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Oregon Humanities works with writers, artists, facilitators, and community organizations across the state.
@repdexteror.bsky.social
Mother, physician, and proud U.S. Representative for Oregon's Third Congressional District. https://dexter.house.gov
@salinas.house.gov
Working for #OR06. Proud Latina, mom, and first-generation American. Member @houseagdems.bsky.social & House Science Committee. Leader in the @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social & @newdems.bsky.social.
@bynum.house.gov
US Congresswoman. Engineer. Proud mom of four. Devoted sports fan. Fighter for Oregon #OR05
@repvalhoyle.bsky.social
Congresswoman serving Oregon’s Fourth District. Wife, Mom, former Labor Commissioner. Pro Union, Pro-Choice, Pro Democracy. #OR04
@repbonamici.bsky.social
Representing Oregon's 1st District ( #OR1 ). Working to strengthen #PublicEducation, support #WorkingFamilies, & #ActOnClimate. Proud mom of two grown kids. She/her. #EduSky
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Garage tinkerer. Thorn in the side of the privileged and powerful. U.S. Senator from Oregon. Official campaign account. Fighting for YOU. He/Him. jeffmerkley.com
@npmg.bsky.social
We help nonprofit communications pros learn their jobs, love their work, and lead their teams. We run a free, moderated professional development community at https://community.nonprofitmarketingguide.com. #npmarcomm Mgmt: @kivilm.bsky.social
@ferrisjabr.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author of Becoming Earth (Random House, 2024), being translated into 10+ languages ✵ Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine ✵ Gardener, baker, naturalist ✵ 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 ✵ Surname rhymes with neighbor ✵ https://www.ferrisjabr.com
@kqedforum.bsky.social
📻 KQED's daily call-in program, 9-11 AM on 88.5FM. 🎙️ Co-hosted by Alexis Madrigal (9-10 AM hour) and Mina Kim (10-11 AM hour). 💬 Replies may be used on air. 📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA
@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social
We combine public programs and journalism to examine essential questions in a broad-minded and accessible spirit. A unit of ASU Media Enterprise.
@alexis-madrigal.bsky.social
Book out March 2025, The Pacific Circuit KQED Forum Oakland Garden Club
@smenendian.bsky.social
Assistant Director @ the Othering & Belonging Institute @UCBerkeley. Vintage & Old School MTG hobbyist.
@obi-belonging.bsky.social
@chaykak.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: kyle_chayka@newyorker.com. Ava is a sloth cake.
@wearenewpublic.bsky.social
We’re a nonprofit R&D lab that’s reimagining social media. Join us in building digital public spaces that connect people, embrace pluralism, and build community. newpublic.org
@jwoolington.bsky.social
writer + musician in Portland, Ore. always wondering and birding.🌲 josephinewoolington.com
@prisonjournalism.bsky.social
An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories. https://bit.ly/4lbdmXU
@meganeodonnell.bsky.social
Communications for the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale. English PhD; imagining ecology through 19th-century speculative fiction & science. Songwriter, collective noun enthusiast, earthbound stardust.
@davidnaimon.bsky.social
Host of the Between the Covers podcast & Crafting with Ursula series, co-author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Podcast: tinhouse.com/podcasts YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@BetweentheCovers-DavidNaimon
@melissalbennett.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller, storylistener, spirit worker, tarot reader, ancestor whisperer, Indigenous Auntie, cat mom, transracial adoptee. Message me for your spiritual needs - my appointments are conducted virtually so I’m here for you no matter where you are.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@meganloverdesavage.bsky.social
Writer, Community College Faculty, Fig Companion, Carolyn Moore Writers House Residency, PDX OR Work in The Rumpus, Tahoma Literary Review, Sixth Finch, Portland Review, Subtropics, etc. Called: “Story Witch,” “Pure Light in Human Form”
@amybaskin.bsky.social
Poet. Connectress. Aunt Beast. SKULL (The Poetry Box, Dec 2024) NIGHT HAG (Unsolicited Press, 2023) HYSTERICAL CAKE (Dancing Girl Press, 2022)
@emilymoonpoet.bsky.social
Queer transgender grandma and poet. Author of “It’s Just Me & You, Miss Moon” (First Matter Press). Editor at First Matter Press. Host for the Eastside Poetry Workshop (MeetUp). Everywhere I step in America is stolen land. linktr.ee/EmilyMoonPoet
@brittneycorrigan.bsky.social
Author of THE GHOST TOWN COLLECTIVES and poetry collections SOLASTALGIA, DAUGHTERS, & others. https://brittneycorrigan.com/ https://linktr.ee/brittneycm
@literaryarts.bsky.social
A nonprofit literary center in Portland, OR dedicated to engaging readers, supporting writers, & inspiring the next generation with great literature. https://literary-arts.org/about/our-story/
@councilorgreen.bsky.social
Official account for Portland City Councilor Mitch Green from District 4. portland.gov/disclaimer https://linktr.ee/councilorgreen
@lydiakiesling.bsky.social
Author of The Golden State (2018) and Mobility (2023). Writing in NYTMag, The Nation, The Cut, and elsewhere. www.lydiakiesling.com
@rclarren.bsky.social
Author of THE COST OF FREE LAND: JEWS, LAKOTA and AN AMERICAN INHERITANCE (Viking/Penguin, 2023). Formerly: KICKDOWN (Arcade, 2018).
