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@lucaswmann.bsky.social
On the feelings beat. Books: CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, LORD FEAR, CLASS A Next One: ATTACHMENTS (spring 2024) IG: @lucaswmann NEA fellow United States Artists fellow
@melissafebos.bsky.social
Author of five books—next up The Dry Season 6/3/25 Thoughts my own and not representing any institution. https://linktr.ee/melissafebos melissafebos.com https://www.prairielights.com/pre-order-dry-season-june-2025-prairie-lights-0
@kgourlay.bsky.social
Writer, reader, journalist, musician. Publish the Substack Magic Silver Bullet, about our common desire for the perfect cure. https://magicsilverbullet.substack.com/
@ashadore.bsky.social
Illustrator, journalist, SLP, EIC ParleyLit.com, host Totally Biased Reviews, bylines in #thecut #NewYorkTimes, #ElectricLiterature. Ashadore.net
@csittenfeld.bsky.social
Prep, American Wife, Eligible, Romantic Comedy, etc. Show Don't Tell: Stories out 2/25/25
@laurenmarkham.bsky.social
Writer - A MAP OF FUTURE RUINS (2024) - THE FAR AWAY BROTHERS (2017) - IMMEMORIAL (forthcoming February 2025) Other work in NY Times Magazine, Harper’s, The Guardian, Mother Jones, VQR & elsewhere
@jayasaxena.com
James Beard Award-nominated Correspondent at Eater.com // Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing // Vox Media Union committee // she/her
@noosarowiwa.bsky.social
Writer at Condé Nast Traveller Author of Black Ghosts (2023) and Looking For Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (2012)
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@devonfredericksen.bsky.social
Author of HOW TO CAMP IN THE WOODS Environmental science journalist with words in the New York Times, The Atlantic, High Country News, Hakai, bioGraphic devonfredericksen.com
@publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop. https://publicdomainreview.org
@ninamcconigley.bsky.social
Colorado State University professor. Author of COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS, winner of the PEN Open Book Award. HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER forthcoming from Pantheon Books in January 2026. Essay collection forthcoming with University of Georgia Press.
@briangresko.bsky.social
writer, illustrator, educator; co-founder Writing Co-Lab; co-host Pete’s Reading Series; words all over the place; weird & genderqueer & poly
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys. https://splitlipthemag.com/
@emergencemagazine.bsky.social
Webby-winning, Ellie-, Peabody- and Emmy-nominated publication and creative studio exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. Currently not active on Bluesky. Find us here: https://linktr.ee/emergencemagazine
@mbsycamore.bsky.social
New book, TOUCHING THE ART, is out now!!🌷⚡ Also: THE FREEZER DOOR, BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE ++ Next book, TERRY DACTYL, out Nov 11, 2025 from Coffee House in US & Cipher in UK!⚡🌷 https://www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/
@meghamaj.bsky.social
Author of the novel A Burning, nominated for the National Book Award, the NBCC John Leonard Prize, and the ALA Carnegie Medal
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social
Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
@bottomshelfbks.bsky.social
author of The Blur, Real to Me (Knopf/PRH) | Lift, Drawn Together, more (LBYR) | Green Lantern Legacy (DC) | A Lotus for You (Parallax) | WNDB board | Hamline MFAC faculty
@sarahceniaminor.bsky.social
visual essayist, hype man, collaborator, prof Author of Carousel (Yale University Press, 2026), Slim Confessions: The Universe as a Spider or Spit (Noemi Press, 2021), Bright Archive (Rescue Press, 2020) www.sarahceniaminor.com
@orionmagazine.bsky.social
Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
@wwborders.bsky.social
The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize. https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
@highcountrynews.org
Independent journalism dedicated to shining a light on all the complexities of the Western U.S since 1970. https://bit.ly/HCNLinks
@bittersouth.bsky.social
Over 11 years independent publishing — print mag, James Beard🏅s, books, podcast, t-shirts, working on a #BetterSouth #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld for ALL. SUBSCRIBE : https://bittersoutherner.com/subscribe
@bombmag.bsky.social
Artists in conversation, since 1981. Quarterly in print & every day online. https://bombmagazine.org/
@harpers.bsky.social
Since 1850. “America’s most interesting magazine” —New York Times Subscribe: harpers.org/save
@hillaryrosner.bsky.social
Science journalist, editor, author, professor, mom, dog person. Book about wildlife connectivity forthcoming in 2025 from Patagonia Books. Definitively anti-kakistocracy.
@nautilus.bsky.social
Videogames! | YT: http://youtube.com/@NautilusLink | Twitch: http://twitch.tv/nautiluslink | Apoie: http://apoia.se/nautilus | Contato: nautiluslink@gmail.com
@thewalrus.ca
Canada's Conversation. Award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, and national ideas-focused events. Stay connected: http://thewalrus.ca/newsletters
@thebaffler.com
Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
@atlasobscura.com
The definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders 🗺️ Start exploring at atlasobscura.com
@emilyraboteau.bsky.social
Author of THE PROFESSOR’S DAUGHTER, SEARCHING FOR ZION, and LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL. Professor at CUNY.
@zibaldoni.bsky.social
山人. 'The Notebook: a History of Thinking on Paper' is available everywhere. 'Book of the Year' pick by Waterstones, New Yorker, New Statesman, Spectator, Toronto Globe, Engelsberg Ideas, Lit Hub, Austin Kleon, Ryan Holiday, Stephen L. Carter...
@mrbrianbenson.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, wanderer. He/him. Books: GOING SOMEWHERE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Essays: Tahoma Review, Pithead Chapel, X-R-A-Y, Sweet, Hippocampus & elsewhere. brianbensonwrites.com
@rebecca-turkewitz.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, cat aficionado. Debut story collection, HERE IN THE NIGHT (@blacklawrence.bsky.social) out now! Maine. she/her 🌈 Loves a good ghost story. rebeccaturkewitz.com
@vqr.bsky.social
An award-winning national magazine at the University of Virginia. Established in 1925. vqronline.org Weekly email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hiepvn Weekly poetry newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ilfAh1
@sebmodak.bsky.social
likes words, loves wandering travel editor, WSJ former 52 places traveler, NYT