Lindsay Vaught @lindsayfouts.bsky.social Spalding CNF student
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Louisville KY liberal
Protect trans 🏳️⚧️ youth
RT doesn’t = endorsement
Beth Kanter @beekaekae.bsky.social Writer, teacher, workshop leader.
Hand holder
Words in: X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Emerge Literary Journal, Unbroken, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Cease, Cows and others.
Pushcart nominee.
www.bethkanter.com
Books: No Access DC & Great Food Finds DC…
Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social Senior Essays Editor: @therumpus.net / Associate Writing Professor / Program Director: MA in Writing / Books-in-progress: 1) CNF: A history of Jerusalem's City of David 2) Flash Fiction: Bill Murrays / Robbie & James Talk Music: https://bit.ly/RandJTM
Forget Cool @forgetcool.bsky.social essays and poems about the movies, shows, music, books, games, etc. that have shaped you
forget.cool
Vinson Cunningham @vinsoncunningham.bsky.social 
Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org We’re moving! Visit the link in our bio to see how you can help. Seattle's smallest & weirdest movie theater. Non-profit & 100% volunteer-operated. linktr.ee/grandillusion
Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” Newest book: "Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs." Others on Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Xmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
Cheryl Graham @cherylgraham.bsky.social Writer, rider 🚲. Music essays at KORD, PopMatters. I have a Substack about mixtapes. Formerly @FreeTransform on the bird app. 🏳️🌈
Lela Scott MacNeil @lelascottmacneil.bsky.social Born in Los Alamos, like the atomic bomb. Writing in Gertrude, Essay Daily, Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, and Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: the March Xness Anthology.
Allison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social Writer // Editor // @forgetcool.bsky.social
www.allisonrennerwrites.com
Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social Editor at Rose Metal Press & Professor at DePaul
Writings: https://kathleenrooney.com/
Typewritings: http://poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
Man Overboard!: A Novel (July '26): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Overboard!/Kathleen-Rooney/9781668212387
Aaron Wolfson @awolfson.bsky.social Writing memoir, poetry, essays, performance stuff (etc.) in Chicago
newsletter.aaronjacobwolfson.com
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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phi!ip james shaw @lateration.bsky.social Reflections of loneliness in peculiar manners: www.philipjamesshaw.com
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Kristine Langley Mahler @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
L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
https://linktr.ee/LATACO
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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social detective investigating life | Lost/Found editor at Split/Lip Press | abigailwashere.com/links
Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com A nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet, providing original reporting, analysis and commentary on Washington state policy and politics.
The Needling @theneedling.com Seattle's Only Real Fake News
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Golden State @goldenstateorg.bsky.social Fearless, informed news and commentary in CA via LA. Not controlled by billionaires. Co-founded by ex-LATers Mariel Garza and Paul Thornton.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social author of MAGICAL/REALISM, Tiny Reparations Books, 2024 and BEAST MERIDIAN, Noemi Press, 2017.
Levi Fuller @denimclature.bsky.social Music-maker, cat-herder, Zoom happy hour benchwarmer. He/him.
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https://levifuller.bandcamp.com/
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Jack Straw Cultural Center @jackstraw.org Keeping art, culture, and heritage vital through sound since 1962.
niina pollari @niina.bsky.social beautiful, powerful, dangerous, cold
author of PATH OF TOTALITY (2022) and DEAD HORSE (2015). RISK TOLERANCE forthcoming from autofocus books. reviews ed. at zona motel. poet, translator, parent in nc.
niinapollari.com
https://substack.com/@niinapollari
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
50501 Movement Washington State @50501washington.bsky.social 50 Protests. 50 States. One Movement.
50501 Washington is a State specific part of a nationwide ongoing political action organization to protest peacefully the policies and actions of the second Donald Trump administration in the United States.
James Charlesworth @jamcharlesworth.bsky.social Author of The Patricide of George Benjamin Hill. Hiker of reasonable mountains.
Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @Salon.com | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | March Xness Die-hard https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
Melissa Fite Johnson @mfitejohnson.bsky.social poet and high school English teacher living with her husband and dogs in Kansas
melissafitejohnson.com
Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND and HEMLOCK, out now from Little, Brown | asst. prof at UNC | she/they
www.melissafaliveno.com
SIFF @siffnews.bsky.social We create vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education. 🎞️🌎 Visit our three cinema venues in Seattle.
More info: siff.net
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org How the administration is breaking the government and what that means for all of us. All of our content is free to republish and remix. https://unbreaking.org/
Jill Talbot @jilltalbot.bsky.social Writer, Runner, JackChi Owner, Vintage Postcard Collector, Probably Staring Out a Window. http://jilltalbot.net
Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic: TV, books, culture, women. GIRL ON GIRL is out now: https://bookshop.org/p/books/girl-on-girl-how-pop-culture-turned-a-generation-of-women-against-themselves-sophie-gilbert/21683668?ean=9780593656297
Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social author of SEARCHES, THIS IS SALVAGED, & THE IMMORTAL KING RAO. pulitzer finalist. journalist. mentor at the lighthouse writers workshop's book project. contact me: dm, signal (@vauhinivara.82), or my website (vauhinivara.com).
Longreads @longreads.com Sharing and publishing the best longform stories at longreads.com since 2009. Sister site of @atavist.com.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social Fired federal employees working to protect public health. Learn more at: https://www.firedbutfighting.org
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Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower 🪓
meganstielstra.com
Paul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social Bot account of Paul Cezanne, a French artist and Post-Impressionist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne
Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social Buildings, signs, and symbols collected by keyword. Original photographic documentation since 2010.
Chicago, IL — www.ruralindexingproject.com
Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social Art from the Tate Collection.
Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social
https://www.tate.org.uk/
Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social Retro tech, early web & vintage computing. 80s, 90s, 2000s nostalgia. Follow for daily posts.
Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social A literary publisher of artful autobiographical writing. autofocusbooks.com
Mendocino Coast Writer's Conference @mcwconf.bsky.social mcwc.org
A vibrant, inclusive literary gathering in Mendocino, California with workshops in a wide range of genres, as well as seminars, open mic events, and one-on-one consultations.
Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
https://choosedemocracy.us/resist-list/
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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@mustangjenny.bsky.social @mustangjenny.bsky.social 
Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social The premier literary website focused on debut and emerging writers. There’s also a podcast sometimes. Founded by Adam Vitcavage.
Books to Prisoners (Seattle) @bookstoprisoners.bsky.social Seattle nonprofit mailing free books to incarcerated people in the United States. Advocating for access to education and communication in prisons since 1973.
Bookstoprisoners.net
Megan Griffin @meggrif1023.bsky.social she/her. Writer. CT Quiet Corner native. BPU ‘21 BSU G’23.
Living with Waves - Finishing Line Press - May 2025
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement
❌👑#NoKings 3/28 Made History!!
Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
Gabrielle Bates @gabriellebates.bsky.social author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) ♥️ originally from Bham, AL // now in Seattle // cohost of the podcast The Poet Salon
Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social Sarabande Books Director & EIC @sarabandebooks.bsky.social
Founder at @zinemachine.bsky.social
Poet, translator, chaos virgo
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Bryan Hilley @bbhilley.bsky.social art nerd. "eagle-eyed museum worker" - ArtNews. (he/him).
A.D. Glasswell @adglasswell.bsky.social Amanda
Writer of YA and MG Horror.
Lover of stories in the spirit of The Goonies, The Lost Boys, and Goosebumps.
She/Her. No AI.
Emalie Soderback @whateverokay.bsky.social Scarecrow Video; SIFF; co-host of “Viva Physical Media” on YouTube & “The Suspense is Killing Us” podcast💄👻 (she/her)
Denne Michele @thedennemichele.bsky.social den (she/her) 🏳️⚧️ • EIC @ElectricLit • WHEN THE HARVEST COMES (Random House, ‘25) • BOTH/AND (HarperOne, ‘25) • Views Mine • ⛸️ • 🎻• ✍🏾
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
Lacy M. Johnson @lacymjohnson.bsky.social Writer of books & things | Contributing Editor @ Orion Magazine | Curator & Founder @ Houston Flood Museum | Professor & MFA Director @ Rice U | Guggenheim Fellow 2020 | Community storyteller @ Houston, Texas, Baby.
