Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social Film professor & Léontine enthusiast! Author of DEATH BY LAUGHTER: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia UP, 2024) and co-curator of CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN (Kino Lorber, 2022). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/death-by-laughter/9780231559812
Micah Carlson 🗃️ @micahcarlson.bsky.social Historian.
I write about ghost stories as historical method in the U.S. South.
Public history theorist in the streets, archive critic in the sheets.
Expert at petting cats and responding to bruh.
Sometimes funny.
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
Resister Sister Nicki Hates tRump for Free @worldtraveldiva.bsky.social Tree-hugging, granola-crunching, whale-saving, ACLU card-carrying
Yellow Dog Democrat; unpaid protester; politics junkie; animal lover; tennis fanatic; world traveler; voracious reader; #FuckTrump
Indie Voices · Authors & Books @metareelz.com Notes from the margins of the book world.
Indie stories, wandering writers, soft recommendations, quiet conversations.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1281628-indie-voices-authors-books
Tumblr:
https://www.tumblr.com/communities/indie-books
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026). https://geni.us/TMtMT | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
The Russian Review @russianreview.bsky.social Histories, Cultures, and Politics across Eurasia
russianreview.ku.edu
Nahyan Fancy @fancynahyan.bsky.social Professor; University of Exeter; Historian of Science and Medicine in Premodern Islamic Societies; Love Urdu poetry
Daniyal Javed (PSP, Oxon) @daniyal1986.bsky.social - Alum: University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government
- University of Syracuse, Maxwell School of Citizenship
- Chevening Fellow, Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, Police Officer.
Justice not enforcement
Joel Cunningham @joelevard.com writing, editing, existential dread
Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
Writer. Debut novel THE HOLLOW OF EVENING out Feb 9 2027 with Dundurn Press/Rare Machines
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Another Day in Poland @anotherdayinpoland.bsky.social A look into the rich culture and history of Poland. Follow us for a daily glimpse of Polish landscapes, villages, cityscapes and wildlife!
Poland isn't just pierogi and pickles. We want to show you something deeper about this beautiful country.
Erik McDonald @erikmcdonald.bsky.social Russian teacher in Minneapolis
xixvek.wordpress.com
Isabel Lindin @isabellindin.bsky.social I love Feminist History and Cetaceans.
Future Highschool History and English Teacher.
Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social books, beauty, history, folklore. fan of Dickens & @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Naturalist, writer, artist, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology. I make interpretive signs, illustrations, murals, and books. Sometimes, I chase polar bears and belugas. #scicomm #sciart http://www.discoversecondnature.ca
Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social Queen of Lasers, Mother of Storms, & NYT/USAToday bestselling author of Fairyland, Space Opera, Deathless, & many more. Any/All
Art: http://patreon.com/catvalente
Politics: http://catvalente.substack.com
TipJar: https://venmo.com/u/cat-valente
Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social Urban & landscape ecologist thinking about nature-based solutions for biodiversity, people, and climate in the cities we live in. Prof @ Concordia. Probably talking about trees on the radio. Potter. Knitter. Baker. Gardener. Year-round cyclist. 🇨🇦 (she/her)
ManBearShrink @sjfwhite.bsky.social Full time fool, mental health professional, lover of horror, outdoorsman, dog lover, and proud husband and father.
JenniferD @juniperd.bsky.social Current: BSc Forensic Science (Student)
Prev: Writing & Editing in the Book Industry
Politics • Health • Bioethics • Science • Publishing
Ambidextrous Ragamuffin. Bookish.
Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward.
Over-thinker. Disabled.
Canadian. She/Her
Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social Full time writer, part time horror author.
Querying “Help Wanted: Seeking Exorcist”.
https://mairebrownauthor.wixsite.com/website
@zofiawarwick.bsky.social @zofiawarwick.bsky.social Writer of stuff. Thirtysomething old fuck. Weird Baltimore person.
Just realized I could do this. Bask in my computer illiteracy:
https://books2read.com/ap/nEJQpv/Zofia-Warwick
Lover of most things puppetry related, offbeat, and anti-establishment.
