BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide. Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

They are destroying what SHE built. #TeenVogue

This was joyous. Just a mad ray of sunshine in an otherwise desolate landscape

Sara Nović's fourth book, MOTHER TONGUE, is now available to preorder via Bookshop! You know what to do! (Seriously, if you're a fan of my writing, you are, by default, a fan of hers. Sara has had an immeasurable impact on my writing. I'm in awe of her brilliance every single day.)

As a Deaf person who hesitated to move to Philly, I honestly wish that someone had told me how many folks knew some level of ASL; I would have JETTED myself over here so fast. The community and engagement I've found here is incredible, truly second to none.

After almost three weeks of my books in boxes, I FINALLY have a bookshelf!!

My Halloween celebration is reading Kelly Link, with the lights down low, while the Twin Peaks soundtrack plays on the record player.

Saying this yet again because I’m so tired of ppl justifying this: ghosting ppl is one of the most cruel, anti-communal things you can do. I don’t expect you to stay close to ppl who aren’t good for you. I am expecting you to have the decency to say “I have to step away, and here’s why.”

I hung one of my favorite publications in my new apartment today, y’all. 😃

Holy crap, everyone: new Maile Chapman novel in 2026, her first in 15 years. So freaking excited. Love that cover, too:

Also, don't miss Vajra's incredibly powerful acceptance speech (fitting given how many of Le Guin's speeches were and are so unforgettable): youtu.be/Y5h5ZDjWPTc?...

I made it through. I feel so valued and validated as a writer, y’all.

My first in-person reading (in six years!) is tonight. Fingers crossed I make it through intact.

Since it’s my favorite month and almost Halloween, I’m going to share some favorite spooky pieces of mine from years past (and a separate thread of other ppl’s work!). First up: my horror essay, from 2018 at @electricliterature.com, forever relevant: electricliterature.com/horror-lives...

Goddammit.

Portland! I'll be reading some of my writing at PSU + PCC's joint reading Monday night at 6, with stars @mjuhae.bsky.social and Julia Gaskill! If the idea of me reading sounds like a good time, all the information's below.

I feel like I should apologize to the person living below me—the times when the furniture pieces fell over or slipped out of my hands were…not zero.

They got bored of eating each other over on X. Block 'em like any other troll.

I built a bed. From IKEA. By myself. Please clap.

For whoever cares, I am really liking living in Philadelphia.

It’s funny how grief materializes

I still can’t believe LitHub let me say this.

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Tomorrow marks four weeks since my mom died. Time passes, but this grief continues.

I got a Philadelphia library card, and now I’m ready to take the city by storm.

I’m now at the airport to take a red-eye to the East Coast. When I land in Philadelphia tomorrow, I’m going to get my apartment keys and start setting up my little life in a brand new city. A new chapter in my life starts tomorrow.

Because the Deaf community is extremely funny politicians definitely cannot count on a loving and complimentary sign name like this one—it really demonstrates people’s genuine enthusiasm

THEY 👏🏻 HAVE 👏🏻 BEEN 👏🏻 ADMINSTERED 👏🏻

I have booked my COVID and flu vaccines. 😤

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

I didn’t think I would be asked to read at my alma mater only six years after graduation, but life thought otherwise. Portland folks, see you in October!

My new standard reply to weird macho guys: "You can come to Buffalo Wild Wings but don't say stuff like that."

I am always excited to read a new @rossshowalter.com story and having this pop up in my feed first thing this morning was exactly what I needed.

Wonderful fiction by @rossshowalter.com!

ICYMI:

New story! I wrote (yet again) about ASL students, romantic relationships, and the uncertainty that arises when someone starts to learn a language after meeting you. I'm grateful to @rrrubenstein.bsky.social and @theoffingmag.bsky.social for giving it space.

I just put down a deposit for a little apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dreams do come true.

I am on the precipice of actually moving and making my dreams a reality, and I am so, so excited.

Maintaining your dream in a late-stage capitalist hellscape is truly an uphill battle.

Two weeks and one month, and I'm so glad I decided to see my friends in faraway places. This summer has been a restorative one.

Nisi Shawl is one of my favorite writers, a queer elder & a BIPOC icon. I hate that the state of publishing is such that the book of their dreams would struggle to find a home, but I love that we as a community can come together to make it happen!! Give/boost as you're able? 🙏 gofund.me/3a52097a

I’m not saying that everything is fine but I am taking the seven uninterrupted hours of sleep as a small win, given that insomnia has been a bedfellow for the past seven months.

When I read a piece like this, I think a lot about how goddamn smart Andrea Long Chu is, but I also think a lot about criticism and jobs and how few publications seem to value or even understand the considerable amount of time this kind of work takes.

He recognizes the importance of libraries. 🥵

I accidentally put my film camera through the TSA scanner (I know) and the scanner fucked up half my photos—and created this uncanny effect on a simple snapshot of Elliott Bay, in Seattle.

LMAOOOOO I would absolutely love to watch AI try to translate English into American Sign Language. They’ll never get to that level.