Today's writing session was not flowing & I knew exactly what to do instead, catch up on Inkubator Free Writing Conference ( #CleInk25 ) session "Get Real: Being Vulnerable in Fact and Fiction" w/ @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social + Kiese Laymon hosted by @literarycleveland.bsky.social Mod by Kenyon Farrow

First Writing Conference in the books!! 📚📖 Inkubator 2025 was such an AMAZING experience! So grateful to Literary Cleveland!! @literarycleveland.bsky.social

From the #quote book this week, fresh off the @literarycleveland.bsky.social Inkubator '25 writing conference: "A story is not an explanation. It's a separate place of possibility." - Katie Kitamura

I had a FANTASTIC time, overall, at Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference. But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic? ✨Networking ✨Sessions ✨Community ✨Conference Experience #CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social 🔗 below ⬇

Having a great day so far at the Inkubator Conference run by @literarycleveland.bsky.social. Free to the public, tons of people, well organized, and great energy. Huge turnout for my memoir session yoo

Wow, what a morning ! @literarycleveland.bsky.social , Inkubator where have you been all of my life 🥰.

I had a BLAST at the @literarycleveland.bsky.social Writing Inkubator! I attended 7 sessions full of writing craft tips and inspiration. But the best part is always being in a room with other writers! I cannot wait to take what I learned and apply it to my own writing!! #WritingCommunity

I had a great day in Cleveland at the @literarycleveland.bsky.social writing conference.

🎉 2025 #Inkubator Writing Conference is this weekend here in Cleveland! Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩 Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)?? @literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25 #SkyWriters

TONIGHT! FREE! Don’t miss our last free virtual Inkubator event with Kiese Laymon & Deesha Philyaw on the courage to be vulnerable in writing. WED SEPT 10 7-8:30PM ET Register for free at inkubator.litcleveland.org

TONIGHT! Don’t miss our free virtual Inkubator event with Franny Choi & Danez Smith on how to go on as writers after the unsurvivable. TUES SEPT 9 7-8:30PM ET Register for free at inkubator.litcleveland.org

Awesome insights on writing themes, practices & more from @eveewing.bsky.social (pictured upper left) & @imaniperry.bsky.social (upper right) during "Stories We Tell: How History Shapes Us" event with moderator Joy R. Bostic (lower center) for conference convened by @literarycleveland.bsky.social.

Don't miss our free virtual events Sep 8-10 with Dr. Eve. L. Ewing & Dr. Imani Perry, Franny Choi & Danez Smith, and Kiese Laymon & Deesha Philyaw. Register for one or all events for free! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-inkub...

Still time to register for this and hang with me in Cleveland

Check out the photos from our (literal) underground zine reading this past weekend! Pick up your copy of the Odes to Infrastructure zine at our free Inkubator Writing Conference Sep 12-13 or at Clean Water Fest Sep 20.

unique partnership w/@literarycleveland.bsky.social brought writers together to craft a sewer-inspired zine with our team, then welcomed them to our Southerly plant where they read/recorded their submissions last weekend. grab the zine at #CleanWaterFest 9/20. (video/pod content coming soon, too.)

Thanks to Gennifer Harding-Gosnell and @signalcleveland.bsky.social for this great story about our free Inkubator Writing Conference which features interviews with several of the presenters. Check it out! signalcleveland.org/literary-cle...

Did you hear? We're hiring an Education Fellow! If you're interested in pursuing a career as a scholar, educator, or curriculum developer in world literature, then we'd love to hear from you. Apply today: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

Come to Cleveland for the Spring 2026 semester to be the inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Distinguished Visiting Writer at CWRU! apply.interfolio.com/171247

Lots of NEOMFA representation at this year's @literarycleveland.bsky.social Inkubator 25 🔥🔥🔥 Check out the full schedule here: inkubator.litcleveland.org/schedule

Always wanted to to a literal underground reading. Glad too collab with @neorsd.org on a Odes to Infrastructure zine and this reading/recording in the tunnels under Southerly Waterwater Treatment Plant. Look for copies of the zine at Inkubator and Clean Water Fest this September!

I'll facilitate a four-week workshop for the wonderful @literarycleveland.bsky.social in November—yr writing, and short readings in T. Berrigan, S. R. Delany, G. Eliot, C.S. Giscombe, J.-K. Huysmans, B. Mayer, H. Oyeyemi, M. N. Philip, E. A. Poe, & Sei Shonagōn www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

Don't miss it! #SamHiyate will be speaking at #Inkubator2025, the free annual #literaryfestival hosted by @literarycleveland.bsky.social, on Saturday, September 13 at 9:00 AM. ✨📚 Find out more here: inkubator.litcleveland.org

I'll be giving a workshop on writing autobio comics this November at @literarycleveland.bsky.social. If you're interested in or even actively writing about your life, you might get a gem or two from this workshop. The class will be conducted via Zoom… www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

Happy pub day, Brandy!!

