I'll shout this into every internet void I can find: my book is here, thanks to @bellepointpress.bsky.social! Come for the surreal cover, stay for a strange story about fanaticism, family, and quiet rebellions.

Love this piece. "The fight in Fairhope was established in 1894 with the aim of creating a utopian community. Today, Fairhope votes Republican in deeply red Alabama. But the settlers’ embrace of independent thinkers remain woven into the character of the city." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u....

"Rural noir" is my latest reading obsession. I put together a short list of favorites for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social. shepherd.com/best-books/r...

The world is on fire. So I preordered this beauty by my brilliant friend @skbarnidge.bsky.social as a little treat. Coming in July from @bellepointpress.bsky.social

New Wind & Root for you today. Artful Academics from columnist Brandy Renee McCann - come on over to Reckon and read: SOMEWHERE IN TIME: WRITING THE IMAGINED FUTURE

We have a special treat for you today, our Charlotte Hamrick's NITTY GRITTY interview with Kristin Tenor is up at Reckon Review. @kristintenor.bsky.social

Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside? grist.org/looking-forw... #Rural #Urban #Fiction #Climate

I knit and crochet because I love making something tangible. And I'm so glad to see I'm not alone! What do you do as an alternative to doom-scrolling?

Wisconsin writers! The annual fiction and poetry contests by The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters are officially open for submissions. Maggie Ginsberg and Denise Sweet are our final judges. Don't miss this! www.wisconsinacademy.org/content/writ...

Are we, maybe, looking for you? Questions? Reach out to our Managing Editor, Charlotte Hamrick - [email protected] @charhamrick.bsky.social @meaganlucas.bsky.social

✨ "Congratulations to the winners of our 4th Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Collection! ✨ **Ready for hopeful futures? ** ➡️ Jump straight to the collection: grist.org/imagine2200-... OR ⬇️ Dive into this thread🧵 and find out who won ⬇️ Supported by @nrdc.org and Earth Rising Foundation

OK, I think I've finally got a handle on the Bluesky vibe. It's giving LinkedIn, for the "let's go out for coffee because the break room drip pot is ick" crowd.

Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.

After a lengthy break, I think I'm querying agents again?!? Writer friends, what's changed about this process in the last couple of years, if anything?

Please welcome Susan Schirl Smith to our Wind & Root team. Susan is a writer, photographer, and holistic nurse. This is her first column with us, head over to our site to give it a read. @sschirlsmith.bsky.social

Welcoming Drew Coles as our new Fiction Editor. Drew is an incredible writer who started with us as a contributor and then a reader, there he proved himself essential to our team, with a clear vision, terrific taste, and an even, calming leadership style. Send him something to read! Submit a story!

Absolutely required reading. Great reporting & this alarm bell is ringing loud and clear. Posting here to try to get more center-left people to pay attention to what's rising & how it's intersecting with government.

Happy New Year!

Our favorite environmental books from 2024... #ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...

My heart needed this today. New Wind and Root from columnist Barlow Adams and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick: reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo... @barlowadams.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social

We are so, so very proud. To read these dynamite stories: reckonreview.com/award-nomina... @marythor.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @katywrites.bsky.social @arlaina.bsky.social

Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US #Climate

New fiction today from Elizabeth Murphy. Read THINGS THAT ADD UP, here: reckonreview.com/things-that-...

This is 30% off. Took me a year to write it. I opened up old wounds to get it done. Support real writers while tech bros threaten to publish thousands of AI “books” next year. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

The wheels of justice may be turning, just a bit, for Jim and Pam, the bald eagles who lost their nest last week to an impatient developer in Auburn, Alabama. www.al.com/news/2024/11...

Sent edits back to my publisher tonight, and it's starting to feel real real now: my debut speculative novel about a young girl struggling to grow up in a culture that prioritizes violence, zealotry, and strict class hierarchies is forthcoming in June 2025. The Diamondbacks, here we goooo!

My kind of guy, right here. "He didn't see boundaries btwn disciplines that today we would say, 'Art is over here & science is over here.' It was all part of a grand experiment to try to understand the world. All of these different paths, to him, are entirely connected." www.npr.org/2024/11/18/n...

New Wind & Root today from columnist Sandra Barnidge and Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick, asks this question that I've been struggling with, too: “How do we stop talking about value, when what we’re really searching for is meaning?” Read it here: reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...

Grateful, as always, for this column in @reckonreview.bsky.social to explore complicated and meandering feelings about writing, gardening, and the future in general. “How do we stop talking about value, when what we’re really searching for is meaning?” reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...

"Lately, I’ve come to realise that I want to read one story: despite everything, it is going to be OK." Honestly, I think so much of what @bellepointpress.bsky.social publishes does EXACTLY this. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

Thrilled to share the latest issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas, the magazine of the The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. It's the first issue with me on the masthead, but it truly was a team effort to get this one to print. www.wisconsinacademy.org/magazinecove...

I'm here, again, for now. So, hello!

New Wind & Root today! From columnist @skbarnidge.bsky.social and editor @charlottehamrick.bsky.social reckonreview.com/wind-and-roo...

My talk from this weekend's Kentuck Art Festival. Come for some local gossip about my city government, stay for a broader plea for artists, writers & makers to fight back everywhere against hyper-development & backwards-looking urban design. tinygoat.substack.com/p/remarks-on...

From greenspace to greed space: My city wants to sell a public park to a developer who will cut down ~50 trees for a parking lot. I'm struggling to make sense of this senseless thing as a person/writer/mother. Grateful to @reckonreview.bsky.social for giving me the space to try & reckon with it.

A pace of economy, work, and even of what sometimes passes as leisure that would be better for the climate would also be better for our brains, bodies, and communities, imo.

native bee flashcards! krystle hickman (western US regions, vol 1) beeflashcards.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Trying this here to see what happens: the Northport, AL, city council is trying to sell our oldest park to a condo developer. We're raising $ to sue and are within striking distance of $10K, which is AMAZING. If you're into #greenspace & #democracy, consider helping? www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-n...

If you’re looking for more Belle Point Press authors to follow, here are some! @robroensch.bsky.social @skbarnidge.bsky.social @jasonpmyers.bsky.social

My latest, for On Wisconsin Magazine: A new plastic upcycling center at UW-Madison is poised to revolutionize our ability to #recycle #plastics AND launch a major new economic opportunity for Wisconsin’s $2.3 billion plastics-packaging industry. onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/reclaiming-r...

Love this: “How can we transform dread into something more workable? You’ll hear this over and over again: Action is one of the antidotes to dread.”

C.T. Salazar and Casie Dodd of @bellepointpress.bsky.social created a remarkable anthology here, which is now available for purchase: bellepointpress.com/products/mid...

Now that I've officially made the jump over from TwiX-land, I'm taking the opportunity to rebuild my online network from the ground up, rather than just re-follow the same names from "over there." Nature writers, climate scientists, eco advocates, where are you? Do we hashtag here??

The city council in Northport, Alabama, is plowing ahead with a bizarrely corrupt scheme to sell off the oldest park in town to strip-mall developer. We're fighting back & preparing to launch a lawsuit. If you have a couple of dollars to spare, please consider lending us a hand: gofund.me/93785d03

Glad to be here.