A lovely reflection from @ohcoleman.bsky.social

OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot! Sign it: www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...

My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...

Issue 2 of The Eavesdrop, a quarterly newsletter about process and craft with authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @exrpan.bsky.social and me, is out today! We're discussing VOICE. Sign up here (free!) to get it in your inbox: www.thisistheeavesdrop.com

What Anica said!

21 states made it official this week that they want to steal your First Amendment Rights of free speech away from you. No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves. The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Watching the only Christmas movie that matters

Hey Oregon voters, help make sure the Equal Rights for All campaign gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 2026 ballot! You can sign as an individual, and you can also get trained to gather signatures: www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...

🌈 50 2025 Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈 popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit

So pleased that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is among @multcolib.bsky.social's 2025 Best Fiction Books For Kids & Tweens! Hometown recognition is extra special. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

So many great original drawings: sketches, fan art, character designs and more, all available at our etsy shop, and many of them are on sale, too! helioscopepdx.etsy.com?section_id=6... Go take a look!

What a lovely gift guide from @alwaysherebooks.bsky.social! Check it out on their site: www.alwaysherebooks.com Also, this would be a swell time to become a member and support them year-round: withfriends.co/Always_Here_...

It's not just laws about books that are breaking libraries. Several states have passed property tax reforms–or are in the process of passing them–that are dismantling, destroying, and defunding these public institutions of democracy. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Authors- sign up and do your part!

I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.

Books With Pictures is such an incredible community resource. They need help to keep going: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...

This is one of best comic shops I know of. Help keep it going. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...

Delighted that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is included in this @autostraddle.bsky.social post about recent LGBTQ+ middle grade titles for gift-giving. In excellent company! www.autostraddle.com/10-new-middl...

Excellent interview with @andrewkarre.bsky.social at @penamerica.bsky.social: pen.org/andrew-karre...

See below: I plan to share info from the Oregon State Library and insights from the invaluable work of @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at the First Amendment Forum at Annie Bloom's tonight. (And will also be happy to sign books!)

It was a pleasure and an honor to co-edit this comic by Cee Lavery, "Swapping Genders With My Ex," with Al Benbow for @crucialcomix.bsky.social: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/swappi...

🧵! Seconding & signal-boosting what @anicarissi.bsky.social says:

Here's a theatrical short story about killing the malevolent ghost of Columbus for all who celebrate. @uncannymagazine.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

I often tell students working on their first comic scripts to try a short story with characters and/or settings they already know well; that's what I did with "Me and Edith Head," the story @stevelieberart.bsky.social discusses in this thread.

Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth: Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.

Thanks to everyone who already signed up for The Eavesdrop! We'll pick our giveaway winner at the end of October, so if you hit subscribe now (free!) you can still be entered to win a signed bk from each of us. We'll only step into your inbox once a season. www.thisistheeavesdrop.com/issue-1-begi...

Happy fall! The first issue of The Eavesdrop is now live. 🌱 This season, we're talking about Beginnings--everything from fears & joys to momentum & logistics. We discuss the hows and whys of writing, including: How do you know for sure that the beginning of a novel is right? Or right enough for now?

"Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources." inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

The purpose of a boycott is not to hit 'em in their pockets. That's just the instant emotional hit of it. The purpose of a boycott is to find ways every day to live your values. Draw lines in the sand, and hold them. It's good practice.

I'm making a newsletter with my friends @exrpan.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @anicarissi.bsky.social & Anna-Marie McLemore! It's called The Eavesdrop. It's free, quarterly, on Ghost. Our first issue comes out on the autumn equinox, and you can subscribe here: thisistheeavesdrop.com

Ever wanted to eavesdrop on a conversation with five writers? @anicarissi.bsky.social @ryansara.bsky.social @exrpan.bsky.social, Anna-Marie McLemore, & I are launching a new newsletter so you can do just that! Subscribe to get our first issue on Monday! www.thisistheeavesdrop.com/about/

Hi! What @anicarissi.bsky.social said! Very excited to be making this with Anna-Marie McLemore & @exrpan.bsky.social & @novarensuma.bsky.social & Anica!

Must read www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

Do it. Alex gives fair and good reviews, and unlike many, understands the cultural context of marginalized imagination.

It's a long read, but it's really necessary. The folks who've been supporting this library–one that already survived one shuttering–have been incredible at documenting this. bookriot.com/josephine-co...

Please, please read this story. It's in a "good" "blue" state, and it is a textbook example of how libraries are being cleverly defunded by far-right ideologues. West's disgusting emails here are an attempt at authoritarianism playing out here and at other public libraries nationally.

Why would a county evict a library over $1 a year? Because a small group of far-right sycophants is so full of bigotry and hatred toward a diverse community that they'll do anything to defund this Oregon public library. A long, necessary read about libraries today. bookriot.com/josephine-co...

@comicsbeat.bsky.social has the scoop on new work from Carla Speed McNeil! McNeil is easily one of my favorite comics artists, and I couldn’t be more excited. @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/carla-speed-...

Maybe one of the most ridiculous new products from the anti-library, book ban crowd.

Starting tonight, 8/2, 8pm ET: A national day of action in support of queer children’s books & the children who read them! Watch part of the 24-hour read aloud, sign up to read during the Zoom, or attend in-person events at bookstores & other venues. #BookSky #QueerKidLit mombian.com/2025/07/22/r...

Read OUT Loud, a 24 hour civic action uniting libraries, bookstores, and readers of all ages to celebrate queer kids books and push back against the tidal wave of book bans, is today/tomorrow! I'll be reading from MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN at 5:30 Pacific! Register to watch: linktr.ee/ReadOUTLoud4...

I always appreciate @heykellyjensen.bsky.social's writing, and this post is especially excellent. We cannot, and we will not, give up on each other.

Great interview!

It was a pleasure to answer these questions from @deborahkalb.bsky.social about MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN!

Excellent news for Oregon! Governor Tina Kotek signed the state's Freedom to Read bill, SB 1098, into law! www.kgw.com/article/news... @authorsabb.bsky.social @heykellyjensen.bsky.social @tasslyn.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social

I was honored to be in conversation with @realcatz.bsky.social on @kpfa.org to talk about @authorsabb.bsky.social, book bans, and the terrifying moment we're in right now. kpfa.org/area941/epis...

Huge news! The Oregon House just voted to pass SB 1098, our state's Freedom to Read bill!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it! @authorsabb.bsky.social

Friendly reminder! If you want to support the right to read by purchasing a banned book or taking it out from the library your impact will be much greater if you choose a living author. Orwell is great and all, but he's not doing much with your money.

Thanks to @dirkknudsen.bsky.social at the Hillsboro Herald for featuring my work with @authorsabb.bsky.social and my support of SB 1098, Oregon's Freedom to Read bill, which is scheduled to have its final vote June 9! hillsboroherald.com/oregon-bill-...

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught