Martha Anne Toll @marthaannetoll.bsky.social Novelist: DUET FOR ONE is out! So is THREE MUSES. Literary and cultural critic. Board member PEN/Faulkner Foundation, member National Book Critics Circle.
www.marthaannetoll.com
https://marthaannetoll.substack.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
Kelly Luce @kellyluce.bsky.social author of THREE SCENARIOS IN WHICH HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL (A\SO) and PULL ME UNDER (FSG). Radcliffe fellow. Editor of Electric Lit's The Commuter
Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social Author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE (2023), AT HOME IN THE STARS (2029) | series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING || she/her || jaimegreen.net
Megan Lynch @lynchmegan.bsky.social Publisher of Flatiron Books
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social Disseminating knowledge—through the publication of printed books, periodicals, and electronic files—beyond the confines of the University's campus.
The official account of Duke University is @duke-university.bsky.social.
Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay. Headquartered in Louisville, KY.
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Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
KatyHershberger.com
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
Barnes & Noble @barnesandnoble.com 📚Book lover & whatnot📚
BarnesandNoble.com
book culture @bookculture.com An independent bookstore based in New York
Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Jonny Diamond @jonnydiamond.bsky.social Editor of Lit Hub, writer, not-so-secretly Canadian.
Kirkus Audiobook Reviews @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social We're now Kirkus Audiobook Reviews. AudioFile was launched in 1992 to celebrate and discover audiobooks. Still here to help you find your next great listen. #audiobooks #booksky
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/
UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social 📖 The University of North Carolina Press
💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
Lucas Church @lucaschurch.bsky.social Executive editor @uncpress.bsky.social. I acquire books in: Lit studies, social sciences, trade, CNF, App Studies, music. Writer. Recovering Appalachian. He/Him.
Cassie Mannes Murray @cassmannes.bsky.social Writer. Founder & director at Pine State Publicity. Mom to P & E. 🐝
http://pinestatepublicity.com
Pinestatepublicity.substack.com
J. Nicole Jones @jnicolejones.bsky.social writer & editor // author of LOW COUNTRY (2021) and THE WITCHES OF BELLINAS (May 14, 2024) // formerly VanityFair, VICE // jnicjones.com
Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social she/her 🌞 Managing Editor at Hub City Press
fiction in Carve, Ninth Letter, BULL, The Boiler, Reckon, etc etc
read me at kateamcmullen.com or whatimcooking.substack.com
Deesha Philyaw @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN (on sale 9.29.2026; pre-order: https://bit.ly/firstladyfreeman) and THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
Rioncarnated @reeamilcarscott.bsky.social Camouflage fatigues & dashikis. Somewhere in between Ralph Ellison and PE
📚:🔥INSURRECTIONS🔥(PEN/Bingham winner) and THE W🌍RLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU
I write love notes to black people & dis songs to white supremacy. 90% love. 10% dis.
I deserve it all.
Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project
Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Habs fan / Canadian in the South 🍁
www.megireid.com
The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social The Shipman Agency offers complete literary services to writers at all stages of their careers: event booking, independent publicity, mss consultations, The Work Room. #KnicksinFive. she/her https://www.theshipmanagency.com/
Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social Culture journalist for Esquire, Wired, etc. Author of A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS (Simon & Schuster), MYST & RIVEN: CAN GAMES BE LITERATURE? (University of Chicago Press, 2027).
https://linktr.ee/adamm0rgan
Contact: adam@adam-stephen-morgan.com
Jessica Handler (she/her) @jessicah.bsky.social Author "The Magnetic Girl," (Southern Book Prize, Indie Next, Bitter Southerner picks.) "Invisible Sisters,” too. Drummer. Southerner. Abortion rights are human rights. www.jessicahandler.com. New novel, “The World To See” coming in 2026.
Michael Taeckens @mtaeckens.bsky.social Co-founder, Broadside PR
Lit Agent, Massie McQuilkin & Altman
https://michaeltaeckenspr.com/about-me/
Andy Hunter @andyhunter777.bsky.social Founder and CEO, Bookshop.org; co-Creator and Publisher, Literary Hub; co-founder and Chairman, Electric Literature
Brandon Amico @amico.bsky.social NEA fellow • MTG articles @ EDHREC • Events guy for @gamershaunt.bsky.social • Author, DISAPPEARING, INC. www.brandonamico.com
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
JessieAnne D'Amico @jessieannedamico.bsky.social reader, writer, etc | Durham, NC
Erin Templeton @eetempleton.bsky.social Dean & English professor, runner, Steeler fan, avid reader, dog walker, cat food dispenser. Always up for pizza.
Academically: literary modernism, F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night possibly forever.
