Aaron J. Brown @minnesotabrown.bsky.social Minnesota author, MN Star Tribune columnist & historian from the Mesabi Iron Range. Read and subscribe for free at http://www.minnesotabrown.com
Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social On substack: https://lauriehertzel.substack.com. Also, book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist" and "Ghosts of Fourth Street," and teacher at MFA program at UGA-Athens.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social Saint Paul, Minnesota and Timberwolves basketball
Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social He/him. Southsider LGBTQ+ Latino 🏳️🌈. Minneapolis City Council Member for the 9th Ward. Views are my own.
Aren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social no borders, no police, no prisons. no occupation of palestine. transsexual, aspiring inanimate object. also a theorist of trans and queer mobilities and social reproduction. gaza will be free.
solace @solace.music Simple design with a modern crypto touch
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social diasporic, urban-dwelling Inuk Indigiqueer woman seeking reconnection;
💍 @phoenix-rights.bsky.social
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Christopher Tradowsky @tradowsky.bsky.social Writer, artist and art historian. Beauty junkie. Author of MIDNIGHT AT THE CINEMA PALACE (Simon & Schuster 2025)
Allen Eskens @alleneskens.bsky.social Author of ten novels, including The Life We Bury and Nothing More Dangerous.
My tenth novel, THE QUIET LIBRARIAN, will launch Feb. 18, 2025.
HOME Line @homelinemn.org Minnesota-based Free Tenant Hotline: 612-728-5767 / homelinemn.org/email
Providing legal, organizing, educational & advocacy services so Minnesota tenants can solve their rental housing problems.
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📷: The Minnesota Capitol building just after sunset on a spring evening, by Brian Bakst | MPR News.
Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com Author: Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social Wife of @alysemayequade.bsky.social, mom, reproductive justice advocate, MN State Senator, and John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Winner (along with my Twin Cities neighbors). Reposts aren’t endorsements.
Trio House Press @triohousepress.org Publishing diverse, distinct poetry since 2012 - and, in 2024, creative nonfiction and more! @KrisBigalk.bsky.social - executive editor; @NatashaKane.bsky.social - marketing/acquisitions editor
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Amy!!! @oddamity.bsky.social Writer, artist, professional enthusiast, and collector of all things glow-in-the-dark | aroace | She/they
Maureen Hartman @mlhartman.bsky.social Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Self described “library person” and public sector leader.
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Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social Avuncular unionist, uxorious husband, labor historian, cat guy. "Who's Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions" available now. Lives in Minnesota. Posts are personal. The cat in the profile pic is Laverne, aka Peanut.
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Salena @salena.bsky.social Minnesotan, mom of 3, Senate DFL staff.
Minnesota Senate DFL @senatedfl.bsky.social The official BlueSky of the Minnesota Senate Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Caucus.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net Former journalist, long-time Minneapolitan, curator of Uptown’s borders and chief rememberer, Halloween Blizzard of 1991. Amplifier & participant in the Minnesota Resistance.
Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
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
Mark Snyder @snyde043.bsky.social Pollution prevention is my jam. Union rabble-rouser, curmudgeon-in-training, biking enthusiast, pro wrestling fan, crazy cat guy. Minneapolis
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social Your friend and Neighbor. Local Oaf. I work for Saura. I foster teeny little kittens. I love you.
TJ McCann @avidindoorsman.bsky.social Pig’s Eye, MN
Maplehood United @maplehoodunited.bsky.social CITY QUESTION 2 (St. Paul- 2028)
SHOULD THE CITY FORM A TASK FORCE TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING AND/ OR CONSOLIDATING WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES?
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
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Hamline MFAC @hamlinemfac.bsky.social MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults!
Home to award-winning faculty.
💡Next info session: 07/20/24
📝Fall ‘24 application deadline: 9/1/24
Akashic Books @akashicbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher in Brooklyn dedicated to reverse-gentrification of the literary world.
https://linktr.ee/AkashicBooks
Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social Religionless religion professor and writer. Working on my second narrative podcast series and third book. @goodjudypods.bsky.social founder. Queer Minneapolitan ❤️
chrisstedmanwriter.com
Dan Marshall @danmarstp.marshallwords.com Bikes. Kids. Saint Paul. Egg Tacos. Coffee. 1/3 of @MischiefToy.com. Sworn enemy of Summit Ave boulevard trees. Blogging about bikes @ marshallwords.com. AI & X users get unfollowed. he/him
Matt Privratsky @mattprivratsky.bsky.social Saint Paul MN. Local politics. Land use, housing, transportation, climate. (He/Him)
Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social Saint Paul City Council Member for Ward Four.
Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
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Sustain Saint Paul @sustainstpaul.bsky.social We champion abundant housing, low-carbon transportation, and sustainable land use in the City of Saint Paul through education, advocacy and political action.
Bang Brewing @bangbrewing.bsky.social All organic ales & lagers brewed and served in a one-off grain bin facility in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Taproom + native prairie beer gardens 🔥
On-premise and 750ml returnable bottles to-go ✨
Wed 4-9, Th 3-9, F 3-10p,
Sa 1-10p, Su 2-9p.
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queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Jamie Schwesnedl @schwesbomb.bsky.social I'm at the friendster, I'm at the myspace, my doppelganger's at the combination facebook and twitter. 
Wild Rumpus Books @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Red Balloon Bookshop @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore in St. Paul, MN since 1984! 🎈
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
sevenstories.com
Red Emma’s @redemmas.org Worker-owned radical bookstore and cafe in Baltimore, the greatest city in America
Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social Your favorite nonprofit indie publisher of radical nonfiction since 1854.
beacon.org
The New Press @thenewpress.bsky.social An independent publisher. Changing minds about justice since 1992.
lnk.bio/thenewpress
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
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Libro.fm @libro.fm 🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
💗 Certified B Corp
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book culture @bookculture.com An independent bookstore based in New York
Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com Saint Paul’s Toy Store. Find us in the real world at 818 Grand Ave or http://MischiefToy.com. Play is resistance.
