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Brian Trapp

@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social
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Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social, 2025); Steinbeck Fellow 2021-22; Work in Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Longreads, and Brevity. linktr.ee/btrapperkeeper

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 18/09/2026
“Today’s poem is a celebration of creatures we tend to overlook or even disdain. It invites us to reconsider our perspective,” shares @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s encore episode. Read “I Find Myself Defending Pigeons” by Keith S. Wilson: bit.ly/4AhN3XG 📖: @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Because my novel engages with my obvious lived experience, I often get asked why I wrote a novel rather than a memoir. I have a basic answer defending the novel form but people should also just read @annakornbluh.bsky.social new book Immediacy or the Style of Too Late Capitalism.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chicago! I'll be at the Printer's Row Festival at noon on Sunday as part of the Exhibit B reading with @litmagreject.bsky.social and other fantastic fiction writers. Come on down!
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Calling #Chicago! The 2026 Printers Row #Lit Fest is set for Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13, 10AM – 6PM. This FREE event features several Acre authors including @thejs3.bsky.social and @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social. Link for details! 📚🎉🖊️ printersrowlitfest.org
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Printers Row Lit Fest
The 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, returns to Printers Row on September 12-13, 2026.
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The Northwest Review is alive and now on Bluesky. We are reviving this historically great magazine in 2026. We are now open for submissions. Send us your best fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. northwestreview.submittable.com/submit
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Northwest Review Submission Manager
Thank you for your interest in the Northwest Review. We look forward to reading your work.Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonficti...
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Excited for the return of @northwestreview.bsky.social, a magazine with several Acre authors on the masthead! 🎉🎉🎉
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Check out our editor-in-chief Brian Trapp with an essay out on NPR
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thanks for the spotlight, CLMP!
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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This month, the Northwest Review published the first issue of its relaunch! Read our member spotlight to learn more about the magazine’s new direction and the “eclectic group of writers who take formal risks and often write with heart and humor” in this issue. www.clmp.org/news/member-...
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Member Spotlight: Northwest Review - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We spoke with Brian Trapp, editor in chief and fiction editor of the Northwest Review, in our latest member spotlight.   What is the history behind the Northwest Review? When was it founded and what…
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#creativewriting #contest #fiction #poetry #nonfiction
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's (almost) officially summer! Time to send in your best work for a chance at $1,000 in poetry or prose! Submit by August 31. All submissions are considered for publication. Full guidelines available at nwreview.org
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within! Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers. nwreview.org
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Northwest Review relaunch issue is out June 1. Check out our new website and explore our archives! Video by Brendan Kesterson. nwreview.org
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Check out our recent interviews and reviews before our relaunch issue goes live on Monday! nwreview.org
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The return of Northwest Review, coming June 1! Issue art by the incredible Samantha Yun Wall. Featuring work from Nathan Harris, Sophia Terazawa, Rodrigo Toscano, Jess Cornelius, Kristi D. Osorio, Ira Sukrungruang, & many others. Our website has also been revamped at nwreview.org.
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Welcome to the Northwest Review - Northwest Review
New issue coming soon!
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Portland! This Saturday 5/23 Melissa Hart and I will be speaking at two Multnomah County Library branches about being a sibling of someone with physical and intellectual disabilities. Join us in talking about the joys, challenges, and human experiences of being a sibling or family member.
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Logo reveal! Relaunch issue coming soon....
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 08/05/2026
"It’s not mine anymore. It belongs to the reader." lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
The cited information but not the quote written in white at the bottom of Trapp's author photo. In the lower righthand corner is the cover for Range of Motion.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thanks to the Rumpus for featuring an interview with me and my former @uoregon.bsky.social student Ivy Long.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today is the 15th anniversary of my twin brother's passing. By a weird coincidence, today is also the day that @npr.org and @hereandnow.bsky.social featured my audio essay about Danny. It was a wonderful way to honor him. Please give it a listen. @acrebooks.bsky.social www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Sibling of kid with disabilities never felt like a 'glass child'
Brian Trapp grew up with a twin brother who had severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities. But he never felt like a "glass child."
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
From May 1-3, I'm honored to be a visiting writer at Pacific University's The Body Chronicles online workshop "The Craft of Caregiving." I'll be joined by Georgina Marie Guardado, Melissa McKinstry, NL Shompole, and Laura Mauldin. Caregiver writers can register: secure.touchnet.com/C22700_ustor...
