Luis Alberto Urrea (& Cindy) @urrealism.bsky.social Author and reader, husband & grandpa, scribbler in notebooks, wanderer. Team Urrea is always on the scenic route.
Cal Morgan @calmorgan.bsky.social Worshipful Company of Book Folk 📚
Senior Literary Agent, Enliven Endeavors ✨
“Please read.”
Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social Complete fiction
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social No longer in good standing with the New York State bar
My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
Indie @motherindie.bsky.social Nashvillian. Interested in Nashville politics, roller derby, reading, drinking strong black tea all day long. Got a new job so the disclaimer: opinions are my own, not my employer's, obviously.
Noema Magazine @noemamag.com Longform journalism exploring fresh ideas. Pitch us: edit@noemamag.com
@emilykrieble.bsky.social @emilykrieble.bsky.social 
Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social Nashville Metro Council District 30 | First Latina woman elected to the Nashville Metro council | Chicana | Para los que no tuvieron la oportunidad.
Joe Lee is Nashville’s best bachelorette @currylee.bsky.social "Nashville's premier shitposter" - Freddie O'Connell
“Most annoying person in Nashville, in a good way” - Sean Parker
manaen @themanaen.bsky.social Muni Left
Views own and not my employers
Engagement ≠ endorsement
Bobby Alemán @bobby-aleman.bsky.social writer. hiker. motorcycle rider.
https://texashighways.com/writer/bobby-aleman/
Angie E. Henderson @angienashville.bsky.social Vice Mayor of Nashville. President of #MetroCouncilNash. Walkable, bikeable communities advocate. Bus rider. Bryn Mawr College alumna.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Sarah Bayliss @shbayliss.bsky.social Award-winning writer and editor.
Spencer Sharpe @jspencersharpe.bsky.social Nashville. Software Engineer. Buses, benches, bikes. “Bus Boy", according to WeGo Public Transit CEO
Running for Metro Council District 5
https://www.sharpeforcouncil.com
The Only Wolfgang You’ll Know @wolf-bronner.bsky.social Nashville | Organizer | I Be With The Libraries
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social evidence-based transgender writer. fellow at interrupting criminalization. author of the view from somewhere: undoing the myth of journalistic objectivity and radical unlearning, out now. www.lewispants.com
@maillardpastries.bsky.social @maillardpastries.bsky.social 
Sarah Smith @sarahesmith23.bsky.social Houston Chronicle senior storyteller. Probably reading. sarah.smith@houstonchronicle.com
Chase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social 
@jessicapiper.bsky.social @jessicapiper.bsky.social 
Joy Ramirez @joy-ramirez.bsky.social Writer, East Nashville
https://substack.com/@dailyjoy
kelly…kitty? @kellykitty.bsky.social 🇵🇸 | Nashville | usually yapping about homelessness, poverty & policing | my brain has a million tabs open at all times | opinions are mine + are never ending
Claire Elise Thompson @clurelise.bsky.social Associate editor at Grist. Come find me in the Looking Forward newsletter:
https://go.grist.org/signup/looking-forward
All opinions here are my own. 
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@profapaez.bsky.social @profapaez.bsky.social 
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
Tips? signal altCDC.99, email altCDCtips@proton.me or DM
Meg Wade @hornyforsecrets.bsky.social Author of Slick Like Dark (TupeloPress) • National Poetry Series finalist • Natural Burial Grief Doula 🌿🕯
Roy Rhodes @royrhodes.bsky.social Preacher, Advocate, David Lynch stan (RIP). I contain multitudes.
@sarahopella.bsky.social @sarahopella.bsky.social 
@articusmaximus.bsky.social @articusmaximus.bsky.social 
Alex Langley @rocketllama.bsky.social Author of Make a Nerdy Living + Geek Handbook series + Kill the Freshman. NEWEST BOOK: Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs.
Psychologist. Foe of bearded bees.
He/him.
@amanda-nash.bsky.social @amanda-nash.bsky.social 
Ashley N Roth @ashleynroth.bsky.social Writer. Educator. Parent. Obsessed with silent films, cats, and vegan pastries.
WE NEVER TOOK A BAD PICTURE coming March 2025 from April Gloaming
www.ashleynroth.com
Susannah Felts @susannahfelts.bsky.social Writer, Cofounder of porchtn.org. 📕: THE COME APART, out from Triquarterly in June 2026.
susannahfelts.substack.com
@krispedersen.bsky.social @krispedersen.bsky.social 
Gabi @gabibooksit.bsky.social Reading, learning, growing. Yeehaw, I guess.
