BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

This is SUCH great news!! Huzzah @jenbenka.bsky.social, Mellon, and all the other organizations involved in this venture! We appreciate you all so much. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Without further ado, here are our wonderful nominations for the 2026 Pushcart Prize! ❤️ 👏 buff.ly/r1wftay

have you read any good nonfiction/“hybrid” chapbooks lately? i want to teach chapbooks in my spring course and some of the ones i like are out of print. these things have a short life and i want to expose students to the current landscape :)

feeding a goat was a good part of today

I am sure it is hard on parents. But you have no idea what it means to many of us to see your babies and a pumpkin.

love the pacing of this essay so much. everyone should read it, i felt grateful that editing it meant reading it a number of times.

the best thing about SLM honestly is that our queue is so diverse in every way i can imagine, aesthetically and in terms of the experiences the writers bring. that is the legacy of a decade of diversity in our readers and editors, of paying contributors, and of having thoughtful communication.

Celebrating the work of our trans and queer contributors today and every day! Check out a few pieces from our archive we hope stay with you beyond the blog. buff.ly/554vznz

Want to learn more about the cover art of our latest issue? You can read all about Valerie Marshall's TAMPERE right here: buff.ly/u4Rnxwg

Kick back, fix yourself a warm drink, and enjoy our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🍁 WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones ART by Valerie Marshall AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti buff.ly/uOXuAsg

i clicked thinking i was about to read about the ethical perils of surrogacy and instead spent 30 horrified minutes learning why silicon valley needs to die

did my last second parent adoption experience today for our fourth kid. it’s been weird each time but today was a level up in weirdness bc my wife was adopting her biological child (i carried and in our state have auto parentage, she does not.) the judge said “i’m sorry you had to come here today.”

"Sitting with the pictures and someone else’s grief, you have to look away." Ella Harrigan's MAL À LA TÊTE grapples with grief, missing buttons, and headaches. Be sure to check out this latest memoir piece from our June Issue: buff.ly/FA8M96J

Ursula Villarreal-Moura on guiding her novel’s protagonist towards a queerer, browner, freer destiny.

Much respect to Sally Rooney. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

it’s me! with an essay from my ~new book~

new favorite shirt dropped

My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

without wading into the content of the current Trans Discourse essay, i just want to say i think academics writing for a general audience should actually quote/cite/gesture towards the things they’re arguing with/against so ppl from outside their discipline can do further thinking and reading.

editing a memoir is so so weird amirite

Some folks have started receiving their preorders of I Wander the Earth, Hungry for Semen, and I’ve loved seeing your photos and messages. Thank you for sharing them with me! If you haven’t picked up a copy yet and would like to, it’s still available through @carrionbloombooks.bsky.social.

Worried my 9yo is about to enter intense slump after tearing through B.B. Alston’s Amari series and Veronica Roth’s Divergent series. Any recs for what she should dig into next?

hi friends, I’m looking for volunteers to read for the Micro department @theoffingmag.bsky.social! no experience needed, but if you love short writing & can spare a few hours a week reading, plz apply/share! plz send a letter of interest & resume to [email protected] hope to hear from you! 🌊✨

I honestly think what these freaks truly get off on is watching women toil (and quite literally labor) endlessly for them in intimate proximity. Saying that as someone who has four children, more than any of my friends.

Using AI to do bullet points makes your news coverage look stupid and grotesque

this is going to be one of the best books of 2026--you're going to laugh, you're going to think, you're going to be so hungry while you read this book Congratulations, Krys!

wrote a food memoir that is also basically about everything else.

another great month editing one perfect essay at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to have a new piece at Split Lip Magazine. splitlipthemag.com/memoir/0525/...

Here it is! Our ✨amazing✨ MAY ISSUE! As always, much love & gratitude to our contributors 🥰 WORDS: John Jodzio, @joshdenslow.bsky.social , @cindyhouse.bsky.social & theoceanisgay.bsky.social ART: Natalie Christensen PLUS: Barrak Alzaid reviews noam keim Start reading now! buff.ly/h13a7FK

this semester i got to design and teach a grad seminar on book length essays. i taught 6 cool books and now “grading” involves reading some moving, weird, inventive, surprising drafts the students cooked up. work is work but honestly often can’t believe i went from the work i used to do to…this.

So, this year I was on 4 thesis committees for MFA students at Minnesota and I want to briefly just put these writers on your radar: @smsukardi.bsky.social, Lily Ryan, Paula Molina Acosta, and Frances Ogamba

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Applications are open for my next Essay Collection Incubator—an intensive 10-session class designed to help you complete & revise a full manuscript. There will be workshops, generative- & revision-focused assignments, & class visits w/ authors, agents, & editors. Apply by 6/4! bit.ly/4iYMEj3

first time bagels. proofing overnight. fingers crossed.

my co-editor, pizza, and i are reading @splitlipthemag.bsky.social subs tonight

writing buds: any intel on residencies that are LESS THAN TWO WEEKS? feel like i need something more than one to two frantic airbnb nights on my possibility horizon, but can’t envision a future where i could ever do anything for two weeks lol

finally

“The majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from well-funded, organised groups and movements long dedicated to curbing access to information and ideas.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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If you're looking for a writing seminar this summer, check out @offassignment.bsky.social 's series on Writing the Body! Guest authors include SLM contributor @christinajcooke.bsky.social and memoir editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social , so you know it'll be great. Learn more here: buff.ly/hddFGSi

Hey Split Lip FAM, do you have a newsletter? We want to hear about it!

HIM from The Powerpuff girls would sure make a mean oat milk vanilla latte. buff.ly/Fxqbep0

you should read trans books year round but if you feel compelled to open your wallet today, here are a few nonfiction books to check out

✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're excited to share the jacket for @daveydavis.bsky.social's forthcoming novel CASANOVA 20: Or, Hot World, designed by Victoria Maxfield with art direction by @nicolecaputo.bsky.social! CASANOVA 20 hits bookstores officially on 12/2, but is available to preorder now! 📚

Our fearless Memoir Editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social cradling the AWP candy on his way into the book fair! WE HAVE FREE SNACKS at T316!

Memoir Editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social and memoir contributor @geetha-iyer.bsky.social at #AWP25! It's always exciting to see the amazing authors whose work we published! Here's "Money" in our archives: buff.ly/AdlGfgA

We are living through such a scary, awful time. It is important to feel the joy sometimes. We are SO LUCKY to have this literary community. It means so much to see the happiness in these photos! Wish I could be there to hug everyone!