Boneshaker Books @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social volunteer-run radical bookstore in mpls
boneshakerbooks.com
bookshop.org/shop/boneshaker
open Monday–Saturday 11am–8pm, Sunday 11am–5pm
Makwa Coffee @makwacoffee.bsky.social ☕️Community-centered craft coffee
🐻Ojibwe owned
📍2805 Hamline Ave N, Roseville, MN
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Mizna @miznaarabart.bsky.social Mizna is a Twin Cities-based contemporary arts organization promoting Arab/SWANA lit, film + art. We publish a literary journal and Mizna Online, and produce the annual Twin Cities Arab Film Fest.
mizna.org
University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social Book publisher, est. 1925.
Shannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social Author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be; We Miss You, GF; Where We Come From (co-author) + others. Printz Honor, Carter G. Woodson + 3 MN Book Awards.
Also: Adoptee, Blerd, Mama, Prof, Runner, Traveler, working w/you against authoritarianism.
Once Upon A Crime @ouacbooks.bsky.social New and Used bookstore specializing in Mystery/Crime Fiction.
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Minnesota Library Association @mnlib.bsky.social Founded in 1891, we're a nonprofit professional organization that supports Minnesota libraries and staff. We're also a chapter of the American Library Association. Check us out at www.mnlibraryassociation.org 
Tombolo Books @tombolobooks.bsky.social ⚡️Indie Bookstore St. Pete, FL
📍2153 1st Ave S, 33712
Author events, book clubs and shopping at tombolobooks.com
📚Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm
Sat & Sun 10am-5:30pm
Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social St. Louis-based literary press distributed by New York Review Books. Publishes Renee Gladman, Leonora Carrington, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amina Cain, Giada Scodellaro, Kate Briggs, Brais Lamela, Denise Rose Hansen, etc. Est. 2009. dorothyproject.com
UMN English @umnenglish.bsky.social Free visiting author events for Minneapolis-St. Paul! Studying and creating literature in English since 1897.
Astoria Bookshop @astoriabookshop.bsky.social An independent bookstore in Astoria, Queens, queer woman owned, est. 2013. Open daily 11a-7p, 36-19 30th Street.
Cream & Amber @creamandamber.bsky.social Seeking books, beer, and coffee lovers near Hopkins, MN. Come on in & enjoy our space!
1605 Mainstreet, Hopkins
creamandamber.com
Open Su-M 7:30am-5pm and T-Sa 7:30am-7pm
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution @consortiumbooks.bsky.social Distributing indie books and advocating for small presses since 1985. Your next favorite book is from an independent publisher ❤️ 📖 cbsd.com
📧 Newsletter: https://bit.ly/cbsdmail
Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social Award-winning independent literary press.
Read independently. https://linktr.ee/biblioasis_books
The Loft Literary Center @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social The Loft, a nonprofit arts org, advances the artistic development of writers, fosters a thriving literary community, and inspires a passion for literature.
@midwestbooksellers.bsky.social @midwestbooksellers.bsky.social 
Moon Palace Books @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social more books than before
Lindsay Bacher @lindsayinmpls.bsky.social translating big ideas and research into good policy. writer, runner, tortilla chip lover, 4th grade soccer dropout. can’t stand inertia. pictures of my dog.
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
🚲 🥜scoops 🥜🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social He/him. Electrical engineer, former Iowan, St Paulinator. I wanna bike with the cool kids and form parasocial relationships with cats online
Pig's Sky, MN
Joy Summers @joysummers.bsky.social Food reporter for the Star Tribune. Sporter of mondo sassy pants.
Christopher Vondracek @cvondracek.bsky.social D.C. Correspondent for The Minnesota Star Tribune. Moonlights on piano. Book from U of Nebraska Press this fall - Redlin or Rodin: Essays on Midwestern Scenery.
Star Tribune Sports @stribsports.startribune.com Sports coverage from the Minnesota Star Tribune. 
Behind the Star Tribune @btstartribune.startribune.com A look behind the stories and journalists of @startribune.com, plus news and announcements.
Star Tribune Going Out @stribgoingout.startribune.com We are Going Out, the Minnesota Star Tribune's guide to the best food, drink, concerts, theater and culture 🕺 we have fun here
Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein.bsky.social Reporter for the Star Tribune covering energy. From St. Paul, but a Washington Husky. Email: walker.orenstein@startribune.com
Pat Condon @patcondon.bsky.social Breaking news editor, Minnesota Star Tribune. Minneapolis resident. Let's do the story. 
Chris Riemenschneider @chrisrstrib.bsky.social Minnesota Star Tribune music scribe
Greta Kaul @gretakaul.bsky.social 📰Subscribe to your local newspaper.
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How's the way your city's built affecting your life?
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Alex Chhith @alexchhith.bsky.social Outdoor recreation reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune who lives for winter.
I have lots of hobbies🏂🏔️🥾🚲🧘🏻♀️🎣🚣🏻♀️🧶
Josie Albertson-Grove @josieagrove.bsky.social Decorator of fish wrap and birdcage liner. Writing about St. Paul for the Star Tribune. Questions and complaints to josie.grove@startribune.com
Ben Goessling @bengoessling.bsky.social Minnesota Vikings beat writer at Star Tribune; track/cross country ass't coach at Apple Valley and Augsburg. Husband, girl dad, sinner saved by grace.
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