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MICHAEL CHANG POET @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’m teaching another writer-centered 8-week creative nonfiction writing workshop through Hugo House. Would love for you or anyone you know to join our supportive community! Should be fun & productive! hugohouse.org/product/crea...

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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Nicole Walker @nikwalk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Try to remember this every day until we oust that man and his minions.

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Aahhh!! The final! Got too busy & fell behind on March Sadness! but I’m back to say that both are great essays, so I’m going with the song for my final vote. Ben Folds holds a special place in my heart for being a good song storyteller & Brick has always gutted me.

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Go Counting Crows & Go Billikens!!

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 3 HALFTIME SCORES: Via Chicago 111, Round Here 93 November Rain 97, Go Rest High on That Mountain 85 Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/20 at marchxness.com

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I’d like to take a break from @marchxness.bsky.social to appreciate my alma mater Miami University crushing it tonight and making it to the other March Madness tourney!!

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 1 SCORES, 110’ to play: Hootie 88, Kate Bush 83 Celine Dion 140, Kristin Hersh 99 Rock the vote by 9am 3/19 at marchxness.com or be DISENFRANCHISED

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Melissa Faliveno @mlfaliveno.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Guys, this is gonna be epic. The first time in @marchxness.bsky.social history that two writers who grew up in the single-stoplight town of Mount Horeb, WI go head to head. Whatever happens, the Trollway wins. See you out there tomorrow, sad 90s kids!

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

As a gal from St. Louis, I’m contractually obligated to vote for @kjmoulton.bsky.social’s Hootie essay but it also happens to be a damn good essay.

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Poured one out for @awolfson.bsky.social & Neutral Milk Hotel. Congrats @erinkeane.bsky.social! What a game! On to the next ones!

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ROUND 2 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES WILCO 116, Soul Asylum 95 BLINK-182 88, Grandpaboy 76 ANI DIFRANCO 106, Mariah Carey 54 GNR 173, Neutral Milk Hotel 172  Congrats to the winners! Condolences to the defeated. We salute you.

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ROUND 2 DAY 4 HALFTIME SCORE UPDATE Via Chicago 91, Runaway Train 76 Adam’s Song 77, Lush and Green 62 You Had Time 85, Without You 41 King of Carrot Flowers 117, November Rain 114  You’ve got until 9am AZ time 3/17 to read, listen, and vote at marchxness.com

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Stayed up too late reading @erinkeane.bsky.social's & @awolfson.bsky.social's essays but worth it!

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION DAY 5 HALFTIME(ISH) SCORES Belle & Sebastian 51, Lauryn Hill 50 Des’ree 99, Goo Goo Dolls 79 Ben Folds Five 77, Skid Row 29 Lisa Loeb 65, Lee Ann Womack 27 Vote by 9am AZ time 3/6 at marchxness.com

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

“When I was young, I swam in the deep end of sadness. I luxuriated in those murky waters, and whatever might dwell in their depths. I let my body go limp, liked the weight of the water as I sank.” I feel this from @mlfaliveno.bsky.social

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION DAY 3 FINAL SCORES: REM 139, Liz Phair 116 VINCE GILL 101, Foo Fighters 79 COLLECTIVE SOUL 157, Michael McDonald 24 PAULA COLE 114, Magnetic Fields 72 Congrats to the winners & condolences to the defeated. Today’s games are live at marchxness.com, so go vote!

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March Xmas 2026 @marchxness.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION HALFTIME SCORES Bonnie Raitt 80, Portishead 38 Sade 101, Third Eye Blind 41 Tom Waits 103, Backstreet Boys 58 Billie Myers 84, Bob Dylan 72 Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/3 at marchxness.com

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Paisley Rekdal @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Sharing because I'm hiking around Patagonia for a month and I need to remember which books to put on library e-reader--

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Asking for a thing: what are your favorite hermit-crab stories? (Can be "that you've written" or "by somebody else")

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Same and I think it’s because it’s not only incredibly misogynistic and mean, it’s also so deeply embarrassing and horrifying that the person who is the president of the United States is a cruel child

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Need a dose of humor to kick off the week? Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @writersdigest.bsky.social on her love of dark humor! buff.ly/N4yiQuO

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

One way to understand your own condition is to write something and spend a long time revising it. In revising you teach yourself. You find your own information buried in your body. It is still alive until you are not. —Fanny Howe, RIP

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

There’s still time to sign up for my Art of the Personal Essay 6-week @hugohouse.bsky.social class! We start May 5! Hope to see you there! hugohouse.org/product/the-...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/01/2025

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde was nearing the end of her sermon for the inaugural prayer service on Tuesday when she took a breath and looked directly at President Trump. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” said Bishop Budde. nyti.ms/4jtuyHA

President Trump, Vice President Vance and their wives sit in the front row at a church service. Headline reads: "Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children." Photo credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

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MICHAEL CHANG POET @officialmchangpoet.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi besties my new chap is out: www.abodepress.com/product-page...

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

so here we go—like a sales force into the night!

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Choices get painful in the @marchxness.bsky.social Elite 8, y'all. @erinkeane.bsky.social & @katecarmody8.bsky.social have written evenly-matched banger essays, & these are both great songs, swimming at the same confluence of dancer & hipster. Tough call!

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3/22, ELITE 8: (8) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heads Will Roll vs (10) LCD Soundsystem, All My Friends — March Danceness

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

I've often wondered (& @marchxness.bsky.social & @katecarmody8.bsky.social's essay reminded me to check) whether the 1975 has acknowledged that "Sex" clearly began as an attempt to cover "Friends"—which led me to Matty Healy calling "Friends" "the cool guys' 'Mr. Brightside.'" IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Looks like LCD is pulling away—& that's the right outcome, but don't miss @ashiepants.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "Dirrty" & growth via doing bad things, which gets better the more I think about it. @katecarmody8.bsky.social's on LCD & blooming late is also fantastic!

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3/19, SWEET 16: (3) Christina Aguilera vs (10) LCD Soundsystem — March Danceness

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

I’m a big fan of @ashiepants.bsky.social’s “Dirrty” essay (“under the influence of vodka, theft, and X-Tina”) but since my bracket is trashed I can follow my heart & get wistful with @katecarmody8.bsky.social ’s ode to “All My Friends,” LCD Soundsystem & late blooming. marchxness.com/sweet16-xtin...

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3/19, SWEET 16: (3) Christina Aguilera vs (10) LCD Soundsystem — March Danceness

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Okay, so this is the one to watch: neck and neck, running up some big numbers. I'm totally Team LCD w/ @katecarmody8.bsky.social, but these are two great essays by writers w/ (it appears) very strong @marchxness.bsky.social ground games. Whoever wins could go all the way?

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3/14, 2nd Round: (2) Madonna vs (10) LCD Soundsystem — March Danceness

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" would have been my first choice to write about in the #Danceness draft, so I must throw my support behind this song I love with all my sincere heart, and @katecarmody8.bsky.social's lovely essay, in this round: marchxness.com/2ndround-mad...

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3/14, 2nd Round: (2) Madonna vs (10) LCD Soundsystem — March Danceness

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

But LCD Soundsystem is currently running off w/ the @marchxness.bsky.social ball, & that's how I voted too. "Friends" is a Big Song for many of us, & @katecarmody8.bsky.social is up to the task—tricky b/c Murphy's music is often already commenting on itself. ("Essayistic," Kate says. )

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Kate Carmody @katecarmody8.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

New here, so sharing belated news I get to write about LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” for @marchxness.bsky.social March Danceness! Stretch those hammies for bustin’ moves! 🪩💃🏻

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Kristen Renee Miller @kristenmiller.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

👋 just found a bunch of you with this tool that reconnects you with your twitter follows!

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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Today in my newsletter, I’m sharing a go-to revision strategy for poetry & prose. ✍️ If you’re not yet subscribed to For Dear Life, I hope you’ll join me there! Thanks for your support. 💗🙏 Happy writing (& revising)— x M open.substack.com/pub/maggiesm...

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