Jenn Jordan @jennlynnjordan.bsky.social Strange but not a stranger. Comicsmith. Medievalist. Podcasting librarian selecting media (@SPLTurnthePage.bsky.social). Face/Off (1997) enthusiast. She/her. ๐
https://linktr.ee/jennlynnjordan
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Adam Sleper @adamsleper.bsky.social Dad, hubby, writer. Illinois artist grants, Chicago Writers Assoc, Horror Writers Assoc, Page/AFF finalist, PEN Emerging Writers. Black List 8+. Shakespeare/R.E.M.
USMNT/Huskers/Red Sox.
Rep: Mark Gottlieb@Trident
www.adamsleper.com
AdamSleper.substack.com
Nikki Dolson @nikkidolson.bsky.social Hmmโฆ | she/her
www.nikkidolson.com
Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social parent. jock to writer pipeline. author of I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, A SHARP ENDLESS NEED (May, 2025), PERVERTS (2026)
Derek Heckman @derekheckman.bsky.social Midwestern writer and east coast schoolmarm. Not coming back for thirty percent. (he/him)
Jude St. Jen @jenstjude.bsky.social A dude named Jude. They/them.
& author of If Tomorrow Doesnโt Come โ๏ธ
mazel tov cocktail @afertig.bsky.social Lover of #mapoli, #jewsky. Celtics fan. He/him, views my own etc etc Love books, travel and a good cup of coffee. Gathering dreams at dreamsofthesetimes.com
Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me Iโm pretty.
https://linktr.ee/megelison
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social She/Her ๐
Bsky is my spam acct basically
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua The initiative of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The main platform for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine
u24.gov.ua
Rachel Rosenbloom @rosenbloom.bsky.social Law professor at Northeastern, focusing mostly on immigration law. Writing a book about birthright citizenship. Jewish supporter of Palestinian liberation. Cat person.
She Votes Illinois @shevotesil.bsky.social Making sure the political system and legislation in Illinois reflect the voices of all women, femmes, and girls in the state.
Way to Win @waytowinus.bsky.social A power network of organizers, activists and donors. We're here to upend politics as usual with research, intelligence and strategic action from across the winning diverse Democratic coalition. Listen to our new podcast, Charting the Way Forward!
Sloan @ryan-sloan.bsky.social Writer // Faculty, U.C. Berkeley // Co-host,
Babylon Salon lit series // Epee fencer (overexuberant)
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Kevin Loughrin @kploughrin.bsky.social Horror Author on Sub. with THE DEER
Short Stories in The Hunger Journal, The Woven Tale Press, The Lindenwood Review. Find them at KevinLoughrin.com
Founder of the Chickenshit Newsletter.
Repโd by Chip Rice at WordLink
Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social He/Him. Author of a buncha books. PRINCE OF CLAY out now. Serialized novel GLASSBLADE releasing currently. Swordsman. Repped by Laura Zats of Headwater Literary.
https://www.josephbrassey.com
Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social We're building a youth-led movement to repair past harms, remove ongoing barriers to equality, and realize a future where freedom is for all.
501(c)(4)
www.getfreetogether.org/social-links
Ezra Levin โ๐ @ezralevin.bsky.social Co-Exec Director of Indivisible along with Leah.
Organizing with local Indivisible groups against America's fascist clown show.
Alexandria Juarez @alexbethjuarez.bsky.social writer, lesbo, reality tv enthusiast
words in: Autostraddle, Catapult, Electric Literature, Indiana Review ๐
Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
A. Natasha Joukovsky @joukovsky.bsky.social author of THE PORTRAIT OF A MIRROR and MEDIUM RARE (forthcoming March 2026)
joukovsky.substack.com
Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at @reactorsff.bsky.social; publicity, prize, & more for @ursulakleguin.com. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX.
https://reactormag.com/author/molly-templeton/
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the worldโs a stage
Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app Writer, hex throwing goon. Dainty, delicate, and deadly.
Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social Writer (Disney, Spotify, that one West Wing spec thread you remember from Twitter) | Endurance Rider | Amateur Unfuckologist | Bug Simp | your real dad | mgmt @ Heroes and Villains ๐๐๐
Sara Noviฤ @novicsara.bsky.social MOTHER TONGUE, out now.
Also TRUE BIZ + GIRL AT WAR
๐ง๐ป deafie | they/she/๐๐ผ |๐Philly
https://buttondown.com/signs+wonders/archive
https://linktr.ee/Novic
Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Senior politics writer at Salon.com. I block for MAGA trolling, violent rhetoric, and humorless sanctimony.
I would love nothing more than to never see another meme in replies. I am doomed.
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Esmรฉ Weijun Wang @esmewang.com ๐The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise
๐ Best of Young American Novelists, Whiting Award, NYT Bestseller
๐ Writing classes @ unexpectedshapeacademy.com
๐น๐ผ๐โฟ๏ธ she/her
๐ฑMy interesting website @ esmewang.com
The Pomegranate @thepom.bsky.social a weekly publication spilling the juice on modern motherhood. Bluesky managed by @ozymomdias.bsky.social
http://the-pom.com
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social 
Jenessa Abrams @jenessaabrams.bsky.social writer of literary criticism, food, stories, essays, translations
teacher of narrative medicine
she/her
https://linktr.ee/jenessaabrams
Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social State Rep | Running for SD 7 and building a movement for a Georgia we can afford ๐ | Early Voting: October 13 - 30 | Election Day: November 3
linktr.ee/ruwaforgeorgia
Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org Original reporting and analysis on movements for justice around the world. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://wagingnonviolence.org/subscribe/
Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social Meat blood, bees, things of that nature
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
zunguzungu@gmail.com
Jen @envirojen.bsky.social Urban-parenting and #KidicalMassHFX
Astronomy ๐ญ @astronomy.bsky.social Facts, Information, and Images related to Space and Astronomy.
Copyright with respective people and organizations shared for educational purposes.
Kristin Mai @kristinmaiart.bsky.social Graphic Designer โข Illustrator โข Bookworm โข Daydreamer
๐จ Website: https://kristinmai.carrd.co
๐น Illustrated Phantom of the Opera Book: https://kristinmai-poto.carrd.co/
๐ Next Project: Alice in Wonderland
๐ซNo AI or NFTs
Christopher Bigelow @christopherofspace.bsky.social (he/him) queer, writer, metadata wizard at @nupress, prose editor at @arcturuslitmag, short king, cubs fan, angry young man ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ปโพ๏ธ
ad astra per aspera ๐ซ
Dave Garbutt @davgar51.bsky.social Poet, birder, house husband, father, photographer; programmer, IT consultant, zoologist. London, Reading, Basel, Southampton, Carbondale, Morogoro. 
Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Climate scientist, formerly NASA, currently Project Drawdown. Former astrophysicist, current Earth supremacist. Author of HUMAN NATURE, best book of 2025 according to both Scientific American and my dad https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
Victoria Lilly @victorialilly.bsky.social Victoria. She/her
โ๏ธ Author of literary and folk-horror short stories
๐ Writer for the Independent Book Review
๐ victorialillywriter.com
Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social Comic artist (Real Hero Shit, Tell No Tales, The Nib), writer (KISS U, Mighty Nein Origins: Caduceus Clay, Midst: Ripples), illustrator (Dimension 20, Critical Role, +others). Prize-winning hog. Sprightly court jester. They/them. Kendrawcandraw.com
Marcela Fuentes @marcelisima.bsky.social Author. MALAS, Viking Books, GMA Book Club Pick June 2024. Repped by Michelle Brower. http://marcelafuentes.com 
@sarahterez.bsky.social @sarahterez.bsky.social Writer ("Herself When She's Missing"), Teacher (U Chicago Graham School/Story Studio Chicago) Creative Coach/Developmental Editor 
Jessica Keller @jesskeller42.bsky.social Reader, writer, dog lover, traveler. Formerly always in motion, I'm learning how to stand still and I love it. 
