Creative Nonfiction Writers / Literary Essayists
Creative nonfiction writers, Essayists, memoirists, etc.
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@jasonsepac.bsky.social
@natalielima09.bsky.social
Writing embarrassing crap about my life. Creative Writing Prof @ Butler University 📍Indianapolis 🇨🇺🇵🇷🇺🇸 natalielima.com
@nglipson.bsky.social
Author of MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS (coming March 4, 2025) | Best American Essays 2024 | Pushcart Prize | Words in The Sun, Virgina Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe + more www.nicolegraevlipson.com
@donnatalarico.bsky.social
Writer, higher ed storyteller, lit mag founder (Hippocampus). Co-ed, Getting to the Truth: The Craft & Practice of Creative Nonfiction. In-progress YA memoir. Curious. Loves diners, road trips, ephemera, wordplay, crosswords & board games.
@andreajurjevic.bsky.social
Poet, writer, literary translator & visual artist from Croatia (former Yugoslavia) 🌊Faculty at Georgia State University 🌍🏹 https://andreajurjevic.com/
@emmabolden.bsky.social
Just trying to put words together. The Tiger and the Cage: A Memoir of a Body in Crisis (Soft Skull 22), House Is an Enigma (Bull City Press), medi(t)ations (Noctuary Press, 16), Maleficae (Gen Pop Books, 13).
@cherylstrayed.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Portlander. Traveler. Cat/dog lady. Author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and Brave Enough. Also: Dear Sugar.
@hattiefletcher.bsky.social
Editor and reader of all sorts of prose. Short Reads. Autumn House Press. Almost always up for a good walk.
@sundeepbraich.bsky.social
Writer | Speaker Sundeep, an Indian name, translates to "bringer of light" in Latin from Sanskrit. With one foot in life & the other in death, I draw insights from the liminal space, weaving narratives that bridge both realms.💎☀️ Instagram @sundeepbraich
@jillchristman.bsky.social
Author of IF THIS WERE FICTION (U Nebraska Press). Editor at RIVER TEETH (riverteethjournal.com) & BEAUTIFUL THINGS: follow us here @riverteeth.bsky.social! NEA Prose Fellow. Ball State Professor. Raised up by hippies. Kind of witchy. jillchristman.com
@joebonomo.bsky.social
I write books and NO SUCH THING AS WAS, a music newsletter: https://joebonomo.substack.com/ Open 24/7: https://linktr.ee/joebonomo essays and rock & roll | sound and sense
@jacqdoyle.bsky.social
Author of The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press). Longlist, Wigleaf Top 50. 9 Notables, Best American Essays, CNF editor, CRAFT Literary Journal. www.jacquelinedoyle.com
@jesselkercheval.bsky.social
Poet, writer, translator (UY poetry), comics. Pitt Poetry Series, Fieldmouse Press, etc. Editor, Wisconsin Poetry Series, UW Press. Emerita CW Prof, UW-Madison, Rep Gail Hochman. Graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL, WaPo 10 Best Graphic Novel 2024
@kiese.bsky.social
@hjm.bsky.social
Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
@nikwalk.bsky.social
Two books forthcoming from Bloomsbury: Writing the Hard Stuff and How Plant a Billion Trees. Writer of 8 (weird) books.Trying to withstand the onslaught of fascism by building community. Prof, Nonfiction Editor at DIAGRAM and UGA Press's Crux Series.
