Great North Americans (2)
Thanks to Trump, tensions are running high between the USA and Canada. But some of the best people I follow are North American. Writers, creators, poets, journalists, politicians, campaigners. Here's my second pack featuring a few of the best
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@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
@stars-inmy-coffee.bsky.social
𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 🇨🇦🇮🇪 My husband: grandmastersupreme.bsky.social My music: https://youtube.com/@stars_in_my_coffee?si=F0o2CdDH7UNLO1af My shenanigans: https://www.tiktok.com/@stars.inmy.coffee?_t=ZS-8w2TiMG2aqw&_r=1
@randalljstephens.bsky.social
American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus. https://t.co/oGDJUwAhXL
@nmw1.bsky.social
Habsburg historian, occasionally, some of the Successor States; fan of cats, good coffee, wine, the Austrian Riviera, NYC, Paris, & Vienna. Under contract to write a book that stubbornly refuses to write itself. I've been awarded a medal!
@jeannieprinsen.bsky.social
Writer, copy editor, wife, mom of two autistic young adults, "Beloved Child of the House" (S. Clarke, Piranesi). Born in PEI, live in Ontario. https://jeannieprinsen.substack.com/
@sheilaeyoung1.bsky.social
Writer. Working on the sequel to my debut novel in slow motion. 🇨🇦 Please. No DM’s unless we’re already friends. https://linktr.ee/sheilaeyoung
@jasonread.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, Author of The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work from Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2920-the-double-shift More here: http://www.unemployednegativity.com
@hamiltoncain.bsky.social
Expat Tennesseean in NYC. Bylines: New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, Chapter 16, On The Seawall, Harvard Review.
@robluzecky.bsky.social
(He, Him) I’m a lecturer at a university and a college, where I teach Philosophy. I specialize in Deleuze, Marx, and Environmental Philosophy. Also, I have 4 cats. Cégep Heritage College | George Mason University
@awoodley.bsky.social
Books by A. Woodley http://author.to/AmazonUS Crime. Murder. Ghosts. Witches. Tarot. Poetry. Children's & more.
@stridermarcusjones.bsky.social
Poet. Five published books.DMU Law graduate. Pushcart Prizex3/Best of the Netx3 Nominations. Founder/Editor/Publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.co https://stridermarcusjonespoet.blogspot.com/p/about-strider.html
@morsecodejeffy.bsky.social
I’m a Chicago-based copywriter by day and asleep at night. Let’s talk about reading and writing and particularly challenging cheeses!
@piecesofi.bsky.social
Strategic Partnerships, Women's Health Catalyst, Values-based Leader, Poet, Co-author💙 Living my mantra: "Know your value, Live your values" No DM's No "pitching" https://www.piecesofi.com/poetry
@juliaparktracey.bsky.social
Historical, lit fic: Silence, The Bereaved, Tongues of Angels Sibylline Press| rep Anna Termine Veronika Layne series 🌶️🌶️ (she/her) 🟦🟧🌻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✍🏻🧙♀️
@heathersweeney.bsky.social
Author of CAMOUFLAGE (Post Hill Press, fall 2025). Bylines: NYT, WashPo, TODAY, HuffPost, Newsweek, Business Insider, Good Housekeeping, Next Avenue, Brevity, etc.
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
News Editor @mississippifreepress.org •Writer 🖋️ •Film Shooter 📷 •Husband 🏳️🌈 •Pibble Dad 🐾 Opinions = mine
@wallegrezza.bsky.social
Poet, editor, teacher, hiker, bass player. Curator of impractical slogans, archivist of transliterated images, wrangler of imaginary water buffalos.
@iveymarsh.bsky.social
BA in pol-sci. writer in progress. here to advocate, maybe self-deprecate, and pull you back from the writer’s existential ledge. 📚 i am only on here and instagram.
