Woolf: "If I could catch the feeling, I would; the feeling of the singing of the real world, as one is driven by loneliness and silence from the habitable world"

So take a peek at those chats👆 Who knows if 'good writing' is teachable but craft for sure is. Stories by @robroensch.bsky.social @lindspetersberg.bsky.social Rina Olsen Brittany Ackerman 🔥Sign up for (Better Than) MFA-Style Writing Workshops here www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-workshops

Our plans for November are here! 🔥$15 Basic memberships! 🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social! 🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social! And more👇 litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...

Brian Evenson's Windeye: For when you want to feel afraid, and also sad.

I just started Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. An epic novel built of short Chekhov stories. Wonderful.

Read “Seekers” by @robroensch.bsky.social in Issue 21! Get your Copy here: www.storymagazine.org/store/summer...

It's here! Slather on your SPF 75 and open the windows: Issue 21 of Story is available for purchase on our website, and it's about to be your favorite beach read of 2025! Check it out here: www.storymagazine.org/store/summer... #fiction #litmag #newrelease #booksky #writing #reading

I teach freshman writing, and I think acting as the AI police is an opposite of teaching. I wrote a letter to my students that is not "AI bad" but a positive (to the point of cringe) argument about why it is worthwhile to do your own reading and writing. robroensch.medium.com/a-letter-to-...

We are pleased to announce the contributors and their stories for Issue 21 of Story! Including stories by @mirarif.bsky.social, Zoe Ballering, Grace Chao, @angieellis.bsky.social, Scott Garson, Max Kruger-Dull, Molly Patterson, Robert Ren, Andrew Roe, Rob Roensch, and Anthony Varallo.

Feather two steps from the front door

Attn #booksky Looking support small bookstores like ours while reading ebooks? You can now get ebooks from @bookshop-org.bsky.social! You can purchase & read them in your browser (plus read them in their new app)! Check it out: bookshop.org/ebooks And here’s the FAQ: bookshop.org/info/ebooks

Reading Levis's selected again, day by day, and finally got to the wonderful, wandering "Sleeping Lioness," which I wrote an appreciation of at The Rumpus many years ago

Good defense of the short book. Pressure on the narrative, but windows out, too.

For some reason, it has recently become important to write with the green pen.

My novel, In the Morning, The City is the Prairie, has been in the world for a year. Here's a review in the wonderful The New Territory. I'm heartened by this line: "stylistically minimal, but not without its moments of deep intimacy and reflection." I hope minimalism and intimacy aren't opposites.

Teaching Mark Doty's My Alexandria, a favorite book. As a fiction, I don't get to teach whole books of poetry often. A totally different experience. The end of "The Advent Calendars": "Half the windows are open, / half the windows are closed. / There is no single location of miracle."

SO thankful this month and all months for our incredible SLM FAM and their constantly inspiring accomplishments! Congratulations to @christinaberke.bsky.social @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @robroensch.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social @annablabs.bsky.social & many many more! buff.ly/485QqSP

Love these monsters.

Hello SEPTEMBER ISSUE!! ✨ Check out all this magic ✨ WORDS by Emily Costa, Moisés Delgado, Elizabeth Koster & Stephanie Kaylor ART by Michael Young PLUS our own Maureen Langloss interviews Kate Doyle & Daniel Garcia reviews Taneum Bambrick buff.ly/2Z36noR

Here's the cover of my new novel, In the Morning, the City is the Prairie, coming in November from @bellepointpress.bsky.social ! The cover features a beautiful original piece by Chad Reynolds--https://www.typewriterart.com. Pre-orders just opened: bellepointpress.com/products/in-...

AI can make something that is effective, but it can't make something that is beautiful. That is the test.

My favorite (so far) from the @bellepointpress.bsky.social anthology of sonnets from the Mid-South

It is so useful and cool to carry a pen in your shirt pocket that it is worth the risk of leaking ink. #brave

The font work here is quite pleasant. Slightly more solid. This doesn’t make sense but it’s also like doing homework in middle school, in a good way.

If you’re looking for more Belle Point Press authors to follow, here are some! @robroensch.bsky.social @skbarnidge.bsky.social @jasonpmyers.bsky.social