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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
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Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) @appalachianpbp.bsky.social We send free books and provide educational opportunities to people incarcerated in Appalachia. 📖 https://appalachianprisonbookproject.org
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Stories of Appalachia @storyappalachia.bsky.social The podcast where hosts Steve Gilly and Rod Mullins have been sharing the history and folklore of Appalachia since 2015.
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Jennifer Hester Mattox @jennifermattox.bsky.social By day I’m the director of The Carnegie Center, a community learning & literary arts center in Lexington, KY. By night I’m a writer living in Bourbon Co., the birthplace of bourbon.
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Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy.
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Poetry Living @poetryliving.bsky.social Sharing poetry.
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Trista Mateer @tristamateer.bsky.social poet (derogatory)
into longing and yearning
I wrote some books
Ova Ceren @excusemyreading.bsky.social Half woman, half book
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
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