Michael Welch
EIC at @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social. Words in Electric Lit, Prairie Schooner, Kenyon Review, North American Review, & more.
@mollyebeckwith.bsky.social
they/she/dr - daily editor @ the Chicago Review of Books - fiction in Granta, One Story, Lightspeed, & more - mollybeckwith.wordpress.com - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️ Don’t be fucking evil 🙂
@awolfson.bsky.social
Memoirist, poet, essayist in Chicago. I also do software. Newsletter every few weeks: newsletter.aaronjacobwolfson.com
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead. Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and the forthcoming To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
@laurencerand.com
Sharing news about our endeavors, and occasional updates from Lauren Cerand. Logo design: Mark McCoy. Photo: Joanna Tillman. laurencerand.com
@rjkooiker.bsky.social
Assistant Editor at the Yale Review (pitch us: theyalereview@yale.edu) Pubs and projects here: https://linktr.ee/renekooiker Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/42CQ1
@fredschmalz.bsky.social
Poet and artist. Recent writing in Places Journal, Zocalo, Puerto del Sol, Diagram. Recent exhibitions and performances at MCA Chicago, Grand Central Art Center. Book: Action in the Orchards (Nightboat 2019). Chicago-based. www.fredschmalz.com
@jacklegpress.bsky.social
bold. vibrant. authentic. www.jacklegpress.org Subs Open! Query Us @ https://jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit
@nybooks.com
‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
@jasondiamond.bsky.social
“Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out fall of 2025 on Flatiron.
@thedennemichele.bsky.social
den (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ • EIC @ElectricLit • WHEN THE HARVEST COMES (Random House, ‘25) • BOTH/AND (HarperOne, ‘25) • Views Mine • ⛸️ • 🎻• ✍🏾
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨ sevenstories.com
@etelkal.bsky.social
Writer in Chicago. I covered comics for NPR for a long time; doing other stuff these days. Bylines: The New York Times, Inc., the Atlantic, LA Review of Books. https://etelkawrites.com/
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.
@netw3rk.bsky.social
Writer, host. SIX TROPHIES, X-RAY VISION, THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES HOUSE OF THE DRAGON POD, PRIMO (RIP FREEVEE), MIGUEL WANTS TO FIGHT
@lespritlit.bsky.social
In Mediam Mentem. Consciousness-forward fiction and thought. Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit. Words: lespritliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit (Subs OPEN)
@rubyprosenthal.bsky.social
writer/editor, second funniest person you know, was once called "garbage propaganda" on X and stands by it, social media @ Chicago Review of Books https://52badessays.substack.com/ https://rubyprosenthal.com/
@bardsbesidebars.bsky.social
Poet & Author • TELEPATHOLOGIES (Saturnalia Books, 2017); • DOPPELGANGBANGER (Haymarket Books, 2021); • IT'S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER (Northwestern Univ. Press, 2026) https://www.cortneylamarcharleston.com/important-links
@frombeyondpress.bsky.social
New indie publishing company specializing in horror, sci-fi, zines, and reprints. frombeyondpress.com EIC: Mike Phillips @phikemillips.bsky.social
@betterstreetschicago.org
Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit. 🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌 linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
@marisa-wright.com
Civil rights lawyer and writer. Bylines: The Millions, Electric Literature, Ms. Magazine, Prism, Harvard Review, and more.
@morganelisej.thetriibe.com
Filmmaker, Force of Nature Co-founder of thetriibe.com. Become a member of The TRiiBE at $10/month: https://thetriibe.com/product/reshape-newsletter-monthly/ Become a member at $105 annually: https://thetriibe.com/product/reshape-newsletter-annual/
@robertloerzel.bsky.social
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
@casella.bsky.social
Appalachian in the big city. Editor at Ancillary Review, host of A Meal of Thorns, bookseller, coffee pro, SF reviewer & scholar. He/him. https://linktr.ee/jakecasellabrookins
@ezralevin.bsky.social
Co-Founder and Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah. Organizing with local Indivisible groups against this fascistic clown show of an administration and congress.
@pw.org
Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter
@ositanwanevu.com
Contributing Editor | The New Republic Columnist | The Guardian Author | The Right of the People (2025) Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
@prairie-schooner.bsky.social
Literary Journal of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 95+ years of quality poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, & reviews. Posts by staff & interns https://prairieschooner.unl.edu
@recycledgiraffe.bsky.social
Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Nowruz Journal Editor-at-Large, Chicago Review of Books Board Member, National Book Critics Circle/VP Barrios Book in Translation Prize President of the Board, The Flow Chart Foundation زنان. زندگی. آزادی
@nglipson.bsky.social
Author of MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (coming March 4, 2025) | Best American Essays 2024 | Pushcart Prize | Words in The Sun, Virgina Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe + more www.nicolegraevlipson.com
@pixelatedboat.bsky.social
The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
@jillwritergrrl.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, author of Creative Muscle newsletter, founder of StoryStudio Chicago, born to resist. Jillpollack.substack.com
@indivisible.org
Building progressive grassroots power and holding members of Congress accountable. Make a difference in a few clicks: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
@adamdalva.bsky.social
Writing in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, etc. Contributing Fiction Editor, Yale Review. President, National Book Critics Circle. Rep: Duvall Osteen
@lailalalami.com
Author of five books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist THE MOOR’S ACCOUNT. Reader. Mutant. https://linktr.ee/lalami
@joshuwa.bsky.social
Writer - WaPo, USA TODAY, Guardian, WIRED, The Nation, etc. Chicago + UVA 🤙🏽+ USC Annenberg. Assistant Prof. at Columbia College Chicago Joshua 1:9 🙏🏽
@arammrjoian.bsky.social
Managing Editor at Michigan Quarterly Review, Editor-at-Large at The Rumpus. Debut novel, WATERLINE, coming June 3, 2025. Pre-order here: https://bookshop.org/a/243/9780063393523
@chillsatwillpod.bsky.social
The Chills at Will Literary Podcast is a discussion of the visceral beauty of literature, w/ Pete. Ep 272 up now on all platforms!-join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl
@pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
It's our 108th year honoring excellence in journalism and the arts. Visit us at http://pulitzer.org.
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@sarahkokernot.bsky.social
Fiction writer, essayist, teacher | Artist in residence at Northwestern. Consultant at StoryStudio | Words in NYT, Best American Short Stories, Tricycle, EPOCH | newsletter on Buddhism & creativity @ sarahkokernot.substack.com | Above my raisin’
@southsideweekly.bsky.social
News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com
@newpages.bsky.social
NewPages.com is your best guide to literary magazines, indie publishing, university presses, creative writing programs, writing and literary events, writing contests and submissions, independent bookstores, and more. #indiebookstores #litmags #booksky