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Aimee Bender

@aimee-bender.bsky.social
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writer, teacher, author of fiction including The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and Willful Creatures. Happy to be on here.

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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 4h
Makes me happy to hear. ❤️
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 4h
Thanks for all, Anca!!
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you and yes! Tailor and king.
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 19h
That’s so nice Jonathan thank you! When does your excellent book come out?
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 20h
Thanks Mattilda! 💕 I’m a fan
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 21h
Thanks, Matt! Hello!
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 21h
Thank you! 🌺
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 22h
So thrilled to have a story (which happens to be a fairy tale) in this year’s Best American Short Stories alongside so many writers I love. Major thanks to the inspiring Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nicole A Lamy!
Cover of anthology
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Recommending Chanel Miller’s incredible memoir Know My Name about when she was raped at Stanford and how much the system there tried to blame her and avoid consequences, like Cornell. It’s a very powerful book.
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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i stand up / through your destruction / i stand up Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton

MISS ROSIE

when i watch you 
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell 
of too old potato peels
or
when i watch you
in your old man's shoes
with the little toe cut out
sitting, waiting for your mind
like next week's grocery
i say
when i watch you
you wet brown bag of a woman
who used to be the best looking gal in georgia
used to be called the Georgia Rose
i stand up
through your destruction
i stand up
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
American Occupation, a new anthology of letters from writers in Minnesota, stories about resisting Operation Metro Surge, edited by @jonnydiamond.bsky.social and Su Hwang. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792331...
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American Occupation
A collection of intimate writings first published by Literary Hub in the Letters From Minnesota series that recounts the lived community experience of facing...
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texans, don’t sit this one out. PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION! 📌 Register by: Oct. 5 🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30 🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3 ⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot. Official info: votetexas.gov #TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In August there were "federal observers" at the polls... They're planning to send ICE out on our streets during the November election... So we have a responsibility to make sure that this election result is TOO BIG TO RIG.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In 1987, Ms Magazine gave Dolly Parton its "Woman of the Year Award" and Gloria Steinem wrote this about why..../1 msmagazine.com/2026/08/27/d...
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So excited to talk to the brilliant Grace Krilanovich on Tuesday about her new thrilling novel.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton on Johnny Carson.
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
voterstatus.sos.ca.gov
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My Voter Status - California Secretary of State
My Voter Status - California Secretary of State
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I think one reason why Ossoff’s “travel with Natalie” line lands so well is because it feels distilled, cooked down, speaks to conversations and thinking from before. What we would call “lived-in” writing in workshop.
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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
11.5 weeks to the midterms. Indivisible's election protection hub is live: hotline, poll monitoring, trainings, and state signups, all in one place. linktr.ee/wewillvote Share it, bookmark it, add it to your bio. #HandsOffOurVote #Indivisible
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Hands Off Our Vote Official: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads | Linktree
In 2026 we are building our strongest election protection program ever, in all 50 states. Whatever tricks they try to hold onto power, we’ll be ready.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tomorrow is Election Day in Michigan. If you haven't voted yet, make sure you vote on Tuesday. Find your polling place at abdulforsenate.com/vote. Text your family and friends!
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
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A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today is World Drowning Prevention Day Read this poem slowly, there’s a lot in it Check on those you care about to make sure they aren’t drowning, suffering is often hidden behind ordinary gestures If you are drowning shouting out is better than waving #poetry #poemoftheday #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
Poem - 'Not Waving but Drowning' by Stevie Smith
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MissReadsALot @theresjustnopo1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
HOW WE DISAPPEAR

I am in the store touching things.

Linen napkins, a blue bowl.

The world is on fire and I am choosing between two kinds of soap.

Everyone here is doing this, filling carts with small comforts while somewhere a child
goes to bed hungry, while the earth heats,
while men make decisions about who gets to live.

I know what this is, this careful arranging
while everything collapses.
This is how we survive.

And also how we disappear.

By Alessandra Olanow
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Mamdani left soccer field lights on all night…..the lights usually go off at 10pm. They set a camera up and guess what they saw?? Residents playing soccer with their friends ALL NIGHT. One man said how much he loved it because his friends work late and can’t get to the field before 10pm.
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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Watch out LA, this is an ICE vehicle spotted in Echo Park. IceWatch confirmed. Details in the alt text
This car is confirmed ICE and was seen in Echo Park- folks asked for support alerting businesses in area
Forwarding messages below:


This extremely tinted dodge chrysler is idling at 826 Waterloo st and marathon in echo park. The driver would not roll down the window when patroller approached and revved engine to try and scare me off. Rear dealer plate. 7:05 am. At 7:15 it drove off and I could make out driver taking pictures of patroller

Confirmed ICE , that’s the same one from imperial and central. A blacked out no plate charger may be nearby.

