Black Mountain Institute Starter Pack
Writers and storytellers who have recently participated in programs at the Black Mountain Institute in Las Vegas (more soon).
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@joshuacheverecohen.bsky.social
@mariannelchan.bsky.social
Author of All Heathens and Leaving Biddle City, both from @sarabandebooks | Assistant Prof at Old Dominion University
@charlottewyatt.bsky.social
Bewildered Las Vegan, writer; Programs at Black Mountain Institute. Not good at social media.
@eveewing.bsky.social
I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [Exceptional X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@tayari.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. Atlanta born, Atlanta bred, when I die, I’ll be Atlanta dead.
@jamesyeh.bsky.social
Writer, editor, journalist, professor of writing. Words in the New York Times, Guardian, the Drift, McSweeney's Quarterly, the Believer, Dissent, and elsewhere. Formerly an editor at McSweeney’s Quarterly, the Believer, and VICE
@iamlisako.bsky.social
📚 MEMORY PIECE (2024) 📚 THE LEAVERS (2017) Nationally bestselling novelist • National Book Award finalist • New Yorker http://lisa-ko.com
@sallywenmao.bsky.social
author of Ninetails, The Kingdom of Surfaces, Oculus, and Mad Honey Symposium
@mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social
Grammy-nominated Writer, Performer, Interdisciplinary Artist. Author of A MAP OF MY WANT (Haymarket Books , 2024) and HOODWITCH (Acre Books, 2019).
@alexmlwrites.bsky.social
THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder & A Memoir / US Artists & NEA fellow / work in Best Amer Essays, NYTimes, Harper’s, Agni, etc / currently writing a trans 🏳️⚧️ work of haunted 👻 nonfiction, BOTH & NEITHER, forthcoming from Doubleday / Vancouver, BC, Canada
@ahmednaji.bsky.social
Writer, Novelist, Documentary Filmmakers, Criminal, ex-journalist. More about his crimes: http://linktr.ee/anaji ahmednaji.net
@raquefella.bsky.social
I'm just finding my bearings here now! Author of Brown Neon (Coffee House Press, 2022), writer/critic/educator, South/west Coast Chill & desert enthusiast.
@kiminthewest.bsky.social
Social scientist. James Beard Award-winning author. Book: The Meth Lunches (St. Martin's Press.) Newsletter: KimFoster.substack.com. Las Vegas, Nevada.
@cherrylousy.bsky.social
Playwright & writer. Debut novel LOVE CAN’T FEED YOU (Dutton/Penguin Random House) out now!
@mandigray.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology/Criminology. Author of Suing for Silence (UBC Press). Co-host Diva Voce podcast. Formerly known as Doctor Sassy Pants on that other website.
@caitlincass.bsky.social
Artist, Cartoonist, Illustration/ Comics Prof New Book: Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S. (Fantagraphics, 2024) www.caitlincass.com
@otroedgargomez.bsky.social
🇳🇮🇵🇷 Author of ALLIGATOR TEARS (‘25) and HIGH-RISK HOMOSEXUAL (‘22) / Lambda Literary Award. American Book Award.
@amybrady.bsky.social
Wrote a book called, ICE: FROM MIXED DRINKS TO SKATING RINKS—A COOL HISTORY OF A HOT COMMODITY | Environmental historian & journalist | Substack: “The Garden Plot” https://gardenplot.substack.com/archive
@oliverdelapaz.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. Author and editor. Kundiman. NEA Fellow. Teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the low res MFA at PLU.
@ruthmadievsky.bsky.social
ALL-NIGHT PHARMACY, a national bestseller & california book award winner | ✍️ The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Cut, etc | HIV & primary care pharmacist https://linktr.ee/ruthmadievsky
@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
@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
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
@raxkingisdead.bsky.social
Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and the forthcoming SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
@sabs.bsky.social
charismatic megafauna at Defector books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology) newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/ signal: simbler.88
@kristenarnett.bsky.social
writer, librarian, huuuuge lesbian. dad. floridian. New York Times Bestselling author. Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
@fantagraphics.bsky.social
Publisher of the world's greatest cartoonists! fantagraphics.com
@joshuacheverecohen.bsky.social
Black Mountain Institute communicator, writer, fencer, abstract guitarist, semi-retired mime, forever student (C18/C19 British literature), cat lover, chronically injured.