@notonlyicarus.bsky.social
“hope is not a choice or an emotion […] it’s a necessity” @_binshi_ on 🐦 | geronimo stilton coded | 📖 MG/YA/NA queer gothic | excitable | 🍉 | 🏳️🌈 | https://linktr.ee/notonlyicarus | #RevPit ‘25 |📍gmt +1
@finnwritesstuff.bsky.social
Cat person, writer, presenter, Star Trek fan. THE PRICE OF COOKIES, flash fiction collection. Novels repped by Stacey Kondla. Queer AF. Definitely not cool. They/them/tired. #flashfiction finnburnett.com
@lauriannaa.bsky.social
Just a few things that snag in the brain of a retired Latina cop/current public health psych nurse, mom of 5. Influenced by lotsa trauma. 2nd gen from Central America but I’m a lifelong Arizonan. Cancer and DV survivor. No DM’s unless I know you irl. 💙💙💙
@kevinmulhall.bsky.social
Writer | Artist | Retiree from a semiconductor company | Tech-Economics-Policy-Culture-Cartooning | No Crypto or Folks selling stuff | No DMs unless I've invited you to it. Michigan, ex-pat CDN
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
@lianabrooks.bsky.social
American Author in Korea - Ehlers-Danlos Spoonie - Rroma - Rep'd by Cherry Weiner Literary - She/Her/Your Worship www.LianaBrooks.com Buy My Newest Book: https://tinyurl.com/2s3kkra4
@drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social
Writer~Professor~Literacy Advocate~Blogger~Creative~Community Organizer-Consultant Native Chicagoan living in the south. YouTube: @tiffanyaflowers Spoutible: @Prof_Flowers Fanbase: @drtiffanyaflowers Medium: The Black Aesthetic Tradition Blog
@authorkittyrose.bsky.social
Author of spicy, emotional, & inclusive dark romance 🏳️🌈🌶️ 📚 Non-binary 💛🤍💜🖤 | neurodivergent | mental health advocate 18+ (due to adult romance content) | no hate/hateful rhetoric please - be kind or continue scrolling
@lizaachilles.bsky.social
🩷 Books to make you laugh, hope & ponder 📖 The blog for the discerning reader 🤩 Read my book of Shakespearean sonnets ➡️ Visit https://lizaachilles.com
@jlinemass.bsky.social
26 | uOttawa alumni | Cozy Fantasy Author | she/her 🌈 write words, I do. (not always Yoda-approved) #amwriting #amquerying
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social
Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Amazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Tvergastein, and others. Watch all my Poetry Videos here: https://www.instagram.com/malformed_poetry
@jameshduncan.bsky.social
Poet, Writer, Editor, Indie Bookshop Reviewer Hobo Camp Review + The Bookshop Hunter Website: jameshduncan.com Hobo Camp: hobocampreview.blogspot.com The Bookshop Hunter: thebookshophunter.com
@angiecrouch.bsky.social
Media Consultant, Voice Actor, Emmy Award-winning Journalist (formerly NBCLA), joyfully writing my first book of Poetry - follow my new poetry Instagram for a preview: https://www.instagram.com/angiecrouchpoetry/
@ellenkrupich.bsky.social
Writer ✍ Short prose. Poetry. Haiku 📚 #vss365 #writingcommunity My posts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2wcalufrs3gx7wi4px22l2yd/feed/aaafkf472bdu2
@electricdc.bsky.social
#Author of a video game-based #fantasy world: The Bard of Aztaeron📚 WIP Book 2, "ReSPAWN" I'm a heart-forward geek who loves guitars, #music, film, and #videogames. #Autistic and ASD dad. Former comic book writer. That console hippy from The Bad Place ❤️💚💙
@jenjordan.bsky.social
Writer of creative nonfiction, poetry, and scholarly stuff. OER Librarian, professor, mumsy. She/her. New Mexican. Words: Creative Nonfiction, This American Life, Hayden's Ferry Review, & more. https://jenniferjordanwrites.com
@daphnefama.bsky.social
The awkward goth that used to sit in the back of your class. Repped by Dorian Maffe. House of Monstrous Women (August 12). ✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207767929-house-of-monstrous-women
@author-salem.bsky.social
Your favorite author's favorite author. 32 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈♿️🌌🔭 https://ko-fi.com/authorsalem Contact and books: Linktr.ee/author.salem 🔞 MDNI 🚫AI 🚫🍊
@mishiepoet.bsky.social
Poet | Mental Health Advocate | Dreamer | Inaugural Poet Laureate of Ellensburg, WA
@christopherroche.bsky.social
Author of speculative, historical, literary fiction. And new for 2025: Cli-Fi. #amquerying
@barrybergman.bsky.social
Pro writer turned amateur author. Debut novel set for release August 2025 or thereabouts. 2nd favorite human of 2 cats. Not TV hitman Barry Berkman. Currently clean on OPSEC. barryjbergman.com
@morkalmarrh.bsky.social
Writer, artist & scientist. Currently querying a novel about messy people in a drowning world. On the @smallpitch.org team. Poems in 2 anthologies! He/they/it. ND & aroace.
