Emily Skaja @emilyskaja.bsky.social Poet, professor, dog enthusiast. Author of BRUTE (2019) & BLACK LAKE (Graywolf 2026).
yanyi @yanyiii.com writer
Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social He collected things, each of a holy intention in isolation, but pagan in the variety of his choice.
—William Gaddis
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Al Filreis @afilreis.bsky.social Al Filreis is Kelly Professor, Faculty Dir of the Kelly Writers House, Dir of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, host of PoemTalk, lead convener of ModPo—all at the Univ of Pennsylvania.
Pleiades: Literature in Context @pleiadesmag.bsky.social Literary Magazine
Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social Poet and writer. Bourne Chair of Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.
Paul Guest @paulmguest.bsky.social Poet and memoirist. Published in Best American Poetry, The Paris Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Whiting Award Winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
Ina Cariño @inacarino.bsky.social 🍉🍉🍉 // poet // 2022 Whiting Award // 2021 Alice James Award, FEAST // REVERSE REQUIEM forthc. 2026 (AJB)
DIAGRAM @eldiagram.bsky.social A journal of text, art, and schematic. Kicking it since 1999. Published by New Michigan Press. Edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in San Francisco since 1967.
Our Sunset location is @booksonthepark.bsky.social
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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Marianne Chan @mariannelchan.bsky.social Author of All Heathens and Leaving Biddle City, both from @sarabandebooks | Assistant Prof at Old Dominion University
Lesley Wheeler @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social Poetry Ed of Shenandoah. Author of Mycocosmic, Poetry’s Possible Worlds, Unbecoming, The State She’s In, & Radioland—poetry, fantasy fiction, CNF, scholarship. She/they. linktr.ee/lesleymwheeler
Sean Thomas Dougherty @stdougherty.bsky.social Poet. Recent books with BOA Editions, Jacar Press. I work as a Medtech and caregiver, and teach part-time in the Western Connecticut State U MFA Program. Disability rights advocate, father, husband, obsessive Cleveland Cavs fan.
Sumita Chakraborty @notsumatra.bsky.social www.sumitachakraborty.com • poet, scholar, general doer of things with words, faculty at the University of Virginia • wherever I am, I'm not Sumatra • opinions mine, including that nobody’s free until everybody’s free
The Hudson Review @hudsonreview.bsky.social Quarterly magazine of literature and the arts, founded in 1948. Poetry, fiction, essays, and more.
Donika Kelly @donikakelly.bsky.social Author of Bestiary and The Renunciations and The Natural Order of Things | Graywolf Press | Kate Tufts | Hurston/Wright | Anisfield-Wolf |NEA | Iowa English | she/her/dr.
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
The Dial @thedialmag.bsky.social The world’s little magazine: www.thedial.world
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social A magazine of ideas, politics, and culture, committed to the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world.
Independent & nonprofit since 1975.
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Katie Manning @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social Poet, parent, professor.
Editor-in-Chief of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
https://www.katiemanningpoet.com/
sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social wrote TWO OPEN DOORS IN A FIELD (University of Nebraska), MEET ME HERE AT DAWN ( YesYes Books) and co-wrote THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( Fiction Collective Two ). For online poetry classes, manuscript consultation & more ---> sophieklahr.com 
Leah Umansky @leahumansky.bsky.social
Writer/ Poet/ Educator/ Artist/
Host + Curator of @coupletseries.bsky.social in NYC since 2011
Creator of #staybrave substack
📚: Delicate Machine (Dzanc Books, 2027)
Ordinary Splendor (Etruscan Press, 2028)
https://linktr.ee/leahumansky
Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social Most recent books: IN THE RHODODENDRONS: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Woolf, PAPER CROWN: Poems
https://linktr.ee/heatherchristle
Asa Drake @asaldrake.bsky.social Maybe the Body (Tin House, 2026), Beauty Talk (Noemi Press, 2026), One Way to Listen (Gold Line Press, 2023)
Mary Karr @marykarr.bsky.social poet/memoirist/professor/nana
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
The Pushcart Prize @pushcartprize.bsky.social Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976.
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Poets House @poetshouse.bsky.social A house of poetry overlooking the Hudson River - a library, literary center, & locus of poetic inspiration. //
Diode @diodeeditions.bsky.social Diode Editions and Diode Poetry Journal
Our mission is to amplify diverse voices. We are committed to justice, inclusivity, anti-racism, and equity. We strive to craft beautiful books and fanatically support our authors.
Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social Literary publisher & book reviews site, EST. 2011 #babyeatbooks
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Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social Alice James Books is an independent poetry press dedicated to publishing books that matter by poets who inspire.
bio.site/alicejamesbooks
Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social Holding poets to the light • A passion project by @andhow.bsky.social • est 2005 • https://readalittlepoetry.com/ • https://ko-fi.com/readalittlepoem • Poet's Field Notes (tdelosreyes.substack.com)
Jeremy Dixon @jeremydixonpoet.bsky.social Poetry & Book Arts | he/him
THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE
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BOLD IN THE LIFE
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A VOICE COMING FROM THEN
(Wales Book of the Year Poetry Award 2022)
IN RETAIL
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Aiden Hunt @aidenhunt.bsky.social Writer/Editor/Critic | Creator: @PhillyChapbook.bsky.social | Member: NBCC
| Anti-Zionist | Pro-human rights | Opinions are mine alone. | Call me Aiden.
ModPo (modpo.org) @modpo.bsky.social ModPo is a free, open, non-credit online course in modern & contemporary U.S poetry. We are open all year. Go to modpo.org for more.
Kamran Javadizadeh @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social 
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Alina Stefanescu @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
Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social Host of the Between the Covers podcast & Crafting with Ursula series, co-author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.
Podcast: https://milkweed.org/between-the-covers
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@BetweentheCovers-DavidNaimon
Kristen Arnett @kristenarnett.bsky.social “Orlando's Reigning Big Time Celebrity Author” - The Orlando Weekly
huuuuge lesbian. librarian. dad. floridian. beer drinker. NYT Bestselling author.
Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE
https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com
alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social poet-in-residence of the astral realm / fog aficionado / Toska (Deep Vellum, 2023) / 🥨 Philly
IG: @alina_pleskova
alinapleskova.com
Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY.
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Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. ace 🏳️🌈. linktr.ee/yilinw
R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • Lambda Literary Prize
www.ro-kwon.com
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social author of MAGICAL/REALISM, Tiny Reparations Books, 2024 and BEAST MERIDIAN, Noemi Press, 2017.
Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018).
www.jennifernbaker.com
Roxane Gay @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.
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
Hannah Bae @hannahbae.bsky.social Writer, journalist, illustrator
2020 Rona Jaffe award winner
2019 AAWW fellow
½ of @eatdrinkdraw
AAJA for life
Alum of CNN, Newsday, U.S. Embassy Seoul & more
hua xi @huaxi.bsky.social poet and artist / currently a stegner fellow at stanford... my brain lives rent free in my head
Mahogany L. Browne @mobrowne.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Alchemist.
The Rumpus @therumpus.net Independent since 2009. Read The Rumpus Magazine. Become a Member. Receive Letters in the Mail from Authors. Join a dynamic, global community.
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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social.
Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈
http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
Eve L. Ewing @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 [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
The Baffler @thebaffler.com Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
Addie Tsai (any/all) 🏳️🌈 @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social Writer & dance film scholar. 💃 phd. 📕: Dear Twin, Unwieldy Creatures, Straight White Men Can’t Dance (9/25, Bloomsbury): https://shorturl.at/yyHZP. Shirley Jackson finalist. Rev ed: Anomaly. EIC: just femme & dandy. http://www.addietsai.com
The Nation Magazine @thenation.com Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social Writer in NYC. Former Attorney. EIC Split Lip Magazine. Copper Nickel Editor's Prize | BASS Distinguished Story | Kenyon Review | Ploughshares | Artist-in-Residence @ South 85 Journal | Next up: CHEEKS | http://maureenlangloss.com/
Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social bleached like the skeleton of a stranded walrus
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Eugenia Leigh @eugenialeigh.bsky.social Poet. Author of Bianca + Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows
Senior Poetry Editor @ The Adroit Journal
Board President @ Brooklyn Poets
Cassie Mannes Murray @cassmannes.bsky.social Writer. Founder & director at Pine State Publicity. Mom to P & E. 🐝
http://pinestatepublicity.com
Pinestatepublicity.substack.com
Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social PhD | Corporate Baddie | I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (Soft Skull ‘23, Winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award, 2024 Ohio Book Award) | RESTING BITCH FACE (August 2025) | she/her
www.taylorbyas.com
Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚 Host of @slowdownshow.org
Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com publisher of boundary-breaking prose books
come get us @ splitlippress.com and https://linktr.ee/splitlippress
posts by yrs truly @suburbanprairie.bsky.social
Sarah Ghazal Ali @sarahali.bsky.social poet & author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024) • poetry editor of West Branch • more at sarahgali.com 🍃
ELJ Editions, Ltd. @emergejournal.bsky.social 501(c)(3) nonprofit literary press. Home of Emerge Literary Journal (http://emergeliteraryjournal.com).