🩷💜💙- S @sschmedes.bsky.social @sschmedes.bsky.social
Marie Cecile Anderson @marielovesdolly.bsky.social Creative Producer of City Cast Nashville https://nashville.citycast.fm
Actor, writer, comedian, and lover of all things Dolly Parton.
https://www.mariececileanderson.com
Annie Neugebauer @annieneugebauer.bsky.social Author. 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist. Lit: Alec Shane, Writers House. Film: Sean Berard, Untitled Entertainment.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED
THE EXTRA
THE OTHER 6/9/26
THE SPARE 3/9/27
ONCE THE DARKNESS COMES
novella TBA
https://annieneugebauer.com/
MauraLee Albert @seiu205mauralee.bsky.social 
MHC (Mental Health Cooperative) @mhc-official.bsky.social We offer innovative, trauma-informed and person-centered behavioral health services for children, adolescents and adults. All TennCare plans welcome.
Learn more: www.mhc-tn.org
Namrata Poddar 🧿🌀 @namratapoddar.bsky.social Author of BORDER LESS | Faculty at UCLA | Essays/nonfiction at Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Longreads, LA Times, etc.
Interests include Decolonial —> storytelling, parenting, yoga, healing. Desi everything.
Writing 2nd book. Intermittently here.
David Sirota @davidsirota.com Founder/editor-in-chief, @LeverNews.com; Oscar-nominated for Don't Look Up. Spouse of @emilyforco.bsky.social
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social Solving complex business problems | Business Transactions, Restructuring, and Disputes Attorney | Former Nashville Chief Development Officer | Opinions are my own and don’t reflect my employer’s
Roberto José Andrade Franco @randradefranco.bsky.social El Paso–Juárez borderland
ESPN writer
Roberto.Andrade@espn.com
https://robertojoseandradefranco.substack.com
Antonio Ruiz-Camacho @aruizcamacho.bsky.social Award-winning author and freelancer writer. Personal finance, travel rewards, books, fiction, nonfiction. Check out my portfolio: https://authory.com/AntonioRuizCamacho
Wes Ferguson @wesferguson.bsky.social Texas writer, founder of Free Range podcasts, and ranch hand @ guad.co wesferguson.net
Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social Lifelong learner, over-thinker, & strategist. Pet enthusiast. Opinionated Swiss who calls Middle TN home. Secret pleasure: Mid-afternoon Nickerchen. Opinions are my own.
Andrea Williams @andreawillwrite.bsky.social (ON-dree-uh)
Columnist at The Tennessean | Author | Words in NYTimes, New York Mag, Sports Illustrated, etc.
INSIDE THE PARK out NOW!
Send tips/say hi: adwilliams@tennessean.com
Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
DJcontraption AKA Dahron J @dahron-anneliese.bsky.social Chaplain-y cyclist consistently calms chaos, cracks contradictions, collects conundrums, critiques culture, challenges consensus, committed carer🏳️⚧
https://www.tnep.org/
https://linktr.ee/DJcontraption
John Haubenreich @johnhaubenreich.bsky.social Attorney fighting for voting rights and democracy with @protectdemocracy.org. Board member, @organizetn.bsky.social. Teach "Democracy and Voting Rights Litigation.” Film photography hobbyist. Bojangles stan. Opinions my own. Sorry for the soccer stuff.
Rachel Rogers @ofjoyandjustice.com 🙋🏻they/she
📍Nashville
📚UU seminarian + preacher
🏳️🌈💜💛🖤parent + partner
📢Black lives matter. Protect Trans kids. 🍉🍉🍉
ofjoyandjustice.com
Sara Sterkenburg @sara-sterkenburg.bsky.social Product design & IA in civic tech / interested in service design, UX, a11y; urbanism, gardening, parenting / Nashville, TN
Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social Reporter, Tennessee Lookout. Nashville.
Cassandra Stephenson @cstephenson.bsky.social Reporting on rural West TN for @TNLookout | @Report4America Corps Member | Formerly @Tennessean @JSunNews | Tips welcome: cstephenson@tennesseelookout.com
Adrienne Westenfeld @awestenfeld.bsky.social writer, freelance book editor, ghostwriter, and book coach | formerly Books and Fiction Editor at Esquire
adriennewestenfeld.com
Amy Whipple @amywhipple.bsky.social part-time writer, part-time writing instructor, full-time awesome // 🏳️🌈 // she/her // amywhipple.com (all views my own) (and potentially my dog’s)
Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social Author of MADE FOR YOU, out now, THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY (Nov 2025) and BEACH BODIES (PRH UK, summer 2025)/ A KILLER GETAWAY (Sourcebooks) under pen name Sienna Sharpe.