@sherrieflick.bsky.social
Writer / Editor - I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES: SHORT STORIES, Autumn House, 2025- HOMING - essay collection, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2024 - Co-editor FLASH FICTION AMERICA, W. W. Norton, 2023 - Sr Editor SLQ
@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
@tkiramadden.bsky.social
author: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls & forthcoming Whidbey • hapa kanaka ‘ōiwi dyke • soup enthusiast & magician • land back • aloha 'āina • she/her
@paulcrenstorm.bsky.social
Best American Essayist. Newest collection: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814258828.html https://linktr.ee/paulcrenshaw
@stmoore.bsky.social
Oregon nonfiction writer. Book on Janet’s music forthcoming from UNC Press. Previous books THE DISTANCE FROM SLAUGHTER COUNTY (UNC Press), THE LONGER WE WERE THERE (UGA Press). Afg vet. Oregon State MFA alum. www.stevenlmoore.com
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@heidiczerwiec.bsky.social
Essayist and poet, author of CRAFTING THE LYRIC ESSAY: STRIKE A CHORD and FLUID STATES. Sr. Editor at Assay. Perfumista and forager. She/her
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Poet / novelist / essayist in Chicago Professor at DePaul University & Editor at Rose Metal Press Writings at https://kathleenrooney.com/ Typewritings at http://poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
@sonyahuber.bsky.social
Writer & Professor. Voice First, Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, Love & Industry, etc. Memoir, essays, chronic pain, labor, disability activism, Midwestern tater tot. A few beads, a loud laugh. www.sonyahuber.com she/her/they/them
@kerryhowley.bsky.social
Feature Writer at New York Magazine, author of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs, New Englander in Los Feliz
@marchxness.bsky.social
The premiere yearly tournament of music and memory. Each day in March 2025 we're posting essays that lost in the first round of previous tourneys. Find us at marchxness.com. Selection committee: @meganc.bsky.social & @angermonsoon.bsky.social
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
The other one. Poet & NYT bestselling author. Next 📚: DEAR WRITER (April 2025), THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT (Sept 2025), A SUIT OR A SUITCASE (March 2026).
@erinrwilliams.bsky.social
Author and illustrator. Part-time @ Hunter & Parsons. Lucy’s mom.
@k-e-c.bsky.social
writing about culture and the outdoors. words in nyt, outside, longreads & beyond. based in portland, now. katherinecusumano.com
@angermonsoon.bsky.social
Grind line. Predator Studies. March Xness. DIAGRAM. New Michigan Press. The Assessment Matters Institute. Essay Daily. University of Arizona MFA. Working hard for the money. http://otherelectricities.com
@zoebossiere.bsky.social
Writer | Managing Editor at brevitymag.com | CACTUS COUNTRY: A BOYHOOD MEMOIR out now from Abrams Books | Indies Introduce & Indie NEXT | rep’d by @frecklywench.bsky.social | they/she 🏳️⚧️🏜 | https://linktr.ee/zoebossiere | zoebossiere.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.
@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
@geetak.bsky.social
Kenyon Review. Teaching Professor Emerita University of Pittsburgh. Carlow University.
@ingridrojasc.bsky.social
Author of THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS & FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE @doubledaybooks. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist. Descended from shamans and ghost whisperers
@sarahmanguso.bsky.social
Writer: Liars, Questions Without Answers, Very Cold People, 300 Arguments, Ongoingness, The Guardians, The Two Kinds of Decay, Siste Viator, etc. Work with me: shipmanagency.bsky.social
@suburbanprairie.bsky.social
Memoirist experimenting with the truth. Author of TEEN QUEEN TRAINING (Autofocus 2026), A CALENDAR IS A SNAKESKIN (Autofocus 2023) and CURING SEASON: ARTIFACTS (WVU Press 2022). Director of @splitlippress.com. More: linktr.ee/suburbanprairie
@ericajberry.bsky.social
Writer of feelings & the environment (Orion, NYT, Guardian, etc), teacher, author of Wolfish (winner of 2024 Oregon Book Award). Portland, OR. She/her. www.ericaberry.com
@mlfaliveno.bsky.social
writer, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND: ESSAYS & forthcoming novel, HEMLOCK | asst. prof at UNC | she/they www.melissafaliveno.com
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
@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
@lillydancyger.bsky.social
author of Negative Space and First Love, editor at Barrelhouse Books
@esmewang.com
📚The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise 🏆 Best of Young American Novelists, Whiting Award, NYT Bestseller 🎓 Writing classes @ unexpectedshapeacademy.com 🇹🇼🌈♿️ she/her 🌱My interesting website @ esmewang.com
@jasonsepac.bsky.social
Visual Essays in Kenyon Review, Fourth Genre, The Iowa Review, The Pinch, The Normal School, and others. Love Pittsburgh, Pugs, and Polaroid. jasonsepac.com