@dorothy6566.bsky.social @dorothy6566.bsky.social 
Oregon Cascadia Party @oregoncascadia.bsky.social Oregon Cascadia Party (OCP) – A new independent movement fighting for Oregon’s future. Real solutions. Real independence. oregoncascadia.party/donate
Jacqueline Ellis @jellis1969.bsky.social History professor, writer, interdisciplinary scholar, amateur detective.
Working on a creative family history project: Scottish Murder Ballad: The Life and Death of Margaret Stewart Lorimer Murray, 1896-1967
jacquelineelliswriter.com
@letiziaairos.bsky.social @letiziaairos.bsky.social 
Julija Šukys @j-sukys.bsky.social Writer, archives enthusiast, renegade gardener. Author of ARTIFACT (2025), SIBERIAN EXILE, and other books. 
Jean Walton @shirleejay.bsky.social Once upon a Prof @ University of Rhode Island, now full-time writer, queer auntie, Providence Westender. Books include Dissident Gut; Fair Sex, Savage Dreams; Mudflat Dreaming; Buffalo Trace. 
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
Caryn Connelly @carinacarina.bsky.social 
Jenny Edkins @jennyedkins.bsky.social Looking awry at global and local politics. Trauma | Memory | Missing Persons | Disappearance | Hunger | Disasters. Poetry and story-telling as method. Grenfell 💚
Prof @ Manchester & Aberystwyth. Tanguera, yogini.
https://tinyurl.com/2krunykv
Regina Tuma @obspsy.bsky.social Social and Media Psychology; Critical Media Psy; Psy of Social Media, Psy of AI and Big Data, Faculty in Media PSY PhD, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara CA
Haley Swanson @haleyswanson.bsky.social writer and co-editor of SEX AND THE SINGLE WOMAN (Harper Perennial). She/hers.
haleyswanson.com
Abby Manzella @abbymanzella.bsky.social Writer, book critic, prof. MIGRATING FICTIONS (Ohio State UP 2018). RIPPLES INTO THE WILD (Cornerstone Press 2027). Pushcart Prize winner. Writing at Threepenny Review, LitHub, Mass Review, Pleiades, and HAD. https://abbymanzella.weebly.com/
Marianne Leone (strega54) @strega54.bsky.social Actor (4 seasons Sopranos) writer,3 memoirs& one novel, inclusion advocate, fierce hater of bullies and fascists, 1st gen daughter of Italian immigrants, lover of animals, happily wed to Chris Cooper for 42 yrs. www.marianneleonecooper.com no dms.
Sheree La Puma (Poet) @shereelapuma.bsky.social I'm a poet. Cancer survivor. Feminist. Reader OBR. Writes in Baja, MX & Los Angeles. MFA CalArts. Multiple BOTN & Pushcart nominations. Penn Review. Mantis. Pinch Journal. Frontier Poetry. Redivider. The Maine Review. Poetry Salzburg Review. 150 + journals
Rebecca Coffey @rebeccacoffey.bsky.social Author / artist / illustrator. Represented by Laurie Fox at the Linda Chester Literary Agency. Taking a tip from Average Cadaver's bio, I want also to say that I'm a good neighbor. That's important. (He is a good neighbor, too.)
Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social Writer. Books: A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR (Cornerstone Press, 2028)/THE CLARITY OF HUNGER (Word West Press, 2021). Fiction instructor: Harvard Extension School. MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: fabulistpappas@gmail.com
www.cherylpappas.net
Rebecca Bauman @rhbauman.bsky.social Professor of Italian. Scholar of film, tv, and fashion studies. Lover of jazz, dogs, cooking, and satire.
Rebecca Evans @rebeccawrites33.bsky.social Poet | Essayist | Artist | Warrior
Author at Moon Tide Press
https://linktr.ee/rebeccaevanswriter
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…
Gail Reitano @gailreitano.bsky.social NJ Pine Barrens native, affordable housing advocate, lover of all things Italian, Author of Italian Love Cake, a novel (Bordighera Press).
Lisa Knopp @raveler904.bsky.social Author (8 books of creative nonfiction), mother, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Christian mystic, reiki practitioner (Root Star Reiki), volunteer mentor, fan of libraries and librarians.