@mizov.bsky.social
I film silly things, I fixed up a creepy old Victorian house, and now I’m querying a gothic horror novel in my pinned. Aspiring nepobaby. https://www.brainsaladproductions.com https://www.victorianhomereno.com
@soph-pl.bsky.social
Endlessly curious globetrotter. Lover of smart stories. Spicy romance enthusiast. Combined, shook, rearranged, and caressed them into shape. And now #AmQuerying. Bonus threads on #NixedBookResearch
@thecrumpet.bsky.social
Legally Non-Blonde / writer of minor repute (I'm in the Congressional record!) / querying 1st novel THIS ENDS NOW / additional noodlings at meagantheauthor.com / #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying
@smossman.bsky.social
She/her, AuDHD, Aro/Ace, Syrian American I read almost everything im writing YA fantasy and i like feminine rage, masc women, and boba
@victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
29 • nonbinary lesbian with a trans wife and four cats • chronically ill/physically disabled • author of queer romance stories • querying The Witch and The Grocer • A Harmony of Witches • https://ko-fi.com/victoriajayneoh
@vvauthor.bsky.social
Thriller Author | Editor & Consultant (“Queen of Queries”) | Trial Attorney | Rep’d by JABberwocky Literary Agency ❤️ www.vivianavasiu.com
@jenniferluce.bsky.social
Writer ✍️ | Mother ❤️ | Gamer 🎮 | 🇰🇷🇺🇲 ✨️Writer of romantic fantasies and paranormal/horror romance✨️
@joyiswriting.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 writer of whimsical fantasy and spooky MG. Old 🩰 dancer and avid gardener. I love Earl Grey tea almost as much as I love to travel!
@jburroughs.bsky.social
Recent US Beat Poet Laureate Founding editor, Crisis Chronicles Press Vice President, Ohio Poetry Association Hillbuckeye. Skeptic. Creative. Better woke than asleep. https://linktr.ee/johnburroughs 🏳️🌈
@kakistokrat.bsky.social
Boomer, Animal lover, MTBer, MMJ, Mainer in FL. Magas don't get to know me. DM me at your own risk. Nice does not equal weak. CEOs are killing us for profit. Resist! Rebel! Revolt!
@karstenstone.bsky.social
Aspiring author crafting #YA and #ComingOfAge tales inspired by seaside towns, timeless friendships, and the complexities of love and loyalty. Currently tripping on 90s nostalgia. Devoted father, husband, and proud ally 🌈
@marigoldrowell.com
(she/her) writer & illustrator, and fan of all things weird & spooky I have lots of hobbies, and I'm bad at almost all of them. Los Angeles is my home, and I love my city.🌴 🚫 No AI. No crypto. I will block you.
@cameronlawrence.bsky.social
Poet + Painter. Atlanta by way of Arizona. Mainly at Instagram.com/cameronlawrence www.cameronlawrence.com
@chelcampbell.bsky.social
poet, artist, & bookbinder EIC of @memezine.bsky.social social media editor & poetry reader at Pithead Chapel poetry micro LOVEBUG (rinky dink press, March 2025) work appearing or forthcoming in X-R-A-Y, Rogue Agent, trampset, New Delta Review, & more
@monicasarkar.bsky.social
Senior Editor at CNN International. Aspiring novelist: #LondonWritersAward longlist, #Hachette mentee. Usually prefer animals to people 🙈🧿
@dreenawriting.co.uk
Author. Insomniac. Tofu-eating wokerati. Pub’d here & there. 🇯🇪Winner: Flash500. Placed/ listed: Bridport, Marlowe & Christie, BFFA, SPR, etc. I also write as Jane Harvey, and make it a matter of principle to fall over at least once a month.
