BCD's haphazard starter pack II: The Heretic
Another collection. Some of the same folk, some different folk, who knows. Each and every one worth following.
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@bcdreyer.social
@christopherharris.bsky.social
Former journo. Italian studies and HEL guy. Extraordinary house sitter. Lover of dogs. Durmer.
@madamgrammar.bsky.social
Professor, editor, grammar evangelist in the Sunflower State. Finding the joy in language and walking the fine red line between prescriptivism and descriptivism. She/her.
@nathandunbar.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer. Tall. Bookseller by profession, Humanist at heart. Bluesky Elder. Support Trans 🏳️⚧️ lives. 📍Chicago If your bio screams "NO DMS" please do not follow me. You do not understand how to use settings.
@cinementalist.bsky.social
Another film queer. Professor. Book on Mike Nichols. Ed. of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory. Tons of essays. Boston.
@korystamper.bsky.social
I write dictionaries and books about 'em. Fiber crafter, keyboard breaker, garden futzer, niila myaamia. Opinions, baked goods mine. www.korystamper.com
@kylelukoff.bsky.social
"Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?" "No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
@amahnke.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Hall of Fame podcaster. Creator of Lore (podcast + TV + book series) and Cabinet of Curiosities (podcast + book). Amateur photographer. Swiftie. AaronMahnke.com/bio
@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/
@novicsara.bsky.social
Author TRUE BIZ + GIRL AT WAR 🧏🏻 deafie | 🌈 they/she/👉🏼 |📍Philly https://linktr.ee/Novic
@garthgreenwell.bsky.social
What Belongs to You, Cleanness, & Small Rain | Eeyore at the gay club | Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU | https://garthgreenwell.substack.com
@levistahl.bsky.social
Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
@mdbell79.bsky.social
Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
@matjohnson.bsky.social
Author: Invisible Things, Loving Day, Pym, Incognegro, etc. Helped on The Fall of the House of Usher (Nflx) and Manhunt (🍎). Philly-born; Oregon-thriving Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆! Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
@grammargirl.bsky.social
Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl #AmWriting The 5/13 GG podcast #AmReading The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Bannen)
@elongreen.bsky.social
Edgar Award-winning author, LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (out now) http://www.elongreen.com
@thelincoln.bsky.social
Author and professor type person. SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24 Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
What noisy cats are we. Author of THE REVISIONARIES (2019) and VERY FINE PEOPLE (2024). He/him. Author site: armoxon.com Weekly essays on my free newsletter, The Reframe.
@samthielman.com
Sam Thielman | Seen NYT Book Review, New Yorker, Slate, Flaming Hydra foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | 741.5 (Comic books, strips, etc.) | NC>Brooklyn | cat subordinate | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE with Sean Howe forthcoming from HarperOne
@nicolechung.bsky.social
author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW. the dog is Peggy and she loves you already. linktr.ee/nicolesjchung
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@lindaholmes.bsky.social
Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Oh God, I should probably be doing one of my jobs right now.
@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
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@hels.bsky.social
“Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches” New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication 🍉
@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
@astrokatie.com
Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr. Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
@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
@swordsjew.bsky.social
journalist, author, sword collector, schmoe. newsletter: buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich buy my new book!! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com