Thanks for the reposts! @alhanda.bsky.social @masatokanasashi.bsky.social @petercbradbury.bsky.social @caasbrey.bsky.social @mitchellsquid.bsky.social

Thanks for the reposts! @mitchellsquid.bsky.social @masatokanasashi.bsky.social @petercbradbury.bsky.social @cfburton.bsky.social @caasbrey.bsky.social @profiterole-reads.bsky.social @sherryellisauthor.bsky.social @pages-and-pothos.bsky.social

Fourth printing! Thank you for keeping Love on the Line alive and climbing. Haven’t read this Alaskan romance yet? Time to catch up. ❄️📘 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky 💙📚 #books #lgbtq 🌈📚 #reading

Queer books are alive and well despite efforts to ban them! 🙌🏼 lauradehartyoung.com 💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books

Always be thankful for the freedom to read! lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #poetry 💙📚 #poetrycommunity 🌈📚 #books #booklovers #readingcommunity

This Thanksgiving, skip the family drama (well most of it) and pass around some quiet, queer heartbreak instead. 🦃🥧🍂😁 Books to read after turkey and pie. lauradehartyoung.com #books #queerbooks #lgbtq #poetry 🌈📚 #booksky 💙📚 #booklovers #poetrylovers #reading

🎃🕸️ No tricks—just burnt toast and tender truths.🍞✨ Burnt Toast and Benedictions — my new poetry chapbook published by Bottlecap Press. Link to purchase: lauradehartyoung.com 💙📚 #booksky #lgbtq 🌈📚 #poetry #poetrycommunity #readersofbluesky #books #reading

Just burnt toast and tender truths. My new poetry chapbook is out now. 🌐 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity 💙📚 #queerauthors #lgbtq 🌈📚 #readers #books

Thank to everyone who’s supported my new chapbook Burnt Toast and Benedictions! 💛 If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, please check it out. 💙📚 #poet #poetry 🌈📚 #booksky #books BURNT TOAST AND BENEDICTIONS — available from Bottlecap Press. bottlecap.press/collections/... Or lauradehartyoung.com

I'm so excited to announce my brand new chapbook with Bottlecap Press! Burnt Toast and Benedictions is a chapbook about quiet love and the stubborn tenderness it takes to stay. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry #books 🌈📚 #queerbooks 📚👀 From Bottlecap Press bottlecap.press/collections/...

It’s here! My new poetry chapbook Burnt Toast and Benedictions is now live from @BottlecapPress. Ten poems about burnt toast, dead flies in beer and the strange holiness of domestic life—grief and humor, love and rupture, all in the same room. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry 📖 bottlecap.press/products/bur...

Just published in Book of Matches, Issue 15! online.fliphtml5.com/qoqiq/pdvr/#... 🪓 “Heads Up, Paris!” is my ode to the French Revolution—with flying carrots, mini guillotines, and more dark humor even the French would love! #BookOfMatchesLit #PoetryBluesky #booksky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

New poetry coming 9/1 in Book of Matches Literary Magazine. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #readingcommunity #queerwriters #queerpoets #lgbtq bookofmatcheslitmag.com lauradehartyoung.com

It’s Friday! Time to relax! Enjoy an award-winning literary site: The Raven’s Perch, an international literary and visual arts magazine publishing poets and authors daily from around the world. @theravensperch.bsky.social #writers #poets #authors #poetrycommunity theravensperch.com

Read my latest poetry, “Five Feet of You” published by The Raven’s Perch. #Booksky #poetry #booklovers #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #LGBTQ theravensperch.com/five-feet-of...

Don't forget to take your favorite books, short stories, and poetry on summer vacations still to come! 😊📚💙 #booksky #poetry #books #reading #summer #vacation lauradehartyoung.com

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

TrashLight Press is a fun way to spend quiet moments reading loud words-a beautifully curated collection of art, poetry, fiction and more. Check them out. We all need something feral in our lives! trashlightpress.com #poetry #fiction #writers #readers #art @trashlightpress.bsky.social

Today is “Right to Read Day.”Fight censorship and unite against book bans! Support your local library and ala.org. #booksky #reading #readingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #writingcommunity #freedom 💙📚

As Trump tanks the economy, he knows he and his billionaire buddies will be fine no matter what. If you and your family have more to lose, make sure your member of Congress hears from you. www.huffpost.com/entry/financ...