@jfkeeler.bsky.social
Diné/Dakota writer living in Portland, Oregon. My 2021 book, Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement, and the American Story of Sacred Lands, was called by Kirkus Reviews " an eye-opening narrative of two standoffs with the U.S. government.”
@maudpowell.bsky.social
Nature lover, reader, knitter/mender, equestrian, violinist, English teacher...concerned about the present and future of our planet.
@carriewalker.bsky.social
Author 🏂 Escape to the Swiss Chalet 🍷 Escape to the Tuscan Vineyard
@alyssaogi.bsky.social
“Ah-lee-sah” || she/her || Editor, poet, student of Japanese cookbooks everywhere.
@julietgrable.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, author, essayist, & songwriter. I live in a rural mountain community in southern Oregon. www.julietgrable.com
@bizargomez.bsky.social
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Mexican-American Illustrator currently available for freelance work. Raised in Phoenix, AZ, and now based in Portland, OR. PNCA Alumnus (He/Him) Portfolio: Bizarthestar.com
@mollymendoza.bsky.social
I mostly draw picture books and comics! Eisner + Ignatz nominated 🌷 Caldecott Honor recipient 𓃗 They/She mollymendoza.com
@paulcollins.bsky.social
Author, Professor of English at PSU, bewildered radio guest. Personal account. www.pdx.edu/english/profile/paul-collins
@scryptkeeper.substack.com
🍉 || poemmaker | fieldtheorist | professora | hypewoman | librettist | performer | magicwand | humancat || linktr.ee/scryptkeeper || samiyabashir.com || Literary Agent: aragi.net || Bookings: theshipmanagency.com ||
@bobdevine.bsky.social
@oneofthejohns.bsky.social
(He/Him) Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. Serve on the board of directors for Literary Arts. www.oneofthejohns.com
@lubellwoo.bsky.social
@docnock.bsky.social
She/Her Neurodivergent, disabled educator, writer (CNF, Horror, Spec Fic, Poetry), animal lover | American Rural: Monologues available now.
@jenbbright.bsky.social
Editor, writer, cook, mushroom forager, plant wrangler. Lover of Maine Coons, the culinary arts, preservation in all senses of the word. In a relationship with the Oregon Coast and a carpenter-turned-nurse.
@kaneicaruslynch.bsky.social
Cartoonist, comics educator, Trekkie, cat-petter (He/They) Rep'd by Alexandra Weiss at Azantian Literary Look for my middle grade graphic novel “Reel Life” coming from Scholastic Graphix this May! https://www.kanelynch.com/pre-order
@feathersb.bsky.social
Thinks a lot about governance, rule of law, justice & peace processes. Consequently depressing at parties. Independent political development expert, comics scriptwriter, & Senior Advisor @PAEMA. Opinions my own. Author of RE:CONSTITUTIONS, WHY THE PEOPLE.
@bulldogshadow.bsky.social
EVP, Race Forward; Senior Fellow, Southern Poverty Law Center; Co-Founder, States At The Core (STAC); Co-Founder, CultureGuard. Boards: Auburn Theological Seminary, National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy, Proteus Fund. Writer: Moment Magazine
@valarie.bsky.social
Welcome, book lovers! 💙📚 I’m a devotee of the Backlisted podcast and often wonder if I should just reread Woolf’s “The Waves” again. Also a fan of Sam Shepard, Kerouac, Willy Vlautin, Donna Tartt, film noir, Twin Peaks, Grimm & folklore. Portland, OR.