Ross White @rosswhite.com Publisher: @bullcitypress.com. Poet: CHARM OFFENSIVE & three chapbooks from Unicorn Press. Professor: UNC #GoHeels. Views my own. Host: @triviaescapepod.com. Goofus. Durham, NC.
> Site: rosswhite.com- N Nowruz Journal @nowruzjournal.bsky.social A periodical of Persian arts and letters
www.nowruzjournal.com
Saba Keramati @sabadilla15.bsky.social Chinese-Iranian Virgo poet ✨ 92NY Discovery Poetry Award winner 💖
www.sabakeramati.com
Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social Nonprofit publishing house & literary arts center bringing the world together in conversation through literature. Deep Ellum, Dallas TX. deepvellum.org
Tracy Fuad @tracyfuad.bsky.social poet ~ ~ author of PORTAL (UChicago, Feb 2024) ~ ~ teaching @ Berlin Writers' Workshop
Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social
"Are you okay?"
MN, January 2026
New book: “Killing Spree”,Carcanet (UK); FSG (US). “The Dream of The Unified Field”(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Dominique Weldon @dkweldon.bsky.social MFA in Fiction from Butler University, teaches at Butler, and reader for Split Lip Magazine. Fiction in Lovers Eye Press and Dark Winter Literary Magazine. I love video games & art. Iowa native.
TriQuarterly Magazine @triquarterlymag.bsky.social Writing, Art, Video. Since 1958. Published by Northwestern University's Litowitz MFA+MA and the SPS MA graduate creative writing programs. www.triquarterly.org
Chelsea B. DesAutels @cbdesautels.bsky.social Poet. A DANGEROUS PLACE (Sarabande Books). She/her. 
Brenda Shaughnessy @brendashaughnessy.bsky.social Poet, friend. Wrote Sensorium Ex, an opera, with composer Paola Prestini (2025.) Books of poetry: TANYA (Knopf 2023) The Octopus Museum (Knopf 2019) So Much Synth (2016) Our Andromeda (2012) Human Dark w/ Sugar (2008) Interior with Sudden Joy (1999).
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
🔗: antonhur.com
Vanessa Chan @vanjchan.bsky.social Author of The Storm We Made.
Alexander Chee @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. alexanderchee.net
Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social Author of THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW, out now from Bold Type / critic with words in NYRB, NYT Mag, WaPo, The New Republic, and elsewhere / member Freelance Solidarity Project and National Book Critics Circle / Philly / kristenmartin.net
Evie Shockley @seminewblack.bsky.social poet & literary scholar, people-oriented introvert, optimist of the will
https://linktr.ee/evieshockley
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social Poet | SENTENCE (Nine Syllables Press, 2026) | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press, 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press, 2024) + 3 📚| Mayah 🐶 | Indianapolis, IN | www.susanlleary.com
Oliver de la Paz @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.
Michael Kleber-Diggs @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social Another dude with fancy notions.
Poet, essayist, lit critic, arts educator.
📚: WORLDLY THINGS (Milkweed Ed., 2021).
Lit agent: Nordlyset; booking agent: Blue Flower Arts.
Saint Paul MN. https://linktr.ee/michaelkleberdiggs
Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
Dr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social Agent of chaos, professor by day. Author of False Offering. Editor of Honey Literary and Split Lip Magazine. Board VP of Sundress Publications.
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Cortney Lamar Charleston @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social Poet & Author
• TELEPATHOLOGIES (Saturnalia Books, 2017);
• DOPPELGANGBANGER (Haymarket Books, 2021);
• IT'S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER (Northwestern Univ. Press, 2026)
https://www.cortneylamarcharleston.com/important-links