Full warning- the red Durango + its driver at least in my experience, has always been very confrontational and will escalate if you’re in your car however, if you are on foot on the ground, they barely even opened the window and just talk shit. So patrollers if you spot this just be careful because they do like to talk a lot of non sense.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨 ICE/BORDER PATROL ACTIVITY A community news alert reports active Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) / Border Patrol presence near BP Stockwell/Anzac. 📍 Location: Compton, California 📅 Date: July 11, 2026 Stay alert, safe, and share with neighbors who need to stay informed.
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Love this. Something fiercely immediate about it. Thanks for posting.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I have a flash fiction piece in @newyorker.com today. I've sat on this piece for years. www.newyorker.com/books/flash-...
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“Broken,” by Rabih Alameddine
Usually, when I informed a guy that I had a type, that I couldn’t help whom I was or wasn’t attracted to, he moved on. Not you.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is what an actual true patriot looks like. God bless you and protect you for your courage!
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Your book looks great too! Glad to learn of it.
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We posted this at the same instant!💕
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Becoming Trees by Sam Cohen or anything from her fantastic book Sarahland
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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Aram Saroyan
POEM


I don’t want to be a seer
And fly through the universe
I just want to be a man
And stay here
And let my time be open
To your time as yours is
Open to mine
And the children grow up
Inside our lives
And the house goes through
Its karma
And friends and neighbors
Successes and failures
Birds and learning
All intertwine within
The daylight and the nighttime
And I look out to see
The same tree
Differently each time
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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Why enter The Broken Binding Prize?🤷🏻‍♀️ Part of the wider The Times / Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, The Broken Binding Prize is designed with YA SFF writers in mind.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Spat by Caroline Bird www.divasofverse.com/2022/06/spat...
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Spat by Caroline Bird
Spat   ‘It’s me or the dog,’ she laughed, though by ‘dog’ she meant ‘void’ and by ‘laughed’ I mean ‘sobbed’ and by ‘me’ she meant ‘us’ and b...
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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
⚡️ 3 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT TO SARABANDE'S SPRING CHAPBOOK PRIZE! ⚡️ All manuscripts must be submitted by 11:59p ET on April 30. For more information and to submit visit tinyurl.com/ytcnjtvj
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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Kay Ryan
The Elephant In The Room – Kay Ryan

The room is 
almost all 
elephant. 
Almost none 
of it isn't. 
Pretty much 
solid elephant. 
So there's no 
room to talk 
about it.
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 05/02/2026
Cover Reveal 🚨 “Acid Green Velvet” by Grace Krilanovich is coming from Two Dollar Radio and Seven Stories Press on September 8, 2026. Read more about the book and how its cover, designed by Eric Obenauf, came to be here: buff.ly/jTlZvOU
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Love to hear that. My real pleasure.
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Isn’t it? ❤️ she’s so talented
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Cont by Yeghiayan Friedman From each mountain, nation, war, fell the dead, the survivors. From each survivor fell a wound, a world, a wish, a Heaven, three apples and this story. * How Armenian folktales begin emergeliteraryjournal.com/history-less...
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History Lesson
by Lori Yeghiayan Friedman Three apples fell from Heaven, one for the storyteller, one for the listener and one for the eavesdropper.* From each apple fell a million stories. From each story fell a…
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Cont by Yeghiayan Friedman… From each civilization fell violence and also a tender love. From each tender love fell a family and children. From each child fell a grandmother who made pakhlava and built an ark full of myths. From each ark fell a mountain, and then a nation, and then a war. 2/3
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Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
History Lesson by Lori Yeghiayan Friedman Three apples fell from Heaven, one for the storyteller, one for the listener and one for the eavesdropper.* From each apple fell a million stories. From each story fell an alphabet from which fell a civilization. 1/3
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Conor 📎❤️ #LaraCroft ❤️ #TombRaider ️❤️ #TombRaider30 ❤️ #gaming ❤️ @conormcl2026.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The magnificent #JesseWelles singing truth 🙌 repost and spread the word 💙🌊🔄 #resist #ResistanceBlue
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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired ~ K.E. Sermonté "I want quiet. I want the mercy of being unseen without being unloved."
What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired

I don't mean I want to sleep.
I mean I want to disappear for a while.
To be rain on a stranger's roof.
To be smoke rising from someone else's fire.
I don't want to die.
But I do want to rest in a way
the world has never allowed me.
I don't want comfort.
I want quiet.
I want the mercy of being unseen
without being unloved.
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