Megan Stielstra
@meganstielstra.bsky.social
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writer, editor, teacher, axe-thrower đȘ meganstielstra.com
We're going to imagine what it can be.
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In 10 Years Chicago Will...
We invite Chicago Writers (Natalie Moore, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jose Olivarez and Megan Steilstra) to imagine a just Chicago future.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-10-years-chicago-will-tickets-1983395500333?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Johanna Winant
9 days ago
Iâm so happy to be part of this
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Alexandra Skores
11 days ago
Scoop: 13 US airports will see ICE agents at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints on Monday, a source with knowledge of the plans told CNN.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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I love Blair's work so much.
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Anne Trubek
16 days ago
lighting the bat signal for my summer book proposal course âïž
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How To Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal, July 6-17
In this course, I will walk you through a series of short assignments to help you focus your idea and teach you the basics of non-fiction trade...
https://thinkingwriter.bigcartel.com/product/how-to-write-a-book-proposal-july2026
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Every Film Now
19 days ago
The full performance of âI Lied To Youâ from âSINNERSâ at the 98th Oscars.
#Sinners
#Oscars2026
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I'm giving an online talk next week on writing the body for The OpEd Project. I love their work. They're trying to change who writes history.
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Injustice Watch
about 1 month ago
Hereâs a map of locations where you can pick up a copy of our Cook County judicial election guide. New locations are being added through the end of this week!
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
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erin mccann
about 1 month ago
The most valuable outlets in the world going forward are going to be the ones that try to help people understand the world weâre all living in.
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"This is why we try."
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When certain books hit at the right time
Feeling some feelings outside toddler ballet
https://woowoowriting.substack.com/p/when-certain-books-hit-at-the-right
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I love
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tamara nopper
about 1 month ago
In a conversation between June Jordan and Angela Y. Davis, published in 1990, Jordan said she was concerned about how much despair there is cuz people often take it out on themselves. She said she wanted a return to rage, where itâs taken out on the system.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein đ
about 1 month ago
I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval â both
congresscalllist.com
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Congress Call List - Contact Your Representatives
Complete contact information for all members of Congress. Find phone numbers, emails, and addresses for Senators and Representatives.
https://congresscalllist.com/
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Aubrey Hirsch
about 2 months ago
The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why thatâs bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)!
aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act
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We can write about it.
offassignment.com/writing-rage
about 2 months ago
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. Weâll let the childrenâs words speak for themselves. đ§”
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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UWâMadison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UWâMadison history professor Jorell MelĂ©ndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album âDeBĂ TiRAR MĂĄS FOToS.â
https://news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad-bunny-needed-a-puerto-rican-history-scholar-uw-madison-had-just-the-one/
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OlĂșfáșčÌmi O. TĂĄĂwĂČ
about 2 months ago
"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
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Ana Marie Cox
2 months ago
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isnât just peaceful, itâs INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who wonât be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols donât turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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LegalEagle
2 months ago
Alex Prettiâs last words were âare you ok?â said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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Razzball
2 months ago
Minnesota is the best of us.
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âOur children are traumatized... After our fourth student was taken yesterday, I just thought someone has to hear the story. Theyâre taking children.â
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
2 months ago
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn
2 months ago
Hereâs Wunmi Mosaku (who im over the moon got nominated for supporting actress for Sinners) talking about how playing Annie and this film changed her
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Prisonculture
3 months ago
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
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Rep. Lauren Underwood
3 months ago
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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Sarah Jane Cervenak
3 months ago
â& so to tenderness, I add my action.ââAracelis Girmay
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Madeleine Vasaly
3 months ago
Minneapolis.
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unraveled
3 months ago
In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.
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Zinn Education Project
3 months ago
In light of illegal actions by the U.S. gov't in Venezuela, we highlight a few teaching resources, starting with the classic "people's history" of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." đ§”
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Book â Non-fiction. By Eduardo Galeano. 1997. 360 pages. Gripping history of the land and people of Latin America.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/open-veins-of-latin-america
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We're celebrating
@volumesbooks.bsky.social
in their final weeks as a beloved home for readers and writers in our city. Come join us, Chicago.
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Puff the Magic Hater
3 months ago
May we all move with fierce love and solidarity in 2026. It's been a brutal year, but I am entering 2026 with more hope than I had at the end of 2024, because the people of my city gave me that hope. I love you, Chicago.
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Charlotte Clymer
3 months ago
Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldnât be happening to me, to my family.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/a-battle-with-my-blood
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Heather Cherone
3 months ago
FULL STORY: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.
@wttw.bsky.social
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Supreme Court Upholds Block of Trumpâs National Guard Deployment in the Chicago Area, For Now
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.
https://to.wttw.com/3LhQkSb
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If you are working on a book proposal, you want
@atrubek.bsky.social
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How To Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal January 5-15 2026
In this course, you will learn the basics of non-fiction trade book proposals, receive feedback on your proposals and queries, and become part of a...
https://thinkingwriter.bigcartel.com/product/how-to-write-a-book-proposal-january26
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Bear County, Michigan, by the incredible Midwest writer John Counts. My first acquisition for TriQuarterly, longlisted for a PEN. Letâs go, Midwest!
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4 months ago
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From Rob Reinerâs foreword to A Directorâs Handbook by Viola Spolin.
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now đ„đ„đ„
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dan sinker
4 months ago
Helicopters everywhere.
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Leor Galil
4 months ago
Great guide for how city alders have responded to ICE
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Where Does Your Alderperson Stand On ICE? We Checked All 50
City Bureau chronicled and categorized Chicago alderpeople's actions and statements regarding protection for immigrant communities and the actions of federal agents in the city.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/where-does-your-alderperson-stand-on-ice-we-checked-all-50/
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sarah jeong
4 months ago
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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MacKenzie Scott on giving.
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Chicago Sun-Times
4 months ago
Quilen Blackwell says he will use the $100,000 prize to expand his nonprofit Chicago Eco House, which grows flowers on previously vacant South and West side lots, and Southside Blooms, an Englewood flower shop.
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South Side flower shop owner named CNN's Hero of the Year
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/08/quilen-blackwell-cnn-hero-eco-house-southside-blooms?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=2025120869371a941af8be57003696f7
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Tim Onion
4 months ago
Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at
theonion.com/fellowship
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Fellowship
https://theonion.com/fellowship
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Prisonculture
4 months ago
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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Alan White
4 months ago
Amazing letter in The Times (also an unbelievable play fwiw)
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Gabe OrtĂz
4 months ago
âThe National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.â
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Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
https://www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-aids-quilt
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4 months ago
I wrote an essay for
@bostonreview.bsky.social
about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-claims-of-close-reading/
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