Kaleb Horton @kalebhorton.bsky.social A writer from Bakersfield, based in Los Angeles. GQ, MTV, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vanity Fair, Vice, Vox. Looking for work. Subscribe to my newsletter: kalebhorton.ghost.io
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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Garrett Kim @garrettkim.bsky.social MFA in fiction at UVA / EIC for Meridian
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social Never’s just the echo of forever
Purvi Bangdiwala for FL House District 28 @purviforflorida.bsky.social Donate: https://secure.anedot.com/purvi-for-florida/30653fbb-32d9-4f80-8bf7-6df01a1c0f1f
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com rotatingsandwiches.com / batting around podcast
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
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New podcast: Collateral Damage
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com A magazine of culture and politics
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harper’s etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
Michael Schaub @michaelschaub.bsky.social Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social board member, raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion. mschaubtx@gmail.com.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
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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. 🦃
The Real Josh Weil @therealjoshweil.bsky.social Fighting for Florida.
Democrat for U.S. Senate (2026)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Hannah Selinger @hannahselinger.bsky.social Inventor of #Scandoval. USA Today-bestselling author, James Beard Award-nominated journo. A mix of Joris-Karl Huysmans, M.F.K. Fisher, and Regina George.
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Tassoula @tassoula.com Writer
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Maureen Stanton @maureenstanton.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/maureenstanton41 Writer, nonfiction, essays, memoir. Paying forward, giving back. "The Murmur of Everything Moving: A Memoir"--winner Donald L. Jordan Prize. Reviewer for New York Journal of Books. 
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
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Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social Complete fiction
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social Reporter at ProPublica. Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Author of CATCH THE DEVIL, to be released by Knopf on July 14. https://www.pamelacolloff.com/
Travis Nichols @travisjnichols.bsky.social Director of https://tinyurl.com/y2y3rkts
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Formerly of CARE, Stand, Greenpeace, Poetry Foundation, Wave Books Poetry Bus, Seattle PI, Amherst Books, Flagpole, AHS Web
sam @samthielman.com Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen NYer, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE w/Sean Howe forthcoming | I know I can come off a little proactive, and for that I’m sorry.
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
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
Emily Maloney @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social a books editor at The Atlantic and spreadsheet lady for its union. once described as "friendly" on eBird
Jessica Brilliant Keener @jbkeener.bsky.social Author of Nat'l bestselling novel, Night Swim| Indie Next pick & SIBA bestseller, Strangers in Budapest| award-winning stories, Women In Bed| new novel, Evening Begins the Day (pub: 3.24.26)| Believes in positive change
Thomas Bolt @tbolt.bsky.social Writer. O. Henry Prize (via n+1): http://bit.ly/InversionOfMarcia Contributing ed @ BOMB. Rome Prize for Literature, Yale YP Vol 84. http://tbolt.com.
Fiction in n+1: https://nplusonemag.com/issue-27/fiction-drama/inversion-of-marcia/
Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social Writer/Founder of the Athens Writers' Collective/No Fun at All. he/him
Iowa MFA, Houston PhD. Words in Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hobart, Sequestrum, etc.
Athens, Georgia, USA
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
thestoryprize.bsky.social @thestoryprize.bsky.social The Story Prize is an annual book award for short story collections, established in 2004. Latest winner: OTHER WORLDS by André Alexis. 2026 deadlines: 7/1 for Jan.-June pubs, 11/15 for July-Dec. thestoryprize.org
Sara Johnson Allen @sarajohnsonallen.bsky.social writer-teacher from NC living in MA. . . for a while | DOWN HERE WE COME UP from @blacklawrence (August 2023) | might request a transfer to be a cat.
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Alex Carp @alexcarp.bsky.social Research editor @nytmag, nonfiction co-chair @bkbf, etc.
David Gonzalez @mgrmoustachio.bsky.social Middle aged man. Fan of tacos.
Formerly @Skylightbooks. Formerly @Vidiots.
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Camille Rankine @camillerankine.bsky.social poet-type person
Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social Copper Canyon poet (Cocklebur: New & Selected Poems coming fall 2026), professor, Girl Scout from Omaha. She/her
Richard B. Simon @rbsimon.bsky.social Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). BRIGHT SPIDER PRESS https://www.brightspiderpress.com .
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
Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
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MacDowell @macdowell1907.bsky.social Art and artists are made at MacDowell. For more than a century, MacDowell has given artists time, space, community, and freedom to create. https://www.macdowell.org
Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
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Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Lidia Yuknavitch @lidiamiles.bsky.social Writer. Aquanaut. Motherloverother. Being with other beings human and beyond.
Jonny Diamond @jonnydiamond.bsky.social Editor of Lit Hub, writer, not-so-secretly Canadian.
Kristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social Culture writer: buzzfeed, new republic, la times, boston globe, etc. | content strategist for hire | still writing that novel! | newsletter: https://interior-castles.ghost.io/ | hello@kristen-evans.com
Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
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Ariel Dumas @arieldumas.bsky.social Head Writer and Supervising Producer for The Late Show. IG @arieldumaspubicaccount
Kelli Jo Ford @kellijoford.bsky.social Crooked Hallelujah (Grove Atlantic). Cherokee Nation>TX>Virginia. Cherokee. she/her. Hiatusing over here now.
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Peter Kispert @peterkispert.bsky.social Book editor at William Morrow/HarperCollins. Author of I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM: Stories (Penguin Books).
Posts inane & my own. Here now.
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Lisa Locascio Nighthawk @senzaflash.bsky.social author, OPEN ME (2018)
chair, Antioch MFA (@antiochmfa.bsky.social)
executive director, Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference
(@mcwconf.bsky.social)
WeHo psych mom
www.lisalocascionighthawk.com
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
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
Anis Mojgani @mojgani.bsky.social Poet & picture maker. NOLA born & raised. Oregon’s 10th Poet Laureate Emeritus. Trying days, trying heart.
Tayari Jones @tayari.bsky.social NYT Bestselling author of KIN and AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. (Oprah’s Book Club x2) Atlanta born, Atlanta bred, when I die, I’ll be Atlanta dead.
Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail enthusiast. Creator of the Saltzsteini. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com staff writer, @newrepublic.com // author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (2KTK, @littlebrown.bsky.social) + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso)
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Rachel Cantor @rachelcantor.bsky.social Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
Ploughshares @ploughshares.bsky.social Building a future beyond nuclear fear. We aim to reduce and eventually eliminate #nuclearweapons & promote stability where they exist. 
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
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ZYZZYVA @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social Award-winning, indie lit journal—made in San Francisco since 1985. Our Issue 132 is now available. Subscribe: zyzzyva.org/subscribe/
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
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Mira Jacob @mirajacob.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator/ Partner In Crimes
Raquel Gutiérrez @raquefella.bsky.social I'm just finding my bearings here now! Author of Southwest Reconstruction (Noemi Press, 2025) & Brown Neon (Coffee House Press, 2022), writer/critic/educator, South/West Coast Chill & desert enthusiast.
Michelle Tea @michelletea.bsky.social DOPAMINE Books:
OUT NOW
WITCH Anthology
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Self-Romancing by L Scully
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Me:
Little F out this October
Knocking Myself Up
Against Memoir
Modern Tarot
Black Wave
Valencia
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Rachel Yoder @rachelyoder.bsky.social the original Nightbitch, novelist, screenwriting prof at UIowa, WGA West
Jenny Xu @jennyxu.bsky.social editing @ atria and @wspbooks.bsky.social
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social writer, teacher, author of fiction including The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and Willful Creatures. Happy to be on here.
Gwen E. Kirby @gwenekirby.bsky.social author of SHIT CASSANDRA SAW // stories in One Story, Guernica, Tin House, Smokelong, and elsewhere // corgis, baking, knitting, swearing // she/her
gwenekirby.com
Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social Writer; dean of faculty @GothamWriters. she/her I live in NYC but still say gapers' block.
Natalie Lima @natalielima09.bsky.social Writing embarrassing crap about my life.
Creative Writing Prof @ Butler University
📍Indianapolis
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Ananda Lima @anandalima.bsky.social Author of CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL forthcoming @torbooks in 2024 (available for pre-order)
& MOTHER/LAND (Black Lawrence Press)
Rep: Sarah Bowlin (Aevitas)
Work in the American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review Online, Gulf Coast +
Caitlin McGill @caitlindmcgill.bsky.social Writing a memoir. Notable BAE '16, '21, '22. Longlisted: '24 First Pages Prize. Winner '20 IndianaReview NF Prize. Essays: HungerMountain, @vox.com, @mcsweeneys, Blackbird. Views my own. caitlinmcgill.com. Believes in kindness. Takes social media breaks.
Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social Writer focusing on animals and the human-animal relationship.
Author of Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
Author of BY THE FIRE WE CARRY. Host of First America podcast. Out June 22. Subscribe now! firstamerica.info