Jarvis Square Books @jarvissquarebooks.bsky.social Small used & new bookstore in Rogers Park, Chicago.
1522 W. Jarvis
Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6
Sunday 11-5
Posts most often by @kateharding.bsky.social
Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social Author of The Mirror Thief (Melville House 2016). Suspicious of brevity.
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Mx. Faylita Hicks @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social Grammy-nominated Writer, Performer, Interdisciplinary Artist. Author of A MAP OF MY WANT (Haymarket Books , 2024) and HOODWITCH (Acre Books, 2019).
Bookends & Beginnings @bookends.bsky.social Evanston's independent bookstore
1620 Orrington Ave.
Open every day!
10-6 Sunday-Tuesday
10-8 Wednesday-Saturday
Jeremy Owens @jeremyashley.bsky.social writer. performer. kvetch.
๐Chicago
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year. Medium tall.
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social Host/Curator: sundaysalon-chicago.com > Ragdale, Board of Trustees member & Co-Chair, Curatorial Bd. Writer & poet. Books: Fishhead. Republic of Want (novel) & Salt Pruning (poetry)
https://linktr.ee/ignatius.valentine.aloysius
Meaghan OโConnell @meaghano.bsky.social writer // author of And Now We Have Everything // no longer the senior features editor at Romper // email: oconnell.meaghan@gmail // https://www.meaghano.com/
Vivian Lee @vivianlee.bsky.social Senior editor at Little, Brown
Not a girl, not yet a dad
Instagram: vleebooks
vivianwmlee.com
Molly McArdle @mollymcardle.bsky.social Updates Editor, Food & Wine. Once: editor in chief, @roadmapbyallma.bsky.social. (RIP)
Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social I write narrative features about how systems affect people. Writing a book about how America lost the plot on literacy. Contributing writer, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author, Bad Company: https://bookshop.org/a/109816/9780063299351.
Cate Fricke @crfricke.bsky.social Writer and book publicist newly planted in Fayetteville, AR. Your friend who won't shut up about Nordic countries. Folklore, folk songs, fairy tales, polar exploration, snark. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gร idhlig.
Links and other nonsense at www.catefricke.com
Czaerra Galicinao Ucol @czaerra.bsky.social (they/them) author of Pisces Urges (Sampaguita Press, 2023), tito of Luya, poet laureate of my parentsโ backyard, very from Chicago
@jencoffeen @jencoffeen.bsky.social Events Director (StoryStudio Chicago) Writer (Pushcart Nominated flash fiction/ short stories, romance novels with Wild Rose Press), Co-host of the Creepy History Podcast. https://creepyhistory.buzzsprout.com/
@storystudiochicago.bsky.social
Kim Ruehl @kimruehlwrites.bsky.social Former roots music journo working on a novel. A SINGING ARMY is out now via UTexas Press.
diguptheroots.substack.com
Dan Finnen @danfinnen.bsky.social Co-Owner of Polymyth Productions, producer/host of the Chicago Writers Podcast, analogue film photographer, producer/host of Super Gear Land, flailing writer, and Frenchie dad. Find me at http://danfinnen.com/
Heather and Jessica @fuggirls.bsky.social Fashion bloggers at www.GoFugYourself.com, writers of Drinks With Broads on Substack, and authors of The Royal We, The Heir Affair, Spoiled, and Messy wherever books are sold. We use affiliate links.
Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention. 
Emma Sloley @emmasloley.bsky.social Writer, gadabout, author of a novel I think you'll like called THE ISLAND OF LAST THINGS. Buy it here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-island-of-last-things-emma-sloley/K4KD2ktViQqEW3A8?ean=9781250329257&next=t&digital=t
Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social writer & creative writing professor
https://linktr.ee/maeganpoland
Required nugget: opinions expressed on this account are my own and do not represent my employer.