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thanks to @wbur.org for adapting my essay into an audio piece. You can hear me and Danny at age 5, 8, and 25, including us joking about who is the evil twin. But it also wonderful to hear my mom talking to Dan again. Please check it out and share. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'
"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"If we extend the satellite metaphor...it shows how our lives bend to the increased gravity of our #disabled siblings in profound ways. The satellite makes no claims to a syndrome, as if trying to compete with a sibling’s diagnoses." Acre's @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social for NPR. tinyurl.com/3avkm68u
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My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'
"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I wrote this short essay for NPR @wbur.org on being uncomfortable with the "glass child" metaphor and wanting a new way to talk about my sibling experience. Check it out. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'
"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Sacramento! I'm coming to you on Wednesday March 18th at 7 pm for a book event at Beers Books in conversation with Sacramento-based Acrystal Pugh, board member of the @ARC of California and fellow “sib.” Please come! #sacramento #disabilitylit #siblings #cerebralpalsyawareness #disabilityawareness
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Brian Trapp: "Range of Motion", with Tomas Moniz
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
On Tuesday March 17th I'll be in conversation with the great Tomas Moniz at Pegasus Bookstore in Berkley, CA. Event starts at 6:30. Please share with anyone who lives in the Bay Area!
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thanks for reading!
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Thank you, #AWP26 community! Our editors and authors hope to see you next time! 📚🎉📚🎉📚🎉
Acre Books editors at the AWP conference. Green tarp background. Acre poets and prose writers on stage for an event at the AWP conference.
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Acre authors in action at #AWP26! Science, accessibility, poetry, medicine, community building. Our writers have you covered! Check out these events featuring #CdEskilson (SCREAM / QUEEN), #MCynthiaCheung (COMMON DISASTER), and @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social (RANGE OF MOTION). 📚🎉
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#AWP26! Don't miss your chance to meet many of our Acre authors, who will be signing books throughout the conference. Booth 1191. 🖊️🎉📚
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is a great book about caregiving, especially its sibling chapter.
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We spy a number of Acre authors on this list! 🎉🎉🎉
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Mark your calendars, #Portland! Acre author @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social (RANGE OF MOTION) will be joined in conversation with Gabriel Urza (THE SILVER STATE). January 29, Broadway #Books from 6 to 7 pm. Link for details! 🖊️📚🎉 #booksky broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-0...
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Brian Trapp with Gabriel Urza
We are thrilled to welcome author Brian Trapp with his new book Range of Motion. He will be joined in conversation with Gabriel Urza, author of The Silver State.
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Northwest Review @northwestreview.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We're looking forward to reviewing your submissions for the first issue of our relaunch! Open until February 15 and then we close for a while. We'll have a new website and logo coming up soon—be on the lookout! northwestreview.submittable.com
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thank you!
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thanks, @longreads.com! There are actually some very similar scenes in both! @acrebooks.bsky.social
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thanks!
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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Ninth Letter is pleased to present an excerpt from RANGE OF MOTION (@acrebooks.bsky.social) by former 9L contributor Brian Trapp (@btrapperkeeper@bsky.social)! Plus, 9L staffer Nathan Metz chats with the author for an exclusive interview. Check it out on our website. Link in bio.
Text overlayed on a photo of camp bunk beds. Contributor Book Feature: RANGE OF MOTION by Brian Trapp. Brief excerpt from book reads: So far, Camp Cheerful seemed to be mostly about singing. You sang for your breakfast. You sang for your lunch. When you tried to fall asleep, good luck. Someone was singing. The morning they drove across the bridge and into camp, the very first activity was to gather around the flagpole and sing about baby sharks and a-bear-way-up-there and the spelling out of b-a-n-a-n-a. The camp had a distinct feel of a cult, with lyrics designed to break the will. Author photo of author Brian Trapp.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thanks to @ninthletter.bsky.social for featuring an excerpt of the novel along with an interview and lovely introduction by Nathan Metz. I published the first gasp of Range of Motion in Ninth Letter way back in 2013.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Submit to the Northwest Review! I'm happy to be EIC and fiction editor, working with CNF editor @michaelcopperman.bsky.social and poetry editor Jan Verberkmoes. We are bringing this historic magazine back from the dead. Expect our first issue to drop in March/April!
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
One of my favorite comedians blurbed my book. Zach Anner, actor and writer for ABC's Speechless, gave my novel the kindest endorsement I could ask for. Please watch the hilarious Speechless episode where he gets tased by Minnie Driver. This man deserves his own TV show. @acrebooks.bsky.social
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Submit to the Northwest Review! I'm happy to be EIC and fiction editor, working with CNF editor @michaelcopperman.bsky.social and poetry editor Jan Verberkmoes. We are bringing this historic magazine back from the dead. Expect our first issue to drop in March/April!
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Congrats to Acre author @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social! We're excited to see RANGE OF MOTION featured on this best of 2025 list! #novel #amreading #booksky 🎉🎉🎉 clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...
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50 Cleveland Book Releases We Loved in 2025
Find new releases in fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry and more from authors affiliated with Northeast Ohio's literary scene.
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Brian Trapp @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The last of the Maryland book tour photos. I saw some old friends and made a few new ones and did that absurd tourist thing where you put your finger on the Washington monument. I will miss the people and their traffic.
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Including RANGE OF MOTION (@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social) and DEFIANT ACTS (@thejs3.bsky.social)! 🎉🎉🎉 #fiction #booksky
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