@pamlhouston.bsky.social @pamlhouston.bsky.social Writer, teacher, believer in the wisdom of dogs and horses, especially Icelandic Horses. Ready to build micro communities of love.
Jessica Goudeau @jessicagoudeau.bsky.social Author of AFTER THE LAST BORDER (2020) and WE WERE ILLEGAL (2024) and CNF prof at Wilkes University. Newsletter: The Injustice Report on Substack.
Lorraine Berry @lorraineberry.bsky.social Writer and recovering book critic
Former historian
Grew up in the PNW
Advocate for habitat restoration and pollinator gardens
Petsitter and traveler
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com "covers the strange and consequential with equal enthusiasm"
"I may be unable to discern the point, but it definitely made me read the whole thing"
reporter 〰️ writer 〰️ sculptor 〰 @coyotemedia.org calendar guy 〰️ they/them 〰 https://reveleth.com/
laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social the best goddamn dancer in the american ballet academy // lauraolin.com
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
He/Him
E Ce Miller @ecemiller.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Words in DIHP, Liars' League, Lunch Ticket, Heavy 🪶 Rev, Pacifica Lit, more. Reads at Split/Lip Press, Four Way Review. Currently based in Washington D.C.
Luisa Cruz Smith @luisacruz.bsky.social editor, bookseller, nap enthusiast, mom
Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social Author: THE MIGRAINE DIARIES (2026), FIRST COSMIC VELOCITY & GRAVITY CHANGES. Exec & Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center & Poet Lore. zachpowers.com
Book Passage Bookstore @bookpassage.bsky.social The Bay Area's Liveliest Bookstore!
Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org CAT champions literature in translation and global voices. We program events with authors and translators in the Bay Area and beyond, publish books @twolinespress.com, and run an education program (Poetry Inside Out). More at www.catranslation.org.
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Journalist. Created @thebarbedwire.com. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
letithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social i’m originally from queens so i swear a lot.
Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social Writing about freeways in East L.A, living off the 101 in Northern California. Published at The Guardian, The Rumpus, Civil Eats, Mother Jones, KQED, Coyote Media. Day job: environmental nonprofit comms manager.
Charlie Cheever @ccheever.com @expo.dev @castle.xyz . Pittsburgh -> Palo Alto
Pluto @pluto5.bsky.social 
izzie ramirez @izzieramirez.bsky.social freelance reporter, editor, designer // formerly deputy editor @ vox’s future perfect // i write about consumerism, food, sports, pop culture, science, AI, and design // whatever!!! // reach me: izziermrz@gmail.com
Hub City Bookshop @hubcitybookshop.bsky.social 864•577•9349 | Spartanburg, SC
Nonprofit bookstore of Hub City Writers Project
Sister store to @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Home of Zora Nelle, #hubkitty
Austin Allen @aawriting.bsky.social Writer.
Burke Gerstenschlager @bleaktheology.bsky.social Finishing “Tears in Their Eyes: Joy Division as Theological Lamentation”. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Antifascist. UT Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Lutherpalian. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
McCormack Writing Center @mccormackwc.bsky.social Write. Revise. Karaoke.
Workshops, Residencies, & Classes
Since 2003
Formerly the Tin House Workshop
mccormackwritingcenter.org
Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social Writer of books and comics. Story architect for STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ✨ he/him patreon.com/djolder
https://www.danieljoseolder.net/
tariq shah 🌪️ @tariqshwa.bsky.social Whiteout Conditions (two dollar radio, 2020)
fiction: joyland, ANMLY, terrazzo mag, etc
poetry: pleiades, diagram, heavy feather rev, jubilat, prelude, diode, indianapolis rev, etc
nonfiction: electric lit, minor lit, etc
www.tariq-shah.com
Jenny Odell @jennitaur.bsky.social 
shelly jay shore (she/they) @shellyjayshore.bsky.social RULES FOR GHOSTING (random house | aug 2024).
LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK SONG (random house) | aug 2026)
writer of queer & trans stories, digital strategist, disabled Jew with too many feelings. support your local abortion fund!
rep: ayla zuraw-friedland @ FGLA
The Believer @thebeliever.net A quarterly literature, arts, and culture magazine.
https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-believer-subscription-bm4
thebeliever.net
Gordonzola (Cheese Informant) @gordonzola.bsky.social Cheesemonger, cooperator, widow. Have a mini schnauzer, love the SF Giants and the GS Valkyries and I wrote a couple of cheese books. I write about grief, and sometimes cheese, over on https://www.patreon.com/Gordonzola.
Melissa Lewis @melissa.news data reporter, Center for Investigative Reporting (@motherjones.com + @revealnews.org)
Kira Josefsson @kirajosefsson.bsky.social translator of Ia Genberg, Hanna Johansson, Judith Kiros and others // writing about the US for Aftonbladet &c // that's Karin Broos in the header
Hilarie Ashton @hilarieashton.bsky.social Academic, abolitionist, boxer, cat person, reader, dreamer, dog person, eyeliner fiend, mutual aid organizer, Daniel Day-Lewis enthusiast. NYC.
phi!ip james shaw @lateration.bsky.social Reflections of loneliness in peculiar manners: www.philipjamesshaw.com
Published with mchgx.com
J.T. Price @jtprice.bsky.social Fiction, editorial work, song. 20+ yrs in Bklyn. Midwest-raised. Founder & EiC, @bigscorelit.bsky.social. Co-curator, Rogue Loon reading series. Only one rule I know of, babies.
--> https://www.jt-price.com
& https://beyondtheframe.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
COYOTE @coyotemedia.org Independent Bay Area journalism — with a BITE!
www.coyotemedia.org
Kanika Agrawal @antiquarkic.bsky.social
antiquarkic.com | writer | editor @conjunctions.bsky.social, @khoreo.bsky.social, @foglifterpress.bsky.social | instructor lighthousewriters.org
Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social Now: Comms strategist. Writer. Head talks. Fmr: Mayor of LA. Harris-Walz; Host, iGen Politics, DNC, SKDK, White House, campaigns. Chicagoan. UCLA alum
james folta @jamesfolta.com // staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social //
// managing editor @pointsincase.com //
// hangin' tuff @nyc //
// jamesfolta.com //
Stephen Fishbach @stephenfishbach.bsky.social 2x Survivor loser. Pushcart Prize-winning writer. Host of the Paraphrase Podcast.
Novel forthcoming in January 2026.
Your reskeets of me are endorsements. 
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
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Blue Guldal @fugazulero.bsky.social Writer
https://www.blueguldal.com/
San Francisco QuakeBot @earthquakebotsf.bsky.social I’m a bot real-time posting/skeeting M 1.0+ earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Built by @djcentos7.bsky.social
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
Marthine Satris @msatris.bsky.social Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
https://bit.ly/MDShomepage
Volumes Bookcafe @volumesbooks.bsky.social An independent community built bookstore in Chicago's vibrant Wicker Park neighborhood. Coffee + Books FTW
Naomi J. Williams @naomijwilliams.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor, thrift-store shopper, train enthusiast, Sacramento Kings fan. Author of novel Landfalls. Biracial Japanese-American. She/her
Banner image: stone bridge at Kōsanji Temple, Japan
Community Bookstore @communitybookstore.bsky.social Brooklyn's oldest bookstore. Serving Park Slope since 1971. Also owns Terrace Books. Follow us on Instagram: @communitybookstore
https://www.communitybookstore.net/
David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social I read and write and listen to music. A lot. Mostly in Brooklyn. Largehearted Boy is my website.
AWP @awpwriter.org AWP provides community, opportunities, ideas, news, and advocacy for writers and teachers of writing.
Jalen Giovanni Jones @jalengjones.bsky.social Reliable narrator. Black + Filipino writer. From: LA (the city). Currently: LA (the state). Social Media Editor @electricliterature.com. Editorial Asst @ The Southern Review. LSU MFA.
The de Groot Foundation @degrootfoundation.bsky.social A private foundation passionate about investing in writers and the literary arts 📖
degrootfoundation.org
Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social giver of gay awards. media monday quarterly. youtuber. phandom/swiffer/etc. firewordsparkler.com (she/her/any)
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
Jesse Hicks @jessehixxx.bsky.social Roving writer and editor in The New Republic, The Verge, Vice, Atlas Obscura, Men's Health, Politico, Harper's, etc.
brother, I have seen some things
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social We're an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction, committed to finding fresh & experimental works, both through member-sponsored submissions & two annual contests! https://fc2.org/ SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW!
Bel Canto Books @belcantobooks.bsky.social Filipina founded indie bookstore with 3 Long Beach CA locations. 📚💗☕️ More at belcantobooks.net
Mark Athitakis @mathitak.bsky.social Writer, mostly about books. Designed with American values in mind. www.markathitakis.com
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS & THE OVERSEER CLASS. Once won the Cambridge Union Debate Society. Twice sold out The Strand & programmed film series at BAM. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Fellow. Former Guardian, Village Voice & SciAm. He/him
L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app SFF writer/editor/publisher. ATL/SEA.
Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, OUT NOW). Ldlewiswrites.com
Marc Tracy @marcatracy.bsky.social Reporter at New York Times. marc.tracy@nytimes.com. I'll play through it.
5 Calls @5calls.org Your issues, scripts and representatives all in one place. Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls: http://5calls.org
Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, Washington Independent Review of Books. Loser-in-chief, "Jeopardy!" season 39. "Making it worse? How could it be worse? Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!"
Hannah Cohen @hcohen.bsky.social She/her. hot sad jewish lady.
writer sometimes, mostly tired.
poems, essays, etc. found elsewhere.
my author website is hannahcohen.carrd.co
Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social Translating Czech -> English: linktr.ee/AlexZucker
Organizing: New York Dignity Not Detention | Immigration Justice Working Group, SURJ NYC | Literary Translators Division, NWU | #StopArmingIsrael #FreePalestine
Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app Check your vernacular & then I’ll get back to ya. Essayist poet philosopher & writer of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS & the novella FES IS A MIRROR. She/her
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226/none-but-the-righteous-by-chantal-james/
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Foglifter Press & Journal @foglifterpress.bsky.social San Francisco based LGBTQ+ journal and press—we publish powerful, intersectional writing that queers our perspectives. 🌈 🌉
https://linktr.ee/foglifter
Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social she/her 🏳️⚧️ Writer of queer things. Lover of dinosaurs
Stories in One Story, Witness Magazine, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, Lightspeed, and other cool places.
Represented by Erin Harris @ Folio Literary
nicanstett.com
Brooklyn College @brooklyncollege.bsky.social Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution with a history of academic excellence for 90 years. We are the #BCFamily.
🌎 brooklyn.edu
Libro.fm @libro.fm 🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
💗 Certified B Corp
🔗 Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
Sarah Hotchkiss @sahotchkiss.bsky.social Artist and writer, senior editor for kqed.org/arts, "thoughtful reviews" since 2011 (she/her)
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.
Karen Kwon | 권영아 @ykarenkwon.bsky.social She/her • Science journalist • Research and special projects editor @ Science News • Chemistry PhD • NYU SHERP grad • 2020 AAAS Mass Media Fellow @ Scientific American • 🇰🇷♠️💜 www.ykarenkwon.com
Courtney Tenz @courtneytenz.bsky.social Writer in Copenhagen.
courtneytenz.com
Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social ✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America
🙄 also "cults"
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
https://megan-goodwin.com/design
Diana Cao @dianacao.bsky.social poet/lawyer. she/they.
Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author.
Senior Writer, Race and Equity @theguardian.com.
Isle McElroy @islemcelroy.bsky.social Author of The Atmospherians and People Collide. 2025-26 Shearing Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute.
Paisley Rekdal @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social Author and poet. NEA, Guggenheim, Fulbright Fellow. See paisleyrekdal.com
Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social writer • editor • road-tripper
dinarelles.com
V.V. Ganeshananthan @sugi.bsky.social Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT: http://randomhousebooks.com/books/57844/
Ryan Ruby @ryanruby.bsky.social oh well, okay
mitchell atencio (he·him·his) @mitchellatencio.com i'm a very religious religion journalist. (news editor @sojo.net / writing a biography of Clarence Jordan)
based in Chicago
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Max Osborn @maxosb.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 | he/they | queer/feminist/critical criminologist | assistant prof at villanova | studies queer and trans victimization, resilience, resource access, and community-building
Changing Hands Bookstore @changinghands.bsky.social Celebrating 50 years of independent Arizona bookselling. Locations in Phoenix and Tempe. changinghands.com
Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention. 
Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social I make comics. My new book ONE FOR SORROW out now from DSTLRY. I drew The Wicked & The Divine, wrote Captain Carter, designed Captain Marvel & Ms Marvel, amongst others. I have ADHD if you're wondering why I'm like this. www.jamiemckelvie.fyi
Zara Chowdhary @awarazara.bsky.social Writer | Creative writing professor | Author of The Lucky Ones (2024) | big fan of trees and seas.
Corinne @celaina.bsky.social writer, editor, audio / work @brooklynmuseum.org, @literaryhub.bsky.social, @orionmagazine.bsky.social
www.corinnesegal.com
Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social Senior Reviews Editor @smokelong.bsky.social | Multigenre & Chapbook Editor @splitlippress.com | Providence menace | I write weird shit. | Fuck ICE. | More of us than there are of them.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.