@jillybaggadonuts.bsky.social
book nerd. writer. music lover. 🏳️🌈 she/her/they/them #booksky #booktokrefugee #tiktokrefugee
@saraduran.bsky.social
hugger of trees / writer of books #amediting YA fantasy 🏴☠️👑🧜🏿♀️ https://linktr.ee/saraduranauthor
@liberaldude.bsky.social
💙Conservatism is a disease. It is a shrine to hate and fear, from which every negative act flows. We have the resources to provide for our society. We have the knowledge to not live in fear of our fellow man. We lack the will to prioritize those facts.
@toddedillard.bsky.social
“Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, poetry editor of The Boiler, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
@michaeldechane.bsky.social
Poet. Jungian dream worker. Head Cook. Spoon carver. Author of The Long Invisible (2024, Wildhouse Publishing). #poet #poetry #author #writer #jung #jungian #dream #woodcarving
@staceypowells.bsky.social
Author/Poet//Music Licensing Pro/Wedding Officiant/Happily married Wifey/Playwright/LGBTQ Ally/Activist/G-Ma/Mountain&Beach Lover/💙💙Storm&Geology Nerd. 🚫Porn🚫DM NoSexBots!!🚫MAGA
@fiddes.bsky.social
Poet and creative director. '*Other Saints Are Available' (Live Canon), 'The Rainbow Factory' + 'The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre' (Templar). Dubai, Barcelona, London and unmapped places in between. https://markfiddes.com/
@cherylpappas.bsky.social
Writer. Book: THE CLARITY OF HUNGER Word West Press (2021). MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com Novel-in-progress: Abandon www.cherylpappas.net
@whatisapoem.bsky.social
Experimental Poet—Experimental Lit Prof—Experimental Musician Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
@amandaearl.bsky.social
she/her: sharing Ottawa -area literary, spoken word, storytelling & nonfiction events daily ish. Out now!: Beast Body Epic, Autumn 2023. https://linktr.ee/amandaearl. NO DMS. No "Only Fans"!
@carmellapoetry.bsky.social
✨Hedgehog Poetry Pamphlet Winner✨ Honourable Mention Dark Poets Prize/BBC/Dream Catcher Mag/The Dirigible Balloon/Dark Poets Club/Suburban Witchcraft/OTB/Wishbone Words/Harlow Stanza Founder/Poetry Society Rep🏆Judge Harlow Open 2025🏆 🖤 90's 🫶🏻 Beatles
@noonessleep.bsky.social
Poet, Translator, & Occasional Philosopher | Books: Venetian Mirrors 2024; The Sepia Carousel 2017; Chains of Snow 2013. Poetry: https://pittstreetpoetry.com/poet/jakob-ziguras/. Philosophy: https://independent.academia.edu/JakobZiguras.
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs.
@darbylyons.bsky.social
Retired English teacher, poet. Book and music lover. Midwesterner, kind of (Army brat, IYKYK), with Appalachian roots. MFA, Sewanee School of Letters. Senior editorial assistant, Cincinnati Review.
@andileighwrites.bsky.social
Author & Visual Artist Editor-in-Chief @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social 💛🤍💜🖤 🌻 🖤🩶🤍💜 andileighwrites.com
@josefpadua.bsky.social
Writer, poet, author of A Short History of Monsters, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize. https://linktr.ee/josepaduawriter
@casswhit.bsky.social
Poet, Writer 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (She/they/Mx). NBCC, full length out in 25 with Jackleg Press. https://wolfs-den.page/
@davigray.bsky.social
Queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist. Website: davigray.com. 18+ 🙏🏼 Work published in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Rogue Agent & elsewhere.
@michaelrunning.bsky.social
Therapist, partner, poet; astonished by it all. Oregon ➡️ Scotland ➡️ 台灣 ➡️ Oregon www.michaelrunning.care
@jeremyspringsteed.bsky.social
Poet, barista, cafe manager, Cure fanatic, lover of post punk,wacky anarchist living in late stage capitalism.
