | Founder, Fasano Academy, educating the whole human being
@kint.bsky.social
#HoldTheLine. Ask, think, translate tech/media strategy (subs, ads, video, monopolies, privacy, press freedom, trust) for @dcnorg.bsky.social to advance future of trusted news and entertainment. @jason_kint on X, 20yrs leading major sports sites
@sallywenmao.bsky.social
author of Ninetails, The Kingdom of Surfaces, Oculus, and Mad Honey Symposium
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press publishes risk-taking, visionary writers who transform culture through literature.
@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
@kibblesmith.com
Writer; Television, Comic Books, Book Books. Married to @jenashleywright.bsky.social. Dad.
@kortizart.bsky.social
Karla is a Puerto Rican artist who loves to paint and draw. Karla works on Films (MCU, ILM,HBO), Games, TV, Covers, Fine art, etc. She is also a passionate advocate for better artist industries+ rights. Opinions are her own. ✌️ www.karlaortizart.com
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@adamclay.bsky.social
Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).
@admcrlsn.bsky.social
Recovering political pollster, current market researcher, and election nerd. Spreadsheets help me relax. Views are my own.
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@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.
@tbonier.bsky.social
CEO @ The TARA Group, Senior Advisor @ TargetSmart, Former @ Howard University, Clarity Campaign Labs, NCEC https://tombonier.substack.com/
@yaliesaweda.bsky.social
🇸🇱 X 🇺🇸. Oaklander. Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Winner of 22-23 Jake Adam York Prize. BESAYDOO (Milkweed Editions, 2024). PRE-ORDER: http://bit.ly/3LupPVN Photo by JP Leong
@victoriachang.bsky.social
Poet and writer. Avid reader. Bourne Chair of Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.
@subhaga.bsky.social
Poet, author of Transitory, Surrender of Water, Blue Hunger, and Elegy with a Glass of Whiskey
@shelleywong.bsky.social
poet • author of AS SHE APPEARS (2022), National Book Award longlist, Lambda Literary Award 🌈 shelley-wong.com
@sarahali.bsky.social
poet & author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024) • poetry editor of West Branch • more at sarahgali.com 🍃
@robertwoodlynn.bsky.social
poet sometimes. collection Mothman Apologia (2022 Yale University Press) and chapbook How to Maintain Eye Contact (2023 Button Poetry). Kate Tufts/Yale Younger/NEA fellow
@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social
🪶 Poet, teacher, 🏳️⚧️writer in exile 📖 Consider the Rooster (NBCC Finalist) 🌿 Summer workshops open now 👇🏽 🔗 https://www.oliverbaezbendorf.com/workshops
@nancyland.bsky.social
Writer. Poet. Parent. Soup witch. Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz, County, CA. Author of "Inconsolable Objects" (YesYes Books) and "Punishment" (Rattle). Visit me at www.nancymillergomez.com
@rika99.bsky.social
poet • professor • parent • perambulator • erikameitner.com | also keeper of https://post-mfa.tumblr.com
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
The other one. Poet & NYT bestselling author. Next 📚: DEAR WRITER (April 2025), THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT (Sept 2025), A SUIT OR A SUITCASE (March 2026).
@kathyfagan.bsky.social
Poet, prof, she/her. Books at @MilkweedEditions #resist 🏳️🌈 💙💛💙 🍉
@webbish6.bsky.social
I'm a writer with multiple sclerosis and the author of six books of poetry, including Field Guide to the End of the World and Flare, Corona and two books of non-fiction, including PR for Poets. I live in the Pacific Northwest.
@jmaebarizo.bsky.social
author of tender machines (2023). poet, essayist, post-disciplinary
@gabriellebates.bsky.social
author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) ♥️ originally from Bham, AL // now in Seattle // cohost of the podcast The Poet Salon
@cwahmanholm.bsky.social
Author of Meltwater (Milkweed 2023), Redmouth (Tinderbox 2019), Wilder (Milkweed 2018), and Night Vision (DIAGRAM/NMP 2017). McKnight writing fellow. Winner of the 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize. She/her. Twin Cities. Linktr.ee/wahmanholm
@brendashaughnessy.bsky.social
Poet, friend. Wrote TANYA (Knopf 2023) The Octopus Museum (Knopf 2019) So Much Synth (2016 CCP) Our Andromeda (2012 CCP) Human Dark w/ Sugar (2008 CCP) Interior with Sudden Joy (1999 FSG). In UK—Liquid Flesh: New & Selected Poems (2022 Bloodaxe.)
@mojgani.bsky.social
Black Iranian Southern boy. NOLA bred, Portland bed. 10th Poet Laureate of Oregon. Poet & picture maker. Nearly medium sized man. Trying days, trying heart.
@amoore.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, editor, surf matter, Mama. REQUEENING (Ecco 2021) National Poetry Series. AmandaPMoore.com
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social
Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
@lesliejanderson.bsky.social
Weird writer living beside a cemetery with two good dogs and a roomba. Author of Take This to Space and The Unmothers. she/her
@cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social
Poet. Exploding Head (an OCD memoir in prose poems), Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones, Paper Doll Fetus, Sightseer. Essays in TIME, The Sun, Lit Hub. (she/her) www.cynthiamariehoffman.com
@dseuss.bsky.social
Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
@mbrrray.bsky.social
Poet 🥸 Author of: GOOD GRIEF, THE GROUND (poems, BOA Editions‘23) & a Poetry Society of America Chapbook: SUPERSTITIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC she/her https://www.margaretbray.com/ https://bookshop.org/a/92150/9781950774845
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. Pre-order THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT now.