Cleveland is fortunate to have one of the country's best writing conferences, thanks to @literarycleveland.bsky.social. See all the conference events and workshops at inkubator.litcleveland.org

Free registration for our Inkubator Writing Conference is now open! Sign up for virtual and/or in-person events September 8-13! #CleInk25 www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-inkub...

Thanks to @samallard.bsky.social and Axios Cleveland for spreading the word about Inkubator! www.axios.com/local/clevel...

🎉Announcing the 2025 Inkubator Writing Conference 🎉 #CleInk25 is one of the largest free writing conferences in the country and this year we have made it bigger and better than ever! Events September 5-14. Registration opens August 1. inkubator.litcleveland.org

Big news coming Tuesday morning. Stay tuned.

What a blast! Thank you so much for joining us and supporting writers!

Attended @literarycleveland.bsky.social Lit Summer Night tonight. Support writing programs *and* get to dress up? Yes, please.

Ali Black Denne Michele Norris @thedennemichele.bsky.social Hilary Plum Wednesday 7PM Loganberry Books @literarycleveland.bsky.social Could not be more excited about this lineup. Get tickets now. www.litcleveland.org/events-progr...

Many thanks to the editors of Gordon Square Review and all the folks at @literarycleveland.bsky.social for including my poem “Girl at a Sewing Machine” in the new GSR issue! www.gordonsquarereview.org/caycedo-kimu... #poetry #poems #poets #poetryreaders #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #edwardhopper

I have a flash creative nonfiction piece in this issue of Gordon Square Review. Thanks @literarycleveland.bsky.social. It's about how the lingering impacts of displacement & genocide - and a memorable visit to the college counseling office. www.gordonsquarereview.org/friedman-631...

⚡ Gordon Square Review is back! ⚡ Issue 15 is out today with 17 new writing about sacrificial sisters, fleas and conspiracies, epigenetics and Modern Standard Arabic, Jackie Chan and Chick-Dumpling’s Chief Accounting Officer. Check out the full issue now! www.gordonsquarereview.org

Feeling full and content after sharing my words and connecting with friends and fellow writers at the Cleveland Humanities Festival reading, “Hungry Heart,” hosted by @literarycleveland.bsky.social #hungryheart #hungryghost #writingcommunity

We met w/ Dawn Arrington of Comics at the Corner today to plan her conversation w/ @andrewaydin.bsky.social at the Cleveland Foundation this week. Let's celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and John Lewis' legacy @valentinolzullo.bsky.social @katietrostel.bsky.social

🚨 Climate Crisis Panel Discussion! 🚨 Join us to discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and explore the role of literature in this moment. Registration is free in the link below! givebutter.com/IPMJbW @beltpublishing.bsky.social @literarycleveland.bsky.social @rustbeltlab.bsky.social

TONIGHT! Don't miss our Plum City Reading in Cleveland featuring Ruth Awad (Outside of Joy), Ananda Lima (Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil), & Ben Mauk (The Fugitive World). WED, MAR 19, 7 PM @ Loganberry Books! @ruthawad.bsky.social @anandalima.bsky.social @benmauk.bsky.social

Under Cover w/ Danny Caine Day 5: I am so thoroughly defined by the Cleveland literary community that I know I wouldn't be the same writer without it. That includes teachers...

Under Cover w/ Danny Caine Day 4: A book that informed a few of my recent writing projects is For Times Such as These by Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg and Rabbi Ariana Katz...

Under Cover w/ Danny Caine Day 3: Under Cover w/ Danny Caine Day 3: My chapbook Jewish American Dream won the inaugural @sarabandebooks chapbook prize...

Under Cover w/ Danny Caine Day 2: I love the coffee shops of Cleveland, and I do almost all of my writing in their cozy confines. My favorites are...

GET YOUR TICKET 💜 NEXT READING from these 3 writers is WED, MAR 19 @ 7 PM @loganberrybooks! 🎟️ RSVP: https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/plum-city-reading---march-2025

Hey all! We’re starting a new campaign called Under Cover where each month we will be celebrating the writers in our community by letting them take over our social for a week. First up, @DannyCaine 🙂 Tap in! 𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 and I'm a born-and-raised Northeast Ohioan...

At a time of book bans, Literary Cleveland is helping people discover the power of their words. Good group to support! @literarycleveland.bsky.social www.litcleveland.org

Yeah this lineup is juicy 💜🥵