Thrilled to be doing an event with @AndrewPorter01 @kramerbooks in DC on July 18 at 7p! kramers.com/events/29667...

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And read the essay. Such sensory descriptions - and more. “How to Eat Pitanga” by @kfergusonwrites.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/how-to-eat-p...

So happy to have the opportunity to talk to SmokeLong about the birth of my @tinymolecules.bsky.social essay “How to Eat Pitanga,” in the @smokelong.bsky.social workshop and about getting and giving feedback! Read the interview here: www.smokelong.com/an-interview...

Some of the shortest pieces I've ever read hit the hardest. Take for instance, "The Non-Denominational Government Exorcist Makes His Rounds" by H. A. Eugene. Or as I like to call it, the literary version of Bruce Lee's One Inch Punch. Check it out on 6/29!

It’s the official publication day for Underwater!!!! Thank you to @wordperv.bsky.social and @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social for making my little-girl-poet dreams come true at 52 and for being the absolute sweetest publisher, sending this gorgeous bouquet to celebrate!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

🎉🎊 Congratulations!!! 🎉🎊

sometimes you’re reading a novel and a set of lines perfectly encapsulates something you have felt and never articulated. my favorite thing about reading.

once had a friend tell me she took a book to bar and was disappointed when no man used it as an opportunity to make conversation and I had to break it to her that she is insufficiently online and that this is a trope people are warned to avoid 😂

turns out I just needed something new to procrastinate on to become very efficient in this totally disparate area of my life 🙌

We offer a fellowship for BIPOC writers to attend a two-week residency at Mineral Arts & Residencies. Applications due May 15. WelcomeToMars.submittable.com

JAKE wants to read your writing! We think. There's a two percent chance that he said "eat" instead of "read", but we're pretty sure we heard right. jakethemag.com/guidelines/

I promise to stop talking about this today (there are obviously far bigger things happening) but I did want to call out that these books are all from small/university presses. In a lit world where it’s really hard to break a collection out, I’m grateful for the attention to small-press books!

New Writer Beware blog post: A look at what the US Copyright Office has determined is copyrightable for creators who use generative AI in their work writerbeware.blog/2025/04/04/g...

Aaaa what a gorgeous cover!!! Congratulations @ladiwoods.bsky.social!!! Can’t wait to read!!

oh my heart! “and you were so hungry for the Care Bear pencil prize and you felt as small as an ant and air scratched at your throat and you tried and you cracked and your voice came out like a butterfly song” the stunning language and emotion in this piece by @amymarques.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 gorgeous!

Enjoyed the latest Together, Alone by @gbullard.bsky.social! I don’t often watch movies (on planes or off), so when I watch one on a flight it tends to be one I’ve wanted to see. My latest: Ex Machina, Bohemiam Rhapsody, Cidade de Deus, & A Star is Born. www.watchingtogetheralone.com/p/a-few-thou...

new new: "The Patchwork Child," by Allison Wyss: wigleaf.com

Been doing my best to stay off social media but went to review polling data from the only source I trust and finally found this: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... This is a travesty. FiveThirtyEight was the best political news source and nothing in the current landscape can replace it.

Congratulations to our workshop participants whose work was published in February (or thereabouts)! We're thrilled for you! www.smokelong.com/smokelong-wo...

Today's interview with a SmokeLong Workshop Prize long-listee features Ann Yuan, whose TWO longlisted stories, “Namo Amituofo”, published in Five on the Fifth, and “How to Write a Story on Skin”, MoonPark Review, were written in the SmokeLong Summer 2023 workshop: www.smokelong.com/an-interview...

Thrilled to have a new little story in this issue!

R. H. Booker’s piece is a treeat to read jakethemag.com/the-hopefuls/

if you are planning an awp reading and need an extra me and my galley are cute and ready to perform for you

“I probably should have told you the truth. I should have told you that I don’t have calendars or clocks in my apartment. I should have told you that I count in loops backwards from 60 when I start to panic.” Gorgeous writing by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social

Excited to be reading at the 804 Lit Salon this weekend!! If you’re in or around DC you should come!

excellent advice ♥️

This little guy comes out tomorrow…unreal.

“You realize how much of your body you’ve never touched with intention: the satiny inside of your arms, your knuckles’ bony hills– Why did you never notice how irregular they are?” wonderful story from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social!!

Hi new followers! I have a novel out in paperback just FYI! Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The Washington Post, A Noteworthy Book Harper's Bazaar, A Best New Book of 2023

Be on the lookout for scam emails from someone pretending to be with AWP asking for money. I just got my fourth one.

😱🤩🤩 Look at this cover! so excited for this book!!

Did u know that @jmwwjournal.bsky.social is open for flash fiction submissions until Saturday, February 15 at 11pm? And that if you send in a story under 1500 words, I will read it? jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/

We're now accepting submissions for our next Open Issue There's no theme, so please send us your best stories, essays, and poems. We're excited to read what you've been working on! Submit by March 15 at ironhorse.submittable.com

Exciting things are brewing at @triquarterlymag.bsky.social, and we're on the hunt for astute new Fiction readers. Apply to join our team, or DM me if you have any questions! It feels good to be a part of something beautiful and communal right now. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It took me years to write about this. Anger, shame, and regret prevented me from sharing it. I’m tired of the silence. Thank you for reading. 💜 www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-r...

We’re finally here! Give us a like and a follow and help us find our friends!

Wrote about the five minute exercise for consuming art 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/the-fifth-...

LOUISIANA PEOPLE! I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary. He’s a swing vote! It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls. He’s a vote that can be flipped: - he’s a doctor - pro-vaccine🧵

The list from Best Microfiction is live! Congrats, @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social on having your piece from WRR selected! www.bestmicrofiction.com

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Hear from four best-selling medical writers about ethical dilemmas they face and how they use writing to dig deeper into considerations about these issues. 🩺✏️ Join us TOMORROW (online!) for The Book Doctors Are In! www.tickettailor.com/events/belle... @danielleofri.bsky.social @choo.bsky.social

Don't beat yourself up about how long you've been away from your writing practice. The important thing is to go back. Tonight, why not read the last pages you wrote?

“I say to George, quickly and quietly, “I’m going to announce it, George,” and he says, “Announce what?” and passes David in the doorway.” I really enjoyed this story Emily!

PSA for writers: if a publisher dangles a contract offer but first wants to know how many of your own books you plan to buy...your answer will 100% determine whether you actually get the contract. Along w/ things like not paying royalties till production costs recouped, this is stealth vanity pub

Love to hear this! Attn small press poets…

fascinating

great ideas here for doing something productive

There is a short story I’ve reread several times and thought about probably hundreds of times since I first read it last year. I just pulled it up again the other day and considered writing the author to tell her how much her story has stuck with me. I think I’ll do that.