Protect our libraries! April 7 is “Right to Read Day.” Vote no against local book bans and support the American Library Association at ala.org. #booksky #books #reading #readingcommunity #writers #poets 📚💙

Let's hear it for the sandhill crane 🪶🐦 migration happening now on Nebraska’s Platte River - because, well, it's something beautiful to celebrate and we need more beautiful right now. 💙 #nature #sandhillcranes #birds

Wow…

Ukraine is a sovereign nation under attack from an invading adversary. I stand with President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine. #ukraine #freedom

Education is an act of resistance. Reading freely is an act of resistance. #resist #booksky 💙📚 #readersofbluesky #authors #books #reading 🌈📚

BREAKING: Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations  Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.”

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

It’s hard to keep calm these days. A good book always helps. #booksky #books #readersofbluesky #reading 🌈📚 #writersofbluesky 💙📚 #poet #poetrycommunity #poetry

A simple explanation for needing DEI initiatives. 🧐💙

For all the unfair characterizations of women as being subpar “DEI” hires, most of the BEST managers I've ever reported to were women. I can think of TWO highly-qualified Women in particular who aren't convicted felons who would be a TRILLION times better than the buzzard in the Oval Office.

Yes, please. The depression and suicide rates among our underrepresented teens is unacceptable. 🌈💙 #books #booksky #lgbtq 💙📚 #readersofbluesky #reading #bookbans 🌈📚 #teens

No tariffs on books - and always a great choice! 🤓💖 💙📚 #books #bluesky #reading 🌈📚 #readersofbluesky 📚👀 #poetry #poetrycommunity

Free speech means saying 🚫 to book banning! 🧐 #books #booksky 🌈📚 #readersofbluesky 💙📚 #authorsofbluesky #reading #poetry #poetrycommunity

“How sweet is is to be loved by you…” - James Taylor #books #booksky 🌈📚 #lgbtq #readersofbooksky 💙📚 #reading #writersofbooksky

51 days and 8 hours until spring. But whose counting? 😂💙 #booksky #books #reading #readersofbluesky 🌈📚 #authors 💙📚 #spring #poetry #poetrylovers 📚👀

Don't be ordinary - be extraordinary. #books #booksky 🌈📚 #reading #readersofbluesky 💙📚 #poetry #poetrycommunity

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

I aspire to do this every single day. #bluecrew #books #booksky #readersofbluesky 🌈📚 #FBR 💙📚 #Resist

I’m with the banned - literally. 💙🌈📚 #booksky #books #poets #poetry #writersofbluesky #readersofbluesky 🌈📚 #authors 📚👀 💙📚 #reading

Moments of darkness - it’s why we read. #books #booksky 🌈📚 #read #readersofbluesky 💙📚 #poetry #poetrycommunity #writersofbluesky 📚👀

#books #booksky #read 🌈📚 #readersofbluesky 💙📚

🥶 💙📚 #books #booksky #readersofbluesky #read #authors #poetry #poetrycommunity 🌈📚

Trying to stay positive and think about small successes. Third printing for this book. 💙📚 #books #readersofbluesky #booksky #authors 🌈📚 #booklovers #lgbtq 📚👀 lauradehartyoung.com

If I start this journey, I figure it will take exactly four years to finish on foot. Well, I’ll make sure it takes exactly four years! 🤨💙 And I’m packing some good books, too. 💙📚 #walking #takeahike #bluecrew #books #booksky #reading #hiking #vacation

“Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” - Plato 🤓💙 #books #read 💙📚 🌈📚 #readersofbluesky #booksky 📚👀 #poetry #shortstories #libraries