In his review of #poet Marjorie Maddox's latest collection, which includes stunning #collage #art from Karen Elias, Jason Irwin says, "Together, they depict a world not only fraught with imminent disaster, but one of beauty and hope." #bookrecs #Reviews rustbeltgirl.com/2025/08/01/t...

Writer and reader friends, I'm happy to share the latest in a series of guest posts at Rust Belt Girl. Thank you, #poet and #photographer Justin Hamm, for your vision, #art, and for being such a strong literary voice for the American Midwest. rustbeltgirl.com/2025/07/01/t...

Good deal earlier this week! @reneeknicholson.bsky.social #dance #essay #anthology #health-humanities

New post--the second in a series of guest spots at Rust Belt Girl: Thank you to all my guest contributors and followers! "Taking the Cow Path to Culture": an Essay by Christina Fisanick rustbeltgirl.com/2025/05/28/t...

A campus novel, but make it weird... Happy to have a review up at Belt Magazine today. You're going to want to check out Meduri's debut novel. Just read my review first.😆 #campus #novel #debut #fiction #Ohio

Really a fine piece of investigative reporting here. It's been a very long time since I fell prey to this mag's ways. But I remember loving Edgarian's debut novel when it came out. Sad for someone to know what it means to be a new writer and then treat younger generations of the same like this...

We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨ Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT. See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link! tinhouse.com/book-submiss...

Poetry lovers, fiction lovers, etc., I interviewed Youngstown Oh native, poet, novelist, and retired prof William Heath. I love finding out what--and where--makes a writer tick. Hopefully you will, too... rustbeltgirl.com/2025/01/09/m...

If you're waiting for a personal invitation, this is it. oleada.io/publication/...

“May Day isn’t just an estimably American holiday, it’s a particularly #RustBelt holiday, forged in the cauldron of Chicago’s streets and factories, born from the experience of workers in the mills and plants of Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.” - Belt EIC Ed Simon beltmag.com/may-day-is-a...

I interviewed Amy Jo Burns about her second novel, out last year, called MERCURY. Like mystery, literary, family drama? Amy Jo's got you covered. We talked craft and process, writing about motherhood and female friendship, and even what's hot in kids' books: rustbeltgirl.com/2024/04/19/m...

Such a gorgeous book!

A fellow writer and reader, who often tunes into my blog about writing about place said this about me: "You are my tour guide to the region I've lived in all my life." Tbh, that one compliment makes 7 years of blogging so worth it! I'd love to see more Bluesky friends there: rustbeltgirl.com

Writers! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC and American University on April 13, 2024! Registration is open and still just $75. Lots more details coming soon. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference/

Anybody here in the #writingcommunity, #reading community, etc., in the Baltimore area? I'm the featured reader at this series and would love to see your face! ecpoetryandprose.org/event/salon-... #ocamocha, #q&a, #booktalk, #reading

My wrap-up for 2023 at the blog, Rust Belt Girl, where I hype the lit of my native place (and beyond). Author interviews, book reviews, guest essays--it was a great and collaborative year. Thank you, all! #WritingCommunity, #readingcommunity rustbeltgirl.com/2023/12/31/w...

New wave fans, I interviewed David Giffels, author of THE BEGINNING WAS THE END: DEVO IN OHIO. We chatted about the band's early days and Rust Belt influences--and more. Hope you'll check it out and share! #WritingCommunity, #NEWWAVE, #authorinterview rustbeltgirl.com/2023/12/19/m...

Emma Riva was kind enough to let me repost a fantastic book review of hers at Rust Belt Girl. Emma is founder and EIC of Petrichor, Pittsburgh's art scene mag. Check it out, #WritingCommunity, #artists, #readingcommunity, #art, #pleinair rustbeltgirl.com/2023/12/01/e...

I hope you'll check this out--and follow! @shemaiahng chose my piece, "Jesus, My Son's Buckteeth," (first pubbed by Presence) for today's guest post. #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #Parenthood Undaunted Joy #81 Guest Post Rebecca Moon Ruark, by @shemaiahng open.substack.com/pub/shemaiah...

Did you attend Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival? I'd love to know your highlights. Also, read my recap and get psyched about next year's great lineup of featured authors!

