Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 19hThat’s so nice Jonathan thank you! When does your excellent book come out? 100
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 22hSo 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! 8718
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Recommending 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. 1113
Reposted by Aimee Benderphillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i stand up / through your destruction / i stand up Lucille Clifton 1457
Reposted by Aimee BenderJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad 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. 383904764
Reposted by Aimee BenderMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never 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. 684249165520
Reposted by Aimee BenderAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026American 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...upress.umn.eduAmerican OccupationA collection of intimate writings first published by Literary Hub in the Letters From Minnesota series that recounts the lived community experience of facing... 24417
Reposted by Aimee Benderleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Texans, 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 761676859
Reposted by Aimee BenderAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In 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. 18881642812
Reposted by Aimee BenderAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In 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... 181729405
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So excited to talk to the brilliant Grace Krilanovich on Tuesday about her new thrilling novel. 171
Reposted by Aimee Benderleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5 17347643031
Reposted by Aimee BenderHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton on Johnny Carson. 30191042149
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 25/08/2026voterstatus.sos.ca.govvoterstatus.sos.ca.govMy Voter Status - California Secretary of StateMy Voter Status - California Secretary of State 000
Reposted by Aimee Benderlaurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026 935675724
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I 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. 1100
Reposted by Aimee BenderMohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 17/08/202611.5 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 #Indivisiblelinktr.eeHands Off Our Vote Official: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads | LinktreeIn 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. 02118
Reposted by Aimee BenderJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today 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...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 11835222210
Reposted by Aimee BenderAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Tomorrow 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! 37821295
Reposted by Aimee BenderIgnacio 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.”share.inquirer.comA 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. 18585691580
Reposted by Aimee BenderDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Today 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 27714
Reposted by Aimee BenderArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Mamdani 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. 603500455
Reposted by Aimee BenderConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Watch out LA, this is an ICE vehicle spotted in Echo Park. IceWatch confirmed. Details in the alt text 15642721974
Reposted by Aimee BenderLuca 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. 19384258
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Love this. Something fiercely immediate about it. Thanks for posting. 030
Reposted by Aimee BenderRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I have a flash fiction piece in @newyorker.com today. I've sat on this piece for years. www.newyorker.com/books/flash-...newyorker.com“Broken,” by Rabih AlameddineUsually, 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. 26613
Reposted by Aimee BenderDutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is what an actual true patriot looks like. God bless you and protect you for your courage! 27575392402
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Your book looks great too! Glad to learn of it. 150
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Becoming Trees by Sam Cohen or anything from her fantastic book Sarahland 070
Reposted by Aimee BenderThe Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Why 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. 193
Reposted by Aimee BenderRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Spat by Caroline Bird www.divasofverse.com/2022/06/spat...divasofverse.comSpat by Caroline BirdSpat ‘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... 0133
Reposted by Aimee BenderSarabande 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 042
Reposted by Aimee BenderElectric Literature @electricliterature.com · 05/02/2026Cover 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 0216
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Cont 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...emergeliteraryjournal.comHistory Lessonby 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… 2143
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Cont 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. 2/3 030
Aimee Bender @aimee-bender.bsky.social · 24/04/2026History 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. 1/3 042
Reposted by Aimee BenderConor 📎❤️ #LaraCroft ❤️ #TombRaider ️❤️ #TombRaider30 ❤️ #gaming ❤️ @conormcl2026.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The magnificent #JesseWelles singing truth 🙌 repost and spread the word 💙🌊🔄 #resist #ResistanceBlue 1744309
Reposted by Aimee BenderAndromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 19/04/2026What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired ~ K.E. Sermonté "I want quiet. I want the mercy of being unseen without being unloved." 16846207