Faith Merino @faithmerino.bsky.social Able to digest most things
Gregory Howard @gregoryedwinhoward.bsky.social Finished, finished, itโs nearly finished.
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Elisabeth Donnelly @heydonnelly.bsky.social Writer of books, journalism, screenplays. Work in The New York Times, The LA Times, The Boston Globe, The Believer, The Cut, and more. Get in touch:
elisabeth.donnelly@gmail.com
elisabethdonnelly.com/clips
instagram.com/heydonnelly
donnelly.substack.com
United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social A grassroots independent political organization on Chicagoโs Northwest Side - organizing against the broken scarcity politics of the past for a future that includes enough for all of us. 
Raven Schwam-Curtis @ravenreveals.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ซ Gen Z Black & Jewish Educator
๐ฐ Featured in @washingtonpost @usatoday
๐ contact@ravenreveals.com
soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social forbes' 7.4 billion under 7.4 billion.
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
Aaron Wolfson @awolfson.bsky.social Writing memoir, poetry, essays, performance stuff (etc.) in Chicago
newsletter.aaronjacobwolfson.com
Owl_Sounds @owl-sounds.bsky.social Fool.
โค๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ณ๐โค๏ธ
She/Her
Rachel Kambury @rkambury.bsky.social enthusiast / unionized word-worker / associate editor (nf) @ harpercollins
currently reading: UNDROWNED by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
opinions are many and varied and very much my own
Genevieve Hudson @gkhudson.bsky.social Author of Headfirst, forthcoming with Roxane Gay Books, Boys of Alabama, and Pretend We Live Here // Portland, OR
Liv Constantine @livconstantine.bsky.social Sisters and NYT bestselling authors and Reeseโs book club alumni. Audio original EVERYBODY IS A LIAR out now. www.livconstantine.com DON'T OPEN YOUR EYES coming summer 2025
Liz Moore @lizmoorebooks.bsky.social Author of THE GOD OF THE WOODS, LONG BRIGHT RIVER, THE UNSEEN WORLD, HEFT. Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Temple University. Philadelphian.
Hannah Gay Keao @hannahgaykeao.bsky.social she/her
Skyler's Jewish mom
Edgewater, CO Councilwoman
Free Britney and everyone โจ
Stephanie Delman @sdelman.bsky.social Professional hypewoman / literary agent
Reductress @reductress.bsky.social The first and only satirical women's magazine. Constantly moving to a new social platform.
Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social 
Libby Hill @libbyhill.bsky.social forever midwestspitfire; los angeles with my baby and big dumb baby; tv writer (yellowjackets)
Melanie Lynskey @melanielynskey.bsky.social 
Keri Bertino @keribertino.bsky.social Writer of real and pretend; Lecturer at Columbia University School of the Arts. Work in Joyland, Topic, Electric Lit, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, BOMB, etc. She/her. Mom, Brooklyn-dweller, ND, queer.
Jerome Blanco @jeromeblanco.bsky.social ๐ต๐ญ | He/Him | Writer | Words in Ecotone, Lit Hub, Southern Humanities Review + | Tin House โ22 | Rep'd by Caroline Eisenmann at the Goldin Agency
Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app 3 dogs. 2 kitchens. Zero chill. | Lawyer | Journalist | Host of B*tch, Listen podcast | abortion rights are, like, 80% of my personality | skeets are the opinion of your employer. | Colorado, America๐ณ๏ธโ๐
smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social triumphant home cooking, est. 2006
three cookbooks + one audiobook + newsletter
glad youโre here
smittenkitchen.com
Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social Bestselling Award-Winning Adult and YA Romance Author.
YA: SUMMER OFFICIAL now! ๐น๐ฉต๐ฆ| Adult: THE TWELVE LOVES OF CHRISTMAS 9.29.26 โฅ๏ธ๐
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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Twelve-Loves-of-Christmas/Alexandria-Bellefleur/9781668250419
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as highโฆ #bydhttmwfi