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Chelsea Bighorn @chelseabighorn.bsky.social Artist
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Emma Copley Eisenberg @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social writer & full fattie 🍦• author of 📚 HOUSEMATES (2024) & 📚 THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL (2020) • ✍🏻 NYT, Time, Esquire, The Atlantic, Granta, The Cut etc 🌈 she/her
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Who Even Reads @whoevenreads.bsky.social Writing from a liberation perspective, and we're fun. Book reviews, author interviews, literary features, and more. whoevenreads.com By @CooksChicken.bsky.social and @runtalien.bsky.social
Fraser Coffeen @fcoffeen.bsky.social I co-host the Creepy History podcast, I play/discuss indie/retro games, I watch a lot of horror movies, I read and post about comics and 20th century lit, and I obsess over classic wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah.
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Archipelago Books @archipelagobooks.bsky.social a non-profit press devoted to contemporary and classic international literature
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Michigan Quarterly Review @michiganquarterly.bsky.social Fiction. Poetry. Essays. Reviews. Interviews. The flagship literary journal of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social I cry a lot but I am so productive! 
Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Publisher of POETRY magazine. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
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Eshani Surya @eshanisurya.bsky.social debut novel RAVISHING 💄💉 ✨ out now from Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic | disabled & chronically ill | philly-based | surya means sun ☀️ | eshani.surya@gmail.com
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Complete Sentence @completesentence.bsky.social a literary magazine publishing single-sentence prose since 2020
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Slate @slate.com ~ ~ *brb visiting the 90s* ~ ~
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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.
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Aaron Wolfson @awolfson.bsky.social Writing memoir, poetry, essays, performance stuff (etc.) in Chicago
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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).
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Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social Chicago. Bikes. Books. Writes sometimes. Drums sometimes.
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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social Book publisher, est. 1925.
Theodore Kim @theotypes.bsky.social Director of Career Programs, The New York Times. Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theotypes/
Andrea Hoag @andreahoag.bsky.social Champagne Socialist | Book Critic | Writer | Traveler
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Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
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Kerry Reid (she/her) @kerryreid.bsky.social Theater and Dance Editor for the Chicago Reader. Usual disclaimer that all opinions are my own alone. . .
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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social Author - Poet
Award-winning Pushcart & Best of Net nom. Writer & Poet- Nature Nomad, Science Scarab, Art Aesthete -Stories, Poems, CNF, Flash Fiction, Haiku, Published in Over 100+ Literary & Genre Journals & Anthologies
https://www.silicasun.wordpress.com
Beth Rooney @bethrooney.bsky.social Photographer & writer & avid rock climber based in Chicago. Latest work: Leaf Town Forever. You can pre-order it here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917371/leaf-town-forever/
Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social Editor at Rose Metal Press & Professor at DePaul
Writings: https://kathleenrooney.com/
Typewritings: http://poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
Man Overboard!: A Novel (July '26): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Man-Overboard!/Kathleen-Rooney/9781668212387
Max Delsohn 🇵🇸 @maxdelsohn.bsky.social Author of this book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/crawl-stories-max-delsohn/22144102
J Brooke @jbrookewrites.bsky.social Writer | Editor | Filmmaker
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RS Deeren @rsdeeren.bsky.social Cat Stepdad
Michigander in the South
Michigan Notable Book Author
ENOUGH TO LOSE from Wayne State University Press
Prof. & Coordinator of Creative Writing at Austin Peay State University
Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social Author of the novel THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU. Faculty at StoryStudio Chicago & Northwestern University. Descended from Andean farmers, poets, and union organizers.
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Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social A non-profit literary magazine with a penchant for journeys and a fascination with strangers.
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Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower 🪓
meganstielstra.com- R Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Nowruz Journal
Editor-at-Large, Chicago Review of Books
Board Member, National Book Critics Circle/VP Barrios Book in Translation Prize
President of the Board, The Flow Chart Foundation
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Curtis Sittenfeld @csittenfeld.bsky.social Prep, American Wife, Eligible, Romantic Comedy, etc.
Show Don't Tell: Stories out 2/25/25
Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social “Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out on Flatiron.