Crystal Wilkinson @crystalwilki.bsky.social Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE
https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
Leah Hampton @leahhampton.bsky.social Writer of F*CKFACE, professor of Things
Jeremy B Jones @thejeremybjones.bsky.social When I say writer, Siri hears rider
thejeremybjones.com
New book out: cipherthebook.com
In the NC mountains
Repped by Justin Brouckaert at Aevitascreative
Stefanie Kirby @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Xeric gardener. OPENING (Glass Poetry, 2026). REMAINDER (Bull City Press, 2025). FRUITFUL (Driftwood Press, 2024). Poems in Best of the Net, West Branch, phoebe, Cincinnati Review, etc. More poems at https://linktr.ee/stefaniekirbypoetry
Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social Loyola grad’s dad. BGSU dad. Poet. BGSU prof/director of creative writing. Union member. Co-founding editor @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. He/him. It's pronounced uh-MOR-ack. https://amorakhuey.com
DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social Mom of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of uni, PhD. Lives at demistybellinger.com. All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere out now (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt). JVNLA (https://www.jvnla.com) represents me.
Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND and HEMLOCK, out now from Little, Brown | asst. prof at UNC | she/they
www.melissafaliveno.com
Oliver de la Paz @oliverdelapaz.bsky.social Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. Author and editor. Kundiman. NEA Fellow. Teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the low res MFA at PLU.
W. Todd Kaneko @toddkaneko.bsky.social Author: This Is How the Bone Sings & The Dead Wrestler Elegies. Co-author: Slash / Slash, Poetry: Writers Guide & Anthology. Writing teacher. he/him/dad
https://linktr.ee/toddkaneko
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
R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • Lambda Literary Prize
www.ro-kwon.com
Michael Pittard @michaelpittard.bsky.social PhD candidate researching the rhetorics of memory & nostalgia. Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net nominated poet. Warren Wilson College alum.
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities Writers @weymouthwritersnc.bsky.social Home of the N.C. Literary Hall of Fame. We nurture writers within these walls. A Welcome Place❤️
Margaret Renkl @margaretrenkl.bsky.social Author, most recently, of "The Weedy Garden" (for children) and "The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year" (for adults).
@silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social 
Laurie Muchnick @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. 🏴✡️📚
Paul Reali @paulreali.bsky.social Writer, editor, coach, co-founder of Charlotte Lit.
Kate Medley @katemedley.bsky.social Photojournalist covering the American South: @nytimes @WaPo @wsj
Author: THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN
Member: @nppa @womenphotograph
Durham, NC
www.katemedley.com
Joe Killian @joekilliannc.bsky.social Greensboro Editor for The Assembly. Formerly: NC Newsline, NC Policy Watch, News & Record, The Bristol Press, Cape Cod Times, Youth Journalism International.
https://www.theassemblync.com/author/joekillian/
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
agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
WV native
still living in 1986
jamestatehill.com
Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social An online literary arts magazine for artists from the American South | EIC: @chellechampagne.bsky.social
susurrusthemagazine.com
KaToya Ellis Fleming @katoya.bsky.social Writer | Editor @ Lookout Books | Professor @ UNCW CRW | Dream’s mom | Very Peachy 🍑 | Oh So Spelman-y 💁🏽♀️🩵🤍|
Matt W Miller @mattwmiller.bsky.social Poet, Essayist, Educator, Husband, Dad, Surfer. Aender the River (Texas Review Press), The Wounded for the Water (Salmon Poetry), Club Icarus (UNT), and Cameo Diner (Loom). Stegner Fellow, VCCA Fellow, Walter E Dakin Fellow. https://www.mattwmiller.com/
The Sun magazine @thesunmagazine.bsky.social The Sun is a magazine that publishes roughly forty thousand words a month, about a dozen of which are funny. This is where we share those dozen.
Pleiades: Literature in Context @pleiadesmag.bsky.social Literary Magazine
Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
sandandgravelpress.com/store/the-finish-line-jason-thornberry
Chuck Reece @chuckreece.bsky.social @salvationsouth.com co-founder and editor in chief. Founding editor of The Bitter Southerner.
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social writer and culture editor at @indyweek.bsky.social | poetry + fiction sometimes, gchat often | sedwards@indyweek.com | eddysarah.substack.com
National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974.
bookcritics.org
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social Award-winning author. 📍Kentucky
HAZELGREEN & OTHER HAUNTS is forthcoming in ‘27 from WVU Press;
PINEVILLE TRACE (Etchings Press)
💙 cats, trees, music | wesblake.com
Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social ▪️Relentless optimist.
▪️Salt City Runaway, debut story collection out in 2026
▪️Sub Editor- SmokeLong Quarterly
▪️Best Small Fictions 23, 24, 25.
