Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I know this will sound like a lie, but it really is my favorite thing to spend hours or even days on a section of writing, never quite getting it right, and then realize the whole piece will be better if you just cut it 280
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026PSA that getting a mammogram is way less uncomfortable and annoying than going to the dentist 011
Reposted by Adrienne CeltTom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026one of the greats by one of the greats: Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s “The Leaving” 35220
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am so excited for the Mistress Theranos movie, I simply cannot wait. each trailer unsettles me more than the last. 110
Reposted by Adrienne CeltNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Please share the application with anyone you think might be interested and help us spread the word! Here’s a bit more about Periplus, why we exist, and how we assess fellowship applications: 25750
Reposted by Adrienne CeltNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaqdocs.google.com 1170185
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Of course they all fucking knew! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...publishersweekly.comUnsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt AuthorsNewly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik... 4335122
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568081522
Reposted by Adrienne CeltEPOCH @epochliterary.com · 18/09/2026Something you may not know, all our issues since volume 54 are available as high-quality PDFs to read on your tablet or e-ink device, for just a few bucks. If you want to support us, this is a great way...these are terrific magazines at an unbeatable price, and you get them immediately 064
Reposted by Adrienne CeltEmily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wrote about Backrooms and Walter Benjamin (also Freud, liminality, memory, and capitalism) www.darkertimes.com/walter-benja...darkertimes.comThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical HallucinationOr, why I stopped worrying and learned to love Walter Benjamin in the Backrooms. 416149
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026not to only quote-post Matt, but my god, this is a good one 020
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thank you Annie Dillard, for everything you were, but also for this, which has saved my mind a thousand times 071
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026nothing like dealing with an online pharmacy's bureaucratic nightmare system to try to cancel an order your doctor made by mistake to really get that blood pressure sky high 100
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026today in absurd AI book spam, an editor who signed their name by hyphenating the first and last, and an email from the BBC, sent from a Gmail account, which I'm sure is exactly how the BBC does it 000
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You should definitely get the new flu shot, but what this comment presupposes is, maybe don't get it the day before you go camping, like I did (I am also getting the covid shot soon but my doctor's office didn't have it to blithely offer me on an already-planned visit, so I haven't yet) 120
Reposted by Adrienne CeltAdrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The squirrel I occasionally see in my backyard gnawing on a fucking BONE just came up to my window and stared deeply into my eyes, so if I die, you'll know by whose hand 051
Reposted by Adrienne CeltErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comCanada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.” 2138941119
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The squirrel I occasionally see in my backyard gnawing on a fucking BONE just came up to my window and stared deeply into my eyes, so if I die, you'll know by whose hand 051
Reposted by Adrienne CeltAdrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New comic and blog post at loveamongthelampreys.com/archives/2271 012
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Love a medical facility that responds to my phone call request for a records transfer with an email requiring a wet signature and a photo of my ID in order to release my records to a new doctor 100
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm confused, did Apple just invent the flip phone, or the computer 000
Reposted by Adrienne Celtradda @radda.bsky.social · 09/09/2026can 2026 please stop being so fucking weirdlatimes.comMalibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage's houseEvacuation orders were issued for 31 Malibu homes due to a massive and expanding sinkhole in the driveway of Nicolas Cage's property. 294
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New comic and blog post at loveamongthelampreys.com/archives/2271 012
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMegan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 08/09/2026hello, today the final story in my collection, "How to Be a Black Writer" is in @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/how-to-be-a-... the story is in stylistic conversation with Lorrie Moore's "how to become a writer" and Kiese Laymon's "you are the second person" 13319
Reposted by Adrienne CeltRachel Vorona Cote @rvoronacote.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Before Emerald Fennell's adaptation of "Wuthering Heights" was released, an editor commissioned an essay from me on it. It was later killed. For months, I wasn't sure what, if anything, to do with it. Today I decided to publish it in my newsletter: cornflakevictorians.substack.com/p/how-do-you...cornflakevictorians.substack.comHow do you solve a problem like Nelly Dean?(This is an essay on “Wuthering Heights” that was previously intended for publication elsewhere) 3268
Reposted by Adrienne CeltAnder Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Oh wow! Yesterday's entry in @essaydaily.bsky.social's L*STS project is a LOST game by Dan Pinchbeck of The Chinese Room; quite an honor to be able to put this out in the world! www.essaydaily.org/2026/09/dan-... 022
Reposted by Adrienne CeltJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death. 5951221739
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Instead of "Final final no really final.docx" this time I've been experimenting with intermediary drafts to really make myself feel insane, so I have v1 and v2 but also v1.5 and v1.7 (but no v1.6, riddle me that) 150
Reposted by Adrienne CeltPolitics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Simple chart that shows how much more contagious #measles is than most other illnesses. 054
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is the least of our problems as a nation but I really hate the new thing where even gift link articles want you to sign in before reading them 040
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026How can you tell it's going to rain? Well, it starts with me leaving my shoes outside to dry 010
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026three and a half is too young for Jurassic Park, right? 250
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34995894679
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMFA Program for Writers @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Last call! Applications for the next cohort of Wallies at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers are closing! Check out warrenwilsonmfa.org for more info, and head to warrenwilson.submittable.com to submit. Applications submitted overnight will be honored. 011
Reposted by Adrienne CeltTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Big news this morning is a whistleblower files a complaint that USPS has been illegally preparing to implement Trump’s executive order against mail voting in defiance of court orders: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before MidtermsA report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 19629259
Reposted by Adrienne CeltAdrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In college I rented Sliding Doors from Family Video (in Iowa) and forgot to return it before going home for the summer, and they called my parent’s landline (in Seattle) to say I owed them fifty bucks 2143
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In college I rented Sliding Doors from Family Video (in Iowa) and forgot to return it before going home for the summer, and they called my parent’s landline (in Seattle) to say I owed them fifty bucks 2143
Reposted by Adrienne CeltSimulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026With alt-text: 03025
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I would like to think the universe taking all our true originals is just a sign to make more of them, but nonetheless we will miss you, Tim Curry 💔 🖤 💔 050
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton’s base-level decency has been, for so long, one of the internet’s only positive modes of discourse, that I thought, or hoped, that was all that was happening today. Alas, we love you still Dolly 💔 051
Reposted by Adrienne CeltDorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Friends, book reviews are drying up. We all know this. But it's worth repeating. Advance reviews we used to (gratefully!) count on are no longer a given; we're not getting them. Newspapers where intrepid reviewers used to talk about our books . . . well, you know. PLEASE, if you read our books . . . 319378
Reposted by Adrienne CeltMary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“In the rule, the Postal Service said that it would deliver mail ballots only in states that shared voter data with the federal agency.” This is utterly outrageous. 25436242
Adrienne Celt @celtadri.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I had a dream that every parent in the country was fighting their co-parent for the right to dress up in an elaborate Grinch costume around the holidays. "This has become a bitter topic in my household," one man said. "Who gets to be the Grinch?" 050
Reposted by Adrienne CeltFrench New Wave Memes @fnwave.bsky.social · 16/05/2026it's Friday Night 2713147