Mart's Starter Pack
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@martycain.bsky.social
@bombsfall.bsky.social
Scott Benson. Artist/ Animator/ Writer/ Videogame Person. Light Night Work Club/ Night In The Woods. Same handle on Twitter and Instagram. You can always find me at Bombsfall.com.
@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.
@laurajanegrace.bsky.social
@sad13.horse
sadie dupuis \\ speedy ortiz & sad13 frontdemon \\ books: Cry Perfume, Mouthguard \\ ahhhhhhhhhhhh
@dennismhogan.bsky.social
Central American and Imperial Lit | Higher Ed Section Editor @publicbooks.bsky.social | University lecturer & onetime union staffer | Go easy, step lightly, stay free. |
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile. collections: Deifying A Total Darkness, To Emit Teal, The Second Stop Is Jupiter, & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife (UPK, Oct 14, 2025)
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: On Beauty: stories, (University of Alberta Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
@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
@nicksturm.bsky.social
post45 poetry, small press publishing, print culture, history of arts funding | Lecturer in English @ Georgia State | co-director of NNYSS | editor of books w/ Fonograf & City Lights | book on New York School poets with Columbia UP | nicksturm.com
@thedaybooks.bsky.social
Mom + poet in AL FT Instructor of English + Gender Studies Former k12/YA librarian + archivist PhD student in Comms/Book History Posts don’t reflect my institutions Read bell hooks 🔗 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
@daybreakjung.bsky.social
Yi Sang: Selected Works (2020, @WavePoetry) / Hocus Pocus Bogus Locus (2025, Black Square Editions) / http://www.jacksaebyokjung.com/
@poetrydaily.bsky.social
Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997. Poems.com
@spencerbeswick.bsky.social
Historian of anarchism and the left in the Americas with a PhD from Cornell University
@jessagoldberg.bsky.social
Abolitionist | anti-imperialist | academic PhD in American Literature Black Studies, Queer Studies, Carceral Studies they/them | my views, not employer's | book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917890/abolition-time/
@vjoshuaadams.bsky.social
Professing English at the University of Louisville. Poetry, poetics, philosophy, translation — plus old books, old cars, cat pics. Views mine.
@nikkimwalls.bsky.social
Poet, photographer, occasional visual artist. Latest book of poems is Hold Your Own from Copper Canyon Press (2024). currently in Los Angeles. https://www.patreon.com/nikkiwallschlaeger
@sarahmdowling1.bsky.social
Author of ENTERING SAPPHO, TRANSLINGUAL POETICS, DOWN, & SECURITY POSTURE. My newest book is HERE IS A FIGURE: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810147904/here-is-a-figure/
@sarahclark.bsky.social
native (nanticoke) genderfuck crip neurodiva. autistic. trans. etc. editor type. http://linktr.ee/sarah_clark read stuff i edit (please): www.anmly.org/ www.beestungmag.com www.ALOCASIA.org board: www.sundresspublications.com
@feinsod.bsky.social
Comp Lit and English Prof. Baltimore. 💙⚓️💚🌱🖤📖. *Speaking only for myself*
@ecotopian.bsky.social
Poet, scholar, environmental humanist • Author of The Milk Hours (Milkweed, 2019), Winter, Glossolalia (Black Spring, 2022), and Extinction Song (Tupelo, 2026) • Following the X-odus.
@ctsalazar.bsky.social
Nonbinary. Latinx. Mississippi. Author of Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking (Acre Books 2022). Director of University Archives. Organize Mississippi. https://forms.gle/PGtesyZR2wCaxtV58
@incastellated.bsky.social
Publishing Literature in the Expanded Field / Behind the Facade, More of the Same / Incipit 2014 / Our books are available through Asterism: https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/inside-the-castle
@divinetailor.bsky.social
poet-artist-fool. aging, tr🔼ns, qu3️⃣3️⃣r, sick/disabled, autistic. he/they. i do not often follow back, so don’t follow me with that expectation.🚨DO NOT ADD TO STARTER PACKS WITHOUT CONSENT!🚨 http://www.jaybesemer.net
@junlper.beer
my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer co-host on the western kabuki podcast: http://www.westernkabuki.com/ - a show about what’s going on online a reputable journalist at @theonion.com
@adamclay.bsky.social
Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).
