Angela @j-beanz.bsky.social Democratic supporter. Dog mom. Fed up with the impact of Trump's policies on our people. I love my blue state.
Jen , the MT liberal bird lady @liberal-jen.bsky.social Progressive in MT. Vaxxed masked introverted atheist bird lady. Interests - Science, medicine, politics, critical thought, tea, houseplants, food, art, snark, and social justice. Ally is a verb - She/Her - I bite
Emily Mitchell @elbmitchell.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor, apprentice curmudgeon. Novel FAR OCEAN forthcoming March 2027 from Black Lawrence Press. Fiction editor New England Review. Stories in The Sun, Missouri Review, Southern Review, AQR and elsewhere. Free DC, ffs. New here.
Erika Edwards @erikamedwards.bsky.social Perinatal epidemiologist. Chief Scientific Officer, Vermont Oxford Network. Research Professor, University of Vermont. Fan of public health, penguins, and Fulham Football Club. Up the Green!
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social Politics reporter, guitar botherer. Luckiest hub and dad to Mr. Bugs aka The Moopus aka Mr. Moops or Mr. Moopus. Former @thedailybeast
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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest: TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table. Here for lit community & Caturday
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
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
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social Novelist. Fier Montréalais. Beer league hockey. Habs. Board member Access Copyright. "Certified Elder.” Host The Full Bleed, a podcast about the future of magazines. https://linktr.ee/arjunbasu
Robert Sullivan @robtsullivan.bsky.social Rats, The Meadowlands, A Whale Hunt, My American Rev, Thoreau, etc.; Contributing ed @APublicSpace. OUT NOW --> Double Exposure, by FSG. Philadelphia.
@chopwoodcarrywater.bsky.social @chopwoodcarrywater.bsky.social 
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
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Marc Berley @marcberley.bsky.social Writer: SHAKESPEARE ON SEX - pub May 2026 (big book!)
Editor: LitMag - litmag.com (print literary magazine)
Rocker: Charted on college radio (listen on Spotify, Apple, etc.)
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Poets House @poetshouse.bsky.social A house of poetry overlooking the Hudson River - a library, literary center, & locus of poetic inspiration. //
Sumita Chakraborty @notsumatra.bsky.social www.sumitachakraborty.com • poet, scholar, general doer of things with words, faculty at the University of Virginia • wherever I am, I'm not Sumatra • opinions mine, including that nobody’s free until everybody’s free
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
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Claire Dederer @clairedederer.bsky.social Author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
Jonathan Escoffery @escoffery.bsky.social Author of IF I SURVIVE YOU, a NY Times Editor’s Choice, IndieNext Pick, & International Bestseller. Nom’d for the National Book Award, PEN/Jean Stein, PEN/ Robert W. Bingham, & Story Prize. Booker Prize, PEN/ Faulkner & NBCC John Leonard finalist.
Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social Full-time Mum • Writer • Associate Professor @ CUNY (Grad Ctr + Hunter) • PhDJ • out now ⬇️ my book 📒🏝️DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday). Manhattanite. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/
www.taoleighgoffe.com
Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
@jennifermhecht.bsky.social @jennifermhecht.bsky.social 
Kyle Dillon Hertz @kyledillonhertz.bsky.social The Lookback Window: a novel (2023)
Stephen Kuusisto @stevekuusisto.bsky.social Poet, memoirist, disability activist, and dog lover. Travels and lectures widely on literature and human rights.
Andrew Leland @quailty.bsky.social Signal: andrewleland.99
Email: aleland@fastmail.com
Writing about disability, language, technology, art, culture, ladybugs in sweatpants, etc
Low vision, long covid, bad faith, good times
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Annie Liontas @aliontas.bsky.social SEX WITH A BRAIN INJURY
& LET ME EXPLAIN YOU
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Rasheed Newson @rasheed.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME and THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD
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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. 💐 I'm probably on my Substack: Sitting in Silence.✍️🏿https://mauricecarlosruffin.substack.com/
Sonia Shah @soniashah.bsky.social Journalist | Guggenheim fellow | Author of 6 books
📚THE IMAGINARY WALL (2027)
Bylines: NYT magazine, The New Yorker, The Nation + more
Crosspollinations.substack.com | IG @soniashahauthor | Tiktok @soniashah2326
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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social New novel, TERRY DACTYL, out now from Coffee House in US & Cipher in UK!⚡🌷SOCIAL DISTANCING out March 2027 from Semiotext(e)💐 ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK out Fall 2027 from Haymarket 🌸 https://www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/
Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social scribbler and waterer of plants
Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social Poet, photographer, occasional visual artist. Latest book of poems is Hold Your Own from Copper Canyon Press (2024).
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Afaa M. Weaver @elder-afaa.bsky.social A devoted husband, septuagenarian, father, grandfather, big brother, son, uncle, cousin…friend. Wordsmith. Chancellor at Academy of American Poets. Born, raised in Baltimore MD.
Lizz Winstead she/her @lizzwinstead.bsky.social Comedian. Co-creator of The Daily Show. Abortion Czar and Founder of @AbortionAccessFront. Host Feminist Buzzkills podcast. Author, "Lizz Free Or Die" Lizz Winstead on Substack
Views are my own, not of the organizations I am affiliated with. #AbortionAF
Courtney Zoffness @czoffness.bsky.social Author of SPILT MILK (McSweeneys). Sunday Times Short Story Award winner. Fellowships: The Center for Fiction, MacDowell, Bread Loaf. Creative Writing Director at Drew University.
key by riis by rickey laurentiis @rckylrnts.bsky.social According to the Whiting Foundation, I’m a “magician who can slow down time.” Writer & poet.
Author of BOY WITH THORN (2015); DEATH OF THE FIRST IDEA (2025)
rep by @WylieAgency & @shipman_agency
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social (he/him) journalist/author. trans guy who lives in the woods.
📝: The Believer, Cosmo, Eater, Esquire, The Cut, This American Life, etc.
📖: akomp.info (Scribner)
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social Creative Director @theverge.com, writer/drawer of books incl SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS
Emily Dufton @emilydufton.bsky.social Drug historian. Author of GRASS ROOTS and host on New Books Network. ADDICTION, INC. coming April 2026
Monique Truong @moniquetruong.bsky.social Writer & Librettist & Eater
https://monique-truong.com/
Jenny Johnson @infullvelvet.bsky.social Poet and essayist.
www.jennyjohnsonpoet.com
In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017)
Views expressed are my own.
Megan Milks @meganmilks.bsky.social just getting set up here / author of MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY and SLUG AND OTHER STORIES; new book MEGA MILK forthcoming in early 2026 / they/them
Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social Author of Pulitzer Prize finalist RED COMET, and THE SCRAPBOOK: A NOVEL, coming June 2025. 2022-23 Guggenheim Fellow. 2024-25 Cullman Center Fellow.
Patricia Smith @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER, Scribner, 9/30! Poet/Princeton CW prof, Ruth Lilly & Kingsley Tufts, NAACP Image Award, Pulitzer finalist, Guggenheim, Chgo Literary Hall of Fame. Love Cubs, Lou Malnati's, Portillo's & the peppermint stick/hot pickle mashup.
Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social Author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.
https://linktr.ee/tromano_writer
yanyi @yanyiii.com writer
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson @eedickinson.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Editor.
My new book CLAIRE McCARDELL: THE DESIGNER WHO SET WOMEN FREE is out now and available wherever books are sold.
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
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Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Literary Arts Fund @literaryartsfund.bsky.social Advancing support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
literaryartsfund.org
Aleph @primosecundo.eurosky.social Mathematics of the Infinite, Pablo Neruda, James Joyce, the Kabbalah, Plato, Kurt Godel, Paul Celan
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Julie Buntin @juliebuntin.bsky.social author of Marlena and Famous Men (forthcoming July '26), co-editor of Notes to New Mothers (forthcoming August '26), assistant prof at the Helen Zell Writers' Program
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Paisley Rekdal @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social Author and poet. NEA, Guggenheim, Fulbright Fellow. See paisleyrekdal.com
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
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still living in 1986
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
ONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social ONE ART: a journal of poetry
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social I read and write and listen to music. A lot. Mostly in Brooklyn. Largehearted Boy is my website.
Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social First of her name
Mother of pit bulls
Seeker of a coherent plot
Pe aici nu se trece
#NOLAtwitter #BookSky
AI is burning the planet- P Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature @panoramajournal.bsky.social A British lit journal/press/org revolutionising travel lit/images.
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they 🏳️🌈
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
Peter Thorlichen @pthorlichen.bsky.social Writer and democracy activist—If not now, when?
Marcelle Heath @marcelleheath.bsky.social Short story writer
Author, Is that all there is?
Editor, matchbook
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Suzanne @severossel22.bsky.social Breathing human; animal lover; nature admirer and activist; loving partner, parent, friend, community member; hopeful we can move to greater respect and regard for one another.
Sally Ventura @soventura.bsky.social 
Abbe Greenberg @abbegreenberg.bsky.social Writer of The Anxiety Sisters' Survival Guide. Co-founder of The Anxiety Sisterhood.
Panic is my specialty...
CT Jackson @madcapcomedy.bsky.social Former U.S. Government Lackey
Humorist and Satirical Author in Germany
Writes About Dictators, Oligarchs, Extremists
Persona Non Grata in 30 Countries
madcapcomedy.substack.com
BastardBooks.com
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com Dutch-Canadian authors and urban mobility advocates who strive to communicate the benefits of happier, healthier, more human-scale cities.
Sharon Harrigan @harrigansharon.bsky.social Writer, editor, teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia. Author of the memoir Playing with Dynamite and the novel Half.
Jade R. Holmes @jaderholmes.bsky.social Writer & Reader
MFA in Writing
Classics, Horror, Poetry, Fantasy✨
https://linktr.ee/Tallandsmiley
Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social Chief of Staff for Governor JB Pritzker.
A continually aggravated Philadelphian making her way in the great city of Chicago.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social • Author of Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico
• Senior editor at the Food & Environment Reporting Network
• Contributing writer at Mother Jones
tedgenoways.com
Daryl Farmer @darylfarmer.bsky.social Writer, poet, bicyclist. Gentle spirit, but capable occasional mayhem. Author of BICYCLNG BEYOND THE DIVIDE and WHERE WE LAND. Creative writing Prof at U of Alaska Fairbanks.
Paul Sonne @paulsonne.bsky.social New York Times reporter focusing on Russia/Ukraine.
Cara Benson @carabensonwriter.bsky.social Author of AN ARMSFULL OF BIRDS: A PERSONAL FIELD GUIDE TO LOVE, LOSS, AND COMMITMENT. Other words in Orion, Sierra Magazine, NY Times, Boston Review, Best American Poetry.
Fun at parties.
www.carabensonwriter.com
Ruth Marcus @ruthmarcus.bsky.social Washington Post columnist, mom of two grown women and one adorable Bernedoodle stuck in mischievous adolescence. Knitting, cooking, hiking, Wyoming.
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Ashland Poetry Press @ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social Poetry Press, publishing books, broadsides, and other beautiful things, since 1969.
Find us at: ashlandpoetrypress.com
Director: Chuck Carlise
Broadside Contest opens Sept 1 : ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com
Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com prof ∙ critic ∙ music and media ∙ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" ∙ ericdharvey.com
5E Editors @5eeditors.bsky.social An editors' group with experience at top publishers: Judy Sternlight, Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, Sulay Hernandez, Anne Horowitz.
https://www.5eeditors.com/
Chris Lilley 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @frostinthepines.bsky.social Science, religion, and philosophy. Liberal theology in a liberative mode. Candidate for Holy Orders︱alum Princeton Seminary, Marquette U︱#Episcopalian︱He/him
Anne K Yoder @annekyoder.bsky.social author of The Enhancers; part-time pill pusher; jack of all trades at Meekling Press
Ryan D. Matthews @rydmatthews.bsky.social Winner of NYSCA and de Groot Courage to Write Awards. Fellowships from Hawthornden, LMCC, Lighthouse Works, Tin House. Nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize & 2x semifinalist for Bennett Fellowship. Work in Lit Hub, Litro, Joyland, and MQR.
WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio @gtdradio.bsky.social A 24-hour Internet radio/stream founded by Doug Schulkind for @WFMU.
32 programs emanating from 26 cities across 7 different time zones on 4 continents. Broadcast schedule: wfmu.org/drummer. Daily email: https://buttondown.email/Drummer
adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social writer. gardener of healing ideas. emergent strategist, pleasure activist. earthling. good witch. homecoming southerner.
https://linktr.ee/adriennemareebrown
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com