Literary Agent at Storm Literary.
Tenacious.
Hannah Strouth @hannahstrouth.bsky.social associate agent @ Sanford J. Greenburger Associates | simply existing | she/her
https://www.greenburger.com/hannah-strouth
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hannah-strouth/
Maggie Cooper @frecklywench.bsky.social lit agent at Aevitas 🏳️🌈🤓📚// writer, book gal, scone-lover // chapbook THE THEME PARK OF WOMEN’S BODIES from @bullcitypress.com // she/her // opinions mine // https://maggiecooper.carrd.co/
claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social literary agent at helm literary
website: clairemharris.com
more links: linktr.ee/claire_m_harris
Stacey Donaghy @donaghyliterary.bsky.social Literary Agent & Founder at Donaghy Literary Group. Lover of caffeine☕️ books, 📚 reality 📺 & hooked on K-Dramas🤩
http://www.donaghyliterary.com/
Laura Crockett @lecrockett.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent & Foreign Rights Manager at Triada US Literary Agency | Musician | Traveler | Cook-In-Progress | Cat Mom | she/her
scribblesandwanderlust.com
Leslie Zampetti @literarylesliez.bsky.social Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
Dana Murphy @manadurphy.bsky.social part-time garbage person, full-time literary agent at @ Trellis Literary Management
Emily Forney @emilykaitlin.bsky.social Literary Agent @bookendslit • Undiscovered National Treasure • Neighborhood Book Bimbo
nicole cunningham @nicolecunningham.bsky.social literary agent at trellis literary management 📚
Caitie Flum @caitief.bsky.social Lover of books and pop culture. Huge nerd about way too many things. Disabled.
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Matt Fee @mattfee-rucotn.bsky.social Chair Rutherford County Democrats
Just trying to make a difference in RuCoTN.
Do Not Obey in Advance
Defend Institutions
Be Courageous
🇺🇲💙
Jason Heid @jasonheid.bsky.social Editor at Texas Monthly
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
contact: talialavinwrites@gmail.com
Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social Memphis | Member of House Intelligence Committee | Champion for Justice and Civil Rights on Judiciary Committee | House Ranking Member of Helsinki Commission
Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social Health reporter and All Things Considered host at WPLN. Also write about social services and lethal injection.
Texas Highways @texashighways.bsky.social The official travel magazine of Texas. On the road since 1974.
https://texashighways.com
Tony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com author n founder @crit.works
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com Fair. Fearless. Free.
The nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization
More about us: statesnewsroom.com
Latest news: newsfromthestates.com
Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social former 2x pie-eating champion of St Olaf College
Sara Meissner @meiss5.bsky.social Human. Cat Mom. Realist.
Nashville, TN currently
Jeanette is Writing @thewriterjo.bsky.social 📈 Work-in-progress human || 🌵🦂Writing a NA gothic western novel || 🤪 @unhingedpit co-host || ‘24 #PitchMe finalist
Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com
Jennifer Jackson @arcaedia.bsky.social Literary agent. EVP at Donald Maass Literary Agency. Saving the world, one book sale at a time. (she/her) http://maassagency.com/jennifer-jackson/
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller.bsky.social LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr
Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace!
YA author w/ S&S
I love dogs like it's my job
She/Her
Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. Lambda Award-winning author, sometimes. HOMEGROWN MAGIC out now, WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE out next
Literary Agents of Change @litagentsofchange.bsky.social A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents.
linktr.ee/literaryagentsofchange
Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social Founder & Agent, Headwater Literary Management. Host of the award-winning Print Run Podcast. AALA Member. Treasurer for Literary Agents of Change. Publishers Weekly industry MVP. She/her & Ms/Mx. Open to queries!
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Megan Barry @mayormeganbarry.bsky.social Order “It’s What You Do Next” 💖
Former mayor, dog mom to Natasha & Winslow, and always Max’s mom.
Press inquiries: megan@meganbarry.com
MeganBarry.com
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
@jbojkov.bsky.social @jbojkov.bsky.social Looking for some reassurance that it’s all going to be okay- while fighting off the feeling of impending doom. 🪺🍄🌼
Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social CUNY prof. Historian of, and advocate for, student organizing. @studentactivism from Twitter.
Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social Journalist
Krista Stevens @kristastevens.bsky.social Senior Editor at Longreads. Loves books, birds, bass, and guitar. 🇨🇦
Peter Rubin @provenself.bsky.social Still with the words and the stories. Longreads / The Atavist / etcetera