Carter Sickels @cartersickels.bsky.social Author: THE PRETTIEST STAR (Hub City 2020), THE EVENING HOUR (Bloomsbury 2012)
www.cartersickels.com
UNCG Creative Writing @mfagreensboro.bsky.social A 2-Year, fully-funded, residency program, The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro is one of the oldest such programs in the country.
Clifford Garstang @cliffgarstang.bsky.social Writer
The Guy Who Does the Lit Mag Rankings
CliffordGarstang.com
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Elaine Neil Orr @elaineneilorr.bsky.social Novelist, memoirist, global nomad, Southerner, dog lover, tree hugger, Southerner, NC State English professor, faculty @naslundmannschoolofwriting.
New novel, Dancing Woman @Blair. January release.
Michael G. Williams 🏳️🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ #FuckICE
Chaya Bhuvaneswar @chayab77.bsky.social Writer. Doctor. @nytimes. WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS. PEN/ Bingham Finalist. Find me: www.chayabhuvaneswar.com
INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social Progressive news, culture, and commentary for Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. | Support local news: http://indyweek.com/support.
Have a story idea? tips@indyweek.com
Matthew Ferrence @canappalachia.bsky.social Author of *I Hate It Here, Please Vote For Me* from WVU Press. Also *Appalachia North* and *All-American Redneck.* Jazz also happens. www.matthewferrence.com
Adam Smethurst 🍉 @adamsmet66.bsky.social Thesp & Filmmaker 🎭 🎬
Green Party 🌿
Currently engaged in Canutish struggle with inevitability of walking football ⚽️
#mufc 🇾🇪
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Rep: https://morwennapreston.com/contact
Kit Haggard @kithaggard.bsky.social Freelance editor | fiction in The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere | MCC Artist Fellow + Bread Loaf Scholar 2022 | repped by @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social | (she/her)
kithaggard.work
storySouth @storysouth.bsky.social Online fads can’t help but fade away; great writing endures. storySouth is all about the writing.
Publishing fiction, poetry, cnf, reviews, and interviews since 2001.
www.storysouth.com
Beth Gilstrap (she/her) @bettysueblue.bsky.social Author of 2 story collections & There Is News Along The Ohio River, a hybrid/flash CNF collection out now from River River Books. Editor. Copywriter. Anti-fascist. EIC/Pub Black Lily Zine. Living w C-PTSD & neurospiciness.
Ed Southern @edsouthern.bsky.social Chief writer-connector at NC Writers’ Network, author of FIGHT SONGS & more, not as grumpy as I look.
Appodlachia @appodlachia.com John Brown is a hero / Unions are good / Accents are sexy / redneck is a term of endearment https://lnk.bio/appodlachia
The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social Indie media co, 2 print magazines, books, record label, podcast, tees, flags, ASME 🏆 2026 (General Excellence Literature Science & Politics), 9 James Beard Awards #BetterAmerica #BetterWorld — please subscribe
Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social celebrating & appalachian literature & writing
founded by @kdwinchester.bsky.social
Chelsea Risley @crisley.bsky.social poet + french fry enthusiast | she/her | eic @southrevbooks.bsky.social
SoLit @so-lit.bsky.social Nonprofit literary organization encouraging a life-long love of reading, writing, and community conversation.
linktr.ee/solitalliance 
Salvation South @salvationsouth.com Stories that shift the Southern narrative at https://salvationsouth.com. Salvation South Deluxe podcast on the NPR Network — https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1124772160/salvation-south — or your fave podcast platform.
Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
https://barrelhousemag.com/
Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Two Dollar Radio @twodollarradio.bsky.social Independent publisher based in Ohio, bringing you ‘Books Too Loud To Ignore’ since 2005.
📚 imprint of Seven Stories Press
🦄 bookstore/cafe HQ: Two Dollar Radio Headquarters
Neema Avashia @avashianeema.bsky.social Proud Boston educator since 2003. Proud West Virginian since 1979. Kahani's Ammi. ANOTHER APPALACHIA, WVU Press, 2022. 
Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social New York-based publisher of contemporary poetry and prose. Founded in 2004, CLMP member. Home to annual contests, open reading periods, and the Immigrant Writing Series. We offer manuscript consultations, free monthly writing workshops, and more.
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Learn more at hubcity.org/publishing. Shop our catalog at hubcity.org/books.
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
Andrew Hemmert @andrewhemmert.bsky.social Florida poet living in Denver. No Longer at This Address and Blessing the Exoskeleton from the University of Pittsburgh Press. Sawgrass Sky from Texas Review Press.
https://andrewhemmertpoetry.com
Emily Hilliard @emhilly.bsky.social Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |