A literary starter pack, sort of
These are some people who have contributed to Identity Theory in some way, either as interviewees, writers, or editors. That is it. That is all it is.
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@identitytheory.bsky.social
@djvorreyer.bsky.social
Poet, artist, music lover. (She/her) Poetry collections Unrivered (coming 2025),To Everything There Is, Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story, & A House of Many Windows all at @sundresspub.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/djvorreyer
@kylerseibel.bsky.social
writer + usn veteran // HEY YOU ASSHOLES available now from Clash Books
@andrewbertaina.bsky.social
The body is a temporary gathering place (2024 Autofocus) . One Person Away From You (2021 Moon City Press)3x notable at Best American Essays. Work in The Best American Poetry, The ThreePenny Review, Prairie Schooner etc.
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
Writer, jazz enthusiast, bibliophile, plant dad, and cartoon aficionado. Larry David is my spirit animal. Website: williammusgrove.com
@sarah-salcedo.com
Filmmaker, author, illustrator | SFWA | Stowe Story Labs 2023 | 2022 Town Hall Seattle Writer-in-Residence | Tin House Winter & Summer 2022 Film/prose/art: https://sarah-salcedo.com Website design: @tallfirsproductions.com
@msstefaniekirby.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Xeric gardener. REMAINDER (Bull City Press, 2025). FRUITFUL (Driftwood Press, 2024). Poems in Best of the Net, West Branch, phoebe, Cincinnati Review, etc. See more poetry at https://linktr.ee/stefaniekirbypoetry
@crankypacifist.bsky.social
he/them/y'all e pluribus unum sic semper tyrannis each person has inherent dignity don't follow me. i ain't gonna follow you. working class adhd academic in cackalacky (usa). i write crap for fun. jayparr.wordpress.com pfp by terijian bearheart
@readinstead.bsky.social
teacher, poet, father, husband | WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD (ELJ 2023) | Ed. POETS OF QUEENS 2 | EIC of @porcupinelit.bksy.social | Co-Founder of monthly reading series and poetry community get togethers, @notatawp.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jbeloff
@megiddings.bsky.social
I wrote Meet Me at the Crossroads (Amistad 2025)The Women Could Fly (Amistad 2022) and Lakewood (Amistad 2020). www.megangiddings.com
@amorak.bsky.social
Loyola dad. BGSU dad. Poet. BGSU professor & proud union member. Co-founding editor at @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Auburn fan. Dodgers fan. I like board games and ttrpg. He/him. It's pronounced uh-MOR-ack. https://amorakhuey.com
@dintywmoore.bsky.social
Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
@alinaetc.bsky.social
poet. writer. editor. reviewer. translator. corrupted bibliomaniac. exists in romanian and alabamian. hybrid in she/her dreams. self-deleting. self-ghosting. www.alinastefanescuwriter.com
@thebookmaven.bsky.social
NEW PODCAST: The Book Maven: A Literary Revue https://thebookmavenpodcast.substack.com/ Critic @LATimesBooks LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245 https://linktr.ee/bookmaven
@sequoian.bsky.social
Prof & Writer - How High We Go in the Dark, a National Bestseller and NYT Editors’ Choice & Where We Go When All We Were is Gone. Minneapolis by way of the SF Bay Area and Hawai’i http://SequoiaNagamatsu.com - Star Trek 💫 and wristwatch ⌚️ obsessed.
@danchaon.bsky.social
Novelist and short story writer. New novel, ONE OF US, due out Sept. 23, 2025 Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
@readandbreathe.bsky.social
Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025). www.michelefilgate.com
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her. https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
@mattborondy.bsky.social
founding editor @identitytheory.bsky.social / special education teacher / nevada
@identitytheory.bsky.social
Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.