Genevieve DeGuzman @gendeguzman.bsky.social Poet & writer based in Portland, OR. Tin House Workshop. StoryStudio. Oregon Lit Fellowship. KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (JackLeg Press).
https://linktr.ee/genevievedeguzman
Adam Sleper @adamsleper.bsky.social Dad, hubby, writer. Illinois artist grants, Chicago Writers Assoc, Horror Writers Assoc, Page/AFF finalist, PEN Emerging Writers. Black List 8+. Shakespeare/R.E.M.
USMNT/Huskers/Red Sox.
Rep: Mark Gottlieb@Trident
www.adamsleper.com
AdamSleper.substack.com
Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Evander Lang @evanderlang.bsky.social writer in Chicagoland. all publications here:
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reader for @fracturedlit.bsky.social and Hypertext Magazine
Jessica Keller @jesskeller42.bsky.social Reader, writer, dog lover, traveler. Formerly always in motion, I'm learning how to stand still and I love it. 
Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch @elizabethniarchosneukirch.com Greek American writer
Arts & nonprofit PR consultant
📝 in Real Simple, Newcity, Mississippi Review, Chicago Review of Books, Third Coast Review
Rep: Emily Forland
📷: Diane Alexander White
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
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Iddo Gefen @itisiddogefen.bsky.social
Author • Jerusalem Beach • Debby’s Dream House •
Columbia University • Forbes 30 Under 30
Pat Jameson @patjameson.bsky.social Writer in beautiful Roanoke, VA
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J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
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poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia ☩
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social Publishing in its current form since 1957, Wesleyan UP focuses on poetry, music, dance, and the arts. See weslpress.org for new poetry!
https://linkin.bio/weslpress
Etelka @etelkal.bsky.social Writer in Chicago. I covered comics for NPR for a long time; doing other stuff these days. Bylines: Inc., The New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the LA Review of Books. https://etelkawrites.com/
Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social www.IlyaKaminsky.com
Seinfeld Current Day @seinfeld2000.bsky.social Imagen Seinfeld was never canceled and still NBC comedy program today?
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk The UK’s Jewish literary platform, presenting the best in contemporary literature and ideas.
Hosts Jewish Book Week, London’s longest-running literary festival:
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Jewish Book Council @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social Nonprofit organization
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🎉 #NationalJewishBookAwards
🗣JBC Network—platform for authors to connect with programmers
📘PAPER BRIGADE—annual print #litmag
📖Book reviews + essays
@hamado.bsky.social @hamado.bsky.social 
Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com Writer, TV critic, creator of realityblurred.com, TCA president, writing coach, husband, cat dad, improviser, runner, lover of em dashes and roller coasters. More at andydehnart.com! 🏳️🌈 He/him
Jeremy Owens @jeremyashley.bsky.social writer. performer. kvetch.
📍Chicago
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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Paul Lisicky @paullisicky.bsky.social My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇮🇳 roller-skater since I was ten • school supplies • gardens • bioluminescence • axolotls • Buckeye • NYT bestselling author • NIGHT OWL (Ecco, Spring 26) aimeenez.net
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social Host/Curator: sundaysalon-chicago.com > Ragdale, Board of Trustees member & Co-Chair, Curatorial Bd. Writer & poet. Books: Fishhead. Republic of Want (novel) & Salt Pruning (poetry)
https://linktr.ee/ignatius.valentine.aloysius
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Mx. Faylita Hicks @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social Grammy-nominated Writer, Performer, Interdisciplinary Artist. Author of A MAP OF MY WANT (Haymarket Books , 2024) and HOODWITCH (Acre Books, 2019).
n+1 @nplusonemag.com n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
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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.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
American Writers Museum @americanwritersmuseum.org Our mission is to excite audiences about the impact of American writers—past, present, & future—in shaping our collective histories, identities, & daily lives.
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
Chicago Writers Podcast @chicagowriterspod.bsky.social The Chicago Writers Podcast is the official podcast of the Stories Matter Foundation. Hosted by @danfinnen.bsky.social and @mbwwelch.bsky.social. https://chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/
Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social For over 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent, foreign and classic films.
ThirdCoastReview.com @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social Chicago arts & culture, curated
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social “The Adroit Journal is where I go when I want to know what the kids are reading.”
—The Paris Review
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River Teeth @riverteeth.bsky.social A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative || Where good writing counts and facts matter.
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
The Believer @thebeliever.net A quarterly literature, arts, and culture magazine.
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thebeliever.net
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social Non-profit publisher of fiction, poetry, essays & art. Since 2003, where readers, writers, teachers & students meet. Our free library is always open.
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