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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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What are folks saying about pieces in our 9th issue? On Britt Kaufman @brittwriter.bsky.social & Drew Smoker's - she does it all, Anonymous says "This piece is relatable and visually appealing." Vote for your Readers' Choice! Deadline Sept 1. buff.ly/sH5VRSv

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(Issue 9) the engine(idling Readers' Choice Award

Hello Friends! This form is for nominating your favorite work from Issue 9 for our Readers' Choice Award. It can be a poem or an art piece. Issue 9: Collaboration can be found here:…

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What are folks saying about pieces in our 9th issue? On Britt Kaufman @brittwriter.bsky.social & Drew Smoker's - this inner time machine, Anonymous says "It was great." Vote for your Readers' Choice! Deadline Sept 1. buff.ly/sH5VRSv

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(Issue 9) the engine(idling Readers' Choice Award

Hello Friends! This form is for nominating your favorite work from Issue 9 for our Readers' Choice Award. It can be a poem or an art piece. Issue 9: Collaboration can be found here:…

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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On Britt Kaufman @brittwriter.bsky.social & Drew Smoker's - sleepy transformation, Anonymous says "I love the human-ness that this poem brings. The sleepy afternoon that grows into the evening and restarts the next day is a very relatable feeling." Vote for your Readers' Choice! buff.ly/sH5VRSv

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(Issue 9) the engine(idling Readers' Choice Award

Hello Friends! This form is for nominating your favorite work from Issue 9 for our Readers' Choice Award. It can be a poem or an art piece. Issue 9: Collaboration can be found here:…

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We've got some new free stickers on the site: engineidling.net/store

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🗨️ e(i #9: Collaboration is live! 🗨️ Collaboration is a testament to community & creative experimentation! It's free to read, download & share online: buff.ly/ryyERAn Print copy available for purchase: buff.ly/PjaIlBn & vote for your fave piece for our Readers' Choice Award! buff.ly/9DlHF33 ⬇️

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

"Despite its name, e(i is anything but idle. the engine(idling is the Big Bang; it’s 10,000,000 Scovilles, the plumpest fruit, it’s stars and ichor. It’s Artemis, it’s mother, it’s your lipsticked-Demeter." meibackof.substack.com/p/magbog-4-t... Had the best gift today. Contributor Mei Backof ..

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MagBog #4: the engine(idling

Intimate, passionate, ferocious, and undeniably gorgeous, the engine(idling is home to some of the best anthologies of poetry I've ever read. I am so grateful to have been included in their selection!

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

And the winner of the Strange Horizons giveaway is 🥁 @brittwriter.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who participated! We always love hearing about your love for what we publish!

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Would love to have some of y’all pop in out of the clear blue sky to one of these IRL events.

Smiling woman sitting in a school desk holding a book of poetry titled Midlife Calculus and a list of poetry readings in a callout box on the right side of image. April 11 at Indy Reads 12-2; April 16 at the Milford Public Library at 6:30; April 18 at Fables Books from 4-6; April 30 at Hyde Brothers Books at 7.

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Had to update the graphic because Midlife Calculus has also won —get this—the McMath Award for Poetry! I will laugh every time at how perfect that is.

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR has won the 2026 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction!! 💃🏿🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖 Sigh…wow. 🥹

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
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OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - FICTION

Photo taken by Nollywood director Tchidi Chikere, 😏

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

No joke. I imagined tiny armor-clad people scribbling in their journals at a tavern table. #weeknightwriters

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Despite the absolute dumpster fire that is this January… this also happened!

Midlife Calculus wins poetry book prizes. Book cover pictures a water glass half full superimposed with diagrams and equations. Two winners seals and authors photo float above the text praising the collection.

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Indiana beating Alabama is so dumbfounding, Bluesky algorithms have concluded it must be basketball.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This line 💎->: "Throughout her career, she has resisted narrow categorizations, coining the term 'Africanfuturism' to describe speculative work that centers African culture and perspectives rather than simply placing Black characters in Western futurist frameworks." brittlepaper.com/2025/11/nned...

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Nnedi Okorafor's Death of the Author Named TIME Must-Read Book of 2025

Nnedi Okorafor's latest novel Death of the Author has been selected as one of TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025, adding another major recognition to Okorafor's growing list of honors. The me...

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Happy #JellyfishDay! The oceans are increasingly full of these gelatinous invertebrates, provoking a range of responses in humans, from disgust to awe. The biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was most certainly in the latter camp... publicdomainreview.org/collection/e…

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Purple first on a 5/5 difficulty day! I’ll take it.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Just finished this book by @yarntheory.bsky.social and highly recommend it. You will be transported and better equipped to live in these times.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Introducing myself as an Indiana writer who is looking for a Northern Indiana writing community. While I've published primarily poetry, I read copious amounts of science fiction and am shifting gears to writing in that genre. & I've just made a website page tracking my adventure into a homemade MFA!

selfie of woman standing in endless cornfield smiling at camera with words "back home in Indiana" superimposed on the blue sky

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

deep breath. rest. then get back at it.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/07/2025

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

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The Invention of “Sesame Street”

Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

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The Dangling Participles @thedangps.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The “Origin Story” for Austin’s song “Where It Gets Exciting” involves David Bowie, John Lewis, and… JJ Redick? Yes, really!

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Where It Gets Exciting

An Origin Story

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Fiber optic internet finally restored post-Helene!

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Kirsten Eve Beachy @granolamennonite.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Share the names of your chickens! #GranolaMennonite

You might be a granola Mennonite if you have names for your chickens.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If you need some cheer as much as I do… here ya go!

The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Here is me, absolutely giddy and fangirling over @sarah-hart.bsky.social signing a copy of her book for me! I’m so fortunate to have gotten to hear her speak at UNCA tonight!

Sarah Hart signs a copy of Once Upon a Prime as I stand beside her with a big ole goofy grin on my face because I’m so excited.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Anyone else feel like Adam Driver’s character in The Dead Don’t Die… you just keep saying, “This isn’t going to end well.”

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Sure I’ve made soup beans with ham before, but today, for the first time, I used honest-to-pig fatback.

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

In early celebration of International Day of Women & Girls in Science (Feb 11), I’ll be reading poetry in Sylva, North Carolina with an astrophysics professor!

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

A poem from my collection especially for today.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I’m not sure there’s a more beautiful place I’ve had a reading than Bagatelle Books / flora in Asheville. Beautiful people there, too. I’m grateful!

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Reading MATH THERAPY by @themathguru.bsky.social and got smacked in the face by this quote: “Once upon a time, you wanted what you have now.”

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Come to Asheville—support a bookstore—eat out at a fantastic restaurant after… win-win+poetry

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I highly recommend these workshops Nickole Brown is leading.

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Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

First poetry acceptance of 2025!!! Woohoo!

Charlotte Lit @charlottelit.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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Writers: How often should you post on social? Do you really need a newsletter? If one of your 2025 resolutions is to figure out what you can do in the virtual world to support your writing, let @paulreali.bsky.social help you sort it out! Register: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/497/livin...

Britt Kaufmann @brittwriter.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Grateful, as I reflect back in 2024, for all the folks who hosted readings on my behalf… and I’ve got a few lined up for 2025 already. Always happy to add more, too.