C. Cameron Martin @c-cameron-martin.bsky.social Author, #amquerying 💻
Librarian 📚
Farm Wife 🚜
Currently reading: WHAT WE CAN KNOW, by Ian McEwan 📖
https://www.instagram.com/c.cameron.martin?igsh=ZndwcHZjZWI5cTVh&utm_source=qr
Frankie @knankiefruckles.bsky.social fiber arts first, philosophy second | they/them
Purdue Philosophy | Vassar ‘21
Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social Resistance Radio!
Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social religious studies professor in Kansas. modern Jewish thought.
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Kristy Eldredge @el-kristy.bsky.social Writer — fiction, humor, tennis. Peep Show devotee, sadly a Jeremy (with flashes of Mark).
Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social Scholar of Fortune @History Department - Ghent University. Everything you wanted to know about The Fall of Rome but were afraid to ask. Gallivanter extraordinaire. Italophile. Homeric Laughter.
Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social semi-good, semi-gray poet. Minneapolis, MN. Recent pubs : GREEN RADIUS https://contubernalesbooks.com/green-radius1 ; PARMENIDES IN MINNEAPOLIS https://contubernalesbooks.com/parmenides-in-minneapolis ; chapbks : https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/henry_gould
Nicholas Scott Baker @renhistorian.bsky.social Historian of Renaissance Italy and other things; latest book: In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy; Australian football tragic.
Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social Executive editor at @status.news. Email: jon at status dot news. Subscribe to the essential newsletter examining the media and power: status.news/subscribe 📬
Elisabeth B @decorporis.bsky.social Rare book librarian in the Midwest, tea and fountain pen enthusiast, cat lover.
Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
Kevin Solez @kevinsolez.bsky.social Humanities Instructor & Researcher, Host of HTTPS://YouTube.com/@HomerHotline | PhD (UBC), MA (Johns Hopkins), BA Hons. (Alberta) | Currently teaching Anthro, English, & Classics | kevinsolez.ca
Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago. 
Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Writer, journalist, filmmaker, professor. Pro-democracy advocate: Not capitulating. Author of Lee Harvey Oswald book, The Gunman & His Mother. Writing/publishing America, America on politics and society: America.substack.com
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
CC🇨🇦🍁 @collycee.bsky.social 🇨🇦Artist Musician Singing Bassplayer
Holistic Herbalist Therapist Gardener
Nature Sunset Chasing Photographer
Divergent
Professor Misha @mishagriffith.bsky.social Historian of Technology, Cold War student, Covert communications consultant (non-violent insurrections only need apply), Professor Yes, Documentary filmmaker, Electrician with notions (Lighting designer), Leguminati, Maisie Mae's mom.
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social HS English teacher clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (yes, that line break feels heavier than ever these days)
Also: I share writings, resources + thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social International concert pianist
Welcome!
Robert Vaux @rvaux16.bsky.social Writer, critic, ND, proud progressive and professional weirdo. Watching things on television that are different from what's happening. All opinions are my own.
Dr Sarah Hudspith @sarahhudspith.bsky.social Assoc Prof in Russian, University of Leeds. Not the views of my employer.
Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore
Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf
Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social Teacher/coach, English language arts with L2 students in the tropics.
Talk to me about: Linguistics, Jesus, fiber arts, justice.
Learning: Drawing, photography.
CN: Michigan football
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social Utopia enthusiast and former Internet personality
eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social @chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times.
Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher
周成蔭 #everynightapoem
Ralph Armstrong @ralpharmstrong.bsky.social History, Art, Architecture, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Travel.
I donate to wck.org for Gaza.
Jayne Persian @drjpersian.bsky.social Historian. mainly post-WW2 displaced persons. migration. dabbles in the far right.
Books: Fascists in Exile; Beautiful Balts. Co-editor: Histories of Fascism & Anti-Fascism in Australia.
William Sturkey @william-sturkey.bsky.social History Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Writing a book on the 1960s.
Last book a bio of Roy Benavidez: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/william-sturkey/the-ballad-of-roy-benavidez/9781541600263/?lens=basic-books
Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.
Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me!
https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social Associate Professor of History & African American Studies, Wayne State University. Brazilian historian in the US. Interested in LLMs for research and wary of its impacts on learning and society. Opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer. PT/ENG.