Marion Roach Smith @memoirteacher.bsky.social My online platform, The Memoir Project, provides live and recorded classes in every aspect of memoir writing, along with coaching and experienced editors, all to get you where you want to be as a writer. Marionroach.com
Lisa Cooper Ellison @lisacooperellison.bsky.social Writer, Trauma-Informed Writing Coach, and Host of the Writing Your Resilience Podcast. I help writers craft tough stories that sell. Join my free Substack and Get a Copy of Write More, Fret Less. 
Backlash Press: Gretchen Heffernan @gretheffernan.bsky.social I’m a #writer, #publisher, #poet working with text as art practice. Founder of Backlash Press 2015.
Books: The Sculptor, Dark Ansley 01, 02, lyric essay, Nobody, Nowhere, USA and multiple zines. Supported by Arts Council England and Film Sussex.
Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social I'm a Humanities professor at Berkeley City College. I write abt Italian migration/transnational/diaspora topics, film, material culture, vernacular culture, monuments, Gramsci, POWs and more.
Anti-fascist, pro-the-people, through and through.
Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social Professor of English, York College, CUNY. Faculty, MALS, BAM, and WGS, CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Equal Under the Sky: Georgia O'Keeffe and Twentieth-Century Feminism (U of New Mexico Press) and The Artistry of Anger (U of North Carolina Press)
@jerabrown.bsky.social @jerabrown.bsky.social 
Rebecca Coleman @rebeccacbooks.bsky.social Author of The Kingdom of Childhood, Deep Salt Sea, and other novels. Mom of five cats and also some kids. Semi-intrepid traveler.
Carla Ciccone @cciccone.bsky.social Writer/strega mamma🤌🏼 My reported memoir about ADHD’s lost generation comes out Sept 2025 🧿✨
Alice Rothchild, MD @alicerothchild.bsky.social Physician, author, & filmmaker on Israel/Palestine. Steering committee: JVP Health Advisory Council. Mondoweiss Contributing Writer.
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Beth Kephart @bethkephart.bsky.social Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press. 
Lilli Sutton - author of RUNNING OUT OF AIR @lillisutton.bsky.social She/her. Author of RUNNING OUT OF AIR, available now. rep: Jessica Faust at BookEnds Literary Agency.
Just "B" @wordsthathop.bsky.social flash writer | educator | computer & application techie | kitchen witch | long-distance runner🏃🏼♀️👟
Words in Emerge Literary (Pushcart nominated), HAD, Flash Flood, Sudden Flash, Painted Pebble Lit
I typically only follow writers.
Anita Felicelli @anitafelicelli.bsky.social author of the short story collection HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS and other works of fiction. books editor at Alta Journal, critic, essayer.
Jody Kennedy @jodykennedy.bsky.social Writing, photography • Dearest Virginia (Woolf) (2026) • Finally, Dorothy (2025) • Midwest, US • Provence, France linktr.ee/jodykennedy
Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
https://linktr.ee/joy.deva.baglio
https://www.joybaglio.com/
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Writer, flash fiction writer, photographer. Author of 2 novels & 2 collections of flash. New novel out this spring. My flash pieces have been published in many lovely magazines. Mslexia flash fiction prize winner, 2024. Website: http://bronwengriff.co.uk/
Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social Founder Bath Flash Award, directs AdHocFiction + Flash Fiction Festival Flash collection Clearly Defined Clouds out now s/l Bridport x 4, s/l SmokeLong Mikey x2, Best Microfictions x2 Pushcart nominated
Kara Mae Brown @kmae.bsky.social I write about grief, place, and time. Sometimes separately, sometimes all at once. Published by Lit Angels, About Place, Pop Matters, and many more. Associate Teaching Prof at UCSB College of Creative Studies.
And ships.
Anne Panning @apanning.bsky.social Professor of English, Creative Writing, SUNY-Brockport
Books:
Super America (Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction).
Butter (novel)
Dragonfly Notes: On Distance & Loss (memoir)
The Price of Eggs (short fiction)
Spit & Glitter (poetry, forthcoming)
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
Hannah Sward @summerjar.bsky.social STRIP: A Memoir 📚 IPPY GOLD Medalist
✍🏽 LA Times, HuffPost, NYT, The Rumpus etc. New on Substack ‘Summer of Men’ 💋(dating/sex) https://open.substack.com/pub/summerofmen/p/threesomes-and-jealousy?r=9br3o&utm_medium=ios
Caitlin Gorman @caitlinjgorman.bsky.social Writer, teacher, over-thinker. I spend a lot of time pondering and writing about the personal politics of parenting and partnering. 
Yvonne Liu. Writer. Adoptee. Memoir-in-Progress @yvonneliuwriter.bsky.social Over 3 million read HuffPost #adoptee essay. NYT, Salon, Newsweek, NBC News. Sewanee Tennessee Williams Scholar. Received support from PEN America & Bread Loaf Writers. Modern Love podcast. Mental Health Advocate. James Patterson grant #writer #memoirs
Kercher @kercher.bsky.social teacher, mother, rabble rouser
#VOTEBLUE
#BlueResisters 💙💙💙
#BlueCrew 💙💙💙
Madgramma @hedgewitchypoo.bsky.social compassionate, human, overwhelmed with discontent with the world’s chaos.🚫maga
@ellenwelcker.bsky.social @ellenwelcker.bsky.social 
Diane Brown @dgbrown999.bsky.social My Dad fought Fascism and Nazis in WWII so we wouldn’t have to, and yet here we are.😢
Still we resist. 💙 🦋🌊
Oh, and tell your dog I said “Hi!”🐶
Kristina Wright @kristinawright.bsky.social Writer, editor, book reviewer, consultant
Kevin Sweet @kevin-sweet.bsky.social i try to be curious not just furious - fear, hatred, and anger can blind us to the humanity of others - for any issue and any side we take. 😍✌️🌍🌏🌎🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🥰🎉
we can be better if we know ourselves and each other better - please human responsibly. 👍❤️
Rebel Hippie With A Cause✌️ @colleenhenley.bsky.social 🌍 Advocate for a just and inclusive society 🌈 Champion of equal rights, environmental sustainability, and healthcare for all 💪 #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlueDownBallot
🌵Cara Az. 🌟🌊🦋💙🍸🇺🇦 @borntobefree.bsky.social Fighting fascism💙proud resister🦋 feminist🦋Pro-LGBTQ+💙💙Foodie🦋🦋reader🦋🦋rock-n-roller🦋🦋never-trump🦋🦋anti-maga🦋🦋she/her🦋💙democratic-socialist🦋#bluecrew🦋💙🦋🌊🚫porn🚫crypto🚫DMs
@amy-hunter.bsky.social @amy-hunter.bsky.social 
Elli Anderson 🌊💙🇺🇸 @ellilanderson.bsky.social News and politics enthusiast.
NEVER TRUMPER 🇺🇦
Wife & mom fueled by caffeine ☕️ and savoring the rare peaceful 🧘♀️ moment in the garden 🌺 or by the seaside 🌊
X @ElliLanderson
Julia Marie - writer @jmc-author.bsky.social Resistance fighter. Poet. If you believe in peace and democracy and if you back UKRAINE please read My Novella CATBIRD won a ZIBBY AWARD. Www.JuliaMarieDavis.com
Care about Dem-ocracy? https://a.co/d/e67TRsD
Follow me on Substack!
👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social www.fireeyebooks.com ✊🕊🩷🕊🩷🕊✊ #Author #Poet* Publisher✊💙💙💙✊ #Democrat #Resist #Teachers #StarterPacks #NoDemUnder1k #Books #Art I don't read DM
Stacey Shepherd @stacey-shepherd.bsky.social Just a girl trying my best to be a good human. Owner of a plant hospice on the corner of dysfunction-junction. I have co-dependent animals and unmade crafts.
Mom. Wife. Animal lover. #TeamPete Witchy but not bitchy. Disappointed but not surprised.
@tessamellas.bsky.social @tessamellas.bsky.social 
@lindatate.bsky.social @lindatate.bsky.social 
Mary Cartledgehayes @mcartledgehayes.bsky.social Theologian - writer - collage artist - part owner of a stray cat sanctuary -
Sarah Rose @thesarahrose.bsky.social Tired freelancer, misanthrope, talker. Midwesterner stranded. National bestseller D-DAY GIRLS: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged Nazis & Helped Win WWII & FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA blind ♿️ ✡️ SarahRose.com prh.com/ddaygirls
@franciearenson.bsky.social @franciearenson.bsky.social 
@sarahterez.bsky.social @sarahterez.bsky.social Writer ("Herself When She's Missing"), Teacher (U Chicago Graham School/Story Studio Chicago) Creative Coach/Developmental Editor 
Stephanie @litmaven.bsky.social I👻IWriter. Book maven. Unlikable female protagonist. Aspiring time traveler. Words @electriclit, @crimereads, @Kveller, @mental_floss, etc. @litmaven on Threads.