@ditchwaterghost.bsky.social
Poet. Joto. Mark maker. Author of 'ditch water ' poems 2013 and 'broken mesas' poems 2021 Korima Press. Owner of Barren Mesa. www.barrenmesa.com
@poetkellycm.bsky.social
Poet & Visual Artist in Northern California | author of "Shade of Blue Trees" @twosylviaspress | https://linktr.ee/poetkellycm | she/her www.kellycressiomoeller.com 🖋️🎨🎼🎶🌲🌌⚡️♒️🧘🏻♀️🕯️☕️ 🎯❤️🔥
@kathyfish.bsky.social
Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink (fmrly Crazyhorse) | Wigleaf | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
@katherineeyoung.bsky.social
Poet Laureate emerita, Arlington, VA. Translator of Akram Aylisli (fiction), Anna Starobinets (memoir), & Russian-language poets from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. https://katherine-young-poet.com/
@hiramlarew.bsky.social
Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
@stephaniekmerrill.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Pianist. Words in UCity Review, Feral, Moist Poetry Journal, One Art, Rise Up Review, Amethyst Review, ZiN Daily, Eunoia Review, Trampoline Poetry, &tc. Retired English faculty. Pushcart & BOTN nominee. Ⓥ she/her Austin
@jennmartelli.bsky.social
Poet, co-po editor at MER, author of PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE (Lily), THE QUEEN OF QUEENS (Bordighera), work in Poetry, Academy of American Poets. She/her
@trippweavpoet.bsky.social
Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
@ryukanski.bsky.social
Poet/interviewer Paul E. Nelson, son of a labor activist father & Cuban immigrant mother. Born on Chicago’s west side in 1961, he founded the Cascadia Poetics LAB & the Cascadia Poetry Festival. https://paulenelson.com https://cascadiapoeticslab.org
@joseph-landi.bsky.social
Poet and medical writer. Poems in North American Review, The Southern Review, South Carolina Review, Midwest Quarterly, Notre Dame Review, Rhino, etc. Looking for my 3,000 Twitter followers.
@unionherald.bsky.social
Artist, curator, editor, and writer based in Beijing. Author of Model Answers (CCCP Chapbooks, 2024) and Maze Poems (Arteidolia, 2022). Edits poetry zine SAGINAW.
@sandymcintosh.bsky.social
Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs. https://sandymcintosh.info
@maryanncorbett.bsky.social
Poet, author of six books; newest is *The O in the Air.* Wilbur Award, Barnstone Prize, Best American Poetry, lots of journals.
@kristinwrites.bsky.social
Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS Sufferer. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. Cofounder of #CripCoop. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @whirligiglit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
@rodcrodriguezpoet.bsky.social
Award-winning poet/author of five books of poetry. I love art photography, spending time with my family, and fighting fascists with every breath I take.
@melissatuckey.bsky.social
Poet, Editor, Activist. Tenuous Chapel, Ghost Fishing: Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology.
@burgi.bsky.social
Loves books. Writes poems. She/her For everything else: https://linktr.ee/burgitree Banner photo: partial view of the shadow of a cast-iron chair and a plant on flagstones. Profile pic: w woman (ponytail, red jacket) @ microphone, reading from a sheet
@thedaybooks.bsky.social
Mom, poet, + artist in Alabama FT Instructor of English + Gender Studies Adjunct Former k12 + YA librarian, archivist PhD student in Comms/Book History (Posts don’t reflect my institution *at all* apparently) 🔗 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
@letiziawrites.bsky.social
MG & YA writer; Mom of 4; Acupuncturist Wickedness & Wonder anthology (Wild Ink Pub '25) Winner Kidlit Chuckle Challenge '24 HM Kids Choice Kidlit Writing Contest '24 Rep: @mohughes22.bsky.social Website: www.christineletizia.com
@jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social
Writer • Disability Advocate • Blood Type: Marmite Recent: World Lit Today, Maryland Lit Review, Maudlin House. Soon: Grub Street, FOLIO Lit, Mikrokosmos #epilepsy #disability #noAI jmthornberry.wordpress.com pw.org/directory/writers/jason_m_thornberry
@nckayauthor.bsky.social
Writer of spec thrillers, finalist of #ClaymoreAward '24 & #RevPit '22. Architect. Fan of prehistoric critters. Busy birdwatching & writing Forgetting Book 🇷🇴