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Milkweed Editions @milkweededitions.bsky.social Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit independent literary press. We serve authors and readers by publishing life-changing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, New Directions proudly publishes great literature from around the world. ndbooks.com
Europa Editions @europaeditions.bsky.social We are an independent publisher of literary fiction, high-end mystery and noir, and narrative non-fiction from around the world.
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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com Two Lines Press is a book publisher committed to daring and original literature in translation. We're part of @catranslation.org. Browse our books at www.catranslation.org/books/.
Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org CAT champions literature in translation and global voices. We program events with authors and translators in the Bay Area and beyond, publish books @twolinespress.com, and run an education program (Poetry Inside Out). More at www.catranslation.org.
American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) promotes literary translation through advocacy, education and services to literary translators.
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Lizz Schumer 🏳️🌈 @lizzschumer.bsky.social Here for a good time, not a long time. Journalist. Writer. Editor. Educator. Maker of things (sometimes trouble). 
Priscilla Gilman @priscillagilman.bsky.social Author of The Anti-Romantic Child (Harper) & The Critic's Daughter (Norton). Former English prof @ Yale & Vassar. Mother, Writer, Critic, Teacher.
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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
Ted Scheinman @scheinman.bsky.social senior editor, smithsonian mag
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Ethan Nosowsky @nosowsky.bsky.social Graywolf Press Editorial Director, relapsed Californian.
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.
Karla J. Strand @karlajstrand.com Feminist librarian, historian, educator, writer @msmagazine
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Rebecca Morgan Frank @poetmorgan.bsky.social Author of 4 books, including Oh You Robot Saints!(Carnegie Mellon UP). Board member, National Book Critics Circle. Cofounder/Editor of Memorious.org (2004-2023.)
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Heather Scott Partington @hspartington.bsky.social Book critic & teacher. Board member and fiction chair @bookcritics.bsky.social.
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Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com
Reagan Arthur @reaganart.bsky.social Here to read and deliver firm opinions about books, music, tennis, grammar, and I suppose also the news. Launching new imprint, Cardinal, 9/25
Frances Dinkelspiel @frannydink.bsky.social Journalism junkie from paper to digital to newsletters to Insta and TikTok. Co-founder of Cityside. Reporter and author, too. Hand me a book, and I am happy. https://francesdinkelspiel.com/
Heidi Pitlor @heidipitlor.bsky.social www.hpeditorial.com. Editor/writer/worrier/ally. Former longtime series ed of The Best American Short Stories. Author of Impersonation, The Daylight Marriage, etc. https://heidipitlor.substack.com/
Lisa Peet @lisapeet.bsky.social Executive editor, Library Journal. Writer, artist, baker, correspondent, owner of too many animals and fountain pens, aging hipster. Opinions here are my own.
Ed Winstead @eswinstead.bsky.social Writer (NYT, BOMB, Interview, etc.), editor (EIC of Guernica, now long retired), occasional journalist, full-time pedant.
Katie Grimm @grimmlit.bsky.social literary agent, garrulous book collector, bon vivant. she/her
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Neal Thompson @nealthompson.bsky.social Publisher orionmagazine.org Latest book = THE FIRST KENNEDYS, plus 5 more. I read run yoga ski hike paddle strum swim. Crime fiction + cocktails newsletter = Blood & Whiskey 🥃 👇 bloodandwhiskey.substack.com
James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social memoir: Blind Man's Bluff (W.W. Norton, NYT Editors' Choice)
novel: Academy Gothic (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel)
editor: The Writer's Chronicle & Monkeybicycle
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Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic, formerly NYTBR, and author of the forthcoming “How to Be a Dissident.”
katie yee @emergencychampagne.bsky.social writer 🪩🕺🏻
MAGGIE; OR, A MAN AND A WOMAN WALK INTO A BAR coming to you in July 2025 🍾
Erik Pedersen @erikpedersen.bsky.social Books + Entertainment Editor (TV, Music, more) at 11 Southern California News Group outlets
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Jane Ciabattari @janeciab.bsky.social Fiction [Stealing the Fire]. Critic [BBC_Culture LitHub. Community [@bookcritics.bsky.social SFGrotto BayBookFest Litcampwriters .