New prose poem over at HAD! 🙏 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/eve...

Gator Country is out today! "Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." — The New York Times Read an excerpt in Crime Reads: crimereads.com/gator-countr...

Just in time for your Saturday lunch read: I recapped my favorite literary festival of the year, #writingcommunity, #readingcommunity, #fiction, #poetry, #CNF rustbeltgirl.com/2023/11/11/l...

#writingcommunity, #authors, #fictionwriters, #amquerying Has anyone used Winning Writers' manuscript critique service before? Wondering if it's worth it for a beta read with totally fresh eyes. TIA!

Calling all Appalachian lit, Grit Lit, and rural noir fans, I interviewed Mitch James about his debut novel, Seldom Seen: A Miner's Tale. I hope you'll check it out! #writingcommunity, #readingcommunity, #novel, #gritlit, #RustBelt rustbeltgirl.com/2023/10/17/m...

Calling all Appalachian lit, Grit Lit, and rural noir fans, I interviewed Mitch James about his debut novel, Seldom Seen: A Miner's Tale. I hope you'll check it out! #writingcommunity, #readingcommunity, #novel, #gritlit, #RustBelt rustbeltgirl.com/2023/10/17/m...

Dear writers, poets, photographers, artists of any kind: Anti-Heroin Chic's submissions window for our December issue is now open! Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of thoughts and feelings yearning to breathe free 🧡

Who here in the #writing community will swoon over A GHOST IN THE THROAT by Doireann Ni Ghriofa with me?! Right now I'm in the "In the Milking Parlour" chapter and I'm remember my days postpartum with one of my twins in the NICU. "... we are all in hell together." That hit me so hard. #writers #read

Folks, celebrate your friends. I know you probably know this, but it's easy to forget. Take joy in their successes and cheer on their moments in the sun, and always let them know they make your life better. It matters.

In honor of hearing #poet Ross Gay read at Lit Youngstown's Fall #Literary Festival in a couple weeks, I'm posting this piece from Rust Belt Girl. Enjoy Rust Belt writers, writing, and rumination from long-winded me? Check it out, #readers, #writingcommunity rustbeltgirl.com/2023/01/21/r...

I have a new story out in the gorgeous Hyacinth Review. hyacinthreview.org/coleman-bige... #flashfiction #newstory #amwriting

I am a mom and a writer. Feel like the #momswritersclub over here in the sky might be just the right spot for me?

This is some super useful information for all you writers, authors and wordy creatives out there! It tells you which keywords and #'s trigger algorithms in specific Blue Sky feeds

try, try again: #writing, #authorinterview, #books, #YA, #author, #interview

Where are my #funeralsingers here in the sky? Super excited to be singing at a wedding ceremony next week. Will update when I know what hymns. Fingers crossed for the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria"--always a hit!

I love to #interview #authors with a Rust Belt vibe at my Rust Belt Girl blog. Maybe you like to read interviews with a Rust Belt vibe? If so, it's your lucky day. Happy Friday, readers and writers! (Here's part one of two. I hope you'll visit the site for more.) rustbeltgirl.com/2023/04/21/m...

There are people in this world—a lot of them, even—who don't realize that reading is "doing something." These people think reading is "waiting for something to do." Stay strong, fellow readers. I feel you. Books up. 📚

Is it the writing? Is it the drawings? Is it the colors? All so lovely.

Hoping to connect with #fictionwriters, #poets, #essayists, and #authors--especially those writing about or living in the American Rust Belt. I'm always on the lookout for good guest posts for my Rust Belt Girl blog: author interviews, book reviews, essays and poetry on place. 🤙 rustbeltgirl.com

"Be still, be still, she whispers in the dog’s ear His head nestled on her chest" I love this poem by @sageravenwood.bsky.social so much. In @reservoirroad.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.reservoirroadlit.com/issue-11/pre...

I see I'm going to have to post here. Ack, first post nerves! Such performance anxiety. I haven't even warmed up. Who thought it was a good idea to give long-winded writers 124 more characters here? OK, 95 now. Nope, 84. 77. Happy to be with you, #writingcommunity. Is that a thing here?