if you want to escape from all the things just for a few moments, read this new story by Elizabeth Bull—it’s so weird and lovely and funny and moving. i’d just woken up from a nap when i read it, and felt that dream-world shift into hers… atlengthmag.com?fbclid=IwdGR...

WRITERS! i’m leading an 8-week intermediate-advanced fiction workshop next month—so if you have a novel, stories, or work of autofiction you’d like to propel or revise, ‘tis the season to get serious! 4 days left for early registration, see link in bio💫

such fun chatting with @allysonnoman.bsky.social while she pulled some timely tarot cards!✨✨✨ check out our convo & follow her stack! open.substack.com/pub/allysonn...

Starting September 1st, the Associated Press will no longer release their standardized, stand-alone reviews for new books.

looking for edinburgh & glasgow recs: i'll be there end-aug thru end-sept, with a writing rez in between. art, book stores, restaurants, coffee shops, thrifting, flea markets, cemeteries, parks, pubs (peaty scotch!🥃), weird random poke-abouts—throw 'em at me please!🙏

An update: We still have no rep in Congress (same with two other Dem-held districts in GOP states) & instead of an election the Governor is holding a special legislative session to redraw the districts. The proposed map will give the GOP 5 additional seats. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

Tae Heung Kim, 40: - Lived in US since he was 5 - Has green card - Getting PhD at Texas A&M - Researching vaccine for Lyme disease - Has 1 minor pot charge from 2011, since sealed Also: Detained incommunicado by DHS after returning from wedding in Korea www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

i’ve taught this generative workshop in person & now i’m psyched to lead a virtual version this fall w/ @writingco-lab.bsky.social ! october 18th, 12-2pm ET, $65, enroll here: www.writingco-lab.com/classes/pros...

and if you’re in louisiana like me 📞

if these are your reps, pls call and put pressure on them to vote against this terrible budget bill!👇 (“202) 225-3121

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new orleans, here's some info about the “NO KINGS NOLA” march tomorrow- sign up now to join me! (or go to nokings.org to find a protest in your city): www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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can’t wait to read REPEAT AS NEEDED!!!

an illuminating day at the #deepsouthconvening conference. came away so proud to be a part of this region—don’t underestimate the talent & tenacity of southern writers! also great to reunite w @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & finally meet @emmabolden.bsky.social—plus a 🌈🌈 driving back!

hey writers: i’m psyched to be a part of this online literary summer camp organized by @writingco-lab.bsky.social — just lookit the lineup! i’ll be part of a panel discussing how to maintain a lifelong writing practice on 7/23 from 8-9pm ET. link to register for this & other panels/classes in bio

new orleans! next sat (4/19 at 4pm) i’ll be in conversation w/ author michele t. berger to discuss her speculative story collection, DOLL SEED—focusing on the role of writers, esp WOC, in challenging patriarchal narratives. link in bio for dtls & to register. hope to see you there!

a solid & peaceful crowd today in new orleans…had to update an old sign from 2018 & couldn’t help but shake my head that here we are again, only worse. let this be the start of a turning tide 🌊🤞

re-upping this course thru writers.com — now extended to 6 weeks! we’ll discuss texts by joe brainerd, tobias wolff, elizabeth hardwick, rachel cusk, laurie stone, delmore schwartz, and lucia berlin, using them toward weekly writing prompts. link to register in bio.

thanks @ttbrader.bsky.social for my copy of your beautiful book! it’s available to order: bellepointpress.com/products/sec...

billy joel’s “piano man” makes me HOMICIDAL

I had legit completely forgotten this.

excited to lead this craft session, PROSE FROM IMAGERY, this coming thursday 3/27 at 3pm—if you’re in nola, come see me & please spread the word! ✍️ #twfest25 #twfestnola #twfest

some helpful links to fight against authors’ works—mine included—being used to train AI without our consent: Here is the checker AND an update from Authors Guild with steps to take. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

this is absolutely insane and heartbreaking—pls keep calling your reps to demand his release!

If you can’t reach Schumer or Gillibrand by phone, get your 1980s on and send them a free fax. faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

If you know anyone in OR, WA, ID, etc., who is interested in adopting pets, @pawspendletonor.bsky.social is so full! This is our volunteer Dylan, giving some extra love to a puppy who was found abandoned w/ two brothers on Hwy 11. I have a FULL shelter of animals 💔 #dogs Please RT.

it’s the 1-year birthday of UPCOUNTRY’s audiobook, and dreamscape is offering a 70%(!) promotional discount until april 2nd—so if you’ve been curious @ the book but have been too busy to read, try listening instead! 😀 check out the link below & in bio www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

this has been such a great course to lead!—but after this spring, i’m taking a hiatus until the fall. so if your sensibilities as a writer lean toward the complex & disturbing, now is the time to check it out!

i wrote some thots @ sustaining sanity & creativity in these maddening times—read the link in bio & sign up for the newsletter, 100 days of creative resistance, to access the archives. thks @writingco-lab.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute!

NOLA writers! i’m leading a 9-wk/in-person fiction workshop starting 3/17, 6-8pm. open to all genres, emphasizing craft & character-driven prose. best for those w/ some workshop or writing experience, & stories or novel sections ready to submit. link in bio to register & for more info.

#SmallPress #books 14/14 @uwpbooks.bsky.social @scribblepost.bsky.social @unnamedpress.bsky.social #novel #pedagogy #teaching

PSA: this is a useful tool that organizes urgent calls to action (even w/i your state), providing scripts and phone numbers to contact your representatives. this is the newsletter but you can also download the "5 calls" app on your phone! it makes everything so much easier. buttondown.com/5calls

aw, my darlin darling @allysonnoman.bsky.social is here🩵 lovers of ✍️ & 🍷 , take note!

Really excited to see how many applications are coming in. We will also have representatives present from @macdowell1907.bsky.social, South Arts, and many other funders. Speakers include @crystalwilki.bsky.social Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Paul Reyes and others. More at the website below!

I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

Daily #SmallPress #book: Upcountry by @scribblepost.bsky.social (@unnamedpress.bsky.social): A middle-class ex-Manhattanite, a cash-strapped single mother & a young member of an obscure sect become entangled in a Catskills town. www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/... 💙📚 #BookSky #reading #fiction 📚🌍

laurie’s stack makes me remember all the weird joyful reasons to stay alive—it has been balm in these times

just got this in the mail: maggie su’s debut novel @ a woman who tries to turn a sentient blob into the perfect boyfriend (lol, some might relate) is getting all the raves, deservedly so—& lookit this cover!🔥

still 2 spots left, come and get ‘em!👇

We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

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ffs…david lynch😢 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

some informative debunking @ rumors re: incarcerated firefighters