Hive Mind Books @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social We are a queer independent bookstore & coffeeshop in Bushwick. 219 Irving Ave, Brooklyn
James Meader @jameader.bsky.social Part of the team at International Literary Properties. Grady’s dad.
Pete of The Chills at Will Podcast @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social The Chills at Will Literary Podcast is a discussion of the visceral beauty of literature, w/ Pete. Ep 275 up now on all platforms!-join the Patreon!
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Elissa Schappell @elissaschappell.bsky.social I’ve published two books of fiction, Use Me and Blueprints for Building Better Girls, and other stuff and had jobs and even if I could capture lightning in a bottle I wouldn’t because lightning should be free.
You are so beautiful when you’re angry.
5E Editors @5eeditors.bsky.social An editors' group with experience at top publishers: Judy Sternlight, Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, Sulay Hernandez, Anne Horowitz.
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The Clegg Agency @thecleggagency.bsky.social New York-based literary agency
Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/by/jennifer-szalai
Megha Majumdar @meghamaj.bsky.social Author of the novel A Burning, nominated for the National Book Award, the NBCC John Leonard Prize, and the ALA Carnegie Medal
Bridget Read @bridgetgillard.bsky.social features @ new york magazine
wrote a book about pyramid schemes
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Pittsburgh Progress @pittsburghprogress.bsky.social Journalism built by workers, with our community, for Pittsburgh.
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Jessica Rose Sanford 🏳️⚧️ @jess6k.bsky.social Writer. Lugubrious malcontent. 📍Oakland, CA
Words in Nashville Review, Tulane Review, Ozone Park, jmww, Hot Metal Bridge, Alarmist, others.
Contributor @ Small Planet.
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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social Book recs, reviews, and news. Supporting independent booksellers as a Bookshop affiliate. Thanks for helping us help local bookstores. 🙏🏼 #BooksMatter
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Kevin Lozano @kevinlozano.bsky.social editor producer at bloomberg's odd lots
Lauren Kayes @midheavens.bsky.social writer & diviner. words at The Rumpus, Allure, etc; studying Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge.
Julia M. Klein @juliamklein.bsky.social Freelance cultural reporter and critic, contributing book critic for the Forward, recovering political junkie
Hannah Rosefield @hannahrosefield.bsky.social editing at The Dial and elsewhere
sometime Victorianist, London Library emerging writer 25/26
Elaine Szewczyk @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social Books, Films, TV, mostly. I write author profiles for Publishers Weekly. Instagram: @elaineszewczyk / X: @stupidnovel. (Just started on Bluesky...moving slowly over here.)
Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social 😷 Chicago based book critic and cofounder of Who Even Reads (whoevenreads.com). Follow us at @whoevenreads.bsky.social. Editor in academic publishing. Show me your orange cat. 🐈
Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social Feeling literary? Come see us at www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com!
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux @fsgbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning fiction, nonfiction and poetry since 1946. Home of AUWA Books, Quanta Books, FSG Originals, and Picador.
Lydia Wilson @lsmwilson.bsky.social Culture editor, New Lines magazine. Writer. https://newlinesmag.com/writers/lydia-wilson/ - S Sophia Nguyen @sophianguyen.bsky.social reporter, The Atlantic
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
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
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bradley babendir @therealbradbabs.bsky.social writer (the baffler, the boston globe, bright wall dark room, etc) & photographer
Michael Patrick Brady @michaelpbrady.bsky.social Writer, editor, book critic. Words @ The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, WBUR.org, and more. www.michaelpatrickbrady.com; bradymp.substack.com
Chris Knutsen @cknutsen.bsky.social Editor at Large WSJ
Kate Deimling @katedeimling.bsky.social Translator, editor, poet. Poetry collection: Time Traveling (Cornerstone, 2026). Latest translation: The Story of the Marquis de Cressy (MLA, 2025). French lit PhD. Reader & puzzler. Animal lover. Always learning. Brooklyn, NY. www.katedeimling.com
The Creative Independent @thecreativeindependent.com A resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people, published by @kickstarter.com
Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social Literary agent at Georges Borchardt, wide range of non fiction. Former Little, Brown, Macmillan, S&S. Agent contact: pronoy@gbagency.com. Interested in experts, reporters, and compelling work writ large. Feel free to query me at the email above.
Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social Ugh, fine.
Writer in Texas.
I curse on the internet now.
#HouSky
www.jennystaffjohnson.com
Matthew Kitchen @kitchen.bsky.social Deputy Editor for Op-Ed at the LA Times. Previously: WSJ, NBC News, Chron. Send only your best ideas to matthew.kitchen@latimes.com
Anson Tong @ansonjtong.com she/her • “a glutton for introspection” • photographer, writer, behavioral scientist
Capes and Tights @capesandtights.com Exploring comics and geek culture with news, reviews, opinions, and more! Plus, our podcast drops Wednesdays hosted by @justinsoderberg.com!
Inquiries: hello@capesandtights.com
Cartoon Art Museum @cartoonart.bsky.social Founded in 1984, CAM is a San Francisco-based, educational arts nonprofit that has something for everyone—from comic strips, comic books, and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix. Come visit our galleries: cartoonart.org
Jeff Yang @originalsp.in TheyCallUsBruce podcast w/AngryAsianMan: http://bit.ly/listen2TCUB; Guardian US & NPR PCHH; Threads/IG: @originalspin
Books: RISE—A Pop History of Asian America from the 90s to Now; The Golden Screen—The Movies That Made Asian America
Pic: thx @gregpak!
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Elizabeth Haidle @ehaidle.bsky.social Art director, illustrator, author 
Deb Olin Unferth @debolinunferth.bsky.social Wrrrittter
Lindsey Underwood @lindseyunderwood.bsky.social Senior Editor at Vanity Fair
Adrienne So @adrienneso.bsky.social formerly @wired
Brian Kevin @brianme.bsky.social Mostly lurking. Features editor, National Geographic. Past: Down East mag, Wildsam. As seen in: Audubon, Outside, T+L, NYT, others. 📖: The Footloose American. WI>MN>MT>OR>ME>DC. www.briankevin.com
June Thomas @junethomas.bsky.social Author, A PLACE OF OUR OWN: SIX SPACES THAT SHAPED QUEER WOMEN'S CULTURE (May 2024). Longtime Slatester, podcaster. Free newsletter: http://buttondown.email/WhereAre Back in UK after 40 years in US
Neima Jahromi @neima.bsky.social non-fiction editor NYTimes Book Review
D. A. Denison @daveadenison.bsky.social Writer at Large for The Baffler mag. Based in Massachusetts. Once a young reporter at The Texas Observer. Latest work on Texas politics and #populism here:
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Robert Rubsam @robrubsam.bsky.social Writing on books, movies, the arts: NYT Magazine, Baffler, Washington Post, Atlantic, Liberties, Commonweal, Mubi, Paris Review, Nation, etc. robjrub@gmail.com
James R Benn @jimmywriter.bsky.social Writer. Voter. Librarian. Author of the Billy Boyle WW2 mystery series, published by Soho Press.
https://www.jamesrbenn.com/
Lori Rader-Day @loriraderday.bsky.social Writer. Muppet. Reserve grand champion ribbon winner in the 4-H category of Personality.
Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social Current: TV and film critic free agent. Former: Vulture, WashPost. Prev bylines: NYT, Vanity Fair, others. Literally wrote the book on Clueless.
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
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Soho Press @sohopress.bsky.social Independent book publisher of bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking horror.
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James L'Etoile @jamesletoile.bsky.social Award winning author of the Detective Emily Hunter series and the Detective Nathan Parker series. Owned by two corgis (the Plot Hounds) and claimed by #NotMyCat
Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime
HarperOne @harperonebooks.bsky.social Books that transform and inspire ✨
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Words & Money @wordsandmoney.bsky.social A new media venture from former PW and LJ reporter Andrew Richard Albanese and book biz veteran Erin Cox, featuring in-depth reporting and analysis centering libraries in the 21st Century reading enterprise.
Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social An award winning website that covers comics, comics culture and the people who make them. comicsbeat.com
HUU with news: info @ comicsbeat