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wrote FAILURE TO COMPLY (featherproof) + DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS (Northwestern UP)
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eel, i @eliacugini.bsky.social writer & end-stage PhD student. i work on literary culture, sex, queer life, child liberation, and anti-trans persecution. contributing writer @ Vashti, work @ Baffler, Dazed, Defector, &c. he/him.
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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social writer. mother. gremlin. PhD. MFA. author: Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl & Sexism Ed. co-host: @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
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B. Pladek @bpladek.bsky.social Ben. Literature scholar & writer; Ass. Prof. of English at Marquette University. He/him, boring transsexual. DRY LAND (2023, UWP): https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Dry-Land; other stuff elsewhere.
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June @july-august-sept.bsky.social she/they 🏳️⚧️
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Ruby Rosenthal @rubyprosenthal.bsky.social arts & culture reporter, writer, second funniest person you know, was once called "garbage propaganda" on twitter and stands by it | All opinions are my own
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Maria @femalemanipul8r.bsky.social 
BOMB Magazine @bombmag.bsky.social Celebrating the artist's voice since 1981. Printed quarterly, online daily.
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cristian josé lopez (he/him/his) @ihatepatriarchy.bsky.social Los Angeles, CA 📍
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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.
gunkhole press @gunkhole.bsky.social book-shaped containers for formal excitement (and other printed materials)
Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social DC-based small press publishing subversive trans writing
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Picnic Magazine @picnic-mag.bsky.social New York City's finest trans literary magazine and culture rag. Edited by Alma Avalle and Joyce Laurie
Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social Writer, editor and artist for Phosphor Press (and independent work).
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Nora 🐝 @elanorjb.bsky.social PDX, some kind of forest gremlin.
also a trans femme mom lawyer writer.
2023 Literary Arts Fellow, words at Slate, Rumpus, Catapult (RIP), etc. More charming irl
Mariah Rigg @riggstah.bsky.social they call the wind | samoan-haole from Oʻahu | author of EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (Ecco, 2025) | www.mariahrigg.com
Adam Vitcavage @vitcavage.bsky.social Discover new voices and debut books at Debutiful
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Gabrielle Healy @gabriellehealy.bsky.social sr. producer, @kuow.org and union steward. previously: producing npr.org + @wbur.org’s Here and Now and digital editing at New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMU's 1A.
seattle | brooklyn | fairhaven, mass
ghealy @ kuow dot org
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Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social Bookseller in Seattle, lost in a stack of books.
Please bring me fries.
Claire Fallon @claireefallon.bsky.social culture critic of sorts. apologies in advance for all the mom posts.
podcast: love to see it with @emmagray.bsky.social
substack: claireandemma.substack.com
Litquake @litquake.bsky.social San Francisco's literary festival runs every October with year-round events, service projects, & Lit Crawls worldwide.
linktr.ee/litquake
lou @wanlittlehusk.bsky.social small press poster @sevenstories.bsky.social, used bookstore apprentice, publisher and designer @gunkhole.bsky.social. chicago guy
JULIANA FUXTABLE @julianahuxtable.bsky.social SEARCHING FOR AN ANCHOR IN THE ETERNAL TUMULT OF AN UNMOORED SOUL
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social Cool Zone Media is a podcast network that doesn’t mince words: we are living through the collapse of the known, and the birth of a new unknown.
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
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Caio Major @caiomajor.bsky.social trans latino writer. working on my MFA at Syracuse. you're going to love my dog.
Blog: https://caiomajor.substack.com/
Luke :) @lukejsuth.bsky.social writer, librarian, publisher
🪻@lilacperil.bsky.social
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social Writer at CAW https://www.cawshinythings.com/
Read The Extended Universe!
https://bookshop.org/a/5522/9798888903667
"Disney's worst fan"
shitposting through the years of lead paint
adrienne rg @adriennerg.bsky.social she/her. bookseller in Tacoma. goms 🔱
Moss @mosslit.bsky.social A journal of the Pacific Northwest, established in 2014. Poetry, prose, and thought.
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com Author of LOVE/AGGRESSION | Fiction Editor at New Session
Deb Olin Unferth @debolinunferth.bsky.social Wrrrittter
Anton @aaantons.bsky.social https://www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/realisticfiction
https://www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/2024/11/5/how-to-run-for-local-office
https://evergreenreview.com/read/the-most-dangerous-game
"There is nobody doing it like Anton." --Tuck Woodstock
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/
Vivian Blaxell @vivianblaxell.bsky.social I write stuff. I teach anything they are willing to pay me to teach. I travel. I love the cat. You can find links to some of my work at vivianblaxell.com or search apjjf.org
Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social THE GREAT WHEREVER (forthcoming from Holt, summer ‘26); COMPANY, 2024 winner of the L.A.Times Book Prizes Award for First Fiction: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/company. Mom, twin mom, lawyer, Silver Springer. She/her
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social The premier literary website focused on debut and emerging writers. There’s also a podcast sometimes. Founded by Adam Vitcavage.
National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974.
bookcritics.org
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
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Ariel Chu / 朱詠慈 @ariel-chu.com 💫 she/they, aspiring corvid
📜 creative writing phd candidate at usc
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AMERICAN HYSTERIA @americanhysteria.bsky.social A podcast that explores moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, and how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture
You're Wrong About @yourewrongabout.bsky.social Setting right what we once got wrong. Hosted by Sarah Marshall, produced by Carolyn Kendrick.
Alistair McCartney @alistairmccartney.bsky.social Author of The End of the World Book (finalist for the PEN USA Fiction Award & Edmund White Debut Fiction Award) and The Disintegrations (winner of the Publishing Triangle Ferro-Grumley Award.)
Teaching Faculty at Antioch MFA Program Los Angeles.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
sam j leeds @samjleeds.bsky.social radio producer based in Seattle @citycastseattle.bsky.social
formerly: Futuro Media, before that: NPR Music's Louder Than A Riot
they/them | https://samjleeds.xyz/
Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social TV writer/novelist. My latest books: No Credit River, Wild Failure, & The Fake. The Best Kind of People was shortlisted for The Giller Prize. Canadian Screen Award winner. Available to staff on your TV show. https://linktr.ee/Zoewhittall
Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social he/him
writer of stories and such
professional bookman for Rough Draft Bar & Books
contributing editor at Literary Hub
occasional guitarist and singer
https://drewsof.neocities.org/
Jonny Diamond @jonnydiamond.bsky.social Editor of Lit Hub, writer, not-so-secretly Canadian.
Kimberly Burns @kimberlyburns.bsky.social Literary Publicist / Cheerleader
Proud co-founder Broadside PR
Native Californian in New York
Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
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Spearheaded #100smallpress:
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Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
Marisa Atkinson @totesmarisa.bsky.social Director of Marketing + Engagement @ Graywolf Press
Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social Atmospheric Chemistry professor, air quality, clouds-climate, health, viruses, bioaerosols, public speaker, environmental justice. ❤️ ❤️ gardening, cooking, empathy.
https://airborne.ucsd.edu
https://kprather.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/
Sarah Russo @sarahrusso.bsky.social Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com
Previously, global head of audience engagement at Oxford University Press. Brooklyn, NY
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com by transfemmes. for transfemmes. about transfemmes. | @transjournalists.org member | thetransfemininereview.com | ed. Bethany Karsten
Jude St. Jen @jenstjude.bsky.social A dude named Jude. They/them.
& author of If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come ☄️
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drew @dogballs.info writer. used to be on twitter. ready to have a baby.