Mashaw McGuinnis @writermash.bsky.social Writer. Chronic Lyme survivor. Member of the Zipper club since 2019. Words at Good Housekeeping, The Sun magazine, Brevity Blog and more.
mashawmcguinnis.com
Anna Leah @annaleah.bsky.social Journalist. Filmmaker. Dawn Enthusiast.
annaleah.com
@tracychats.bsky.social @tracychats.bsky.social TracyChats.com
Sofia Ali-Khan @sofiaalikhan.bsky.social Storyteller. Ceramicist. Lawyer.
Award Winning Author: A Good Country (PRH)
Words at NYT, LATimes, WaPo, Time, LitHub, The Moth, Joe’s Pub/Srsly Entertaining
linktr.ee/sofiaalikhan
River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social Writer and former wildland firefighter. My memoir, HOTSHOT, debuts on August 12th. they/them
Kelly Wright @prismasolves.bsky.social AI Artist | Ops & AI | Owner, PRISMA Solutions
For AI art commissions (no NSFW):
Send DM
Commercial use images (Adobe):
https://prismasolutions.myportfolio.com/
For Ops & Responsible AI help:
www.prismasolves.com
Loves cats, Star Trek TNG, & books 📚
Stephanie Foley @stephaniefoley.bsky.social 🦋 Advocate of Unlimited Possibilities✨️ #Imagination #Creativity #WildNature #CosmicWisdom #Megalithic #Celtic #Faerie #Moon #GeneKeys #Psychosynthesis #Quantum #Witch #Shaman #Intuition #Dreaming #Wonder 🌈🌎🐈⬛️⚖️ moonfeatherhollow.com
Karen Babine @karenbabine.bsky.social Writer. The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo; All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer; Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life / Assoc Prof @UTCEnglish / Editor @assayjournal / My skillet's name is Agnes. - J Joanna Eleftheriou @joannaessayist.bsky.social Essayist. Lesbian not from Lesbos 🇨🇾
Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social Creative Nonfiction Writer. Essays. Memoir in Progress. Work in Lit Hub, The Rumpus, Fourth Genre, Brevity, Denver Quarterly, Hobart. Sacramento Valley via SoCal. jenpalmaresmeadows.com
Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies @assayjournal.bsky.social Assay publishes the best critical, pedagogical, and craft-conversational work exploring everything #nonfiction
Posts by Jay Kibble and @karenbabine
Donna Talarico @donnatalarico.bsky.social Writer, higher ed storyteller, lit mag founder (Hippocampus). Co-ed, Getting to the Truth: The Craft & Practice of Creative Nonfiction. In-progress YA memoir. Curious. Loves diners, road trips, ephemera, wordplay, crosswords & board games.
Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social Author of Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand. I mostly write about complex chronic illness and math. Bylines in NYT, WashPost, Discover, Wired, Slate, Stat News, Science News, lots more. She/her.
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
Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social Writer | Dr. | Project Manager for Roxane Gay | Co-editor The Audacity | 🌈😷| Rep’d by Alyssa Jennette | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025).
www.michelefilgate.com
Phil Christman @philipchristman.bsky.social pretty good writer. philipchristman.substack.com. https://bookshop.org/p/books/why-christians-should-be-leftists-phil-christman/22293923?ean=9780802884053&next=t; https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/vendors?q=Phil%20Christman&contributorID=22914
Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social Author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” by Shelf Awareness & DREAMS UNDER GLASS, called “a novel for our modern times” by Buzzfeed Books. ancawrites.com.
Eve Ettinger @eveettinger.com Husband father daughter
Amy Probst @amyprobst.bsky.social Writer, typewriter poet, instructional designer, saver of worms, lover of dogs and trees. Raised blue-collar intellectual. Memoir in the works.
Workshops: amyprobst.com
I love Drummond Island.