Thrilled to be published in the wonderful @fictivedream.bsky.social -- such an honor. Thank you for reading! (This is fiction but based on an actual event when I worked at a department store years ago) bsky.app/profile/fict...

Looking forward to it, Liz. Thank you @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity

Just watched the recording of an amazing @taniahershman.bsky.social workshop "The Art of the Swerve" and once again Tania has made me write something completely bonkers and weird which I am about to inflict upon unsuspecting editors (please blame Tania!) Thank you, Tania! Love your workshops!

Thank you, @welkinprize.bsky.social and @mattkendrick.bsky.social for this honour!

SO HAPPY to be nominated for Best of the Net by the wonderful Fictive Dream!

I’m adapting my debut novel My Name is Leon for the stage. It will be on in 2027 - can’t wait but alot to do before then. Chuffed.

We want YOU to help us register thousands of New Yorkers to vote by redesigning the iconic I VOTED sticker. But you need to move fast. Submit your design by Friday at 6pm - and get ready to pick a winner this weekend. zohranfornyc.com/stickittotheman

I start on Monday 😊

"I hope people understand that the grieving process is lonely, but that nobody is alone in it." In her new book, Ashley M. Jones, Alabama's poet laureate, builds a monument for the state, her late father, and Black people in America.

Lots of people angry that I’m saying everyone should serve in the military could maybe read the op-ed and see I’m not.

Tell three writers how much their work means to you.

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...

It wasn't easy, but here are our nominations for Best of the Net 2026!

Will you supply books to police stations? 👮🏾📚 Give a Book supplies London police stations with specifically selected books for detainees to read whilst they are being held and to keep when they leave. Leave a legacy: giveabook.org.uk/support-us/l... @rememberacharity.bsky.social #WillYou

Check your public television schedules. “Becoming Thurgood” will air multiple times this week and throughout the month. Catch it!

Read this, by @jamellebouie.net. These are the stakes. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

WATCH: Tonight on public television across the nation, the premiere of the new documentary “Becoming Thurgood.” It’s so good. Check your PBS and public television schedules. It is part of #HBCUWeek on PBS.

I just learned it was Yamiche. They let him talk to her that way again.

We can't just say what we're against, we have to say what we're for.   With the funding deadline approaching, we must fight for the programs Americans need most.

National Dems send endless emails begging for money but almost never organize people for real action. Mamdani is now doing the opposite. Telling supporters to close their checkbooks and put on their walking shoes to go talk to their neighbors.

Why did I want to become Governor of Illinois? I wanted to help people.

That said, new issue goes up in 2 days, we're excited as always. 15 years we've been at this! The first few were hard and that seems typical. We got through them via friends. You'll like it, we promise. #61, 7 September.

Very cool! Congrats @pdforan.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Interested in novellas-in-flash? This is such a great book club run by the lovely @laurabesley.bsky.social - fun, informative and friendly

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read! “I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

My statement on @nadler.house.gov’s decision not to seek re-election next year.

“.. the company said it didn’t have the data. .. Tesla later said in court that it had the data on its own servers all along.” 🤡 @washingtonpost.com $TSLA www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Today in celebration of the #FlashFictionFamily I'm shouting out @laurabesley.bsky.social who's been such a support to me over the past few years and is the loveliest human being. Everyone should be following her on here and reading her work (because she's brilliant)!!!

Morning Crone She gathers daybreak In her cup of tea Stirs in honey For the thoughts of sentient beings Whispers blessings to all Who deserve hope Holds back tears Out on the street #vss365

I've got lots of exciting workshops coming up before the end of the year. "I Hear Voices" next week. Then, my autumn workshop series which is "Story Shapes", "Emotional Depths" & "Funny Bones." Really enjoying teaching/facilitating these live sessions. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops

Delighted to be part of @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions 2025 💫✨ Huge thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for including me among such a stellar group! 🙏🙏🙏

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 2nd!

We're feat. six first rate #microfictions on the theme of "Second Chances." If you missed them yesterday, here's another chance to read Part 2 from @chriscottom.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social and Salvatore Difalco. Just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

What's the word for the days when summer and autumn dance?

Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away. By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...

I don’t hear “Democrats” using these terms. Pelosi? Jeffries? Clyburn? Schiff? Swallwell? Waters? If you mean liberals then provide the alternative word that would be clearer. Or is it that you don’t think the concepts are real? Patriarchy is a thing. If there’s a better word, let’s hear it.

Summer of 1889: Inspired by the match girl's strike in the previous year, London's tailors and dockworkers join together in a general strike. The tailors demanded better pay, a 12 hour work day, a limit on overtime, and a 1 hour break for dinner and tea. They eventually won.

Yes. Truly, I’ve answered this a thousand times. The answer is yes, the costs absolutely do outweigh the benefits. To put it the other way so the sentiment matches my meaning: No, innovation is not worth the costs.

I went to @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social yesterday to facilitate a workshop on Poetry and Hope, expecting 6 people to turn up. In the end, 76 wonderful poets came to share their skill. I loved every minute & hope they did too! Many thanks to the wonderful organisers and volunteers.🌿

Inspired today by @hcrichardson.bsky.social I am America. I am the 10th generation of my family of immigrants in America, the 3rrd, and the 5th. Trying to to leave the world better than before. Never elite, always hard working. I refuse to abandon that effort now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT4y...

President Zelenskyy: When Russia raises the issue of security guarantees,I honestly don't know who is threatening them yet.They attacked us, they’re on our land.I don't quite understand what guarantees the aggressor needs.Guarantees of what?

50 pages in and it is superb #WITmonth

“.. said Thomas Graham, a former senior National Security Council official on Russia issues: “It’s quite clear that the president did not understand the complexity of the issues that he faces ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/russia...

THANK YOU for taking us over 500 preorders! How cool 🥹 “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy,” words by myself and illustrated by Lorraine Nam, publishes on February 3, 2026 and… I can’t wait to find it on bookshelves! 😁 tinyurl.com/MychalLorraineBook @randomhousekids.bsky.social

I AM AMERICA! My family has fought in the Rev War and WWII for freedom and democracy. I understand that these freedoms handed down are worth fighting for and not to be taken for granted. America demands our engagement and courage every day out of love. I am America! @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel. Now she's a member of HTC. Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.

I was interviewed by Chris Duffy on the Be a Better Human podcast, and had a lot of fun chatting with him about memory, family, and why I’m not that brave. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...