Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken
Passionate fly fisher and long-time indie book publisher. Using the literary arts to better understand the Midwest since 1991. Subscribe on substack. Order at icecubepress.com
@brettlorenzen.bsky.social
JD, LLM. Nonprofit management professional, writer/photographer. Climate, environment, public access, agriculture, technology, human rights. Licensed NY Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Guide. My posts are my own.
@akafrosty.bsky.social
@traumafaithauthor.bsky.social
Lead pastor at St John’s Lutheran Church (RIC) in Rock Island, Illinois. Author of A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance: A Love Story of Grief, Trauma, Healing, and Faith (Chalice Press). Writer. Read my work at https://jenniferohmanrodriguez.com
@glioblaster.bsky.social
Mass follower dying of glioblastoma. I'll follow as much as I want. Don't follow if it bothers U. Politics,Music,food & #DesMoines #Iowa. I don't represent any recommendations I share. 🚫DMS. 🚫SOLICITING. IF SOMETHING IS CENSORED ITS PROBABLY A ALBUM COVER.
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@raveler904.bsky.social
Author (8 books of creative nonfiction), mother, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Christian mystic, reiki practitioner, volunteer mentor (Lincoln Literacy; Big Brothers/Big Sisters), yogi, fan of libraries and librarians.
@pivotpod.bsky.social
Official Bluesky for the Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Part of New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
@habitatlibrary.bsky.social
Imagine a library about the neighborhoods where you live. Books about birds, trees, soil, rivers, cloudscapes -- and the people who have come before, and are with us still.
@cstuarthardwick.com
@ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐ A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun! Be excellent to each other.
@tamaradb35.bsky.social
Lifelong Liberal. 🐈 lady. Genealogy addict. Editor of "Farm Boy, City Girl," available at http://books2read.com/gene-gina. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally #lgbthistory MN by way of IA, IL, and MO https://www.facebook.com/farmboycitygirlbook
@juscarts.com
Author of Brazos (Belle Point Press, 2024) // women's basketball & motorsports writer // Texan living in Iowa // juscarts.com
@chuyrenteria.bsky.social
Author (We Heard it When We Were Young), B-boy, video game enthusiast (currently playing: UFO 50), wannabe chess player. arts editor/writer at Little Village Magazine. chuyrenteria.com chuyrenteria.substack.com littlevillagemag.com
@princessofely.bsky.social
Liberal, crone-ish, mom & nana. Retired medical PTrehab/CC adjunct/mgmt., I can teach you CPR, & also break your copier🧐. I’m resistance 🔵 in a 🔴state. 🚫porn/MAGA/crypto etc.🚫PM ME!! #988 to 🛑 suicide. Girls have super powers, LFG!
@tcmeames.bsky.social
@artewrites.bsky.social
UPenn. Management Professional. Bibliophile 📚 Writing ✍️ Art 🎨 Photography 📸 Good food & Gardening. Married. No DMs✖️ From California ☀️ A Real Person ❤️
@sallyedelstein.bsky.social
True blue artist, writer, and friend. Crazy about canines and collecting paper.
@bookishjulia.bsky.social
Author, fermenter, food historian, writing coach, Library Science PhD, culinary educator, forager, maker of everyday magic. Wrote Our Fermented Lives. Agent: Ekus Group linktr.ee/juliaskinner
@jbkeener.bsky.social
Author of Nat'l bestselling novel, Night Swim| Indie Next pick & SIBA bestseller, Strangers in Budapest| award-winning stories, Women In Bed| Co-founder of Writers for Blue| Believes in positive change
@artcullen.bsky.social
Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.
@phoebesaid.bsky.social
Journalist. “Shifting Gears” autos/culture reporter on Substack, contributing columnist at Detroit Free Press and freep.com, documentary film associate producer. Tips: 313-618-1034 phoebe@phoebehoward.com phoebewallhoward.substack.com
@lghrsmssn.bsky.social
Midwest, Gen X, Cat Lady, Hodgepodge of Books, Prairie, Science, & Learning 🌪️♥️💛 Following you because you posted something insightful I loved. Not much of a poster myself, it’s okay to not follow back. We’ll sort it out later.
@aheise.bsky.social
Community college instructor - I teach micro to future healthcare people especially nurses. Also curious about astronomy, geology, museums, art, funny things.
@dril.bsky.social
Never Bullshit I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate . https://www.patreon.com/dril https://www.instagram.com/dril_real https://linktr.ee/drilreal
@minnpost.bsky.social
Independent, member-supported journalism for Minnesota. 📧 http://minnpost.com/newsletters/
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
@lhertzel.bsky.social
Book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist." Next memoir, "Ghosts of Fourth Street," pubs in 2026. I review for StarTribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LATimes and elsewhere. Teach in MFA program at UGA-Athens.
@mndriftless.bsky.social
Nerd by birth, HHS wonk by trade. 🏳️🌈↙️↙️↙️ This is my main, my alt has fewer manners. The profile picture is not recent.
@rfhirschfeld.bsky.social
Director of Water Policy at Prairie Rivers Network in Illinois. The rural Midwest doesn’t have to be a sacrifice zone for corn and soybeans.
@torystephens.bsky.social
Climate Storytelling | Husband, Dad, Hopeful Wu-Tang Clan Member 🤞🏾 | Publishing and curating climate fiction stories @gristnews.bsky.social Former @HealthPolicyHub / Community Catalyst
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@iowacityoflit.bsky.social
We build and support diverse communities of writers and audiences through the transformative power of story. https://linktr.ee/iowacityoflit
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@jmcnallybooks.bsky.social
Writer w/ 20 books. Most recently: The Pinned Butterfly, my first thriller, under pen name Johnny Mack; and The Book of Ralph: 20th Anniversary Edition. Forthcoming: New and Selected Stories. Mostly posting my book collection here.
@jpkenyon.bsky.social
Likes: Iowa, books, music and decent people. Dislikes: Fascists, book banners, and the willfully ill-informed. Opinions are my own. he/him. https://linktr.ee/johnkenyon