Jonathan Escoffery @escoffery.bsky.social Author of IF I SURVIVE YOU, a NY Times Editor’s Choice, IndieNext Pick, & International Bestseller. Nom’d for the National Book Award, PEN/Jean Stein, PEN/ Robert W. Bingham, & Story Prize. Booker Prize, PEN/ Faulkner & NBCC John Leonard finalist.
Claire Dederer @clairedederer.bsky.social Author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
Chad Perman @chadperman.bsky.social writer | editor | therapist* | human | founder/eic @brightwalldarkroom.com | curious about everything | 🏀 ⚽️
*posts ≠ professional advice
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Aruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social Writer and critic, mostly contemporary art, sometimes food, always politics. New York Times and Hyperallergic, among other places. I’m surprisingly sweet. Live in NYC, originally from 🇨🇦
Julie Feng @juliefeng.bsky.social Ph.D Candidate researching cultural resistance + liberation communication at the University of Washington. Creating for community.
Elizabeth Dark @elizabethdark.bsky.social Writer
Associate Director of Programs for the @kenyonreview.bsky.social
Permanent resident of the learning curve
All opinions are my own
Women of Letters @womenofletters.org 📚 conversations on work, writing, & professional success with the women shaping our cultural landscape
🎤 @janajm.com, PhD
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Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social poet | author of
PICTURING | End of the Line Press
ALL THIS DIVIDE | Spuyten Duyvil Press
WILDERNESS//KINGDOM | Floating Bridge Press
https://t.co/gcu0NORJ2h
they/them 🌈 | All opinions are my own.
Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social language, longing, music, landscape. DC. co, nyc, & london still hold my heart. words in asterales, crabcreek, fourway, iowa, NAR, poetlore, split lip, vassar. soon in AQR, birdcoat, citron, june road. social media @ SWWIM she/her linktr.ee/jillkitchen
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
https://www.havehashad.com
Meghan O'Rourke @meghanor.bsky.social Writer and poet | Editor of The Yale Review | Professor of Creative Writing at Yale | playing with a Substack about writing
Most recent book: THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM: REIMAGINING CHRONIC ILLNESS, which was a finalist for the nonfiction National Book Award.
Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social St. Louis-based literary press distributed by New York Review Books. Publishes Renee Gladman, Leonora Carrington, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amina Cain, Giada Scodellaro, Kate Briggs, Brais Lamela, Denise Rose Hansen, etc. Est. 2009. dorothyproject.com
Diana Heald @dianamheald.bsky.social 
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
theoffingmag.com
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Aurora Bonner @aurorabonner.bsky.social writer, reader, professor, nature lover, yoga enthusiast
Jessica Gigot @jessicagigot.bsky.social 📚 A LITTLE BIT OF LAND & FEEDING HOUR
Her Deepest Ecologies Podcast
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social okra eater.
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Bloomberg Citylab, NYRB, The Atlantic, Alta, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social Santa Fe Writers Project - globally distributed publisher of fiction & CNF since '98. Subrights repped by @susanschulman.bsky.social
Distributed by IPG. Find out more at sfwp.com
Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social Author of The Lunatics' Ball (Mad Creek Books, forthcoming), American Literature 101: Stories (Cornerstone Press, forthcoming), and The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press). Wigleaf Top 50. 9 Notables, Best American Essays, Editor, CRAFT Lit Journal.
Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of "H is for Hope," "Under a White Sky," and "The Sixth Extinction," and “Life on a Little-Known Planet." Learn more at elizabethkolbert.com.
Vincent Rendoni @warshingtonian.bsky.social chicano bobby hill • DEAD CHICANO MIXTAPE (Red Hen, 2027) • A GRITO CONTEST IN THE AFTERLIFE (Catamaran, 2022) • seattle, wa • he/him
https://bio.site/vincentrendoni
Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social A @storystudiochicago.bsky.social publication! Editor-in-Chief @mbwwelch.bsky.social
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
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