Claire Major @clairemajor.bsky.social Work: Professor. Director. Editor. Author. Presenter.
Fun: Scifi novels. Comics. Food.
I love all the cats and dogs.
Out here trying to find my people.
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
Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social Living in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Contributing to Ukrainian voices online | support me : PayPal: kate.boguslavskaya@gmail.com | http://buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org I research scholarly communication at Cambridge University Library / Cambridge Digital Humanities
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
Jeehan Q @jeehanq.bsky.social Author. Book hoarder. Saunterer. Pianist. Devoted to chocolate cake. LFC forever.
www.jeehanquijano.com
@shellyha.bsky.social @shellyha.bsky.social Trying to make choices towards a better world. Fascinated by people who have one major obsession. Beginning potter. All around dabbler. Always open to book recommendations.
弾 @danpowell.bsky.social www.soniccouture.com
Toronto
@nyc118.bsky.social @nyc118.bsky.social She/her. Just connecting the dots. This isn't the way it was supposed to be. I still block stupid. 🇺🇦 🐷
Brooklyn
Louis Sisneros @louissisneros.bsky.social Retired high school teacher in the foothills above Denver
Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader.
Multilingual author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Jay suis amusé @freejay.bsky.social Screenwriter, Artist, Human, rarely all three at once.
(Hollywood, CA - The Paris of Hell)
Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social Author of RAVING, REVERSE COWGIRL and various other things.
https://linktr.ee/mckenziewark
James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
Julia Sippel @mostlygroceries.bsky.social fairly mundane commentary from southeastern PA
Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social Mathematician, cis woman, bi, het married, parent of adults. Loud in the physical and metaphorical sense. I do not use AI.
https://marginalnotesmaths.blogspot.com
@jerseyneener.bsky.social @jerseyneener.bsky.social 
Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social american & religious studies. UVA. local history, local politics. teaching high school history. Michigander living in VA. elected official 👋🏻. personal account, personal opinions. rt≠agreement
ceej @ceej.online just here to have fun online
Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan @bernarddionysius.bsky.social teacher, writer, curator
media, cybernetics, HCI, environmental humanities, digital images, AI
Nancy Cooper Frank @ncooperfrank.bsky.social Reader, sometime writer, curious person. Russian literature Ph.D. Interested in Slavic languages, French language & literature, world history, archeology, linguistics, trivia
Also: Abolish ICE.
Living with cancer.
Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & humanities, theories of mind. Assistant Professor @umichlaw.bsky.social. 💙💛 she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com
Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social Director, Humanities, Arts, and Culture Programs and Humanities Indicators (http://bit.ly/1vcZlh4) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Quotes and RTs ≠ opinions.
CarlOnPiano @carljstevens.bsky.social Into music (all kinds), maths, the arts, education, policy, writing, politics, equity and justice, AFL, tennis, comedy, travel, walking, family (Dad n Grandpa). Love playing piano. Doggies tragic 🔴⚪️🔵.
Boonwurrung/Bunurong land. Melbourne Australia.
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social ClickHole contributor. Writer. Person. An actual human being. In DC. chrisscottwrites.com
Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social Author of NIMBY NATION: The War on Growth That Created Our Housing Crisis and Remade American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2027). American historian and Klarman Fellow @Cornell. Learn more: JacobAnbinder.com
Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social History Professor
Comparative study of nationalism
Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social Victorianist & lit professor, gardener, lover of quirky details. Writing sporadically at https://andreakastontange.com
ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social Not so quiet subversive. 'Quirky'. Theremin player. Pigeon fancier. Pocket friends. "Obstinate, headstrong girl!" I contain multitudes. Aotearoa.
Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social Writer in residence, at my house. To look upon my works, ye mighty, visit my website:
https://www.thewritertype.com
Michael Walters @michaelwaltersuk.bsky.social Creative writing. Literature. Films. Genre and weird stuff.
The Complex: https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-complex-9781784631628
Website: https://www.michaelwalters.uk/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelwaltersauthor
Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social Late night TV Writer/Producer. Horror-comedy coming 2027: The Big Kill