@isobelohare.bsky.social
✨ ♋️ ♉️ ♏️ ✨ INFP ✨ 4w5 ✨ Queer. AuDHD. Aspiring social worker in a children’s hospital. Sometimes I write things. 🇵🇸
@ballastjournal.bsky.social
a journal of poetry and more poetry and more poetry | editors @jacobschepers.bsky.social & Sara Judy | submissions always open | issue 3.1 out now | ballastjournal.com
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
A biannual literary journal produced by MFA students at the University of Memphis— pinchjournal.com
@lindsaythomas.net
academic and aspiring person who likes winter. contemporary lit, digital stuff. i’ve written about sci fi, national security and fiction, the humanities, bunkers, and chatbots. now writing about novels and how long they are. https://lindsaythomas.net
@gillywhite8.bsky.social
soft g. poetry, poetics, public power. _Lyric Shame_https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674734395
@amishtrivedi.bsky.social
Poet-errant. Professor at the U of Delaware. Latest: FuturePanic http://www.coimpress.com/books/futurepanic.shtml amishtrivedi.com
@isaacpickell.bsky.social
black & jewish poet | adjunct instructor in Detroit | a book @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social | a chap @blacklawrence.bsky.social | a Cave Canem fellow | just very glad to be here. isaacpickell.com
@archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
@brandiwells.bsky.social
debut novel CLEANER Wildfire Books August 2023 | Hanover Square Press January 2024 (they/them)
@leeches.bsky.social
Writer, weird stuff enthusiast. Nonbinary (they/them). I love zines and bad-bad art. If it is not bad enough, I will not love it.
@evansquilliams.bsky.social
Your local prose poem emporium | Contributing Writer at Cleveland Review of Books | co-founding obliterator at Obliterat | An Extremely Well-Funded Study of Doors (above/ground press, 2023) www.tallmansgarden.com
@kimberlywolf.bsky.social
Southern poet. Really good at driving long distances. Lit major (derogatory) My chapbook “How the Frogs Get Married” is available for preorder through Bullshit Lit! You can see my little website here: www.kimberlywolfpoet.com
@willerickson.bsky.social
just a little light in my pocket Poems or whatever + awkwardlypenned.com
@annulet.bsky.social
Annulet publishes literary criticism, poetry, & prose. Annulet Editions (2025) will publish one book of poetry & one book of literary criticism a year. edited by @aliciawright.bsky.social
@dreampop.bsky.social
501(c)(3) nonprofit literary journal & small press based in Roanoke, VA. We publish experimental, fractured, and hybrid work. EIC: @isobelohare.bsky.social
@kimannjosouth.bsky.social
💚 poet, phd, professor, editor, human, mama, aries, eagles, she/her/hers 💚
@orchidtierney.bsky.social
Ph.D. award-losing poet | NZ in Ohio | no person is illegal | Essay Press and Calamari Archive author | Assistant Professor of English at Kenyon College | Senior Editor Kenyon Review | She/her | BEI Fellow | www.orchidtierney.com
@luaz.bsky.social
I write poems and I garden. Already in recovery from whatever this is. https://kylahoubolt.us My most recent collection here: https://cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com/product/the-ghost-of-it-by-kyla-houbolt
@periodicities.bsky.social
est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993 https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/ member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
@martycain.bsky.social
Poet / bisexual dad / aging punk freak / library worker in Ithaca NY. Author of three poetry books including The Prelude (Action Books, 2023) & monograph on rural poetic community forthcoming from Clemson UP. Vox in Joyous Shrub. He/him www.marty-cain.com