New story in South Dakota Review 60.2

"The health of a society can often be measured by the freedom of its books. Every society that has tried to control its people has started by controlling its books. And every society that has expanded freedom has done the opposite—it has expanded access to books." -Julie Finch tinyurl.com/yk2zp3f5

On this fabulous Monday, we are featuring two Issue 32 poems by Wendy BooydeGraaff! @onlybooyskies.bsky.social Read her poems in Issue 32 today: rowanglassworks.org #GWIssue32 #WritingKicksGlass #LitMag #Poetry #AmWriting

Thank you @rowanglassworks.bsky.social for this beautiful contributor copy

Excited to have a poem in this beautiful issue!

Excited to receive a contributor copy of Alaska Quarterly Review— thank you AQR and editor Ronald Spatz

Looking forward to this issue, and happy to have a poem included!

“Reviewing means evaluating, weighing, considering, judging—carefully, of course, and with an eye toward clarity and beauty…an important part of engaging in democracy,” Emily Greenhouse, the current editor of the New York Review of Books, told me” "reviewnaissance" www.cjr.org/feature/insi...

Love this poem in swamp pink by Benjamin Niespodziany swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/art...

Love this poem by Anna Egeland in @stonecoastreview.bsky.social stonecoastreview.org/i24poetry/my...

You can support libraries today at action.everylibrary.org

Looking for a way to support climate science in these uncertain times? Climate.us is building our science panel. Use our QR code to sign up! #ClimateForUs

Americans already think like entrepreneurs. Almost half say they’ve had a specific idea for an entrepreneurial venture in the past year or see opportunities in the economy for such ideas. But they’re unsure how to proceed — only 35 percent would know where to go for help.

Poem up today at Sinking City sinkingcity.as.miami.edu/back-to-gene...

Poem for kids up at The Dirigible Balloon #kidlit dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Cat-Wat...

"...and if your worldview can be undone by a book, then I think that I understand why you’re concerned, but I also think the problem might not be with the book, but instead with the worldview." -John Green A very good and informative interview

Beautiful online issue by @newohioreview.bsky.social with art everywhere newohioreview.org

Mark your calendars—"pay what you can" pricing returns for the holidays! Gift yourself or a loved one a 1-year NER subscription for as low as $7—or, if you can, pay it forward! Print "pay what you can" pricing is only valid on 12/4/25. E-book "pay what you can" pricing is only valid on 12/5/25.

Another fabulous episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

We're proud to share: The Citron Review: PM Edition, celebrating that special time of year when our Poetry and Micros require a little extra space, a little extra time and a little extra attention. citronreview.com In our PM Edition, dear Citron readers and writers, let's be a little extra together.

An extra issue from @thecitronreview.bsky.social (thanks for including my poem) b/c "In 2025 so much good work came our way, the queue was the largest we’ve ever seen. How could we not share this abundance with you?"- Angela M. Brommel, PM Edition citronreview.com

And another one at Cathexis Northwest Press www.cathexisnorthwestpress.com/nov-dec-2025

New poem up in The Fourth Rivers's Tributaries www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...

Excellent interview lithub.com/the-epiphany...

A Booker prize for #KidLit! open.substack.com/pub/thebooke...

Informative episode with #kidlit author Tricia Springstubb podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Amazing essay by Donald Quist in @agnimagazine.bsky.social agnionline.bu.edu/essay/stone-...

Has your library banned Banned Books Week events/displays this year? I want to hear about it. I had thought I'd get 2-3 responses but, y'all, we're at over 20 at this point. All anonymous. It will be used for a story in the near future. Survey closes 10/17. docs.google.com/forms/d/1n65...

Our upcoming Issue 60 marks the end of an era: Salamander is parting ways with Suffolk University after two decades. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take a hiatus from reading new submissions during the 2025-2026 reading period, and stay connected with us for updates. 🦎❤️

Receive this lovely gem in the mail today! Thank you @giganticsequins.bsky.social including my flash fiction within your beautiful pages

7 spaces still available with @shadras.bsky.social for the Critique Carousel www.scbwi.org/events/criti... #kidlit #Picturebooks #illustration #kidlitart

9 spaces still available with @loveleemonicaa.bsky.social for the Critique Carousel www.scbwi.org/events/criti... #middlegrade #YA #kidlit #Picturebooks #illustration #novel-in-verse

10 spaces still available with @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social for the Critique Carousel www.scbwi.org/events/criti... #middlegrade #YA #kidlit

Issue 32 is LIVE NOW! We can’t get over this amazing lineup! Mikki Aronoff Amy Bates Andrew Bertaina Andy Bodinger Wendy BooydeGraaff Claire Breslow Chelsea Hanna Cohen Elina Kumra Tali Libenstein Elaine Maguire O’Connor Cheryl Pappas Fergus Sinnott Francine Witte Elena Zhang leonliteraryreview.com

Excellent interview with @cincinnatireview.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Love it when poems reference #kidlit such as this one by Emily Dressler in @okaydonkeymag.com okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/12/p...

"placing unfinished or untested writing in front of the eyes of other experienced and respected writers actually takes courage...takes trust to believe, never mind accept, another writer’s critique of one’s own work. We’re all such guardians of our words." -Beverly Gologorsky shorturl.at/0Oe0Z

Happy to see my very short fiction "Laconic" up @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social -- a beautiful issue! leonliteraryreview.com

I love this one so much

Don’t let them take your books! - www.bookbanpetition.us

Look at this beautiful cover!

I’m Going to Cover My Heart and Open My Mouth blackbird.vcu.edu/im-going-to-... Beautiful poem by Adam Grabowski in Blackbird

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

“you cannot control the response to your work, and so you must weather the criticism, the rejection, and even the praise, and just keep on with the writing” thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Excellent episode connecting us to nature—“nothing is single in this universe“ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

I've got an ask, but please only respond if you can answer it as I'm asking. I'd love to look at *zines* that target *teen readers*. They can be written by teens or adults, and I need to either access them online or find 'em via libraries. Any topic is cool. But ZINES for TEENS is the ask.

This week's featured story in our summer flash fiction series is "On the Corner of Eastern Avenue and Emerald" by @onlybooyskies.bsky.social‬. necessaryfiction.com/stories/on-t...

Republicans want to make 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale to housing developers — including lots of national forests that, if you live in the West, you probably know and love. @grist.org grist.org/politics/pub...

Check out this beautiful issue -- thoughtful and gorgeous

Poems up today at Novus Literary novusliterary.com/faith-in-fly...